MY FAIR LADY at the SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Tue, 01 Sept
|Sydney Opera House
Celebrating 70 dazzling years since its Broadway debut, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady returns to the Sydney Opera House. Directed by Julie Andrews, the 2016 revival opened to huge acclaim. Now a decade on it makes a triumphant homecoming with Karen Johnson Mortimer at the helm.
Time & Location
01 Sept 2026, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
About The Event
GROUND-BREAKING, GLORIOUS AND GRAND…
Celebrating 70 dazzling years since its Broadway debut, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady returns to the Sydney Opera House.
Directed by Julie Andrews, the 2016 revival opened to huge acclaim. Now a decade on it makes a triumphant homecoming with Karen Johnson Mortimer at the helm.
When Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe premiered their brilliant adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion in 1956, it became an instant classic — hailed as “the perfect musical” and winning six Tony Awards.
A 20-year-old Julie Andrews was catapulted to superstardom when she originated the role of Eliza Doolittle — an irrepressible Cockney flower girl who transforms into a lady of society. The man attempting to remake her? The appealingly arrogant phoneticist Henry Higgins, who may just be the one transformed.
A heartwarming story of transformation and identity, My Fair Lady brims with razor sharp wit, unforgettable characters, and a glorious score…