My Fair Lady backstage – in pictures

Carly Bawden who plays Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady before makeup
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Carly Bawden in her dressing preparing for the start of the show with Valerie Atkinson
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Carly Bawden as Eliza Doolittle prepares to make her first entrance
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Anthony Calf, right, plays Colonel Pickering
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Carly Anderson and Victoria Hinde
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Carly Bawden and Dominic West, who plays Professor Henry Higgins, joke around backstage
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Carly Bawden touches up her makeup
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Cast members share a joke
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Victoria Hinde relaxes during a break
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Costume sketches for My Fair Lady displayed in the wardrobe department
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

The wardrobe store at the Crucible theatre
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Costumes are prepared for the dress rehearsal in the wardrobe room
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Props await collection in the 'vomits' below stage
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Props are marked out for the actors
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The musicians read books during a break
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Nicola Sloane as Mrs Pearce prepares to enter the stage
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Ensemble member Victoria Hinde in the 'vomits' preparing to enter the stage
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

A rehearsal of one of the dance scenes
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Carly Bawden and Dominic West during a scene in dress rehearsals
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Wardobe mistress Valerie Atkinson
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Carly Bawden as Eliza Doolittle after her 'transformation'
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer

Carly Bawden prepares to enter the stage for the final act
Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer