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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 [...]

Writer: Edward Bond Director: Angus Jackson Reviewer: Frank McKenna The Public Reviews Rating: Patrick Stewart as William Shakespeare safe guarding his financial future at the expense of his tenant farmers may not initially seem like an ideal evening out. Angus Jackson’s revival of Edward Bond’s 1974 play opens the Festival 2010 season in Chichester. The play, set in [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Psyche Stott Reviewer: Howard Holdsworth The Public Reviews Rating: The story of Calendar Girls is familiar to most of the nation over the age of 21, but this production managed to bring vitality and freshness to all aspects of the play, whilst pulling the emotions of the audience across the wide open spaces of [...]

Music: Sergei Prokoviev Choreography: Natalya Ryshenko, Victor Smirnov-Golovano Director: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Reviewer: Bill Avenel The Public Reviews Rating: Classical ballet in the Russian tradition is the Moscow City Ballet company’s stock in trade and their interpretation of Romeo and Juliet did not disappoint the good sized audience at Chichester last night. One of the problems for live performers is that they [...]

Writer: George Bernard Shaw Director: Michael Rudman Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile Mrs Warren’s Profession was first written in 1894 and the content so shocked the press that it wasn’t performed publicly till 1925. Victorian audiences were unable to cope with Shaw’s frank and honest portrayal of a woman who chose prostitution over starvation. This choice is [...]

Writer: Jane Austen Adaptor: Simon Reade Music: Richard Hammerton Director: Tony Frow Reviewer: Ann Bawtree This entrancing production is the result of the ambitious but wholly successful adaptation by Simon Reade of Jane Austen’s most famous novel. It was a dangerous project to bring to life on stage such a well known saga familiar not [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Simon Godwin Reviewer:Steve Turner Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale has been known as one of his ‘problem plays’ as it does not fall easily into either the tragedy or comedy genre. It has also been labeled a dark comedy and perhaps this gets closer to the heart of the work. The first [...]

Writer: Richard Everett Director: Alan Strachan Reviewer David Griffiths First presented at Chichester festival theatre on May 9th 2006, this current touring production of Entertaining Angels stops off for a week in its spiritual home.A crisp and witty beginning hinting at a light hearted evening develops a much moodier edge as the story unfolds. By [...]