My Fair Lady at Curve, Leicester reveals complete cast

Curve, Leicester has announced full casting for its upcoming revival of My Fair Lady, set to play over the festive season.

The new staging of Lerner and Loewe’s classic will be directed by Curve’s artistic director, Nikolai Foster, known for his hit productions such as Evita, A Chorus Line and Billy Elliot.

As previously reported, Molly Lynch (The Last Five Years, A Little Night Music), will take on the role of Eliza Doolittle, returning to Curve after her performance as Betty Schaefer in Foster’s production of Sunset Boulevard.

Joining her on stage will be David Seadon-Young (The Baker’s Wife) as phonetics professor Henry Higgins, Minal Patel (Billy Elliot) as Colonel Pickering, Steve Furst (Oliver!) as Alfred P Doolitttle, BAFTA Award winner and Golden Globe nominee Cathy Tyson (Kaos) as Mrs Higgins, Sarah Moyle (Jerusalem) as Mrs Eynsford-Hill and Mrs Pearce and Djavan van de Fliert (Disney’s Frozen) as Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

Also in the cast are Damian Buhagiar (West Side Story) as Zoltan Karpathy, Jonathan Dryden Taylor (The Wizard of Oz) as Harry, Ying Ue Li (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club) as Jamie and Joanna O’Hare (Kiss Me, Kate) as George.

Completing the company are Andy Barke (Pretty Woman), Keanna Bloomfield (A Very Very Bad Cinderella), Ashley Gilmour (Evita), Lucas Koch (The Choir of Man), Ritesh Manugula (Shirly), Nell Martin (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Abigail Matthews (The Wizard of Oz), Jack Skelton (Aladdin) and Kenedy Small (Six).

You can watch Lynch perform “I Could Have Danced All Night” from the musical (accompanied by musical supervisor George Dyer) below:

Foster and Curve’s chief executive Chris Stafford commented: “Joining the incomparable Molly Lynch are a fabulous company of actors, ready to infuse their collective brilliance and energies into Lerner and Loewe’s magnificent My Fair Lady. superstars David Seadon-Young and Minal Patel join Molly to create the famous triumphant trio at the heart of this beautiful musical, their youthful exuberance discovering these characters in new ways. They are joined by the equally electrifying Steve Furst as Alfred P Doolittle. Alongside Djavan van de Fliert, Cathy Tyson, Sarah Moyle and a barn-storming ensemble – this is a truly remarkable company of actors not to be missed.”

The musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion follows Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower seller, who is instructed by phonetics professor Henry Higgins to speak like a lady of high society. It features numbers such as “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”, “The Rain in Spain”, “On the Street Where You Live” and “Get Me to the Church on Time”.

The production is choreographed by Joanna Goodwin (An Officer and a Gentleman ), Dyer is musical supervisor, Michael Taylor (Billy Elliot) is set and costume designer, Mark Henderson (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) is lighting designer, Adam Fisher (Evita) is sound designer and casting direction is by Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting.

My Fair Lady will run from 23 November 2024 to 4 January 2025, with tickets on sale below.