Adapted by Stuart Hibbard, Titchfield Festival Theatre’s Director of Education & Learning, the play Tartuffe is a story principally about two characters: ambitious politician Charles Ogden and his political advisor and life guru, mystic Tartuffe.

Charles Ogden is hot property in the political game, born into a wealthy family with generations of service in Parliament. Charlie has bigger plans; he wants the top job. To help him open the door to Number 10 he has engaged a baseball capped, fitness fanatic as his political advisor - Tartuffe. Can this life coach be trusted, or will Ogden lose everything including his family, his name and his chance of political success?

Stuart Hibbard has adapted Molière’s classic comedy for a modern audience and is directing Tartuffe. Stuart said,

“Molière was renowned for writing his societal farces, poking fun at power; the church; at social norms. He lived as he wrote – dangerously, relishing scandalising authority figures. I especially like the way Molière ridicules authority and conformity. Undoubtedly, his satire was ahead of his time.

“Tartuffe is a play about buffoons and egos so where better to set it than the Palace of Westminster? It is not based on any one person or political party; rather it resonates on the need to be popular and seen to be listening to popular people is at the heart of it. Tartuffe is great fun. It’s silly. It’s rude. It’s over the top. It’s a tonic and it’s good for the soul.”

Titchfield Festival Theatre’s production of Tartuffe opens at the Titchfield Festival Theatre, St Margarets Lane on Monday 9th May until Saturday 14th May 2022. The shows start at 7.30pm. There is a matinée performance on Saturday 14th May 2022 starting at 2.30pm.

For more information including booking tickets, please go to http://titchfieldfestivaltheatre.com/  or contact our Box Office on 0333 666 3366.