⭐ MY FAIR LADY – CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE REVIVAL ANNOUNCED ⭐
A brand-new production of Lerner & Loewe’s glorious, evergreen musical MY FAIR LADY has been announced.
The new production, which has never before been produced at Chichester, will be directed by Rachel Kavanaugh.
With an overflowing bouquet of ravishing songs including The Rain in Spain, I Could Have Danced All Night, With a Little Bit of Luck and Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, sparkling dialogue, brilliant lyrics, witty story and gorgeous costumes, this 20th century masterpiece has been described as the perfect musical.
Cockney Eliza Doolittle is living selling flowers on the streets of London. Her dream of being a lady in a florist’s shop is out of reach unless she can speak ‘proper English’. So when she encounters Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, she seizes the chance to transform her life.Higgins blithely takes on a bet to turn the woman he dismisses as a “squashed cabbage leaf” into a high society paragon. But his impulsive wager becomes a journey of discovery for both him and Eliza.
Based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion, Lerner & Loewe’s multi award-winning musical broke Broadway records when it opened in 1956 and was later adapted into the 1964 Oscar-winning film.
Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, featuring set & costume design by Peter McKintosh, with choreography by Stephen Mear, musical supervision by Stephen Ridley, musical direction by Cat Beveridge, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Ian Dickinson and casting direction by Stuart Burt
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MY FAIR LADY has a book & lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, with music by Frederick Loewe. Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion. Original production directed and staged by Moss Hart.
MY FAIR LADY will play Chichester Festival Theatre, running from 6th July – 5th September 2026, with tickets on general sale from 28th February 2026.
I still can’t believe Chichester Festival Theatre have never staged MY FAIR LADY before! ! !
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