A woman in a pink dress sits in the foreground near a gramophone horn while two men stand behind her in blue light.

Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington2019

Pygmalion

The Production

Emilia Teglia’s 2019 staging of Shaw’s classic comedy at Tower Theatre followed Eliza Doolittle’s transformation while foregrounding the play’s enduring critiques of class, social divide and women’s independence.

36 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Emilia Teglia
Lighting Design: Rob Hebblethwaite
Set Design: Max Batty
Costume Design: Irena Pancer
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two women in period costume face each other across a pale stage as another performer moves in from the side.

A group of women in period dress cluster together in a darkly lit street scene.

An older man in a top hat reacts as a seated woman offers him a small flower.

Several performers in period coats and hats gather around a woman with a basket on a dimly lit stage.

A man gestures toward a woman standing beside a spilled flower basket on the floor.

A bald man stands alone beside a desk and chair on a pale interior set.

A bald man bends over a desk and writes under a lamp.

A woman in a checked dress and feathered hat points upward while facing a bald man.

A woman in a hat, an older woman in black, and a bald man are framed closely against the set windows.

A man in a dusty coat raises his hands between two formally dressed men.

A smiling woman in a pink dress and decorated hat adjusts the brim while a man watches in the foreground.

An older man in a suit looks toward a woman in a hat blurred in the foreground.

A seated woman in white is surrounded by three standing figures in an interior room.

An older woman writes at a desk while a man stands in the background.

Five performers sit and stand in a row across a pale drawing-room set.

An older man shakes hands with a woman in a pale dress while seated women look on.

A woman in a large hat raises both gloved hands in front of two other performers.

An empty stage is lit in pink with tall candelabras standing near the set windows.

A formally dressed group stands in low light beside candelabras and a woman in a feathered hat.

An older man in evening dress places a hand against the shoulder of a woman in a black cloak and tall feathered hat.

A wide view shows multiple performers in evening dress spread across a warmly lit party scene.

A woman in a pink dress shouts at close range toward a bald man in a white shirt.

A seated woman covers part of her face while a man stands behind her on the blue-lit set.

A woman in a pink dress stands facing a bald man in a white shirt under cool blue lighting.

A woman in a pink dress turns sharply as a bald man raises one hand toward her.

A young man in a grey suit touches the face of a woman in a dark cloak.

A bald man in a dark suit speaks closely with an older man on a warmly lit set.

Two men sit side by side in formal clothing against a windowed drawing-room backdrop.

A wide drawing-room scene shows a woman seated near two men while another man stands in the foreground.

A woman in a white dress gestures while seated beside an older man.

An older man and a woman in a white dress smile beside the set windows.

A woman in white sits alone on one side of the stage while a man sits far away at a desk.

A bald man gestures broadly while a woman in a white dress stands behind him.

A woman in a white dress holds her hands near her mouth in front of patterned wallpaper.

A woman in a white dress sits alone with her arms folded near a desk and vase of flowers.

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