Tag: The Old Vic

Bertie Carvel, Patsy Ferran to headline The Old Vic’s Pygmalion

Bertie Carvel and Patsy Ferran will star in Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw’s classic play, at The Old Vic this autumn.

Richard Jones (Endgame, The Hairy Ape) directs Carvel (The 47th) and Ferran (Camp Siegfried) in the story of Eliza Doolittle (Ferran), who aspires to more than selling flowers on the streets of Covent Garden.

After a chance meeting with Professor Henry Higgins (Carvel) and Colonel Pickering, she finds herself the subject of a rash bet to pass her off as a lady amongst the great and the good of London society.  

A funny, biting and subversive satire on class, the ruthless linguist Higgins attempts to transform the brilliantly irrepressible Eliza – who breaks the mould he creates for her.

Pygmalion will play at The Old Vic from September 6-October 28, 2023.

Rehearsals underway for The Old Vic’s Sylvia

Beverly Knight and the cast of Sylvia are now in rehearsals ahead of the musical’s launch at The Old Vic next month.

Previews begin on January 27 for the show, which will tell the story of Sylvia Pankhurst – feminist, activist, pacifist, socialist and rebel – the lesser-known Pankhurst at the heart of the Suffragette movement who changed the lives of working women and men across the world.

Sylvia debuted as a work-in-progress back in 2018 and now returns to The Old Vic, blending dance, hip hop, funk and soul with original music by Josh Cohen and DJ Wade.

A ZooNation production, Knight heads the cast as Emmeline Pankhurst alongside Sharon Rose as Sylvia Pankhurst and Kelly Agbowu, Verity Blyth, Bradley Charles, Kimmy Edwards, Alex Gaumond, Jade Hackett, Sweeney Holdsworth, Stevie Hutchinson, Kate Ivory Jordan, Hannah Khemoh, Sinead Long, Jaye Marshall, Kandaka Moore, Antoine Murray-Straughan, Razak Osman, Jay Perry, Kirstie Skivington, Ellena Vincent and Malachi Welch.