Chamber version of My Fair Lady to run next winter – with initial cast revealed

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will stage a new production of My Fair Lady from 21 November to 31 December 2026 in the Auditorium.

The Lerner and Loewe musical, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascal’s film of the same name, will be directed by Maria Friedman. Alan Cumming will star as Professor Henry Higgins.

Friedman, whose recent work includes the Tony Award-winning revival of Merrily We Roll Along, is set to bring an intimate approach to the story of Eliza Doolittle, the flower seller who meets phonetics expert Higgins.

Cumming has stated he will offer his own interpretation of the role in this new chamber version of the musical, explaining to WhatsOnStage: “The instruments are quite reduced… It doesn’t have that kind of wall of sound that you get in musicals. And it doesn’t, it’s not just genericised by the volume and by the spectacle. It’s actually specific and little and it’s about real people.”

Featuring songs including “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly”, “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “On the Street Where You Live”, the production revisits the story of transformation and class with a focus on character and connection.