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at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster

Tue 6^th - Sat 10^th May 2008
at 7:30pm

Screenplay and adaptation by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN
Songs by NACIO HERB BROWN and ARTHUR FREED

Produced by arrangement with Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cinty Pritzker, Inc.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with
JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL OF NEW YORK

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£9 all seats - Tuesday 6^thMay only.

£10 all seats - Wednesday 7^th to Saturday 10^th.
(£9 concession for parties of 15 or over).

For Party Bookings, please ring
Frank Dewhurst on 01524-39381

We have already cast the main leads for Singin' In The Rain, but it's never too late to join LADOS.

We always welcome new members to help out backstage, with props, technical (sound/lighting) - even making the tea (someone has to do it!)

If you would like to join LADOS, or find out a little bit more about our society, please see our 'How to Join' page.

Please note: you must be aged at least 16 in order to join.

Singin’ in the Rain brings to the stage one of the best loved MGM Film Musicals of all time. The story concerns a period of historical time in the 1920’s just as silent movies were about to be replaced by the ‘talkies’; a period of intense excitement and optimism in the Hollywood hills - its authors, Betty Comden and Adolf Green, were themselves an active part of this scene.

The musical numbers are chosen to capture the atmosphere of these times; blockbusters such as the title song, Make ‘em Laugh, Good Mornin’, Broadway Melody, You Were Meant For Me, You are My Lucky Star and many more.

Running through the piece is the love story of Don – a silent movie idol – and Kathy who is a dancing girl on the studio set and her rivalry with Lina Lamont who is Don’s film leading lady. The sub text is that Lina just does not have a voice that will be suitable for the ‘talkies’; a very realistic dilemma faced by the film studios at the time.

Singin’ in the Rain is full of timeless humour as the studio somewhat over-ambitiously attempts to make not just a talking picture but a talking musical and the show delights us with its unsurpassed musical comedy dance routines, made famous on film by Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. You can be assured that LADOS will do its level best to capture on stage the sheer exuberance of these routines.

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Download the official LADOS flyer for Singin' in the Rain as a PDF.

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