a small and quiet light

Chichester

Type:Theatre

Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6AP

Tel: 01243 781312

In a black and white photograph, a woman with dark shoulder-length hair stares resolutely at the camera, wearing a white top. A light illuminates her

About

October 1943. In a small office on the Avenue Foch in Paris, a Gestapo interrogator is questioning a young woman who has been known by many different names: Babuli, Jeanne-Marie, Nora, Madeleine.

As one of the secret agents of Britain's Special Operations Executive – and the first female radio operator to be sent undercover into France – she has evaded capture far longer than most. But now she has been betrayed.

As she faces the fate she has dreaded so long, memories crowd in – a beloved father, a thwarted lover, a gruelling journey to war, and an endless longing for her childhood piano. What has led her here?

a small and quiet light is based on the life of Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan (1914-1944), an extraordinarily courageous woman who paid the ultimate price for her heroic fight against fascism.

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Season (21 Aug 2026 - 12 Sept 2026)

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