The makeup used by performers in Cats is absolutely essential to the transformation of the human face into a Cat. The most common makeup designs, as used in the Cats Video, are by Karen Dawson, who worked on many UK-based productions. Nancy Powell worked on the designs used in the US tours, Candace Carell worked on the original Broadway production.
Interviews and Stage By Stage Links[]
Often when journalists see "Behind the scenes" on Cats they watch a performer applying their makeup, while interviewing them.
- UK Tour 2014 - Birmingham, Filippo Strocchi and Callum Train
- UK Tour 2006 - Stoke on Trent, Peter Tyler as Alonzo
- Broadway 2016 - Day in the Life of Andy Huntington Jones
Karen Dawson Makeup Design Charts[]
Revised John Napier Makeup Design Charts[]
Makeup Product References[]
Backstage photos that include the range of products used by the professional casts.
Makeup Application Collages[]
When you are studying a makeup design independently, it can be very useful to see how a range of performers have interpreted the same basic design. Rather than scrolling through a dozen different photos, these collages bring together several different interpretations in one image.
