This thread by a woman who found herself all alone at an open-air screening of Cats is a fab read

John Plunkett. Updated January 23rd, 2020

It’s quite hard to imagine going to an open-air screening of Cats, if we’re honest. And it’s even harder to imagine turning up and finding out, well, finding out you’re pretty much the only person at the entire screening.

Well that’s exactly what happened to @BrydieLK and fortunately for everyone else she tweeted about it and it’s the best thread you’ll read this week.

We’ve come to an open air screening of Cats and…no one else is here pic.twitter.com/LbF9Cmn0pH

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

Update: 3 people and many many bats have joined us pic.twitter.com/teiiRSk2Ev

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

A few more people have arrived but really not many (this cinema pretty much always sells out) and a staff member suggested to me that it’s because it’s a kids movie. Is…is it?

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

5 minutes into the movie and my very not online friend has googled “What is Cats about” and loudly asked me “is that the cat with the big dick?” (It was)

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

Oh my god they’ve stopped the movie because apparently the sound wasn’t working properly? We couldn’t hear the music at all but we assumed it was intentional, like Rebel Wilson was supposed to be just…scatting (sCATting)

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

The sound came back on in time for James Corden’s big number and it’s just started absolutely pissing it down. Act of god??? The guy in front of us is yelling “YES LET IT RAIN”, he’s not wrong.

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

I’m not kidding guys…they just cancelled the screening. Because of the rain. We sat in a mostly empty amphitheatre for 2 hours then watched 15 minutes of Cats without proper sound and now we’re being sent home. Everyone is just sitting in the rain clapping nothing.

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

“Well, cats hate rain”- my very philosophical friend who just woke up from a nap

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

Cursed movie. Greatest night of my life.

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

I really can’t stress enough how much I’ve been looking forward to this movie and yet…this feels right. Pure. We didn’t even see Taylor Swift or hear Memory. It’s how TS Elliot would’ve wanted it.

— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@BrydieLK) January 23, 2020

And it turned out she wasn’t alone. Well, she was alone but, anyway, you’ll see what we mean.

Just us!!! And cats (2019)! Except we did get to see all of it and a train went by in the background during the train scene. Outstanding pic.twitter.com/neQa57FtGt

— Brabra-Ann (@robocop_mp3) January 23, 2020

We were the only ones in the cinema to see cats, this was just before Christmas…. also we loved it pic.twitter.com/lnOB9YtjVI

— Isabel (@alisabelkw) January 23, 2020

Source Twitter @BrydieLK