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BIZARRE: Eliza doolittle - What They Never Told You

Random Musing: Trumpery – the Middle English word that eerily predicted the era of Donald Trump

The notion lives on in a post-colonial society where English – and who has access to it – is a marker of civility and civilisation. The Higgins-Macaulay Complex continues to haunt post-colonial societies, but there are times when the English language can be oddly prescient.

The Times of India

'They tried to start a fight': Eliza on Lily Allen comparisons that shook her confidence

As she prepares to release her third album, the artist formerly known as Eliza Doolittle revisits being pigeonholed early in her career

Evening Standard

Elsbeth Was More Aggressive Than I Expected In The Halloween Episode, But I’m Loving Her New Bond After That Kaya Twist

Elsbeth pulled no punches while in the Halloween spirit this year.

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Sylvia Young, the theatre school founder that taught likes of Dua Lipa and Amy Winehouse, dies aged 86

The Sylvia Young Theatre School was established in 1972. Many who studied there have become household names

The Independent UK

Theatre school founder and ‘true visionary’ Sylvia Young dies aged 86

The Sylvia Young Theatre School was established in 1972.

Evening Standard

'ELIZA,' the world's 1st chatbot, was just resurrected from 60-year-old computer code

Researchers discovered long-lost computer code and used it to resurrect the early chatbot ELIZA.

LiveScience

7 movies new on Paramount Plus in November with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Seven movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes are the stand-outs on Paramount Plus this month – here's what I recommend streaming in November 2024.

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My Fair Lady turns 60: a linguist on how the film has held up

On October 21 1964, the iconic and much-celebrated film My Fair Lady premiered in Hollywood. Sixty years later, the film remains an enjoyable rollick full of catchy songs, but is not a wholly accurate depiction of what linguists do – certainly not nowadays at least.

The Conversation

My Fair Lady review – comedy and chemistry light up Opera North’s musical-theatre triumph

Katie Bird is an irresistible Eliza Doolittle in this inspired show, which takes its interrogation of social mobility seriously but with a sparkling lightness of touch

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Characterful British accents are dying out — what a tragedy

George Bernard Shaw famously observed that “it is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.” That was in the preface to Pygmalion, whose hero, Professor Higgins, was a phoneticist who could identify which bit of London any individual Cockney came from —…

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Pygmalion; King Stakh’s Wild Hunt; It’s Headed Straight Towards Us – review

Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel are word-perfect in Richard Jones’s first-rate Shaw revival; Belarus Free Theatre fuse fairytale and reality; and two has-been actors hole up in a trailer in Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer’s new comedy

The Guardian - UK

Pygmalion review – Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel don’t find play’s heart

This Shaw revival has wonderful moments but there is little spark between Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Pygmalion at the Old Vic review: extraordinary central performances from Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel

The two stars dominate amid a fine supporting cast, even if this is a weird choice of revival

Evening Standard

Patsy Ferran on stage stardom, performing with Paul Mescal, and Pygmalion: ‘I only ever watched the first 75 per cent of My Fair Lady’

She stepped in to play Blanche to Paul Mescal’s Stanley at the 11th hour. Now she’s taking on her childhood dream role of Eliza Doolittle. Andrzej Lukowski talks to Patsy Ferran, the most exciting stage actor of her generation

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The Guardian - UK

Starry Shakespeare, super standups and a Black Sabbath ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2023

Patsy Ferran takes on Eliza in Pygmalion, Andrew Scott plays multiple characters from Uncle Vanya and Mlima’s Tale tells a powerful tale of the ivory trade. Here’s what’s in store on stage

The Guardian - UK

The rise of actor Patsy Ferran: ‘I’m a bit of a duck: calm on the surface…’

She cancelled her honeymoon to star in A Streetcar Named Desire with four days’ notice – then won the 2023 Critics’ Circle best actress award. She talks to the Observer’s theatre critic, an early champion, about her next move

The Guardian - UK

‘A certain danger lurks there’: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans

Daily Mirror

Elaine Paige hails West Side Story and My Fair Lady in top 10 movie musicals

The singer, who has starred in Cats, Chess and Evita, details her pick of the best - with a surprising mix of old and new - and explains what they mean to her

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Manchester Evening News

Review: My Fair Lady at the Palace Theatre

"Rags to riches stories are as old as time but rarely fail to entertain and with costumes as lavish as this one"

The Guardian - UK

ChatGPT isn’t a great leap forward, it’s an expensive deal with the devil

The new chatbot is generating a lot of hype, but we would do well to consider its human and environmental cost

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star Martine McCutcheon up for posh roles like Eliza in My Fair Lady

After roles as EastEnders barmaid Tiffany, Hugh Grant's No10 tea lady in Love Actually and an Agatha Christie hotel maid, My Fair Lady stage star Martine McCutcheon hopes for upper-class screen parts

The Guardian - UK

V&A puts musical theatre centre-stage in new exhibition

Eliza Doolittle’s sparkling dress is one of 100 items that celebrate ‘transformative power’ of musicals

Manchester Evening News

My Fair Lady musical coming back to Manchester - with EastEnders icon in leading role

The lavish production will see EastEnders legend Adam Woodyatt in a leading role for the show's big Manchester return

Daily Mirror

Ex EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt 'to earn double soap salary as he lands new acting job'

Former EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt, who walked away from his role as Ian Beale last year, is reportedly set to star in a stage production of My Fair Lady

Chicago Sun-Times

‘My Fair Lady’ revival gives us a fabulously empowered Eliza and more

Director Bartlett Sher’s staging turns away from the rom-com aesthetic that defined both the 1956 Broadway debut and the 1964 movie.

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