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Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Director: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Reviewer: Bill Avenell The Public Reviews Rating: We had a really enjoyable evening at the Chichester Festival Theatre last night. I do not profess to be anything like an expert on classical ballet but for sheer colour, movement, athleticism ,artistry and of course music, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov’s Moscow City Ballet together [...]

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Director: Natalia Ryzhenko & Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Choreographer: Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa, Agrippina Vaganova, Yuri Grigorovich, Natalia Ryzhenko, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Reviewer: Gina Skillings The Public Reviews Rating: The Moscow City Ballet was founded in 1988 by distinguished Russian choreographer Victor Smirnov-Golovanov. The company is the outcome of the recent reforms in post-Soviet Russia. It is [...]

Writer: Lewis Carroll Music: Matthew Scott Adaptor: Adrian Mitchell Director: Dale Rooks Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: How many theatrical adaptations of “Alice” have there been? It is a daunting task and they have ranged from the nauseous Disney film to Jonathan Miller’s enchanting black and white TV production made fifty years ago and still [...]

Writers: Gilbert & Sullivan Director & Designer Peter Mulloy Reviewer David Griffiths The Public Reviews Rating: His Majesties Ship Pinafore set sail from the Chichester Festival Theatre with the enthusiastic Carl Rosa Opera Company at the helm. An imaginative set design created instant atmosphere and the audience were soon transported back to 1775 to observe the tale of [...]

Writer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan Director: Peter Hall Reviewer: Bill Avenell The Public Reviews Rating: By chance I visited Bath last week for the very first time and, walking in to the auditorium at the ever welcoming Festival Theatre yesterday, I felt I had returned there. An impressive and ingenious design (by Simon Higlett) on that great thrust out [...]

Writer: Lucy Prebble Director: Rupert Goold Reviewer: Clare Howdon The Public Reviews Rating: There surely is not a current play in production that is as timely as Lucy Prebble’s ‘Enron’. Since it’s opening at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre in 2009 through to it’s West End transfer and it’s present national tour, ‘Enron’ is a play which thanks to the [...]

Writer: George Bernard Shaw Director: Phillip Prowse Reviewer: David Griffiths The Public Reviews Rating: The performance of Pygmalion was very well received by a full house. Design Director, Phillip Prowse and Lighting Designer, Gerry Jenkinson should both be congratulated on their skilful design of the scenery, use of lighting, and stage management taking advantage of the theatre in [...]

Original Book by: Erich Segal Music: Howard Goodall Book and Lyrics: Stephan Clark Director: Rachel Kavanaugh Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: I certainly do not give five star ratings to shows lightly, in actual fact, on this site, this is my first ever. I have seen literally hundreds of shows over the years, including every major [...]