The young and innocent white cat Victoria performs a solo    dance. Munkustrap, a large grey tabby who serves as the show's   narrator, explains that the Jellicle Cats meet once a year to   rejoice! He also explains that they are waiting for their leader,   the wise Old Deuteronomy, who will choose which one of the    Jellicle Cats will this year journey to the Heaviside Layer to be    reborn to a new life!      ALL:    Jellicle cats come out tonight    Jellicle cats come one, come all    The jellicle moon is shining bright    Jellicles come to the jellicle ball       Jellicle cats come out tonight    Jellicles come to the jellicle ball       Jellicle cats come out tonight    Jellicle cats come one, come all    The jellicle moon is shining bright    Jellicles come to the jellicle ball       Jellicle cats come out tonight    Jellicle cats come one, come all    The jellicle moon is shining bright    Jellicles come to the jellicle ball       SOLO:    Jellicle cats meet once a year    At the jellicle ball where we all rejoice    And the jellicle leader will soon appear    And make what is known as the jellicle choice       That's when Old Deuteronomy just before dawn    Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife    Announces the cat who can now be reborn    And come back to different jellicle life       Because waiting up there is the heaviside layer    With wonders one jellicle only will see    Jellicles ask because jellicles dare    Who will it be?       From this point onward, each of the cats tells his own story   in song and dance, hoping to be chosen as the special cat to    come back to a different Jellicle life.