Full Cast Announced for The Government Inspector and Anna Karenina at Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre has revealed the complete casts for its first two Festival Theatre productions of the 2025 season: Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.
Artwork of Natalie Dormer in Anna Karenina at the Chichester Festival Theatre
The Government Inspector
Dates: 25 April – 24 May 2025
Press Night: 1 May 2025
Adaptation: Phil Porter
Director: Gregory Doran
The classic Russian satirical farce, which skewers corruption, mistaken identity, and bureaucracy, will be directed by former RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran.
Cast List
Tom Rosenthal (Friday Night Dinner, Plebs) as Klestakov
Scott Bowden as Svitsunov
Shereener Browne as Fevronya/Charity Commissioner’s 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, 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
Miltos Yerolemou (Game of Thrones) as Bobchinsky
This inventive, fast-paced production will bring fresh energy to Gogol’s satirical classic, offering a hilarious yet biting look at political corruption and self-interest.
Anna Karenina
Dates: 7 – 28 June 2025
Adaptation: Phillip Breen
Director: Phillip Breen
Tolstoy’s epic romantic masterpiece, adapted and directed by Phillip Breen, blends period elegance with a contemporary tone to create an unexpectedly witty and romantic take on the classic story.
Cast List
Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games) as Anna Karenina
David Oakes (Victoria, Vikings: Valhalla) as Levin
Donna Berlin as Countess Vronskaya
Jonnie Broadbent (The Norman Conquests, 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 Foster as 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, Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies) as Prince Shcherbatsky
Riad Richie as Titus
Naomi Sheldon (The Girlfriend, Witness for the Prosecution) as Dolly
This visually stunning and emotionally powerful adaptation explores themes of love, betrayal, and self-discovery, offering an unforgettable theatrical experience.
Book Tickets for Chichester Festival Theatre
Tickets for both productions are available via the Chichester Festival Theatre website.
With star-studded casts and top-tier creative teams, these productions promise to be standout highlights of the 2025 theatre season.
