A look behind the scenes of Singin’ in the Rain at Cork Opera House

A lot of blood, sweat and tears goes into staging a musical like Singin’ In The Rain, as Jo Kerrigan found when she went backstage at Cork Opera House

When we sit in the stalls and enjoy the polished onstage spectacle that is a new musical production, we take for granted the snazzy routines, the smooth songs, the snappy dialogue. It is all presented as a perfect whole for us to admire.

But do we have any idea of just how much work goes into that finished performance? Of course not. Somehow we imagine that it just sprang into being, make-up, music, movement and all. This writer went behind the scenes to see Cork Opera House’s new summer spectacular, Singin’ In The Rain, in preparation, and it was quite an eye-opener.