The Government Inspector

Laurie Ogden, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Tom Rosenthal, Lloyd Hutchinson as Marya, Anna, Khlestakov, and The Mayor in The Government Inspector (2025) at Chichester Festival Theatre [Photo: Ellie Kurttz]

Chichester Festival Theatre launches its 2025 season with The Government Inspector, Nikolai Gogol’s blistering satire on institutional corruption, newly adapted by Phil Porter and directed by Gregory Doran. Premiering on the same night as the UK’s local elections, the production arrives with a sharp sense of topicality, but not, unfortunately, with the sharpness of wit…… Continue reading The Government Inspector