Singin' in the Rain Tour Cast: Anderson and Hauer Share Lina

Natalie Anderson and Karen Hauer will share the role of Lina Lamont as Jonathan Church Theatre Productions and Tilted confirm full company casting for the UK and Ireland tour of Singin' in the Rain. The Chichester Festival Theatre, Stage Entertainment and Sheffield Theatres smash-hit returns for a Christmas season at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield from 26 November 2026 to 16 January 2027, before the tour opens at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley from 28 January to 6 February 2027, including a summer season at Sadler's Wells from 2 June to 3 July 2027.

Joining them are Grant Almirall as Don Lockwood, Nicole-Lily Baisden as Kathy Seldon, Matthew Maddison as Cosmo Brown and Wendi Peters as Dora Bailey. Peters is scheduled in the role until Saturday 3 July 2027, with further casting for Dora Bailey to be announced later in the run. Tour dates, Lina Lamont scheduling and venue box offices are listed on the official site at singinintherainshow.com.

Why this cast matters for the 2026/27 tour

This is the production that already proved itself as a big-stage crowd-pleaser: Jonathan Church's staging brings Hollywood's transition from silent pictures to talkies to life with Andrew Wright's high-energy choreography, Simon Higlett's sumptuous designs and more than 14,000 litres of water on stage for the title number. Putting Anderson and Hauer into a shared Lina Lamont schedule gives the tour two distinct star pulls across different cities, while Almirall and Maddison return to roles they already know from international outings of the same show.

Anderson is widely known as Alicia Metcalfe in ITV's Emmerdale, with further screen credits including Danielle Silverton in Coronation Street, Claire in Netflix's Fool Me Once and Stella Davenport in The Royal. On stage she has played Lauren in the UK tour of Fat Friends the Musical and Nessarose in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria.

Hauer, a World Mambo Champion and the longest-serving female professional dancer on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, brings a dance pedigree that fits a show built on tap, comic timing and ballroom flair. Her theatre credits include Mavis in the UK tour of Stepping Out, plus Speakeasy, Firedance, Firedance Reignite and the original Broadway company and international tours of Burn the Floor.

Leading men, Kathy Seldon and Dora Bailey

Almirall is no stranger to Don Lockwood, having starred in the role on several international tours. His wider theatre credits include Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, plus Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, CATS, Chicago, Hairspray and RENT.

Baisden arrives as Kathy Seldon with a strong musical-theatre CV: Dale Tremont in the UK tour of Top Hat, Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street at Sadler's Wells and on tour, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes at the Barbican, Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon in the West End and on tour, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre.

Maddison returns to Cosmo Brown after touring China with the production, with further credits including Hello, Dolly!, A Christmas Carol and South Pacific. Peters, best known as Cilla Battersby-Brown in Coronation Street and Cook Jenkins in CBBC's Hetty Feather, brings stage experience ranging from Mother Superior in the UK and Ireland tour of Sister Act to Mrs Baskin in the West End premiere of Big The Musical at the Dominion Theatre.

Full company and creative team

The company is completed by Charlie Bishop, Grace Chan, Ross Chisari, Stan Doughty, Barry Drummond, William Elijah-Lewis, Maria Garrett, Alyn Hawke, Megan Jade-Johnson, Ellis Linford-Pill, Jeremy Lloyd, Bront Macmillan, Chloe Malek, Greta McKinnon, Melissa Mese, Ben Middleton, Grace May Parry, Roan Pronk, Elly Shaw, Jack Skelton and Catrin Thomas.

Singin' in the Rain is directed by Jonathan Church, with choreography by Andrew Wright and additional choreography by Jayne Elster. Set and costume design is by Simon Higlett, lighting by Tim Mitchell, sound by Gareth Owen, video by Ian Galloway, musical supervision by Robert Scott and orchestrations by Larry Blank. The wider team includes associate director Brendan Cull, associate choreographer Kelly Ewins, associate costume designer Karen Large, original fight direction by Malcolm Ranson and casting by Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting.

The screenplay is by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, with songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International and based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. The score includes Good Morning, Make 'Em Laugh and the title number that still stops the show.

Sheffield Christmas, then the UK and Ireland tour

Sheffield Theatres hosts the Christmas season at the Crucible from 26 November 2026 to 16 January 2027, with tickets available via Sheffield Theatres. The official tour site lists Natalie Anderson and Wendi Peters for that Sheffield engagement.

The touring itinerary then takes in Churchill Theatre, Bromley (28 January to 6 February 2027); Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (9–13 February); Grand Opera House, Belfast (16–20 February); Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin (23–27 February); Sunderland Empire (2–6 March); Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (9–13 March); Orchard Theatre, Dartford (16–20 March); Milton Keynes Theatre (23–27 March); Leeds Grand Theatre (30 March to 3 April); New Victoria Theatre, Woking (6–10 April); Empire Theatre, Liverpool (13–17 April); King's Theatre, Glasgow (20–24 April); Wycombe Swan (27 April to 1 May); Edinburgh Playhouse (4–8 May); Birmingham Hippodrome (11–15 May); Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (25–29 May); Sadler's Wells, London (2 June to 3 July); Norwich Theatre Royal (6–10 July); Theatre Royal, Plymouth (13–17 July); The Lowry, Salford (20–31 July); Congress Theatre, Eastbourne (3–7 August); Nottingham Theatre Royal (10–14 August); and New Theatre, Cardiff (24 August to 4 September 2027).

Anderson and Hauer alternate Lina Lamont by venue across that route. Early stops including Bromley, Southend and Belfast list Hauer; Dublin, Sunderland, Milton Keynes and Leeds list Anderson, with the pattern continuing through to Cardiff. From Norwich onwards the producers note that Dora Bailey casting is still to be announced for those later weeks, after Peters's scheduled run ends on 3 July 2027.

Tickets and where to book

For the full date-by-date cast schedule and links to each venue box office, start at the official tour website: www.singinintherainshow.com. Sheffield Christmas tickets are on sale through Sheffield Theatres; Bromley and other Trafalgar venues, ATG houses, Sadler's Wells and the Irish and Northern Irish stops each sell through their own box offices as listed on the official site.

Whether you catch the Crucible Christmas run, the Bromley tour opening or the Sadler's Wells summer residency, this company announcement confirms a major regional musical with screen-familiar names, returning Don and Cosmo specialists and a production built to deliver the rain, the romance and the MGM score on a national scale.