"Hellikas kass on kesköö sireen
Kosmilist kõrgust tabab hääl peen
Händ löömas takti Messia-loos
Halleluuja — kass-virtuoos!"

As of the time this was last updated, there has only been one production of Cats in Estonia. That production was in Tartu's Vanemuine theatre. The production opened on the 9th of June, 2005, and closed about a year and a half later. The production was seen by about 30 000 people. In 2013, Vanemuine wanted to put on another production of Cats that would have opened on the 3rd of May, 2014, but ultimately decided against it.

The production was a non-replica. In fact, it was the third totally non-replica production in the history of Cats! The production was staged and coreographed by Dmitri Harchenko, and the costumes were designed by Gerly Tinn.

Quite a few critics disliked the production, criticizing the dancing skills of the ballet troupe, the extragavance of the staging and costumes, the lack of any plot, and the hamfisted comedy. What was often praised, however, was the singing and dancing skills of the singers. Multiple people applauded the "Macavity" number, Bert Pringi's performance as Mister Mistoffelees and the Rum Tum Tugger, and Koit Toome's performance as Skimbleshanks and Quaxo. Maarja-Liis Ilus was often criticized for her performance as Grizabella.

Possibly the biggest difference in Vanemuise's Cats and replica Cats is the costumes. The cats in Vanemuine wear both cat-like masks and makeup, but no tails. The costumes were inspired by popular figures in British culture, such as the Queen, Freddy Mercury, Harry Potter, the Beatles, and so on. Some of the cats' hair was styled in the latest British fashions of the time, but some cats had cat-like wigs resembling those worn in the original. There were about 200 costumes made in total for the show, and there was a lot of changing of costumes in the show.

In the words of the director Dmitri Harchenko, the production was more show- and revue-like than the original. The singers in Vanemuise's Cats dance more than the Cats in London. The coreography is very different from the original, inspired by modern showdance. In the words of Dmitri Harchenko, the singers danced more than in the original.

The cast is nearly twice as big as the original's. Instead of the expected 24 cast members, there are 40, half of whom are simply chorus members and dancers. There were some rather strange double-casting choices, the most interesting of which is the double-casting of the Rum Tum Tugger and Mister Mistoffelees. Along with that, Quaxo and Skimbleshanks were double-cast, as well as Jemima and Rumpelteazer.

The production's score was mainly based on the Broadway production's, but there were some small changes, such as Quaxo singing in "The Old Gumbie Cat", like in the London production. "Growltiger's Last Stand" was included in this production, but "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" was not.