Full casting has been revealed for Chichester Festival Theatre’s forthcoming production of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector, in a new adaptation by Phil Porter.
Directed by former RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, the play is running at Chichester Festival Theatre from 25 April to 24 May 2025.
The Government Inspector is a brilliantly inventive 19th century satire of skulduggery, mistaken identity and human absurdity.
Already announced is actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal as Klestakov.
Joining him will be 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 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.
The production was first revealed in Chichester’s new season announcement last year.
The Government Inspector is playing at Chichester Festival Theatre from 25 April to 24 May 2025.
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