Formal reviews are embargoed until 19 December. Elba - who plays the cat Macavity - was more than happy to give Variety some top tips on acting feline, which apparently includes a lot of "nuzzling ...

Count Arthur Strong reads Macavity: The Mystery Cat, the story about the famous master criminal, by T.S. Eliot. Featuring: Steve Delaney (Count Arthur Strong).

There were cats with human faces (it’s Dame Judi ... Davidson), Rum Tum Tugger (Jason Derulo), resident baddie Macavity (Idris Elba in fur was a sight!) and Dame Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy.