Main image: Dame Judi Dench by Paul Stuart. Dame Judi Dench tops a stellar Winter Season line-up at Chichester Festival Theatre which is set to host a string of West End hits. A genuine national treasure, this beloved superstar joins her friend and writing partner Brendan O’Hea in conversation...
Articles with the Tag Chichester
Review: Atlantis – Chichester Minerva Theatre
By Graham Hiley. Three stars out of five. The middle of a freak and seemingly never-ending heatwave is probably the perfect time to deliver a powerful warning about the impact of climate change. Atlantis is both hard-hitting and tough viewing as it asks some difficult questions of the audience,...
Review My Fair Lady – Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. Star rating: 5/5. My Fair Lady is one of the all-time classic musicals. For 70 years it has captivated audiences around the world – but has never previously been staged at Chichester Festival Theatre. It is an odd omission given their reputation for putting on top...
Review: 45 Years – Chichester Minerva Theatre
By Graham Hiley. Star rating: 4 out of five. 45 Years is one of those plays that stays with you long after you get home – and not just because of powerhouse performances by Geraldine James and Gabriel Byrne. It is absorbing, authentic and completely compelling – and this...
Review: Atonement, Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. Stars: 4/5. Given the huge success of Atonement as both a novel and a movie, it is incredible to think that it has never been performed on stage until now. But it was worth the wait. If anything, Christopher Hampton’s world premiere adaptation at Chichester Festival...
Review: Magic – Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. On the face of it, Magic at Chichester Festival Theatre is about the friendship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who have very different views on spiritualism. But, like all good conjuring tricks, if you look beneath the surface, there is a very different...
Review: The BFG – Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. The BFG at Chichester Festival Theatre is not just splendiferous, it is extraordinumptious! Roald Dahl’s beloved classic – with its unique gobblefunk langwitch – has been brilliantly brought to life in fantastic fashion. Magical and mesmerising, it tells the story of Sophie who is kidnapped by...
Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Chichester’s Minerva Theatre
By Graham Hiley. It was hard to imagine how The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry could be brought to the stage – let alone turned into a musical. And yet the hit novel and movie has been transformed into an astonishing production which has just had its world premiere...
Review: The Government Inspector – Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. If you thought Fawlty Towers was ahead of its time, just imagine the reaction 139 years earlier when Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector hit the stage! It would be wrong to say it follows the same premise as the 1975 classic episode the Hotel Inspectors because...
Review: Cinderella,Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. If the shoe fits wear it – or in this case, if the show fits watch it. And you should watch Cinderella at the Chichester Festival Theatre as it is a perfect fit for children and adults alike. This well-worn tale is given new polish by...