Details

Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Lerner and Loewe's multi-award winning musical became one of the greatest successes of the New York and London stages, and paved the way for the hugely popular film version in 1964. Henry Higgins, an opinionated linguistics professor and confirmed bachelor, makes a wager with a colleague that within six months he can transform a cockney flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady who can take her place in high society. He wins the bet, but doesn't bargain for the profound effect she has on his life. The musical includes such hits as 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'On The Street Where You Live'. Martine McCutcheon will not perform on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees.

Cast/Performers

Martine McCutcheon (Eliza Doolittle), Jonathan Pryce (Henry Higgins), Nicholas Le Prevost (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Mark Umbers (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Dennis Waterman (Alfred P Doolittle), Caroline Blakiston (Mrs Higgins), Phillip Aiden, Madelaine Brennan, David Burrows, Margie Chadwick, Daniele Coombe, Simon Coulthard, Valerie Cutko, Lisa Donmall, Tom Dwyer, Kerry Ellis, Ann Emery, Mark Frendo, Michael N Harbour, Lincoln Hudson, Jacqui Jameson, Alexandra Jay, Neil Johnson, Adam Jones, Terry Kelly, Fergus Logan, Jill Martin, Sarah Moyle, Tober Reilly, Jean Reeve, Patsy Rowlands (Mrs Pearce), David Shaw-Parker, John Stacey, Sevan Stephan, Carryl Thomas, Suzanne Toase, Katherine Barnes, Philip Willingham

Creatives/Company

Book by: Alan J Lerner
Lyrics: Alan J Lerner
Music: Frederick Loewe
Producer: Royal National Theatre (in association with Cameron Mackintosh Ltd)
Director(s): Trevor Nunn, Nick Davies (music), David Shrubsole (assistant music)
Design: Anthony Ward
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Lighting: David Hersey
Sound: Paul Groothuis
Other(s): David White (Musical Supervisor), Robert Russell Bennett (original orchestration), William D Brohn (Orchestrator), Chris Walker (dance arranger)