I wear a feline leotard and ears to see Cats – and meet all the other theatre superfans going crazy for costumes by Arifa Akbar

Skeleton suits for Phantom of the Opera, garish wigs for Beetlejuice, a Don’t Tell Mama dress for Cabaret … our critic meets the crowds going wild for costumes – and attends Cats in kitty costumeIt’s an hour before curtain-up and the queue outside the theatre is full of green wigs and blue faces, all amid a sea of black and white stripes. It is Halloween night and these theatregoers of all ages, snaking aroun…

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