Singin' in the Rain

Synopsis

After an acclaimed sell out run at Chicester, Singin’ in the Rain brings the glamour of the MGM film to the Palace theatre in Spring 2012

Set at a time of change in the film world, Singin' In The Rain follows silent movie star Dan Lockwood who has everything he could ever want; fame, adulation and even a well-publicised romance with his co-star Lina Lamont. But there are rumours doing the rounds of a new kind of film that could alter everything, a kind of film where actors talk... and sing... and dance.

Singin' in the Rain is the...story of that first Hollywood musical, the moment when the silver screen found its voice and never looked back. With all the sparkle and spectacle of a golden age, it features a glorious score including Make 'em Laugh, Good Morning, Moses Supposes and, of course, Singin' in the Rain. Shining with vitality, wit and romance, this is a musical to lift your heart and set you singin' and dancin'-in any weather.

The West End cast of Singin' in the Rain  is led by Adam Cooper as Don Lockwood, Daniel Crossley as Cosmo Brown,Scarlett Strallen as Kathy Seldon and Katherine Kingsley as Lina Lamont, with Michael Brandon as RF Simpson and Sandra Dickinson as Dora Bailey/Miss Dinsmore, all of whom will reprise their roles from the original Chichester production.

Multi award-winning Adam Cooper’s theatre credits include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre, Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, On Your Toes and The Wind in the Willows at the Royal Festival Hall and Zorro on tour in the UK.  With the Adventures in Motion Pictures Company as well as playing the Angel in Cinderella, he created the award-wining role of the Swan in Swan Lake,which, after opening at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, transferred to the West End, LA and Broadway.   As a member of the Royal Ballet Company (1989-97) his numerous credits include Romeo and Juliet, Myerling, The Judas Tree, Onegin and La Ronde.

Daniel Crossley’s theatre credits include Me and My Girl and A Chorus Line for Sheffield Theatres, Anything Goes and Love’s Labour’s Lost for the National Theatre, Kiss of the Spider Woman for Hull Truck Theatre, The Snow Queen for Derby Theatre, Hello, Dolly!, As You Like It, Oh! What a Lovely War and Romeo and Juliet for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and Mary Poppins on tour in the UK. 

Scarlett Strallen’s theatre credits includes The Music Man at Chichester Festival Theatre, Passion for the Donmar Warehouse, the title role in Mary Poppins in the West End and on Broadway, The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium and HMS Pinafore, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. 

Katherine Kingsley’s theatre credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for the Donmar Warehouse, Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse and Vaudeville Theatre, (Olivier Award nomination) High Society at the Shaftesbury Theatre, The Canterbury Tales at Bristol Old Vic and The 39 Steps at the Liverpool Playhouse and on UK tour. 

Michael Brandon’s UK theatre credits include the title role in Jerry Springer - The Opera which opened at the National Theatre and transferred to the West End, Wet Weather Cover at the Arts Theatre, Speed The Plow for the Theatre Royal Lincoln and On the Waterfront for the Hackney Empire.   On television he is known for playing Dempsey opposite Glynis Barber in Dempsey and Makepeace.  His other television credits include roles in Hustle, The Last of the Lehman Brothers, Doctor Who, New Tricks, Trial and Retribution and Ally McBeal.  His film credits include Captain America – The First Avenger, Me and Orson Welles and Presumed Dangerous.
 
Sandra Dickinson’s theatre credits include A Woman of No Importance for Salisbury Playhouse, the UK tour of Anything Goes, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, The Graduate at the Gielgud Theatre, Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse and Not About Nightingales for the National Theatre.  Her television credits include White Van Man, Two Point Four Children, New Tricks, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who.

We have some great tickets for this fun-filled show, so book now.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 16 February 2012

Last summer’s Chichester Festival Theatre pick-me-up has duly stormed the Palace Theatre just as two new movies about the early days of cinema – Hugo and The Artist – look set to feature in the Oscar awards ceremony.

There’s a hall of mirrors as well as pure nostalgia involved in this look back to an early period of creative transition; The Artist is obviously derived from Singin' in the Rain in its story of a leading man failing to cut the mustard when the talkies take over.

Any good stage version of Stanley Donen’s 1952 classic starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor, restores the improvisatory glee of performance on celluloid; the Agnes de Mille-style ballet in the middle of “Broadway Melody” is 1950s theatre, not 1927 cinema: at the Palace, Ebony Molina is every bit as jazzy and bewitching as was Cyd Charisse in the film.

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Catqc - 28 February 2013:

This show is amazing!!! Adore Adam, Scarlett, Daniel and Katherine they are all so unbelievably talented!! Truly uplifting and an absolute joy to watch....

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