Hollywood star Don Lockwood has survived the silent-film era rather nicely, but suddenly everybody wants pictures that talk. Don can adapt. His glamorous co-star Lina Lamont has a more specific problem: once audiences hear her voice, the studio may wish sound had never been invented. Enter talented young actress Kathy Selden, whose voice could secretly save Lina’s career, while Don’s best friend Cosmo Brown helps turn a disastrous film into a musical. Don falls for Kathy, Lina discovers the plan and Hollywood’s transition to talking pictures becomes wetter, louder and considerably more complicated.
All Saints Elton Theatre Company brought Singin’ in the Rain to Derby Hall at The Met from Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th June 2026. Andy Milthorpe directed, Alasdair Gordon was musical director and Samantha Tarrier choreographed the production.
Adapted from the famous 1952 MGM film, the stage musical is set in 1927 as the movie business faces one of the biggest changes in its history.
Silent stars suddenly need voices. Studios need microphones. Actors have to remember that moving towards the back of the set while speaking is now frowned upon.
Kieran Hickey played Don Lockwood, who has the charm and talent to survive the transition, while Teri Edwards played Lina Lamont, the star around whom Monumental Pictures has built its latest production. Lina looks every inch the movie star. Unfortunately, microphones are less easily impressed.
Charlotte Crowley played Kathy Selden, whose arrival provides the solution and causes several new problems, while Matthew Fleming played Cosmo Brown. Ewan Arthur appeared as R.F. Simpson and Chris Terry as Roscoe Dexter.
The score includes Make ’Em Laugh, Good Morning and, of course, Singin’ in the Rain, with tap, comedy and the glamour of Hollywood’s golden age filling the stage.
Our 2026 production followed an earlier All Saints Elton production of the musical in 1997, bringing the company back to a title that had already formed part of its long history.
Nearly thirty years later, there was only one sensible thing to do.
Get the umbrellas out again.