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A 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)
Cast
Eliza Doolittle (bogan)  | : | Helen Peerless
Professor Henry Higgins (sociology professor)  | : | Stephen McVey
Doctor Pickering (friend and conscience of Higgins)  | : | Peter Hocking
Alfred Doolittle (philosophical father of Eliza)  | : | Ron Potiphar
Mrs. Pearce (Henry’s assistant at the university)  | : | Isabelle McGrath
Mrs. Higgins (mother of Henry)  | : | Fiona McVey
Mrs. Fortescue (snobby mother)  | : | Annie Taylor
Clara Fortescue (snooty daughter)  | : | Duncan McGrath
Nigel Fortescue (soppy romantic admirer of Eliza)  | : | Isabelle McGrath
Bystander | : | Fiona McVey
Sarcastic Bystander | : | Ron Potiphar