"A cat must possess different talents, must be playful, curious, loose. How do we know it does? In a new place, she should feel like a master. For example, brought here, it should explore everything, sniff. This is a sign of a future artist. Not all animals have these traits. After passing the casting for talent, cats undergo a physical examination. They have blood test for 8 different diseases. About a month the pet lives in quarantine, separately from other cats. If all tests are clean, then after 2-3 weeks, we begin to adapt it to the rest of the company. If not, then we put it in good hands," Dmitry Kuklachev said.
In the beginning, the theatre found new artists everywhere, including on the streets and in cats animal shelters. Now, as the theatre's family grow, most of the actors are from the kin.
"About 4 months ago we had 17 kittens, 8 of them remain in the theatre. Each of them, and each of our cats performs its own trick. My task is to notice the skills, to develop them, so that the cat would love to perform the same trick," Kuklachev said.
The theatre has its leading performers and stars. One of them is a tomcat Boris, famous in Russia for advertising cat food.
When cats grow old, they remain in the theatre, taking advantage of good care and well-off old age.
"The salary of our cats is their good mood, good attitude, delicious food and comfortable old age," Dmitry Kuklachev said.
