Following its recent sell-out season in London’s West End, Stage Entertainment U.K. is delighted to announce that the critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of the musical Singin’ In The Rain will play the Liverpool Empire from 22nd April to 3rd May 2014.
Singin’ In The Rain will star stage and screen leading man Maxwell Caulfield as studio boss ‘R.F. Simpson’, Coronation Street favourite Vicky Binns as starlet ‘Lina Lamont’, James Leece as ‘Don Lockwood’, ‘Amy Ellen Richardson as ‘Kathy Selden’ and Stephane Anelli as ‘Cosmo Brown’.
Don Lockwood is a silent movie star with everything he could want – fame, adulation and a well-publicised ‘romance’ with his co-star Lina Lamont. However Hollywood is about to change forever. There is rumour in the studio of a new kind of film, where the actors actually talk…and sing…and dance. Can Don and the 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?
Maxwell Caulfield is best known to Television audiences as Mark Wylde in I.T.V.’s Emmerdale, Dr Jim Brodie in B.B.C.1’s Casualty and Holby City and Miles Colby in both Dynasty and The Colbys. His film work includes the iconic Grease 2 opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. His theatre credits include Billy Flynn in Chicago in both the West End and on Broadway, An Inspector Calls at the National Theatre and The Rocky Horror Show on U.K. tour.
Maxwell Caulfield said, “I am beyond thrilled to be hitting the road with Singin’ in the Rain. As a huge fan of the original movie, the chance to bring this story to life on stage is something I couldn’t pass up and it’ll be great visiting some of the beautiful theatres on the tour, some I’ve been to previously, some are going to be a brand new experience for me. Theatre work is a huge passion of mine and having dealt with a few studio bosses in my time too, I relish the opportunity to play RF Simpson this glorious production”.
Vicky Binns said, “To be in a musical of this scale and quality is a dream job for me. I was blown away when I saw this production in London, so it’s a thrill to bring it straight from the West End to Liverpool If like me, you have seen and love the film, it is a real treat to see how it can be brought so lavishly to the stage, if not, what a way to experience the story for the first time…you can’t beat live Theatre! The part of Lina Lamont is a gift of a role as the writing is packed with humour, pathos and well…fabulousness!”
Singin’ in the Rain features songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, including Make ‘em Laugh, Good Morning, Moses Supposes and Singin’ in the Rain. Original screenplay and adaptations are by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Directed by Jonathan Church, with Olivier Award nominated choreography by Andrew Wright, the production is designed by Simon Higlett, with sound by Matt McKenzie and lighting by Tim Mitchell.
Singin’ in the Rain, which 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, is produced by Stage Entertainment UK in association with Chichester Festival Theatre.
Tickets are priced between £10 and £43.50 and are available from the Empire Theatre Box office.