My Fair Lady by Olveston Parish Players
Olveston and Tockington Parish Hall
Performances run from Wed 18 to Sat 21 Feb at 7.30pm, PLUS - new for 2026 - a matinee performance at 2.00pm on Sat 21 Feb
The Parish Players’ 2026 production is ‘My Fair Lady’, one of the most well known and loved of all musicals, which is sure to brighten your winter evening and leave you humming its memorable tunes.
Lerner and Loewe’s adaptation of the play ‘Pygmalion’ by George Bernard Shaw tells the story of a poor Edwardian flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, who dreams of working in a flower shop rather than selling bunches of violets in the street.
By chance, she meets Henry Higgins, a pompous professor of phonetics, who derides her for her strong Cockney accent, and makes a bet that he can teach her to talk like a duchess. Eliza goes along with the idea, as a way of getting the job that she longs for. But both Higgins and Eliza have a lot to learn!
My Fair Lady was first performed on Broadway in 1956, and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Its many famous songs include ‘Why Can't the English?’, ‘Wouldn't It Be Loverly?’, ‘With a Little Bit of Luck’, ‘Just You Wait’, ‘The Rain in Spain’, ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’, ‘On the Street Where You Live’, ‘You Did It’ and ‘Get Me to the Church on Time’.
Tickets are priced at £12 Adults, £8 Children, £14 Premium Seats. The Box Office will open from 10 January either on 01454 202011 or via the online booking form: *web address to follow asap*
