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# Chichester Festival Theatre announces Festival 2019 season
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/chichester-festival-theatre-announces-festival-2019-season/
- Published: 2019-02-14T10:29:22.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-15T19:05:17.000Z
- Description: Chichester Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Daniel Evans announces programme for Festival 2019 which includes an eclectic range of events hosted in a new venue, The Spiegeltent.
- Author: Besi

## Chichester Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Daniel Evans announces programme for *Festival 2019* which includes an eclectic range of events hosted in a new venue, *The Spiegeltent*.

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♦ Festival 2019 includes powerful world premieres, two musicals, Shakespeare, pertinent revivals of 20th and 21st century classics and brand new family shows

♦ Headline actors include **Hugh Bonneville**, **Clare Burt**, **Nancy Carroll**, **Hadley Fraser**, **Sheila Hancock**, **Dervla Kirwan**, **Gerald Kyd**, **Josie Lawrence**, **James Nesbitt**, **Hyoie O’Grady**, **Amara Okereke**, **John Simm** and **Rachael Stirling**

♦ Directors new to the Festival are **Nicole Charles**, **Paul Foster**, **Paul Miller**, **Daniel Hill** and **Holly Race Roughan**, alongside **Lucy Betts**, **Daniel Evans**, **Richard Eyre**, **Kate Hewitt**, **Rachel Kavanaugh**, **Dale Rooks** and **Jeremy Sams**

**Major revivals of classic and contemporary dramas including:**

♦ **Hugh Bonneville** in *SHADOWLANDS* by **William Nicholson**, directed by **Rachel Kavanaugh**

♦ **Kate Hewitt** directs **Rachael Stirling** in **David Hare’s** *PLENTY*

♦ **Nancy Carroll** plays **Hester Collyer** in **Rattigan’s** *THE DEEP BLUE SEA*, directed by **Paul Foster**

♦ **Paul Miller** directs **John Simm** and **Dervla Kirwan** in **Shakespeare’s** *MACBETH*

♦ An immersive staging of **Roy Williams’s** *SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS* directed by **Nicole Charles**

**Four new plays:**

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♦ *8 HOTELS* by **Nicholas Wright**, directed by **Richard Eyre**

♦ *HEDDA TESMAN* by **Cordelia Lynn**, after **Henrik Ibsen**, directed by **Holly Race Roughan** in a co-production with Headlong and The Lowry

♦ **Anna Ledwich**, CFT’s new Writer-in-Residence, adapts **Michael Morpurgo’s** *THE BUTTERFLY LION*, directed by **Dale Rooks**

♦ **Anna Ledwich** also writes *CROSSING LINES*, a promenade production for CFYT

**Two musicals, one modern, one classic:**

♦ **Tim Firth’s** *THIS IS MY FAMILY*, with **James Nesbitt**, **Sheila Hancock** and **Clare Burt**, directed by **Daniel Evans**

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♦ Rodgers & Hammerstein’s *OKLAHOMA!* with **Josie Lawrence**, **Hyoie O’Grady** and **Amara Okereke**, directed by **Jeremy Sams**

♦ Chichester Festival Youth Theatre presents *THE WIZARD OF OZ* in the Festival Theatre for Christmas

♦ 20,000 tickets at £10 in the Festival Theatre; over 10,000 £5 PROLOGUE tickets for 16 – 25 year olds

![Daniel Evans: Image Seamus Ryan](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web-300-3.jpg)

Daniel Evans: Image Seamus Ryan

**Daniel Evans said:** *“Festival 2019 continues our aim of giving audiences the breadth of work they expect and relish. We’re premiering four plays: two by our new Writer-in-Residence, Anna Ledwich, including a brand new adaptation of one of Michael Morpurgo’s own favourite books, The Butterfly Lion; Nicholas Wright’s fascinating 8 Hotels, which examines the political repercussions of private passions; and we’re delighted to be partnering with Headlong and The Lowry on Cordelia Lynn’s Hedda Tesman.*

*“These, and our array of revivals and musicals, will be brought to life by an outstanding company of actors. Our directors include Nicole Charles, Kate Hewitt and Holly Race Roughan, all bright stars at the start of their careers, alongside the welcome Chichester debuts of Paul Foster and Paul Miller.*

*“October will see the installation of The Spiegeltent, providing an immersive setting for Roy Williams’s Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads, as well as an exciting range of events for all tastes. Chichester Festival Youth Theatre promenade a new play by Anna Ledwich through the streets of Chichester; and our ongoing Ageless campaign aims to ensure that theatre and live art remain at the heart of people’s lives, whatever their age and circumstance.*

*“Our new Executive Director, Kathy Bourne, joins us in May; we both look forward to welcoming audiences to Festival 2019.”*

**To read the full programme of events online, click [here:](https://www.cft.org.uk/festival-2019?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**