Although the film is almost four years old, Karp’s enthusiasm for Tom Hooper’s movie shows no sign of diminishing. Unarguably the campest Ted talk you’ll ever witness, he employs the latest, cutting-edge technology – a PowerPoint, MS Paint and a worrying amount of Comic Sans – to advocate his Jellicle message.
We venture through the star-studdied cast to introduce the movie to members of the audience who have never seen it (hsssss!). From Old Deuteronomy (“Judi Dench in a fur coat”) to Jennyanydots (played by Rebel Wilson, this Gumble Cat is clumsy and annoying or “Rebel Wilson in any given movie”), from the “twincentuous” siblings Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer to Skimbleshanks (“boring” or the “ultimate Daddy), the entire pussy posse are hilariously toyed with, one by one. The mere mention of Bustopher Jones earns an immediate and involuntary groan from the crowd – the second show at the Fringe for us where the mere mention of James Corden has drawn loud and impromtu disapproval from the audience.