The production, which stars Martine McCutcheon and Jonathan Pryce, opened at the National's Lyttelton Theatre in March to critical acclaim. The production will return to its original west end home, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in July: the original production of the show held the record as the longest running show at that theatre until it's record was finally beaten by Miss Saigon, which also used lighting equipment from White Light.
The lighting for the new production of My Fair Lady is designed by David Hersey, making his return to musical theatre lighting after his eighteen month sojourn sailing around the world! For the Drury Lane production Hersey, his associate Jenny Kagan and production electrician Alistair Grant are slightly re-working the rig used at the National Theatre. Equipment supplied by White Light will include ETC Source Four profile spots, PAR cans, Wybron CXI colour changers, Rainbow colour scrollers, Iris-4 floodlighting and VSFX projectors and effects. The Moving Light Company will supply 27 DHA Digital Light Curtains (a mixture of six- and eight-lamp units). Control will be from a Strand 500-series console.
My Fair Lady marks both White Light's and producer Cameron Mackintosh's return to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane following last year's production of The Witches of Eastwick, which is now playing at the Prince of Wales theatre. The show is directed by Trevor Nunn and designed by Anthony Ward, with the National Theatre's Mark Deakin acting as production manager for the transfer.