Meine faire Dame - ein Sprachlabor

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EIF: Graham F Valentine - Meine faire Dame

Staged by Theater Basel, delightfully witty and (very) loosely based on My Fair Lady, Meine faire Dame - ein Sprachlabor is set in a language laboratory where its characters attempt to learn English from a very eccentric professor – with a secret to hide. Director Christoph Marthaler skilfully blends music by Weber, Wagner, Bryan Adams and Ravel into a subversive, profound and very funny examination of language and linguistic confusion. Supported by Ewan and Christine Brown. With additional support from Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Meine faire Dame – ein Sprachlabor is part of the London 2012 Festival, a UK wide festival from 21 June – 9 September 2012 featuring leading artists from around the world.

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Reviews & features

Meine faire Dame - ein Sprachlabor

16 Aug 2012

Radical reimagining of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady gives much food for thought

Sitting down in the audience for Swiss director Christoph Marthaler's Meine faire Dame is something akin to entering a conversation class in a language you have no knowledge of. At first, it's completely baffling and you doubt you'll ever make sense of…

Edinburgh International Festival 2012 highlights

11 Jul 2012

Highlights from the 2012 International Festival programme

Batsheva Dance Company. They last stirred the festival in 2008 with the blazing Deca Dance, which featured the relatively rare sight of some members of an EIF audience on stage with the performers. Under the guidance of innovative choreographer Ohad…