Sydney Theatre Company and Qantas present
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
In one of the great transformative tales of all time, a feral young flower seller glimpses an opportunity to elevate herself in society and boldly snatches at it, naïve to the potential cost of doing so.
It’s a decision that sees the now iconic character Eliza Doolittle transported into the aristocratic world of one Professor Henry Higgins where she becomes the subject of a wager between the phonetics expert and his friend Colonel Pickering. Higgins bets that within six months he can turn the wild, cockney Eliza into a lady so refined she could pass for a duchess.
George Bernard Shaw’s enduringly popular play Pygmalion has in turn inspired interpretations as diverse as My Fair Lady, Educating Rita and the nineties high school flick She’s All That. Shaw’s story is one of rags to relative riches but his Eliza is no Cinderella and Higgins is certainly no Prince Charming.
This production is part of STC's Main Stage season with multiple schools matinees scheduled for schools' convenience.
SYDNEY THEATRE
Cost: $22/student, $11/student PFSP students
Suits: Year 9 - 12
Duration: 3 hours (including interval, excludes pre- and post-performance q&a)
Why Book?
*On the HSC Standard English – Experience Through Language: Distinctive Voices
*Links to discussing language, social class, gender, role & character
*Exciting new production of George Bernard Shaw’s classic play
*Wonderful introduction to Theatre for younger students
