My Fair Lady - Opera North & Leeds Playhouse co-production

The Playhouse will once more join forces with Opera North to revive the award-winning musical My Fair Lady. This strong on-going partnership between two Leeds cultural giants will see the Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining direct this much-loved musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion. Featuring Frederick Loewe’s ravishing score and wonderfully witty book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, the musical follows Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady”. But who is really being transformed? The production features members of the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North with additional guest artists performing a beautiful score including the classic songs “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “Get Me to the Church on Time” and “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly”.

Quarry theatre, Fri 31 May – Sat 29 Jun

Artistic Director James Brining said: “I am thrilled to be directing My Fair Lady and continuing our long-standing partnership with Opera North as we come together to create this iconic show. My Fair Lady is a show bursting with heart and energy featuring the most emotionally charged songs that always ignite powerful emotions, particularly when performed by the orchestra of and the chorus of Opera North. This will be a production not to be missed.”