Full company announced for MY FAIR LADY at Chichester Festival Theatre
Photo credit: Craig Sugden
A brand-new production of Lerner & Loewe’s glorious, evergreen musical My Fair Lady – which has never before been produced at Chichester Festival Theatre – will be directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and run from 6 July – 5 September.
Hadley Fraser (Magic, The Pajama Game, City of Angels) will play Henry Higgins, with Keziah Ibe making her professional debut as Eliza Doolittle, Ben Culleton (Mary Poppins, UK tour) as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Tony Jayawardena (Nye, National Theatre) as Colonel Pickering, Belinda Lang (Little Women, UK tour) as Mrs Higgins, Gary Milner (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Theatre Royal Bath) as Alfred Doolittle, and Finty Williams (Punch, Nottingham Playhouse/UK tour) as Mrs Pearce. They are joined by Jonathan Bourne, Nic Cain, Shani Cantor, Mark D’Arcy, Talia Duff, Nicholas Duncan, Zack Guest, Joe Henry, Jennifer Louise Jones, Ella Kora, Reuben Lally, TJ Lloyd, Maggie Lynne, Anna McGarahan, Kody Mortimer, Rachel Stanley, and Jessica Vaux.
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.
The production features musical supervision by Stephen Ridley, musical direction by Cat Beveridge, lighting by Howard Harrison, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound, and casting by Stuart Burt CDG.