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Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella in Cats on the West End

The former member of The Pussycat Dolls takes on Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella in Cats on the West End.
Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella in Cats on the West End.
(© Alessandro Pinna)

The first photos have been released of Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger playing Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats as it returns to the West End. The production, which reunites the show's original creative team, began its run at the London Palladium on December 6.

Trevor Nunn directs the revival with associate director and choreographer Gillian Lynne and designer John Napier.

Cats is inspired by T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Grizabella is the former glamour cat who sings the well-known ballad "Memory." She joins a cast that also includes Nicholas Pound (Old Deuteronomy), Callum Train (Munkustrap), Zizi Strallen (Dememter), and others.

Cats is now playing at the London Palladium.
Cats is now playing at the London Palladium.
(© Alessandro Pinna)