REVIEW
‘PYGMALION’
Maskers Theatre Company
Hamptworth Lodge
IN George Bernard Shaw’s amusing satire on the English class-system, later successfully adapted for film and musical-theatre as My Fair Lady, Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can pass flower-seller Eliza Doolittle off as a lady in high-society by using his talent as a phoneticist to disguise her Cockney accent. Jonathan Barney-Marmont is outstanding as Higgins although his undoubted talent is overshadowed by that of Katherine Evans as Eliza Doolittle. Following in the iconic footsteps of Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn, Evans gives the finest, mature, performance of her already impressive career. Adam Taussik impresses as Colonel Pickering and there is fine support from Hazel Burrows (Mrs Higgins) and William Baggs as Eliza’s father, with Maria Head, Katarina Smith and Christopher Gardener as the Eynsford-Hill family. The open-air production, directed by Meri Mackney, looks great, with the whole cast beautifully dressed and some fun, creatively-constructed, transportation. Take a chair and picnic – enjoy!
Runs until Saturday 16th July
Alan Johns
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