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THE VORTEX<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 28 April \u2013 20 May, Festival Theatre <\/p>\n The roaring twenties. A world in flux. The magnetic Florence Lancaster attracts individuals to her like moths to a flame. But when her son Nicky arrives residence from Paris with an surprising fianc\u00e9e and a secret, it units off a series of occasions which threatens to tug all of them right into a maelstrom.<\/em><\/p>\n No\u00ebl Coward<\/strong>\u2019s brilliantly witty and stinging portrait of the darkness beneath the glittering floor of the Jazz Age is as vivid as we speak as when it premiered, inflicting a sensation and catapulting its younger author to his first nice success.<\/p>\n Daniel Raggett<\/strong>, nominee for the 2022 Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award, directs this new manufacturing by which Florence and Nicky Lancaster are performed by mom and son, Lia Williams <\/strong>and Joshua James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Lia Williams\u2019s multi award-winning roles embrace Wallis Simpson in The Crown<\/em>, Dr Cooper in His Dark Materials, <\/em>and on stage Mary Stuart <\/em>(Almeida & West End) and John Gabriel Borkman <\/em>(The Bridge). Her critically-acclaimed manufacturing of Doubt <\/em>was seen at Chichester final 12 months.<\/p>\n Joshua James returns to the Festival Theatre the place he appeared within the Young Chekhov <\/em>trilogy as Nikolai in Platonov <\/em>and Konstantin in The Seagull <\/em>(for which he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award), each additionally on the National Theatre.<\/p>\n The solid additionally embrace Priyanga Burford <\/strong>as Helen; her work consists of Consent <\/em>(National Theatre), The Winter\u2019s Tale <\/em>(Shakespeare\u2019s Globe), and TV\u2019s Industry, Innocent <\/em>and Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Vortex <\/em>can have set design by Joanna Scotcher<\/strong>, costume design by Evie Gurney<\/strong>, lighting design by Zoe Spurr<\/strong>, music and sound design by Giles Thomas<\/strong>, and casting by Lotte Hines CDG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4000 MILES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 4 May \u2013 10 June, Minerva Theatre <\/p>\n Late one night time, 21-year-old Leo arrives with out warning at his grandmother\u2019s Manhattan condo \u2013 the furthest level on a momentous bike journey throughout America. Vera is 91 and lives alone, her independence undimmed by the challenges of recent dwelling. Baffled by one another at first, this odd couple slowly edge throughout the gap between them.<\/em><\/p>\n Amy Herzog<\/strong>\u2019s award-winning drama \u2013 named Time journal\u2019s finest play of 2012 \u2013 is a heat, wry and compassionate story about love, loss, reminiscence and shifting on.<\/p>\n Eileen Atkins <\/strong>makes a long-awaited return to Chichester as Vera. One of the UK\u2019s most distinguished actors, final seen right here in Vita and Virginia <\/em>in 1992, her many display roles embrace her BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning position in Cranford, Doc Martin <\/em>and The Crown<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sebastian Croft <\/strong>makes his CFT debut as Leo; he’s finest identified for Netflix\u2019s Heartstopper <\/em>and Horrible Histories: The Movie <\/em>for which he obtained a youngsters\u2019s BAFTA nomination. This 12 months he’ll lead Amazon\u2019s How To Date Billy Walsh. <\/em>His theatre work consists of Trevor Nunn\u2019s manufacturing of King John <\/em>(Rose Theatre).<\/p>\n The solid is accomplished by Nell Barlow<\/strong>, named a BAFTA Breakthrough Talent in 2022 and BIFA Best Newcomer 2021 for Sweetheart<\/em>; and Elizabeth Chu <\/strong>(Lesbian Space Crime <\/em>at Soho Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing <\/em>UK tour).<\/p>\n Director Richard Eyre <\/strong>returns to Chichester following The Stepmother <\/em>(2017) and 8<\/em> Hotels <\/em>(2019). Formerly Director of the National Theatre, his current movies embrace The Children Act <\/em>and Allelujah<\/em>.<\/p>\n 4000 Miles <\/em>can have set and costume design by Peter McKintosh<\/strong>, lighting design by Peter Mumford<\/strong>, sound design by John Leonard<\/strong>, and casting by Ginny Schiller CDG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ASSASSINS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 3 \u2013 24 June, Festival Theatre <\/p>\n A surreal carnival. And a gaggle of people that have one factor in widespread: they wish to assassinate the President of the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n Some succeed, some fail. But there\u2019s a prize for all of them: a spot within the historical past books.<\/em><\/p>\n John Wilkes Booth. Lee Harvey Oswald. Leon Czolgosz. Lynette \u201cSqueaky\u201d Fromme. John Hinckley. Charles Guiteau. Sara Jane Moore. Giuseppe Zangara. Samuel Byck. Men and girls whose fervour took them to the very edge.<\/em><\/p>\n Stephen Sondheim <\/strong>and John Weidman<\/strong>\u2019s Tony Award-winning biting musical comedy takes us on a daring, time-bending journey by American historical past.<\/p>\n Director Polly Findlay <\/strong>makes her CFT debut. Her current productions embrace White Noise <\/em>and A Number <\/em>(Bridge Theatre), Beginning <\/em>and Middle <\/em>(National Theatre) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie <\/em>(Donmar Warehouse).<\/p>\n The solid consists of Amy Booth-Steel <\/strong>(Tammy Faye, The Magician\u2019s Elephant<\/em>) as Moore, Luke Brady <\/strong>(The Prince of Egypt, Sweeney Todd <\/em>Festival 2011) as Zangara, Carly Mercedes Dyer <\/strong>(Olivier Award nominee and WhatsOnStage Award winner for Anything Goes<\/em>) as Fromme, Harry Hepple <\/strong>(Hamilton, Follies<\/em>) as Guiteau, Nick Holder <\/strong>(The Threepenny Opera, London Road<\/em>) as Byck, Danny Mac <\/strong>(Sunset Boulevard, Pretty Woman The Musical<\/em>) as Booth, Sam Oladeinde <\/strong>(Come From Away, A Christmas Carol<\/em>) as Czolgosz and Jack Shalloo <\/strong>(Girl From The North Country, Groundhog Day<\/em>) as Hinckley.<\/p>\n The designer might be Lizzie Clachan<\/strong>, and the choreographer, Neil Bettles<\/strong>; musical supervisor Richard John<\/strong>, musical director Jo Cichonska<\/strong>, lighting designer Richard Howell<\/strong>, sound designer Gregory Clarke<\/strong>, video designer Akhila Krishnan<\/strong>, struggle director Kate Waters<\/strong>, and casting administrators Charlotte Sutton CDG <\/strong>and Christopher Worrall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n MOM, HOW DID YOU MEET THE BEATLES?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 16 June \u2013 8 July, Minerva Theatre Press night time: Wednesday 21 June<\/p>\n Playwright Adrienne Kennedy impulsively leaves New York for London along with her younger son, intent on adapting John Lennon\u2019s e book \u2018In His Own Write\u2019 for the stage.<\/p>\n In the heady environment of the Swinging \u201860s, she finds herself rubbing shoulders with a dizzying array of celebrities, together with all 4 Beatles. And when her idols, Laurence Olivier \u2013 director of the National Theatre \u2013 and his influential literary supervisor Kenneth Tynan, together with actor Victor Spinetti, promise to supply her play, it looks as if a dream come true. But slowly the celebrities appear to align otherwise.<\/p>\n Adrienne Kennedy<\/strong>\u2019s autobiographical play \u2013 informed within the type of a one-act, near-monologue to her son Adam \u2013 is a mesmerising and disquieting story of a younger Black lady\u2019s betrayal by the hands of the institution.<\/p>\n Diyan Zora<\/strong>, winner of the 2021 Genesis Futures Award, directs.<\/p>\n The artistic staff will embrace designer Anisha Fields <\/strong>and sound designer George Dennis<\/strong>; the casting director is Lotte Hines CDG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n THE SOUND OF MUSIC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 10 July \u2013 3 September, Festival Theatre <\/p>\n Austria, 1938. Free-spirited nun Maria is shipped away from her abbey to change into governess to the widowed Captain von Trapp\u2019s seven youngsters. She brings music and laughter again to his unfeeling family, however the future holds extra pleasure and jeopardy than she ever dreamed potential.<\/em><\/p>\n This brand-new manufacturing of the unique stage musical is directed by Adam Penford<\/strong>, Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse, the place his productions embrace Piaf <\/em>and The Madness of George III<\/em>; and designed by Robert Jones <\/strong>(Murder on the Orient Express, The Unfriend, Oklahoma!<\/em>).<\/p>\n Gina Beck<\/strong>, whose efficiency as Nellie Forbush in Rodgers & Hammerstein\u2019s South Pacific<\/em> in 2021 was additionally acclaimed in London and on a UK tour, returns to play Maria.<\/p>\n The choreographer might be Lizzi Gee<\/strong>; the musical supervisor, Gareth Valentine<\/strong>; musical director Matt Samer<\/strong>; unique orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett<\/strong>; orchestral adaptation by Larry Blank<\/strong>; lighting designer, Johanna Town<\/strong>; sound designer, Paul Groothuis<\/strong>; casting director Natalie Gallacher CDG <\/strong>for Pippa Ailion Casting; and kids\u2019s casting director Verity Naughton CDG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ROCK FOLLIES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 24 July \u2013 26 August, Minerva Theatre<\/p>\n Before the Spice Girls, Sugababes and The Saturdays\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s the Nineteen Seventies and feminism is on the rise. Fed up with the male-dominated leisure business, Anna, Dee and Q take the longer term into their very own fingers and type a rock band \u2013 the sarcastically named \u2018Little Ladies\u2019. And so begins the musical helter-skelter journey of a lifetime. Can rules and ambition co-exist? And can their friendship survive within the dog-eat-dog world of rock?<\/em><\/p>\n With a e book by Chlo\u00eb Moss <\/strong>and unique songs from the ground-breaking TV collection by Howard Schuman <\/strong>and Andy Mackay<\/strong>, this punchy new musical is a rousing, riotous rollercoaster of lady energy!<\/p>\n Dominic Cooke<\/strong>, former Artistic Director of the Royal Court, directs; his current work<\/p>\n consists of Good <\/em>(West End), his multi award-winning manufacturing of Sondheim\u2019s Follies <\/em>(National Theatre), and on display, The Courier<\/em>.<\/p>\n Carly Bawden<\/strong>, who appeared in CFT\u2019s Concert within the Park in 2021 and whose theatre credit embrace Julie Jordan in Carousel <\/em>(Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre), Romantics Anonymous <\/em>(Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), marvel.land <\/em>(National Theatre) and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady <\/em>(Sheffield Crucible), performs Anna. Zizi Strallen <\/strong>returns to Chichester (The Music Man <\/em>Festival 2008) to play Q; Her West End appearances embrace the title position in Mary Poppins <\/em>(for which she obtained an Olivier Award nomination) and the NT\u2019s Follies<\/em>.<\/p>\n The solid additionally consists of Samuel Barnett<\/strong>, whose stage credit embrace Olivier and Tony- nominated roles in The History Boys <\/em>(additionally on movie) and Twelfth Night<\/em>; and on display, The Lady within the Van <\/em>and Twenty Twelve<\/em>; Tamsin Carroll <\/strong>(Barnum <\/em>Festival 2013; 2:22, Hex <\/em>and Everybody\u2019s Talking About Jamie <\/em>within the West End); and Fred Haig <\/strong>(Tammy Faye, A Christmas Carol, The Courier<\/em>).<\/p>\n Rock Follies <\/em>can have set design by Vicki Mortimer<\/strong>, costume design by Kinnetia Isidore<\/strong>, choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille<\/strong>, musical supervision and preparations by Nigel Lilley<\/strong>, musical course by Toby Higgins<\/strong>, lighting design by Paule Constable<\/strong>, and casting by Pippa Ailion CDG <\/strong>and Natalie Gallacher CDG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n NEVER HAVE I EVER<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 30 September, Minerva Theatre <\/p>\n Jacq and Kas\u2019s boutique restaurant has gone bust, and telling their oldest buddies Adaego and her wealthy husband Tobin that his funding is toast is simply the beginning of the night. Cash, class, identification and infidelity are all on the menu. As the final of the costly wine flows, a harmful ingesting recreation reveals long-hidden truths and provokes an unspeakable dare.<\/em><\/p>\n This explosive, savagely humorous first play by Deborah Frances-White<\/strong>, comic, screenwriter and host of the worldwide hit podcast The Guilty Feminist<\/em>, brilliantly skewers the contradictions of up to date society, and the shifting sands of energy and sexual politics.<\/p>\n Emma Butler <\/strong>was previously resident director on the Almeida Theatre; her directing credit embrace Camelot <\/em>(London Palladium), Hole <\/em>(Jermyn Street Theatre) and Echoes <\/em>(UK and worldwide tour).<\/p>\n The solid consists of Alexandra Roach <\/strong>(Utopia, No Offence, The Light within the Hall<\/em>), Greg Wise <\/strong>(The Crown, Sense and Sensibility, A Private War<\/em>) and Susan Wokoma <\/strong>(Enola Holmes, Cheaters, Chewing Gum<\/em>).<\/p>\n The designer is Frankie Bradshaw<\/strong>; lighting designer, Ryan Day<\/strong>; and casting director Lotte Hines CDG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n QUIZ<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 22 \u2013 30 September, Festival Theatre <\/p>\n Is Quiz<\/em>:<\/p>\n Prepare to solid your vote for the last word 50:50: responsible or not responsible?<\/p>\n This revised model of James Graham<\/strong>\u2019s celebrated comedy is directed by Daniel Evans <\/strong>and Se\u00e1n Linnen <\/strong>and opens a brand-new UK tour at Chichester. Graham\u2019s multi award-winning performs additionally embrace Best of Enemies, This House, Ink <\/em>and the TV collection Sherwood<\/em>.<\/p>\n Quiz <\/em>is designed by Robert Jones<\/strong>, with lighting design by Ryan Day<\/strong>, music and sound design by Ben and Max Ringham<\/strong>, video design by Tim Reid <\/strong>and casting by \n