Hollywood’s wettest title number is heading for Great Victoria Street. The stage musical of Singin’ in the Rain plays Belfast’s Grand Opera House from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 February 2027 — five nights of talkies, tap and more than 14,000 litres of water on stage for the song everyone already knows by heart.
Strictly fans get a Belfast-specific casting note: Karen Hauer plays Lina Lamont for this stop (she shares the tour role with Natalie Anderson elsewhere). Alongside her, Grant Almirall is Don Lockwood, Nicole-Lily Baisden is Kathy Selden, Matthew Maddison is Cosmo Brown, and Coronation Street’s Wendi Peters is Dora Bailey (with Peters listed through to 3 July 2027 on the wider tour). It is the same MGM-born story — silent-screen royalty, a microphone problem, and a chorus girl who can actually sing — dressed for a full West End–calibre company on the GOH boards.
If your Belfast theatre diary already includes nights at the Opera House — from The Addams Family to Judy on Great Victoria Street — this February booking slots neatly into that habit. And if you are still mapping a rainy-weekender in the city, our Things to Do in Belfast guide is the broader pick-list; this one is the splashy midweek musical.
Cast and creative team
Hauer’s Lina is the Strictly crossover for Belfast audiences who already follow the ballroom — LoveBelfast’s Strictly 2026 cast and hosts guide is useful context for how that TV world keeps spilling onto regional stages. Almirall, Baisden and Maddison carry the film’s golden trio; Peters anchors the gossip-column energy as Dora Bailey.
Jonathan Church directs. Andrew Wright choreographs, with additional choreography by Jayne Elster. Simon Higlett designs set and costume; Tim Mitchell lights; Gareth Owen designs sound; Ian Galloway handles video; Robert Scott is musical supervisor; Larry Blank provides the orchestrations. The book draws on Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s screenplay; Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed wrote the songs; the stage arrangement is via Music Theatre International (MTI).
Songs, water and the road to Belfast
Expect the classics woven through the plot: Good Morning, Make ’Em Laugh and the title number that soaks the stage. The production’s water figure — more than 14,000 litres for that rain sequence — is the bit your companions will ask about in the interval.
Before Belfast, the show settles into a Christmas/winter run at Sheffield’s Crucible (26 November 2026–16 January 2027). The UK tour then opens at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre (28 January–6 February 2027). After the Opera House week, London gets a longer stretch at Sadler’s Wells (2 June–3 July 2027).
Tickets, times and access
Singin’ in the Rain runs at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, Tuesday 16–Saturday 20 February 2027. Performance times from the venue are 2:30pm and 7:30pm (check the listing for which shows sit on which day). Running time is listed at about 2 hours 30 minutes including interval. Tickets are £42.50–£65, including the maximum applicable booking fee. Age guidance: 8+.
Accessible performances: captioned Thursday 18 February 2027 at 7:30pm; signed Saturday 20 February 2027 at 2:30pm.
Book via the official Grand Opera House page: goh.co.uk — Singin’ in the Rain. Box Office: 028 9024 1919.
Ready for February? Grab seats while the best bands are still open — and bring a dry coat for the walk home.
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