Re:-My fair lady

Hats of to Karen Godfrey
What a great show

Catrina what can we say from the moment the show started to the finnish you captivated your audience, your take on Eliza Doolittle was magnificent.

for the rest of the cast as there was so many I thought you were all great.

Unfortunatly your backstage crew let you down a bit,with curtain trouble and noise.

Also a bit dissapointed in the band, seem to be out of tune a lot, the singers did well with what they had.

Got blinded by there lights maybe put some black shades on them to prevent the spill on to the stage and into the audiences eyes.

All in all though a great show.

I thought the set was pretty good.

my take on the show
read did a ok job
Cat too much like the original
falling off notes not very well held ,good in early part cockney voice
trapper good voice need facial expression and need to conect with carather more an ok job over all

sound too quiet couldnt hear all the words
doolittle very very poor where did you get this man

was A goade who played the part at the regal avaiable i believe he lives down that way

and doolittles friends the chap with the big gut did you learn your dancing you were so out that you spoiled the show for me during the dance routines get you act together please
its not fair for the rest of the good chorus

summing up godfrey
chorus did you well even the the guy with the coins well done
freddies mum good and pickering very bouring

your last show was very well rehearsed les miserables
and well credited to director

this show was a big step back
thank for letting give my view as i feel

reading your summary you must have been very tired you poor thing your words did not make sense neither did your review and the spelling was atrocious as it was a great show
Where do you get of critisizing people like that considering some of the actors have not been on stage before and for volunteers I think they all did a marvelous job.
It's people like you that give us big people a complex
but then again you must have a small mind.

Hats off to the cast and crew for a great show

Hardly fair to criticise someone else for their spelling, when your spelling is not 100%.

Your review is not exactly glowing either.

We come back to the original problem, if you are going to put on a show and use first time performers, don't sit back and say "well gosh, they were first timers, its okay". as an excuse for anything.

It gives amateur theatre a bad name and if you are going to perform and charge audiences money, then you have to give the best show you can. Don't hide behind lame excuses like that.


My comments are nothing to do with "My Fair Lady" , I am simply making a comment about your comments.

Thankyou "q" ... you beat me to the punch by about 3 minutes...*grin*.
One thing I would like to add to your criticism of Pauline's posting is a query about her form of grammar and punctuation. There doesnÂ’t seem to be one.
I have not yet seen this production of "My Fair Lady", but from all accounts, both first hand from audience patrons and from this site, I would say that "critically acclaimed" could be a marketing ploy for their next foray into theatre.
By all accounts, a job well done.

My Fair Lady- Murray Music and Drama Club 2005:


I also saw My Fair Lady and thought it was a great show. Congrats to Karen Godfrey, cast, band, crew & everyone involved.

The leads did a great job, more than reasonable in my opinion. I was particularly pleased with the performances of Sean Read, Catrina Baxter, Alan Tapper and the guy who played Alfred Doolittle. Read was witty & bloody hilarious at times as Higgins. He has remarkable stage presence and a natural ability with characterization. Baxter in my opinion was a duplicate of the film version with Hepburn as Eliza, but that's what I wanted to see. A pretty voice too. The guy who played Alfred is just full of talent - it's like he was born to play that role. And Tapper - what a voice!

The chorus scenes were quite engaging and they worked well with the leads at times. Loved "Ascot Gavotte" (is that how you spell it? :P) Chorus harmonies sounded great.

Loved the costumes and sets! I thought the band did a reasonable job, yes they were out alittle at times but nothing too noticeable or inconsistent. Overall band was entertaining and on the mark. Play it again Sam!

Great show- I thoroughly enjoyed it! BRAVO

Review - My Fair Lady , Pinjarra

well what a major disapiontment. Where do I begin. ok, the sets and the costumes were all very good but the band really had struggles in keeping the tunes together as one . It was all over the place , just a piano in this case would have been more than sufficiant.

The leads -
Sean Read did I pretty good job as higgins but was let down heaps by eliza doolittle . She was far to old and couldnt sing to save her life. Her notes were off , her dialogue delivery was poorly done , her accent weakened in parts and she was too corny . There wasnt enough deep connection with her character , try hard imitation of hepburn. She let the whole cast down and being as old as what she was played a huge part in all of it , and she was apparently trained in england ? it was gross to hear her sing one note , she really shouldnt have another lead. pickering , well he was good , a little bit boring in some parts but a decent effort . Alfie doolittle , also a decent job along with freddy , although freddy had a very nice voice , there wasnt a deep connection with the character and in the song "show me" the relationship between eliza and freddy needed alot more .

The chorous , what a great job ! if it wasnt for oyu guys there wouldnt have been a show to even watch . The lighting was fine and there was a few microphone hiccups .

Well done to everyone on the show , to the director - Cast the right people . If the main lead isn't right it lets the whole show down no matter how much supporting leads are outstanding . The most decent lead to watch was higgins , the rest needs alot of work .

This is the first time I have ever posted a comment on this website but I felt compelled to do this because of the nature of the last message.

This forum is for people to give honest and sensible reviews of shows and sometimes the reviews may be good sometimes they are bad. I do however wish to point out that the review given by "guest" was in my opinion disgusting and obvious.

I went to the show and found there were parts I enjoyed and parts I did not enjoy. That is the nature of theatre but for this critic to say that
"Eliza couldn't sing to save her life" is nothing short of pathetic. She sang perfectly well and often very well. Your comments "she let the whole cast down" and "it was gross to hear her sing one note" are not only ridiculously inaccurate but also desperately hurtful and unneccessary. Finally to say " she really shouldn't have another lead" is a pathetic attempt (no doubt ) to perhaps try and limit your competition.

To me this whole message smells of bitterness, immaturity and perhaps ignorance. It is more than reasonable to give an honest review of a show but this is more a slander campaign than anything else. You do yourself and this forum no favours by making comments that apart from anything else are quite simple untrue.

Anyone who saw the show would have some criticisms (including myself) but similarly anyone who saw the show would also have many positive comments to make.
One thing I am most sure of is that you would struggle to find anyone who agreed with your scathing personal attack on the portrayal of Eliza.

Shame on you!


To those involved with the show I would say well done.
The show was not perfect (what show is?) but on the whole very enjoyable with many wonderful moments .
Normally I would not single out individuals but would like to say Sean I felt you were fantastic and found myself thinking " I can't believe that is the same guy who played Val Jean" such was the level of your performance as Higgins. Alfred Doolittle made me laugh the whole way through. Colonel Pickering bravo for handling such a big role with great success. To the chorus you did very well with the highlight being Ascot where they brilliance of the facial expressions was surpassed only by the costuming
and finally, to Eliza (I think your name was Katrina?) hold your head high and please don't be upset by ridiculous reviews that have no basis in fact. I think you did a commenable job. You sang well and your acting was good. I know several chorus members and can say that they have had nothing but admiration for the job you did. Bravo!

Melissa Treby

Thank you Melissa for your response. I too believed that this critique was completely out of line & incorrectly judged. As a cast member I experienced all the ups & downs of this show and I can tell you honestly that without our leads especially Eliza this show would not have been anywhere near close to the standard that is expected for a musical.

I have been a part of many productions and have never worked with such professional leads, especially Eliza & Sean, such a treat to work with and watch.

Fantastic direction & wonderful casting is all I can say, what a pleasure to see that there are some people out there with a human comprehension and appreciation of true talent.

Thank you

I totally agree.

The two ridiculous reviews by guest and jhenry have obviously been written by the same person and I find it hard to take them seriously when the content is anything but constructive and the spelling and phrasing this reviewer used being extremely poor, especially when they were attempting to be a smart ass.

This is obviously a personal attack on the show/ cast members. If you have a problem with cast members involved in a show you should go and voice that to them in private, not in public forums. You are only embarassing yourself.

Everyone is entitled to their review whether good or bad but personal attacks are cowardly and vindictive, particularly when you're hiding behind a pseudonym.

Cheers