The Old Vic announces that Bertie Carvel (The 47th, The Crown) and Patsy Ferran (A Streetcar Named Desire, Camp Siegfried) will star in Pygmalion, a play by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Richard Jones (Endgame, Katya Kabanova).
The Olivier Award-winning pair return to The Old Vic in this much-loved classic, with Bertie Carvel as the eccentric egotistical linguist Professor Henry Higgins and Patsy Ferran as Eliza Doolittle, the indomitable Covent Garden flower girl with grander aspirations.
Joining Olivier Award-winners Bertie Carvel (Professor Henry Higgins) and Patsy Ferran (Eliza Doolittle) in Pygmalion at the Old Vic Theatre are Lizzy Connolly (Clara Eynsford Hill), Grace Cookey-Gam (Mrs Eynsford Hill), Steven Dykes (Ensemble), Michael Gould (Colonel Pickering), Liz Jadav (Ensemble), Penny Layden (Mrs Pearce), Sylvestra Le Touzel (Mrs Higgins), John Marquez (Alfred Doolittle), Taheen Modak (Freddy Eynsford Hill), Caroline Moroney (Ensemble), Rohan Rakhit (Ensemble) and Kieran Smith (Aristid Karpathy).
The creative team joining director Richard Jones is also announced today. Pygmalion will feature Design by Stewart Laing (The Hairy Ape, Titanic), Lighting by Adam Silverman (Endgame, Màm), Sound by Tony Gayle (Sylvia, My Neighbour Totoro), Composition & Arrangement by Will Stuart (A Christmas Carol, My Neighbour Totoro), Movement by Sarah Fahie (Endgame, Alcina), Casting by Jessica Ronane CDG, Dialect by William Conacher, Voice by Charlie Hughes-D’Aeth, Costume Supervision by Sarah Bowern and Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Supervision by Keisha-Paris Banya.
Pygmalion will play at The Old Vic from 06 September–28 October with a press performance on Tuesday 19 September and will be the first show of The Old Vic’s 2023/2024 season.
‘I’ve a right to be here if I like. Same as you.’
Eliza Doolittle aspires to more than selling flowers on the streets of Covent Garden.
After a chance meeting with Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, she finds herself the subject of a rash bet to pass her off as a lady amongst the great and the good of London society.
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES:
Captioned: Fri 13 Oct, 7.30pm
Relaxed (audio described and captioned): Sat 14 Oct, 2.30pm
Audio Described: Mon 16 Oct, 7.30pm (Touch Tour: 5.30pm)
BSL: Fri 20 Oct, 7.30pm
