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Exeter University Footlights presents

Singin’ in the Rain

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It’s 1927 and the pioneering ‘talkie’ picture The Jazz Singer has taken Hollywood by storm. All at once, the other studios are forced to change the movie-making rules to hop on the talking picture bandwagon. When Monumental Studios turns their silent film The Dueling Cavalier into musical picture The Dancing Cavalier, in a bid to stay relevant, they are faced with a problem: their star, Lina Lamont, has a voice that doesn’t fit the bill. Lina’s voice is far from the Hollywood ideal and the studio are left in a bind.

Enter Kathy Selden, an aspiring actress whose dulcet tones are able to cover Lina Lamont’s – calling into question what it means to act, how credit is distributed and what it means to get a fair shake in the movie business.

Singin’ in the Rain includes some of the best-loved comedy routines, dance numbers and love songs ever written, including Good Mornin’, Make ‘em Laugh, and – of course – the show-stopping dance number Singin’ in the Rain.


Footlights is the University of Exeter’s biggest musical theatre society, committed to delivering fully-realised, spectacle-filled productions throughout the year. Previous productions at Exeter Northcott Theatre include Bandstand (2023), Kipps! The New Half a Sixpence Musical (2023), 9 to 5 (2022), Legally Blonde (2022), and Ghost (2020).

This performance contains smoke and haze.

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Singin’ in the Rain

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Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Following the success of The Phantom of the Opera (2016) and The Producers (2017) Footlights are proud to present Singin’ in the Rain. Voted the ‘Greatest Movie Musical of All Time’, this is a theatrical experience the whole family will enjoy. Faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from their original award-winning screenplay, each unforgettable scene, song and dance is celebrated on stage, including toe tapping tunes such as Make ‘em Laugh and Good Morning as well as the historic title number, immortalised by Gene Kelly in the MGM movie.

Filled with dazzling routines, joyful musical numbers and laugh out loud moments, this is the musical of the year you don’t want to miss.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe).

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