The full casts have been announced for the first two Festival Theatre productions of Chichester's new season: The Government Inspector and Anna Karenina.
Nikolai Gogol's 19th century satire of skulduggery, mistaken identity and human absurdity The Government Inspector, in a new adaptation by Phil Porter running from 25 April to 24 May, is directed by former RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran and stars actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal as Klestakov.
Joining him are Scott Bowden as Svitsunov, Shereener Browne as Fevronya / Charity Commissioner's wife, Joe Dixon as the Judge, Joe Eyre as Waiter / Gendarme, Mohsen Ghaffari as Mishka / Abdulllin, Nick Haverson as Osip, Lloyd Hutchinson as the Mayor, Reuben Johnson as Postmaster, Sylvestra Le Touzel 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.
Natalie Dormer stars as Anna in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, in a new adaptation written and directed by Philip Breen, running from 7 to 28 June.
Joining her are David Oakes as Levin, Donna Berlin as Countess Vronskaya, Jonnie Broadbent as Stiva, Les Dennis as Petka, Seamus Dillane as Vronsky, Florence Dobson as Marya, Tomiwa Edun as Karenin, Sandy Foster as Countess Lydia, Ivan Ivashkin as Nikolai, Shalisha James-Davis as Kitty, Anne Lacey as Agafya, Marcia Lecky as Princess Shcherbatskaya, John Ramm as Prince Shcherbatsky, Riad Richie as Titus and Naomi Sheldon as Dolly.