Here’s our beautiful theatre
@ChichesterFT
all lit up in red in support of our entire industry.
@LightItInRed
#LightItInRed
Bravo to our technical team. Thank you to everyone who has given their support throughout this last period. May we open soon!
.
@DanielGwynEvans
and
@KathyBourne6
have announced
#Festival2020
: five world premieres, two musicals & major revivals of great modern dramas. We have a 50:50 gender playwright balance; 60:40 female directors; and tickets frozen at 2019 prices.
Thrilling and emotional to have the company and band of
#FlowersForMrsHarris
filling our stage again, thanks to composer Richard Taylor who’s making this cast album happen. A joy and privilege to host.
.
@AnnaJaneCasey
has been a West End performer for 32 years - but as one of an estimated 3 million who didn't meet eligibility for government support, she has left the stage behind to become a delivery driver.
#ITVTonight
's 'Secrets of your Online Christmas' is on
@ITV
at 7:30pm.
Before the war in Coriolanus, I used to sneak into the wings to watch Twelfth Night in the RST
@TheRSC
. Haydn Gwynne as Olivia. She brought the house down with two words (“Most wonderful”) in the final act. She spoke Italian. She flew with Shakespeare, Sondheim and Cy Coleman.
Chichester Festival Theatre (
@ChichesterFT
) will plant trees every time it opens a new production, in place of giving gifts and cards to company members, as part of its environmental strategy
Today's the day! We could not be more excited to be reopening our doors tonight for
#Crave
- our first performance in 252 days. There's still time to join us in person, or you can catch live streamed performances from Saturday!
Chichester Festival Theatre's 2019 season announced, with actors featured including Hadley Fraser, Amara Okereke, James Nesbitt, Clare Burt, Hugh Bonneville, Sheila Hancock and many more
✨ Today we’re excited to announce Charlotte Sutton as our new Head of Casting.
We’re looking forward to welcoming Charlotte to the role from November this year 👋
🗞️ Read more:
Last night’s album cover. Album is called Green Shoots. Out soon. Expect more.
#ConcertInThePark
@ChichesterFT
Immense gratitude to all who made it happen and to all who came.
We can't wait to welcome you back soon for
#Autumn2020
. Join Artistic & Executive Directors
@DanielGwynEvans
&
@KathyBourne6
to see what's changed since your last visit before tickets for our brand new season go on sale this week
'I just want to have a coffee with my mates.'
Actor Sheila Hancock told
@Emmabarnett
what a year in lockdown has been like for her and why she thinks we need a revolution
Surreal day. Perhaps favourite moment happened after
@omid9
sang his heart out on
@ChichesterFT
stage and HMQ turned to me and said, “He’s very good, isn’t he?”
Big shout out to
#LydiaCassidy
our Director of Marketing and Comms
@ChichesterFT
who enabled us to go global tonight.
#Crave
was viewed in Oman, Cyprus, Canada, Australia, Germany, US, Taiwan, Japan, France, Netherlands and Wigan.
Alecky Blythe returns with her new verbatim play, Our Generation.
Created from five years of interviews with 12 young people in the UK, it documents their journey into adulthood.
Daniel Evans directs this co-pro with
@ChichesterFT
.
Plays from 10 Feb:
Deeply proud of everyone who helped make
#MeAndMyGirl
@ChichesterFT
tonight, as we walked the Lambeth Walk for the final time. Onstage, backstage and out front: thank you. OI!
The final curtain call of
#Crave
tonight
@ChichesterFT
. In silence. But with a global audience. Thank you to all who made it, to those who shared it and those who experienced it. Next: lockdown. But we’ll be back. ❤️
We rehearsed today. Yes, rehearsed. Practised. And sang. With some good humans. We hope to offer some cheer to other humans next week. There’s free mulled wine, so I’ve heard.
We are delighted to announce that Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will curate a series of intimate evenings of music and song featuring a programme of songs by Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Noël Coward and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
In these unprecedented times, and with the welfare of our audiences, artists and staff paramount, we are sadly postponing the opening productions of Festival 2020. All ticket holders will be contacted by the Box Office. More here (1/2):
Immensely proud of the team
@ChichesterFT
. Their dedication, gumption, expertise and humour inspires me. Here’s a short vid of some of the goings-on and gettings-up-to of the last months. ❤️
Ah well, worth breaking an embargo for,
@FT
! This is the most welcome news. Thank you
@RishiSunak
and
@OliverDowden
who have worked hard to grapple with the particular challenges our industry is facing.
Tonight we were delighted to invite families to our Polish Interpreted Performance of Pinocchio. This is part of our aim to make theatre more accessible to all and to welcome as many people as possible in our community.