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Pygmalion

September 2023

  • Patsy Ferran as Eliza Doolittle and Bertie Carvel as Henry Higgins either side of a chart that Carvel points to with a stick, in Pygmalion at the Old Vic.

    The week in theatre: Pygmalion; King Stakh’s Wild Hunt; It’s Headed Straight Towards Us – review

    Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel are word-perfect in Richard Jones’s first-rate Shaw revival; Belarus Free Theatre fuse fairytale and reality; and two has-been actors hole up in a trailer in Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer’s new comedy

August 2023

  • Patsy Ferran

    The rise of actor Patsy Ferran: ‘I’m a bit of a duck: calm on the surface…’

    She cancelled her honeymoon to star in A Streetcar Named Desire with four days’ notice – then won the 2023 Critics’ Circle best actress award. She talks to the Observer’s theatre critic, an early champion, about her next move

August 2021

  • Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle in the film version of of My Fair Lady, the musical adaptation of Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

    Brief letters
    Ascot scene in Pygmalion? Not bloody likely!

    Letters: My Fair Lady | Village incomers | Jeffrey Steele | Greenham Common | Ian Botham

May 2021

  • George Bernard Shaw and his wife, Charlotte, at their home in London, circa 1905.

    His fair lady: how George Bernard Shaw’s wife played a vital role in his masterworks

    Charlotte’s influence has been downplayed, says a new book on how women are written out of history

October 2017

  • Fintan O’Toole

    The lie that poverty is a moral failing was buried a century ago. Now it’s back

    Fintan O’Toole
    George Bernard Shaw knew the rich are no better than the poor. Yet the same argument rages more fiercely than ever, writes Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole

April 2017

  • Junkyard play

    Five of the best… theatre shows
    Junkyard and Mayerling: this week’s best UK theatre and dance

    Teen misfits save the day in Jack Thorne and Stephen Warbeck’s play, while the Royal Ballet tackles the Austro-Hungarian empire

February 2017

  • Pygmalion at West Yorkshire Playhouse

    Pygmalion review – Higgins the hipster bleeps Shaw into the 21st century

    Updated to a minimalist live/work space full of digital sound manipulation, Sam Pritchard’s production plays on the pain of judging people by how they speak

August 2015

  • Madame Tussauds unveiled the world's first Nicki Minaj wax figure In Las Vegas on 4 August, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Jonathan Jones on art
    Nicki Minaj and the ancient art of men having sex with statues

    In a sordid tale of wax and lust, Nicki Minaj’s statue at Madame Tussauds has garnered unwanted attention from the public. The museum could have avoided this disaster if they’d learned more about those kinky, kinky ancients

June 2014

  • Meine Faire Dame

    Musicals we love
    Meine Faire Dame: musicals we love

    Forget what you think you know about My Fair Lady – this German version features everything from Mozart to Wham! writes Andrew Haydon

April 2014

  • Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, 1964

    Pygmalion at 100: George Bernard Shaw's classic – in pictures

    On the 100th anniversary of Pygmalion's opening night in London, revisit some of the play's classic stage and screen productions, including My Fair Lady!

May 2013

  • Children's books
    Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw - review

    Mariakozhuhar: 'The characters become extremely true-to-life...'

July 2011

  • George Bernard Shaw photographs go on display

    George Bernard Shaw photographs uncover man behind myth

    Exhibitions showcasing original prints reveal the private and public personas of the Pygmalion playwright

May 2011

  • kara tointon pygmalion

    Pygmalion – review

    Kara Tointon is pitch-perfect as Eliza Doolittle in a fine production of Pygmalion, writes Kate Kellaway
  • kara tointon pygmalion

    Quiz: How well do you know Shaw?

    As George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion hits the West End, test your knowledge of the great playwright

  • Rupert Everett as Henry Higgins and Kara Tointon as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion

    Pygmalion - review

    Kara Tointon proves infinitely more than an over-promoted soap star, and, with her stunning looks and poise, has a real future before her – a luminous and refreshing West End debut as Eliza in GBS's classic, writes Michael Billington

July 2010

  • Spur of the Moment

    Spur of the Moment; Pygmalion; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists; The Magical Menagerie

    An astonishing debut from an 18-year-old illuminates the lives of modern pre-teen girls, writes Susannah Clapp

  • While You Lie

    This week's new theatre
    This week's new theatre

    While You Lie | Earthquakes In London | 24/7 Festival | Private Lives | The Great British Country Fete | Pygmalion | The Red Shoes | The Beach

  • Honeysuckle Weeks in Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    Chichester Festival theatre
    Philip Prowse's production of Shaw's play falls short on subtlety – and leaves its lead actors with nowhere to go, writes Michael Billington

May 2010

  • Pygmalion at the Royal Exchange, Manchester

    Pygmalion

    Royal Exchange, Manchester
    Eliza Doolittle brings the X Factor to an Edwardian parlour in this vivid take on Shaw's play, writes Alfred Hickling

August 2008

  • Pick of the week: Theatre

    London: Pygmalion | The Chalk Garden | Under The Blue Sky |
    Brief Encounter | Elaine Stritch At Liberty

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