“The difference between a Lady and flower girl isn’t how she behaves, but how she is treated”

Eliza Doolittle is a Cockney flower girl with big dreams.

Henry Higgins is a brash Professor of Speech with a big ego.

When a chance encounter sparks a daring bet, Eliza is catapulted from the rainy streets of Covent Garden to the top of Edwardian High Society. Can she pass for a Duchess or will the experiment expose more than just her accent?

HangFire Theatre present a sparkling new adaptation of Bernard Shaw’s hilarious and heartfelt satire on identity and class which inspired the hit musical My Fair Lady.

Will you miss your chance to experience this classic rags to riches story? “Not bloody likely!”

Charlotte Ryder: Eliza Doolittle

Recent film and television credits include VERA (ITV), The Dumping Ground (BBC), Lore (Couch Potato Films), Hypocrisy Of Democracy (Passionedia/DB Media) and has filmed sketches with North East Comedy Hot House for Channel 4.

Recent theatre credits include: Lizzy Spence in Geordie Gaol Girls, Nee Place Like Hyem (Workie Ticket Theatre Company), Cecily in The Importance Of Being Earnest (HangFire Theatre, National Tour), Geraldine in Ducks and Dragons (ARC Stockton), Robin in Remarkable Robin’s Christmas Adventure (Alnwick Playhouse), Meggie in Meggie Magicia (Alphabetti Theatre), Edwina in Orville (Out On The Toon with Northern Stage), Jill Ridley in TheWar Of The Worlds (Northern Stage) for which she was nominated for Best Performance in the Journal Culture Awards 2019), Roo in One More Sleep (Gala Durham), Heather in Middle:Below LIVE Show (Glasgow Horror Festival), Clare in ROAD, Katherine in The Taming Of The Shrew and Elizabeth in The Long Road (Newcastle Theatre Royal).

Jamie Brown: Professor Henry Higgins

Hailing from Gateshead, Jamie trained at Bretton Hall (Acting, 3-years) and has worked in the performance industry since 2006.

Awarded Performing Artist of the Year at the North East Culture Awards - for his roles in Hadaway Harry (Newcastle Theatre Royal, London, NE tour) and The Man and The Donkey (Customs House) respectively - Jamie is a seasoned performer, having toured nationally in recent productions of The Importance of Being Earnest (as Jack Worthing, HangFire Theatre) and Othello (as Roderigo, Elysium Theatre). Regionally he has gained acclaim in premiere adaptations and subsequent revivals of Frankenstein (The Creature) and Dickens byCandlelight (Charles Dickens and Ghosts) with Niltoni Entertainment.

He is a long-term associate of 1623 theatre company, where roles include Hamlet (Hamlet), Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing) and Macbeth (Toil and Trouble), as well as at Theatre Space North East, where he has portrayed Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet) and Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) among others.