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Singin' In The Rain
| Video Designer | Ian William Galloway |
| 1st Assistant Director | James Powell |
| Director of Photography | Gabi Norland |
| DIT | Lee Hatcher |
| Film Production | Art War Entertainment |
| Focus Puller | Jon Mitchell |
| Gaffer | James Bridger |
| Producer | Stage Entertainments |
| Director | Jonathan Church |
| Designer | Simon Higlett |
| Sound Designer | Matt McKenzie |
| Lighting Designer | Tim Mitchell |
| Choreographer | Andrew Wright |
| Musical Director | Robert Scott |
Singin' in the Rain is the story of that first Hollywood musical, the moment when the silver screen found its voice and never looked back. With all the sparkle and spectacle of a golden age, it features a glorious score including Make ‘em Laugh, Good Morning, Moses Supposes and, of course, Singin’ in the Rain. Shining with vitality, wit and romance, this is a musical to lift your heart and set you singin’ and dancin’ - in any weather.
Chichester Festival Theatre's 2011 production transfers to the Palace Theatre in the West End in 2012. Ian William Galloway created the movies, silent or otherwise, used in the story, with a 50's-style location and studio film shoot produced by AWE.
The video recreations of silent movies, with titles like The Duelling Cavalier, are also exceptionally well done by Ian William Galloway. In the end, it's hard to resist a show staged with such brio, even if it is no more than a dazzling carbon-copy of the best movie musical ever.
-There’s some clever work with the film extracts. Ian Galloway has made the most of the medium and captures the awkwardness of the era as the industry tries to move between silent movies and talkies.
-Step forward young hopeful Kathy Selden (Scarlett Strallen) to dub some joyously recreated (top marks to video director Ian William Galloway) spoof film footage.
-Jonathan Church's direction leaves no absurdity unserved: priceless silent-movie spoofs are done live and on the big screen (honour to Ian William Galloway's video design).
-The story of the arrival of talkies in Hollywood works surprisingly well on stage, with the help of hilarious black- and-white film sequences..
-The design is terrific, the ensemble dances executed with verve and Ian William Galloway’s film inserts are remarkably authentic simulacra of old movies.
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