Vidar Hjardeng MBE - My Fair Lady, Audio Described Theatre Review

Season 1, Episode 1652,   Mar 31, 2023, 02:00 PM

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews.

This week Vidar was reviewing the Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning production of that wonderful musical My Fair Lady at the Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 11 March at 2pm with description by professional Audio Describers Julia Grundy and Jonathan Nash.

Charlotte Kennedy stars as Eliza Doolittle, Michael D. Xavier as Henry Higgins, and EastEnders’ Adam Woodyatt plays the role of Alfred P. Doolittle. They are joined by world famous soprano Lesley Garrett playing Mrs Pearce and John Middleton (Emmerdale) as Colonel Pickering.

Directed by Bartlett Sher (acclaimed for the recent Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I), this sublime production features Frederick Loewe’s ravishing score and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. My Fair Lady includes the classic songs I Could Have Danced All Night, Get Me to the Church on Time, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly and The Rain in Spain.

My Fair Lady continues on tour throughout the UK and Ireland and more details about venues and dates can be found by visiting the following website - https://myfairladymusical.co.uk 


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