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Pygmalion Redux (Interactive educational and EFL version)
Oscar Fovarge.

Pygmalion Redux (or Educating Eliza) brings George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' into the 21st century. Notorious music producer and publicist Leo Pygman ("The 'g' is silent!") hears Eliza Doolittle's great-great-grandaughter sing at her independent school leaving ceremony. Impressed and enamoured in equal measure, he is determined on a makeover. He will transform this modern Eliza's perfect manners and cut-glass vowels into the demeanour of a Top Ten, headline-grabbing, singer-celebrity. But who in this scenario is exploiting whom, and why?

'Great fun, music and wordplay. Huge benefits to all students of the English language."

National curriculum Key Stage 3: English, Music and Drama, History and PSHE.
English as a Foreign Language: Suitable for Intermediate and Advanced level students.

Quotes from the 2010 EFL UK summer tour.
"The activities were both fun and educative. And your play really surprised me in a positive way!
It was clever, funny, vivid and for sure developed English vocabulary and comprehension skills."
Katarzyna Kiczka

Contact Teflonstage if you would like your students to attend a performance, or if you would like the cast to visit your school to conduct workshops and perform.

Workshops and activities for students on performance days can include:
Warm-up activities used by professional actors - Learning songs - Using mime - Devising and directing scenes - Practising the accents used in the play - Taking part in the final performance.
We can also film workshops and performances for your educational and marketing purposes.