Two-time Olivier winner Bertie Carvel, the original Miss Trunchbull in the London and Broadway productions of Matilda The Musical; and Olivier winner Patsy Ferran, recently seen in the West End staging of A Streetcar Named Desire; will head the cast of a new production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion at London's The Old Vic.
Directed by Richard Jones (Endgame, Katya Kabanova), the classic Shaw comedy will take the stage September 6-October 28. Opening night of the production, the first play of The Old Vic's 2023-2024 season, is scheduled for September 19.
Carvel, who won his Oliviers for his performances in Matilda and Ink, will play the eccentric, egotistical linguist Professor Henry Higgins with Summer and Smoke Olivier winner Ferran as Eliza Doolittle, the indomitable Covent Garden flower girl with grander aspirations.
Additional casting and creative team members will be announced.
Director Jones says, "How lucky the director who is offered the opportunity to collaborate with the charismatic and unique Patsy Ferran and the brilliant, shape-shifting Bertie Carvel—moreover, how lucky to direct these actors in Shaw’s Pygmalion, which follows Professor Higgins’ artificial creation of a society lady who rebels against her creator. I’m very happy to return to the welcoming and supportive team at The Old Vic having been here in 2015 and 2020 with The Hairy Ape and Endgame, respectively."
For more information visit OldVicTheatre.com.
Look back at Carvel and the original Broadway company of Matilda below.
