Fantastically great musical comes to Chichester - this is why we loved it

‘Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World – The Musical’ is at Chichester Festival Theatre until Sunday February 18, 2024. Gary Shipton was in the audience for the first night.
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With its foot-tapping music and great sense of joie de vivre it’s hard not to find this touring production utterly irresistible.

The plot is straight-forward enough.

A young girl gets lost in a museum and in a deserted part of the building comes face to face with some of the greatest women in history.

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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World at Chichester Festival Theatre. Pamela Raith PhotographFantastically Great Women Who Changed The World at Chichester Festival Theatre. Pamela Raith Photograph
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World at Chichester Festival Theatre. Pamela Raith Photograph

Jane Austen, Amelia Earhart and Anne Frank are among the famous names who are featured.

Of course, in learning about them Jade (Georgia Grant-Anderson) is also on a journey of self-discovery. She learns that every woman will change the world – some a little and others a lot.

Many great women will see their influence cascade down the generations.

As she is inspired so is everyone in the audience.

The production is colourful, lively, full of fun and good humour. It has an addictive musical score and at about an hour and a quarter long with no interval it’s the perfect length.