Welcome to the Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast, hosted by George Bailey. We'll be discussing everything CFT related from Festival 2018, to the history, from famous creatives to the backstage crew and beyond. Sit back, relax and enjoy what we've got in store for you.

Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast

The full collection of Festival 2019 of events and discussions including pre-show talks from both Festival Theatre and Minerva Theatre productions. Featuring acclaimed professionals from the creative teams.

Festival 2019 | Talks

You're ready to go on your own daring adventure by joining in the fun and mystery of our free treasure hunt around Chichester with The Famous Five themselves! 

Good luck in solving the riddles and cracking codes on a mysterious journey weaving across the city.

We expect the Hunt will take approx. 1 hour to complete.

1. The Famous Five Treasure Hunt: Audio Clue A

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Access information

Highlights of other events

Family friendly events

Talks, exhibitions and theatre days

Cinderella

Hey! Christmas Tree

The Cat and the Canary

Redlands

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

The Promise

Oliver!

The Caretaker

Coram Boy

The House Party

The Other Boleyn Girl

Information about making your booking

Booking dates

Introduction & contents

Dr Faustus

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Henry VIII

Kiss Me Kate

Twelfth Night

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead 1 - Jacket

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead 2 - Dress

Fashion Crimes

Power Dressing

Dressing The Tudors

Bestselling Boleyns

Daniel Evans (Director and Artistic Director) in conversation with Kate Mosse about the opening production of Festival 2019, Tim Firth's musical This Is My Family. Running in the Minerva Theatre until 15 June.

This Is My Family | Pre-Show Talk | Daniel Evans and Kate Mosse

Rachel Kavanaugh (Director) in conversation with Kate Bassett about the first play in the Festival Theatre of Festival 2019, William Nicholson's Shadowlands, based on the life of much loved writer C.S. Lewis. Running in the Festival Theatre until 25 May.

Shadowlands | Pre-Show Talk | Rachel Kavanaugh and Kate Bassett

Kate Hewitt (Director) in conversation with Kate Mosse about her production of David Hare's Plenty which is the second play in Festival 2019. Plenty runs in the Festival Theatre until 29 June.

Plenty | Pre-Show Talk | Kate Hewitt and Kate Mosse

In this episode, we speak to Daniel Hill (director) and David Lewington (Music and Sound Designer)of Crossing Lines by Anna Ledwich, our Chichester Festival Youth Theatre promenade production for Festival 2019. Crossing Lines runs 17 - 24 August.

Recorded at Chichester Rugby Club.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 19 | Daniel Hill and David Lewington | Crossing Lines

In this episode, we speak to Michael Morpurgo about the new adaptation of his much-loved, award-winning novel The Butterfly Lion, which opens in the Minerva Theatre on 5 October 2019.

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 20 | Michael Morpurgo | The Butterfly Lion

Podcast 21 | Harold Addo, Sian Reese-Williams, Kirsty J Curtis & Martyn Ellis | Sing Yer Heart Out

Welcome to the Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast, hosted by George Bailey. In this episode we'll be discussing the Chichester Spiegeltent, a new venue for Chichester this autumn. So sit back, relax and enjoy what we've got in store for you.

Podcast 22 | Georgina Rae and John Page | Spiegeltent Episode

In this episode celebrating International Women's Day, Helena Jacques-Morton and Elspeth Barron speak to our Executive Director, Kathy Bourne, Yvonne Thomson, CEO of UK Harvest and Sally Tabbner, Chief Executive of Dementia Support, Chichester.

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 23 | International Women's Day | CFT

Multi-award winning author, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo, and British actress, author and campaigner Virginia McKenna, talk to Kate Mosse and share extracts from one of Michael’s favourite books, The Butterfly Lion.
Recorded in The Spiegeltent, Tuesday 15 October 2019

Tales In The Tent | Michael Morpurgo and Virginia McKenna talk to Kate Mosse

Welcome to the Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast. We'll be chatting about everything CFT related, featuring interviews with famous creatives as well as the staff who create the magic both onstage and off. 

Chichester Festival Theatre is one of the UK’s flagship theatres, renowned for the exceptionally high standard of its productions as well as its work with the community and young people.

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