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What you loved about Falstaff
Read a selection of critics' and audience reactions to Falstaff
Falstaff is back for Festival 2025.
Set in 1940s post-war England, Falstaff is filled with big-hearted belly laughs and music that bursts with energy.
Read what the critics and audience had to say about the production.
critics
‘A masterful revival’
★★★★★
– The Stage
‘formidable’
– The Times
‘as spruce and smart as ever’
– The Arts Desk
audience
‘Wonderful in every way’
– Audience comment
‘thoroughly enjoyable’
– Audience comment
‘Excellent and witty production’
– Audience comment
‘terrific’
– Audience comment
Falstaff is on stage until 24 August 2025
Image credits: Falstaff, Festival 2025. Photography by Bill Knight.
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