Richard Bratby

‘Zings off the stage’: My Fair Lady, at Leeds Playhouse, reviewed

Opera North's production provides indelible songs, dialogue that sparks and crackles and a cast who find meaning in every line – which makes Grange Park Opera's The Daughter of the Regiment seem oddly incomplete

A drama that zings off the stage: Dean Robinson (Col Pickering), John Hopkins (Henry Higgins) and Katie Bird (Eliza Doolittle) in Opera North’s My Fair Lady. © Pamela Raith
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  • My Fair Lady

    Leeds Playhouse, until 29 June

  • The Daughter of the Regiment

    Grange Park Opera, until 6 July

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