Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Chichester 2010

I've had a quick glance at whats on this summer in Chichester and I'm not sure what to make of it. There are definately a few things which look good, and I shaln't be missing - Pygmalion and 42nd street, both of which are in the Festival Theatre, but the rest of their programming doesn't look too hot! Both shows at the minerva (The Critic Sherridan Stoppard The Real Inspector Hound and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist) don't really appeal to me in the slightest (they just have really long names!), and one of them is a co-production between Chichester and Liverpool, and so without a doubt I will get to see it in Liverpool for free! Overall I'm not too impressed with this years! It would always take alot to beat last years Enron and Oklahoma and 2007's Macbeth and Babes in Arms, but I feel that the programming just doesn't look as strong on paper! I hope I am wrong however, and am indeed glad that they've brought Patrick Stewart back (in a show I won't be able to see), and am very much looking forward to seeing Rupert Everrett in Pygmalion! They're also bringing Enron back to the Festival Theatre for 10 performances only which I'm sure will do very well, however I do feel that it was so good last year due to the small space it was in and some of that will undoubtably be lost! x

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