Pygmalion
Pygmalion - 2023 West End History , Info & More
The Old Vic
103 The Cut London
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.
Olivier and Tony Award-winner Richard Jones (Endgame, The Hairy Ape) directs the Olivier Award-winning duo of Bertie Carvel (The 47th, The Crown) and Patsy Ferran (Camp Siegfried, A Streetcar Named Desire) in George Bernard Shaw’s explosively funny, biting and subversive satire on class, as the ruthless linguist Higgins attempts to transform the brilliantly irrepressible Eliza – who breaks the mould he creates for her.
__Access Performances__
- Audio Described: Mon 16 Oct 7.30pm
- Captioned: Fri 13 Oct 7:30pm
- Relaxed: Sat 14 Oct 2:30pm
- British Sign Language: Fri 20 Oct 7:30pm
Pygmalion - 2023 - West End Cast
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Overacting drowns out the sting of Shaw’s comedy
4 / 10
You know the overacting is a choice rather than an accident because the production is led by two of the best actors in Britain, Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel. Ferran, the recent winner of the Critics’ Circle award for best actress as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, looks lost amid the early overplay as a shouty, vigorously larky Eliza Doolittle.
George Bernard Shaw's classic fails to pack a punch
6 / 10
The story of the cockney flower girl trained to speak and act like a duchess by a phonetics professor has two central characters that give the actors a huge amount to get their teeth into. The issue is that this production has a sense of detachment so we never feel like we get to the real heart of the plot or characters. Shaw's observations about class and social expectations are pretty much lost.
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by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 20, 2023
After a chance meeting with Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, flower seller Eliza Doolittle finds herself the subject of a rash bet to pass her off as a lady amongst the great and the good of London society.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 20, 2023
A tale of transformation, coersive control and eventual female empowerment performed by two of our best stage actors should be a guaranteed hit. However, Richard Jones' revival of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion fails to pack the expected punch.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 15, 2023
The Old Vic has released production images for its upcoming revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 25, 2023
Olivier and Tony Award-winner Richard Jones (Endgame, The Hairy Ape) directs the Olivier Award-winning duo of Bertie Carvel (The 47th, The Crown) and Patsy Ferran (Camp Siegfried, A Streetcar Named Desire) in George Bernard Shaw’s explosively funny, biting and subversive satire on class.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 22, 2023
Watch the new teaser trailer for Pygmalion, featuring the voices of Bertie Carvel and Patsy Ferran as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 8, 2023
The Old Vic has released brand-new rehearsal photos for its upcoming revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.Directed by Richard Jones, the cast is led by award-winners Bertie Carvel as Professor Henry Higgins and Patsy Ferran as Eliza Doolittle.
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Other Productions of Pygmalion
| 1914 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1926 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1938 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1945 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1987 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1991 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2004 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2005 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2007 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2018 | Off-Broadway |
Project Shaw One Night Only Production Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | Off-Broadway |
Bedlam Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
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