Pygmalion

 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th November 2003

Set in 1912, Shaw's play features Professor Henry Higgins, an expert on accents, who meets a very Cockney flower-girl, Eliza Doolittle, in Covent Garden. He bets his friend that he can turn Eliza into a lady and pass her off as a duchess at an ambassador's party - and he has three months to do it in.

When the end result is a very attractive and well-spoken Miss Doolittle, the consequences are very different from what he anticipated!

If you think you've heard the plot before, you'd be right - it's the original play from which the musical My Fair Lady was created.

In the past 5 years, the Ridgeway Theatre Company has raised over £8000 for various local charities with its annual production. This year the proceeds will go to The Meningitis Research Foundation

This year's director is Lynda Farrington, well-known for her appearances in previous productions, notably as Aunt Ada Doom in Cold Comfort Farm