An Enemy of the People (Chichester)

Seeing this on Saturday, very much looking forward to it.

What was the running time please?

About 2 hours 20 minutes including the interval

Ta

wondering if I make the 17:08 train to London Victoria, want to catch the play on at the St James.

4 star reviews in both The Times and The Guardian for this.

The play sounds great, but the tabloids response has been more amusing, have to say. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/7128263/Downton-Abbeys-Hugh-plays-hero-in-new-play-about-press-freedom.html

Wow an Ibsen review in the Sun, I bet if Hugh what his name wasn't in it, it wouldn't have got reviewed.

I can see a massive invatiion of page 3 loving Sun readers descending on Chichester, as they so need their Ibsem.

It's funny then that the Sun is doing exactly one of the things that the play is addressing.

By the way I forgot to mention this but do avoid the extreme side seats. Those closest to the front end of the stage are fine, but I can just imagine at the other end you'll be watching the play with a wall blocking some of your field of vision.

The production I went to wasnt sold out anyway, with a lot of empty side seats, so hopefully the same will apply for the rest of the run.

Saw this yesterday and very much enjoyed it all round - the play, the performances and the staging.

I have never seen an Ibsen play before and it had a lot more humour in it than I was expecting. Not sure if the translation makes any difference (by Christopher Hampton, who I generally like a lot) as I haven't got anything to compare it with.

The theme was pushing an open door with me anyway, but it sure stand the test of time. Some of the more cynical comments about who the majority is made up of made for good discussion about the EU referendum afterwards.

The staging was excellent, and they played to the whole theatre not just the front, though as mentioned the far side seats might have a limited view.

The scene with the public speech was beautifully done, with the cast moving about through the audience and the sound making it feel like we were all in the meeting with them.

Hugh Bonneville excellent and matched by the rest of the cast. Had to wait right until the end before I heard somebody say "oooh, he isn't like he was in Downton is he?" on the way out. I would have been quite disappointed if I hadn't heard somebody say it though!

Well attended but some empty seats toward the back so grab a ticket if you can get to Chichester.

If it's Christopher Hampton, I'd expect it's smooth.

Just came out and in Whetherspoons next to my hotel for the night.

I would say this has a very slow fuse, but boy does the powder keg go off at the end.

I agree with the O/P (David) and Jelly Bean that the timing is impeccable with the political situation and seems that 'Brexit' is played out on a small scale here, so very astute.

I heard the Sun reviewed this, which is strange, as they don't go anywhere near an a theatre, must because of the casting of Adam James.

Going to see Travels With My Aunt tomorrow afternoon, but the big drama will be how will I get home, with no trains from Chichester!

I thoroughly enjoyed this production. The message is strong and highly relevant to today. The build up in the early scenes is perfect, especially knowing the train crash for life and career that is heading towards Stockmann. This adaptation by Christopher Hampton worked for me.