Full companies confirmed for the The Government Inspector and Anna Karenina at Chichester Festival Theatre
Published 15:16 on 12 Mar 2025
The full casts have been announced for the first two Festival Theatre productions of Chichesters new season, The Government Inspector and Anna Karenina.
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, in a new adaptation by Phil Porter, runs at Chichester Festival Theatre from 25 April 24 May (press night: 1 May). Directed by former RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, this brilliantly inventive 19th century satire of skulduggery, mistaken identity and human absurdity stars actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal as Klestakov.
Joining him are: Scott Bowden as Svitsunov, Shereener Browne as Fevronya/Charity Commissioners Wife, Joe Dixon (Renegade Nell, Imperium I & II) as the Judge, Joe Eyre as Waiter/Gendarme, Mohsen Ghaffari as Mishka/Abdullin, Nick Haverson (The Cat and the Canary CFT, Charlie & Stan) as Osip, Lloyd Hutchinson (Dear England, King Lear) as the Mayor, Reuben Johnson as Postmaster, Sylvestra Le Touzel (The Crown, Intelligence) as Anna, Christopher Middleton as Head of Schools, Laurie Ogden as Marya, Mark Oliver as Chief of Police, Oscar Pearce as The Charity Commissioner, Leigh Quinn as Avdotya, Paul Rider as Dobchinsky, John Rogers as Derzhmorda, and Miltos Yerolemou as Bobchinsky.
Natalie Dormer stars in Tolstoys romantic masterpiece Anna Karenina, in a new adaptation written and directed by Phillip Breen, running at Chichester Festival Theatre from 7 28 June. This witty and sensual version blending period dress with a contemporary tone is a surprisingly funny, romantic and unforgettable portrait of infidelity, passion and the search for fulfilment.
Joining Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games) as Anna, and the previously announced David Oakes (Victoria, Vikings: Valhalla) as Levin, are: Donna Berlin as Countess Vronskaya, Jonnie Broadbent (The Norman Conquests CFT, Much Ado About Nothing) as Stiva, Les Dennis (Twelfth Night, Red or Dead) as Petka, Seamus Dillane (The Invention of Love, Richard II) as Vronsky, Florence Dobson as Marya, Tomiwa Edun (Romeo and Juliet, Trigger Point) as Karenin, Sandy Fosteras Countess Lydia, Ivan Ivashkin as Nikolai, Shalisha James-Davis (The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet) as Kitty, Anne Lacey as Agafya, Marcia Lecky (Coriolanus, Brian and Maggie) as Princess Shcherbatskaya, John Ramm (The Spy Who Came In From The Cold CFT, Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies RSC) as Prince Shcherbatsky, Riad Richie as Titus, and Naomi Sheldon (The Girlfriend, Witness for the Prosecution) as Dolly.
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Images: Tom Rosenthal and Natalie Dormer
