John as Rum Tum Tugger
John Partridge was born on July 24th 1971. He is trained at the Royal Ballet School of London, Bush Davies, and Doreen Bird in London area. He left college at 17 years old to tour with the original U.K. touring production of Cats. He played the roles of Alonzo, Rumpus Cat, understudied Mistoffelees and the Rum Tum Tugger, and was dance captain for 2 years. He joined the London company of Cats afterwards, playing the Rum Tum Tugger and Munkustrap.
CREDITS: Aladdin, Hunting of the Snark, Starlight Express (Electra), Tommy, Grease, The Fix, Cats, Rent (playing roger), Notre Dame Paris, Gringoire, Black Goes with Everything.
TELEVISION AND VIDEO: A kind of loving, Aspects of Dancing, Pebble Mill, The Hot Shoe Show, This Morning, commercials ofr Foxes Classic, Colgate, Matteesers and Cadbury's Twirl, Cats playing Rum Tum Tugger. RECORDINGS: The New Starlight Express (1992), original German Cast recording of Rent and original London recording of The Fix.
***Bio from JP Photo Gallery