The Grand Theatre’s popular play reading group The Play’s the Thing will enjoy the first part of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre on Saturday 2nd May at 1.30pm.
This follows Blackpool Operatic Players’ spectacular production of the musical My Fair Lady (which was adapted from GB Shaw’s famous play) at the theatre from Wednesday 29th April to Saturday 2nd May.
The Play’s the Thing takes place on the first Saturday of each month at the Grand and is intended for adults who may have an interest in reading plays, either appearing at Blackpool’s beautiful Grand, or plays that have a theme in keeping with the Grand’s eclectic programme of performances.
On Saturday 2nd May the Grand’s playreading group will begin Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The famous story was inspired by the Greek myth of the same name and plays on the complex business of human relationships in a social world.
The misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. When the end result produces a very ladylike Miss Doolittle, the lessons learned become much more far reaching.
The Play’s The Thing will continue with the second part of Pygmalion on Saturday 6th June.
The group is led by Jennifer Smethurst who also runs the Act One Drama Studio that has taken many young people and adults through their LAMDA awards for many years. Jennifer is a qualified drama instructor with many years experience in working in the performing arts.
Blackpool Operatic Players also make a welcome return to the Grand from Wednesday 29th April with Lerner and Loewe’s smash-hit musical version of Pygmalion, My Fair Lady, following their sensational productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie and Oliver!
This much-loved production features some of the most popular songs in musical theatre history from the memorable The Rain in Spain to the rambunctious Get Me To The Church on Time, the beautiful I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face and the unforgettable Wouldn’t it be Loverly.
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s celebrated play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture; the 1956 musical production of My Fair Lady on Broadway was a smash hit, setting a new record for the longest run of any major musical theatre production in history. The 1965 film musical famously starred Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins and won eight Academy Awards. -- www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
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