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

Rufus Hound in conversation with Sean Foley, all about their production of Noël Cowards Present Laughter, which opens Festival 2018 and plays from 20 April - 12 May.

Recorded at St.Mary Abbots.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast  4 | Rufus Hound & Sean Foley | Present Laughter

In this episode, we speak to random and generations cast members Petra Letang and Wela  Mbusi about their creative experience in performing these powerful plays by debbie tucker green. 

Recorded at Glasshill Studios. 
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 5 | Petra Letang and Wela Mbusi | random/generations

In this episode, we speak to CFT's literary associate Kate Bassett about her career, current work and how new writing is approached in modern theatre.

Recorded at the Duke of York Theatre. 
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 6 | Kate Bassett | Literary Theatre

In this episode, we speak to Charlotte Jones, writer of one of Festival 2018's new plays - The Meeting. Listen to her discuss her successes, today's industry and her experiences with Quaker communities. 

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. 
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 7 | Charlotte Jones | The Meeting

In this episode, we speak to Daniel Evans, Artistic Director of CFT and Director of our summer musical Me and My Girl, and Gareth Valentine, Musical Supervisor, Musical Director and Musical Arrangements. 

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 8 | Daniel Evans and Gareth Valentine | Me and My Girl

In this episode, we speak to Mike Bartlett, writer of Cock which plays in the Minerva Theatre until 27 October. Hear Mike speak about his career, playwriting and the Radio Times. 

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 9 | Mike Bartlett | Playwriting

In this special episode, we speak to Bridget Norman who is a registered blind theatregoer, all about Touch Tours, Audio Description and Access Performances at Chichester Festival Theatre.  

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 10 | Bridget Norman | Access

In this episode, we're discussing Chichester Festival Youth Theatre's Christmas production of Sleeping Beauty, which runs in the Festival Theatre from 15 - 30 December 2018. 

Hear Rufus Norris, the writer and now director of the National Theatre speak about his adaptation of the original story, along with the director of our production Lucy Betts who is an ex-member of CFYT, followed by an interview with some of the cast. 

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 11 | Rufus Norris, Lucy Betts & Cast | Sleeping Beauty

In this episode, hear all about Chichester Festival Youth Theatre, the largest youth theatre in the UK with over 800 members engaged in weekly sessions across West Sussex. 

We caught up with Lauren Grant (Deputy Director of Learning, Education and Participation), Poppy Marples (Senior Youth Theatre Officer) and Mia Cunningham-Stockdale (Youth Theatre Apprentice) about their roles and what it's like running such a large scale youth theatre. 

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 12 | CFYT | Lauren Grant, Poppy Marples, Mia Cunningham-Stockdale

In this episode, we chat to some of our Prologue ambassadors about Festival 2019 and Prologue itself - our scheme for 16-25 year olds to get £5 tickets to all of our productions. 

Prologue members also have access to exclusive events, and it's free to sign up! ​

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 13 | Prologue Ambassadors | Festival 2019

In this episode, we speak to Hugh Bonneville and Liz White, who are both appearing in Shadowlands by William Nicholson, which runs in the Festival Theatre until 25 May 2019 and is part of the Festival 2019 season. 

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 14 | Hugh Bonneville and Liz White | Shadowlands

In this special episode in front of a live studio audience, we speak to Executive Director Kathy Bourne, Hugh Bonneville, Clare Burt, Rachel Lumberg, Scott Folan and Kirsty MacLaren from This Is My Family about a number of topics suggested by Prologue members aged 16-25.

This was one of our FREE events for Prologue members in the Festival 2019 season, and was organised by our Prologue Ambassadors who also feature in the episode as co-hosts. 

Recorded in the Minerva Theatre on Wednesday 29 May. 
Contains Explicit Language. 
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 15 | Kathy Bourne, Hugh Bonneville, Clare Burt and Co. | Live Episode

In this episode, we speak to Clare Burt, who is appearing in This Is My Family by Tim Firth, which opened Festival 2019 and runs in the Minerva Theatre until 15 June 2019.

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Music by Ted Hayes

Podcast 16 | Clare Burt | This Is My Family

Podcast 17 |Tory Kittles and Eva Sampson | 8 Hotels

In this episode, we speak to Bronté Barbé, Isaac Gryn and Emmanuel Kojo, who are all in the summer centrepiece of Festival 2019, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which runs in the Festival Theatre until 7 September 2019.

Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre
Music: Chichester Festival Theatre Production of Oklahoma! 2019

Podcast 18 | Bronté Barbé, Isaac Gryn and Emmanuel Kojo |Oklahoma!

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

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.