Since January 8th 2001, I have been actively involved with Trevor Nunn’s production of Lerner and Lowe’s My Fair Lady which opened at the Royal National Theatre on March 6th in the Lyttleton and then transferred to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on July 21st 2001. I play the roles of Lord Boxington [Ascot] and First Costermonger [Covent Garden - Wouldn’t It Be Luverly]. I've also played Doolittle for thirty five performances and Colonel Pickering for twenty but after over eight hundred shows in total I shall be leaving in March 2003. However, the experience has been so special I thought a few more pictures might be fun to add to this page. As for the rumours, Yes, Martine McCutcheon was genuinely ill during her time with the show and no, she was not fired. The rumours that she was not professionally up to it were also unfounded - in fact she won an Olivier award for her performance as Eliza Doolittle.



some of the cast at "the bar"
Yes, Dennis Waterman did have a bar built into his dressing room - optics, counter, pump, stools and all. No, this was not exclusively for his own personal use but - in the absence of a backstage canteen at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane- to serve as a kind of green room for the entire company to maintain the 'esprit de corps'. The cast and crew of My Fair Lady are a wonderful group of people and I shall miss the fun we had together for two very special years.




Costermonger Reheasal

In rehearsal: From left to right:
Simon Coulthard [3rd Costermonger],
Tober Riley [4th Costermonger]
DSP [1st Costermonger]
and David Burrows [2nd Costermonger]


The Ascot tea scene
The Ascot tea scene from My Fair Lady.
From left to right:
David Shaw-Parker [Lord Boxington] Mark Umbers [Freddie] Martine McCutcheon [Eliza Doolittle]
Terry Kelly [attendant] Caroline Blakiston [Mrs. Higgins]




In rehearsal: From left to right:
Trevor Nunn, Mark Frendo, Tober Reilly, Lincoln Hudson, Tom Dwyer, Philip Willington, Neil Johnson
Madelaine Brennan, Jean Reeve, Simon Coulthard, Daniele Coombe,
Martine McCutcheon, Katherine Barnes, David Burrows.



In rehearsal: From left to right:
Sevan Stefan, Lincoln Hudson, Mark Frendo, Martine McCutcheon, Jean Reeve,
Tover Reilly, David Shaw-Parker, Jonathan Price, Lisa Donmall.