Care home residents perform My Fair Lady

CREATIVE residents at a Dorset care home have taken the chance to tread the boards in a mini production of the musical My Fair Lady.

After weeks of rehearsals, six performers dressed up in Edwardianstyle hats and wowed the audience at Colten Care’s Whitecliffe House in Blandford, with fellow residents, visiting families and staff all praising the show.

The actors sang and spoke their lines from prepared booklets accompanied on piano by professional musician Caroline Pugh. A graduate of the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Caroline used to work at Whitecliffe House and was only too happy to help out once again.

It was Caroline’s suggestion to stage My Fair Lady after the residents had fun performing the Dickens musical Oliver! earlier this year and expressed a wish to try another challenge.

Companion Becky Wyeth said: “It was lovely to see the fun and laughter all round. The actors clearly had a great time showing off their theatrical and singing talents and the audience thoroughly enjoyed watching it all happen.

“We are so grateful to Caroline who came back to support us with this