Phil Hewitt

England

Group Arts Editor at West Sussex Gazette

Group Arts Editor at National World Publishing

Group Arts Editor at Shoreham Herald

Group Arts Editor at Littlehampton Gazette

Group Arts Editor at Brighton & Hove Independent

Group Arts Editor at Bognor Regis Observer

Group Arts Editor at Crawley and Horley Observer

Group Arts Editor at Eastbourne Herald

Group Arts Editor at Worthing Herald

Group Arts Editor at Chichester Observer

Group Arts Editor at West Sussex County Times

Group Arts Editor at Sussex Express

Group Arts Editor at Mid Sussex Times

Group Arts Editor at Hastings Observer

Author of Outrunning The Demons (Bloomsbury) & Keep On Running, journalist, marathon addict, PhD, Rolling Stones obsessive and proud dad to two NHS doctors

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Articles

Debut UK tour for Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys - Brighton date

4 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowLucy Kruger & The Lost Boys have released a haunting new single ahead of their first-ever UK tour. The Berlin-based art-rock ensemble have brought out Reaching, promising a tense, mesmerising waltz blending spoken-word intensity with explosive guitars.
Chichester - "a play about believing what you want to believe"

4 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowIt’s a play which underlines our susceptibility to misinformation, says Sylvestra Le Touzel who is playing the Mayor's wife in Phil Porter’s adaptation of The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, the opening play this summer at Chichester Festival Theatre (April 25-May 24). Famously it’s a tale of corruption… and mistaken identity. The bureaucrats in a remote provincial town are panicking.
Paul Metcalfe celebrates the genius of Rod Stewart in Southsea

4 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowCelebrating Sir Rod Stewart's 80th birthday, Some Guys Have All The Luck heads to Southsea’s Kings Theatre on Saturday, May 17 at 7.30pm. Paul Metcalfe steps into the Rod Stewart shoes to celebrate the genius of Sir Rod, taking you on a musical journey spanning six decades from humble beginnings in the R‘n’B clubs through to Rod’s confirmation as a world-famous rock sensation.
REVIEW: The Surfer - savage, haunting and truly weird

4 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowREVIEW: The Surfer (15), (103 mins), Cineworld Cinemas. The Surfer is one of the weirdest films you will see all year, but probably one of the most haunting – a movie which plays with you, leaving you convinced you kind of know where it’s going. But you don’t. You really, really don’t. Nicolas Cage is a middle-aged man on an unhappy nostalgia trip. His wife has left him. She wants the divorce papers signed.
Re-injecting Technicolor playfulness into Joseph on stage

5 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowChristina Bianco will be our narrator as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat heads to the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, from May 13-18, the latest happy chapter for Christina since her move from the States to the UK around four years ago.
Fond tributes on death of Chichester's "titan of British theatre"

6 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowThe theatre world is paying tribute to the distinguished theatre producer, impresario and former Chichester Festival Theatre boss John Gale who has died. Among his many achievements at the CFT was the creation of the Minerva Theatre. John was the CFT’s seventh director from 1983-1989. His funeral will be held at All Saint’s Church, East Dean at 2pm on Friday, May 30.
Glyndebourne announces "bold" programme for Festival 2026

6 days ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowGlyndebourne is to stage its first ever productions of Tosca and L’Orfeo as part of a bold programme for Festival 2026 including a major collaboration with South African director and visual artist William Kentridge. Stephen Langridge, artistic director of Glyndebourne, said: “A summer of firsts begins with Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Ted Huffman who makes his Glyndebourne debut.
OBITUARY: Peter Lovesey, a true gentleman, a brilliant crime writer

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowFor many years one of the great pleasures of working in Chichester was meeting up regularly with the celebrated crime writer Peter Lovesey, who has died at the age of 88. Whenever he had a new book out or often simply just to chat, we would meet up in Caffè Nero. Always Caffè Nero. Always over a coffee. Always over a muffin. The muffin was compulsory in Peter’s view. And it was lovely to spend time in his company.
New sci-fi movie being filmed in Chichester

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowBexhill-based actress Sophie Karl is in Chichester appearing in a new sci-fi project being made by Chichester FilmMakers. The film called Is It is being directed by Jay Natrajan, mostly known for his visual arts work on Maleficent, Madagascar, Jupiter Ascending, Despicable etc. The idea is to make two short live-action films leading into a feature film to be made later this year.
Southern Pro Musica develop their Chichester presence

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Phil Hewitt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowProfessional chamber orchestra Southern Pro Musica are promising Great Classics, the title of their concert on Saturday, May 17 at 7.30pm in St Paul's Church, Chichester, PO19 6FT. Under artistic and musical director Jonathan Willcocks, their programme features Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, Rodrigo Concierto d'Aranjuez with guitarist Amanda Cook as soloist and Beethoven's Symphony No 8.