A man in a blue jacket gestures upward while speaking at a microphone, with another performer dimly lit behind him.

St Paul's Church (The Actors' Church), Covent Garden2021

Pygmalion – Performed Reading

The Production

A performed reading of Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy of language, class and transformation, presented for one night at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden.

20 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Denise Silvey
Lighting Design: Ron Knights
Sound Design: Ron Knights
Photography: Steve Gregson

A man and a woman face each other at microphones while holding papers under warm stage light.

A group of performers stand across a church-like stage with microphones, music stands and candles behind them.

Two women and a young performer read at microphones, with one woman smiling as she holds a folder.

A woman in a patterned grey dress stands with her arms folded beside a microphone and music stand.

Two older men read from scripts at microphones, with another performer blurred in the background.

A woman speaks from behind a music stand, framed against a dark background with a lit religious image behind her.

Several performers stand at microphones reading from scripts, with two women and an older man most brightly lit.

A woman in a grey patterned dress looks intently forward from behind a music stand, with another performer in shadow behind her.

Three performers stand spaced across the stage at microphones, reading scripts in a wide stage view.

Two older men read from scripts at microphones, one gesturing with a hand to his chest.

A smiling woman and a young man stand side by side at microphones, holding scripts.

A woman points toward a young man standing beside her on the stage near a microphone and music stand.

A man with glasses reads expressively from a folder into a microphone against a dark stage background.

Four performers stand widely spaced on a patterned floor beneath church furnishings and tall candles.

A woman stands behind a music stand beside a bald man reading from a script on a sparsely lit stage.

Two older men stand at microphones reading scripts, one pointing toward the other.

An older man stands alone at a microphone, holding a script and raising one hand in gesture.

Three performers sit closely together in a pew-like seat, lit warmly against a dark background.

Four performers sit in a row behind a railing, their faces partly lit in a darkened auditorium.

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