Pig Melon - Act Two

Send us Fan MailA young shelf stacker from the Perth suburbs is met at the Australia Day fireworks by a university sociology professor who specialises in the phonetics of the English language.  The professor teases her about her ambition to be sociably acceptable given her accent and coarse language.  He suggests an experiment. Over 9 months she is intensively taught to speak Cultivated Australian English and behave like a socialite.  She is exhibited and tested at the Melbourne Cup Lunch at the Royal Perth Yacht Club.Based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913)Adapted by Tim McGrath (2020)CastEliza Doolittle (bogan)  | : | Helen PeerlessProfessor Henry Higgins (sociology professor)  | : | Stephen McVeyDoctor Pickering (friend and conscience of Higgins)  | : | Peter HockingAlfred Doolittle (philosophical father of Eliza)  | : | Ron PotipharMrs. Pearce (Henry’s assistant at the university)  | : | Isabelle McGrathMrs. Higgins (mother of Henry)  | : | Fiona McVeyMrs. Fortescue (snobby mother)  | : | Annie TaylorClara Fortescue (snooty daughter)  | : | Duncan McGrathNigel Fortescue (soppy romantic admirer of Eliza)  | : | Isabelle McGrathBystander | : | Fiona McVeySarcastic Bystander | : | Ron Potiphar