Preview: Singin’ In The Rain @ WMC
Following its recent sell-out season in London’s West End, Wales Millennium Centre is to welcome the critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Singin’ In The Rain as its Christmas production this year.
Running from Tuesday 3rd December 2013 to Sunday 5th January 2014, this award winning revival has previously played to packed houses at London’s iconic Palace Theatre, and is currently touring the UK and Ireland. Starring Maxwell Caulfield (Emmerdale, Casualty) as Don and Steps' Faye Tozer as Lina this production of Singin’ In The Rain opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Summer 2011 and extended to due to unprecedented public demand. It then transferred to the West End in February 2012 where it received huge critical acclaim and four Olivier Award nominations.
The original 1952 film is widely recognised as one of the best American films of all time and the stage adaptation brings the classic tale vividly back to life. Don Lockwood is a silent movies star with everything he could want - fame, adulation and a well-hyped ‘romance’ with his co-star Lina Lamont. But Hollywood is about to change forever. There is rumour in the studio of a new kind of film, where the actors actually talk, sing and dance. Can Don and the, uh, ‘uniquely’ voiced Lina make the transition and will chorus girl Kathy Selden fulfil her dream of stardom and capture Don’s heart along the way?
The show uses half a mile of flexible pipe work, a 10-tonne water tank and a water system that creates a downpour from above and flooding from below the stage, ‘raining’ (and recycling) over 12,000 litres of downpour per performance. Louise Miles-Crust, Head of Programming at Wales Millennium Centre said “Everything about Singin’ In The Rain, from the incredible set design to the breath-taking choreography makes the show a truly memorable one. As you’d expect from a West End show, this is theatre with plenty of glitz, glamour and energy. A truly great production that everyone in the family will love this Christmas.”
So if you are dreaming of a wet Christmas, don’t miss out.
Singin’ In The Rain runs from Tuesday 3rd December 2013 to Sunday 5th January 2014. Tickets range from £19 to £47.50. Concessions available. To book, or for further information, please visit www.wmc.org.uk or call 02920 63 6464.
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2 Comments – Postiwch sylw
Weeping Tudor
Rhoddwyd sylw 30 mis yn ôl - 11th November 2013 - 00:01am
I always dream of a wet Christmas! *wink*
Jackofalltrades
Rhoddwyd sylw 30 mis yn ôl - 11th November 2013 - 10:02am
Really want to see this! So much theatre, so little time (and so few tickets...)