The dancing, the costumes, the music, the concept, the story – it’s so engaging,” gushes 37-year-old mathematician Will Gosnell, from Amherst, Massachusetts.

In the early 80s, Lloyd Webber hadn’t yet built his reputation as an impresario, and the 1982 Broadway opening had mixed reviews. His documentary Repeat Attenders tells the story of the musical-theatre superfans who see the same shows over and over again.

I think they are supposed to be cat-sized cats, because in the last show of the trailer, where they’re in the square, you can see their proportions. Thomas gripes that Macavity (played by Idris Elba) is wearing a hat, which he does not in the stage show.

The film critic Hannah Woodhead, 26, saw the Cats film at least 40 times before she caught the touring version as a child at the Sheffield Lyceum.v=1634622141","width":800},{"alt":null,"id":23837196255394,"position":8,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1. Such is his love for Cats, Gosnell has written three cat-related songs, which he has uploaded to his YouTube channel.

She’s meant to be the sexy cat, all the boys are after her – it feels right that she’s got that look about her. v=1634622141","width":800},{"alt":null,"id":23837196222626,"position":7,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1. SURPRISE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY:When you put your palms next to each other, both gloves create a cute pattern of kittens and birds. Starring Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson and notorious cat-botherer Taylor Swift, and directed by Tom Hooper – who brought Les Miserables to the big screen – the trailer featured an array of CGI-generated, anthropomorphised cats ranging from “somewhat alarming” to “full Chucky” in appearance.

v=1695275360","width":800},{"alt":null,"id":23837196124322,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1. With the film of Cats due out in December, many of the superfans I spoke with had some specific costuming grievances.

There was even a running gag going with Griddlebone [played by Nina Hennessey] in which she would swat me with her tail. Critics were scathing about the show’s gossamer-thin plot, but McLamore explains that Cats is indebted to the theatrical tradition of a revue, rather than being driven by narrative in the manner of most modern-day musicals.FIVE-FINGER DESIGN:The five-finger design of the gloves gives you complete freedom in your hand and finger movements. For two-and-a-half hours, you’re in another world, and nothing else – not what’s happening in your real life – matters. It reached the point where cast members knew about and had ways of acknowledging my presence, while staying in character,” Montalvo reminisces. v=1695275360","width":800},{"alt":null,"id":23837196058786,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1. v=1634622141","width":800},{"alt":null,"id":23837196157090,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.