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Reviews are coming in for Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Noël Coward’s play The Vortex. Directed by Daniel Raggett (Accidental Death of an Anarchist), The Vortex runs in Chichester until 20 May 2023. The play stars real-life mother and son Lia Williams (The Crown, Mary Stuart) and Joshua James (Platonov) as Florence and Nicky Lancaster. Other cast include Priyanga Burford (Industry) as Helen, Killing Eve star Sean Delaney as Tom, Jessica Alade as Clara, Richard Cant as Pawnie, Hugh Ross as David, Evan Milton as Bruce, and Esme Scarborough as Preston. [ngg src="galleries" ids="1146" display="basic_slideshow"] 100 years old next year, The Vortex is one of Noel Coward's earliest works, and is a witty and stinging portrait of the darkness beneath the glittering surface of the Jazz Age. The Vortex creative team also includes set design by Joanna Scotcher, costume design by Evie Gurney, lighting design by Zoe Spurr, music and sound design by Giles Thomas, movement by Michela Meazza and casting by Lotte Hines CDG. Read reviews from the critics, including The Times, The Guardian and more. More reviews to follow. More about tickets to The Vortex

Chichester Festival Theatre has revealed more casting for its forthcoming revival of Noël Coward’s The Vortex. The play will run in Chichester from 28 April to 20 May 2023. Already announced to play mother and son Florence and Nicky Lancaster are acclaimed, multi-award winning actor Lia Williams and her real-life son, actor Joshua James. Also Priyanga Burford (BBC's Industry) will play Helen. Joining them are Killing Eve star Sean Delaney as Tom, who recently starred in Brilliant Jerks at Southwark Playhouse; plus Jessica Alade as Clara, Richard Cant as Pawnie, Hugh Ross as David, Evan Milton as Bruce, and Esme Scarborough as Preston. Directed by 2022 Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award nominee Daniel Raggett, this revival of one of Noel Coward's earliest works comes 50 years after the playwrights death, and is a brilliantly witty and stinging portrait of the darkness beneath the glittering surface of the Jazz Age. It caused a sensation when it opened in 1924, and made the young Noel Coward a star. Lia Williams’s multi award-winning roles include Wallis Simpson in The Crown, Dr Cooper in His Dark Materials, and on stage Mary Stuart (Almeida & West End) and John Gabriel Borkman (The Bridge). Joshua James returns to the Festival Theatre where he appeared in the Young Chekhov trilogy as Nikolai in Platonov and Konstantin in The Seagull, for which he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award. The Vortex will have set design by Joanna Scotcher, costume design by Evie Gurney, lighting design by Zoe Spurr, music and sound design by Giles Thomas, movement by Michela Meazza and casting by Lotte Hines CDG. More about tickets to The Vortex

Award-winning actress Lia Williams is set to star in a revival of Noel Coward's play The Vortex at Chichester Festival Theatre, as part of their new 2023 season. Daniel Raggett, nominated for a 2022 Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award, directs this new production in which Florence and Nicky Lancaster are played by real-life mother and son, Lia Williams and Joshua James. The cast also include Priyanga Burford (Consent, BBC/HBO's Industry) as Helen. The Vortex at Chichester - Casting The Vortex is one of Noel Coward's first plays and caused a sensation when it first played in London in 1924, making the young Coward a star. Set in the roaring twenties, in a world in flux, the magnetic Florence Lancaster (Lia Williams) draws people to her like moths to a flame. But when her son Nicky (Joshua James) arrives home from Paris with an unexpected fiancée and a secret, it sets off a chain of events which threatens to pull them all into a maelstrom. Lia Williams was most recently in the West End in John Gabriel Borkman at The Bridge theatre. Her other multi award-winning roles include Wallis Simpson in The Crown, Dr Cooper in His Dark Materials, and on stage in Mary Stuart (Almeida & West End) with Juliet Stevenson. Joshua James returns to the Festival Theatre where he appeared in the Young Chekhov trilogy as Nikolai in Platonov and Konstantin in The Seagull - for which he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award. The Vortex creative team also includes set design by Joanna Scotcher, costume design by Evie Gurney, lighting design by Zoe Spurr, music and sound design by Giles Thomas, and casting by Lotte Hines CDG. The Vortex runs in the Festival Theatre in Chichester from 28 April to 20 May 2023. More about tickets to The Vortex Read more about Chichester's new season for 2023