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Chichester Festival Youth Theatre presents

SLEEPING BEAUTY

By Rufus Norris From The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by Charles Perrault

WELCOME

Welcome to the latest Christmas production from Chichester Festival Youth Theatre, and our final show of 2018.

Sleeping Beauty represents both continuity and evolution. Like many of CFYT’s previous hit shows, it’s an adaptation of a much-loved classic – in this case by Rufus Norris, now Director of the National Theatre – with new music specially composed by Tom Brady. The production boasts set design by Simon Higlett and costumes by Ryan Dawson Laight, whose visually stunning approach was seen to great effect in 2017’s Beauty and the Beast and 2016’s Peter Pan. The 66-strong cast has been drawn from CFYT’s 800 members, who take part in weekly workshops in nine locations throughout the region, alongside 20 members of the Technical Youth Theatre.

productions included The Wizard of Oz and Oliver!, Lucy is uniquely qualified for this role in another important respect: she herself is a former member of CFYT. As you will read in this programme, her time in the Youth Theatre was the launchpad for her career, so we are doubly delighted to welcome her back to Chichester.

The work of LEAP and the Youth Theatre is central to our ambition to engage and inspire as many young people as possible.

It goes hand-in-hand with our educational projects in schools, and is complemented by our adult learning programme. Our Ageless campaign aims to ensure that theatre and live art remain at the heart of people’s lives, whatever age they are. Do please support this vital work if you can.

I hope you enjoy today’s performance and wish you a joyous festive season.

Following in the footsteps of Dale Rooks, our Director of Learning, Education and Participation (who directed The Midnight Gang in Festival 2018) is the director Lucy Betts. Formerly Head of Performance at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, where her

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TASTE FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

Chichester Festival Theatre presents a mini season of delicious dinners, lovely lunches, entertaining evenings and gin-tastic get-togethers from our caterers SIPSMITH GIN TASTING The Brasserie, 14 Dec 7.30pm Tickets £25

THE BIG GINS TASTING Minerva Bar & Grill, 22 Mar 7.30pm Tickets £25

LUNCH WITH KATE MOSSE The Brasserie, 27 Feb 12noon Tickets £39.95

‘CALL MY BLUFF’ WINE TASTING DINNER With Hennings Wine The Brasserie, 29 Mar 7pm Tickets £39.95

SOUTH COAST GIN TASTING Minerva Bar & Grill, 1 Mar 7.30pm Tickets £25 WISTON ESTATE WINE TASTING DINNER The Brasserie, 15 Mar 7.30pm Tickets £59.95 CAPER & BERRY SHOWCASE LUNCH The Brasserie, 20 Mar 12noon Tickets £34.95

MOTHER’S DAY Two or three-course lunch in The Brasserie, 31 Mar from 12.30pm Adult from £15.95, Child from £11.95 Sumptuous afternoon tea in the Minerva Bar & Grill, 31 Mar from 2pm Adult £19.95, Child £11.95 COCKTAIL MASTERCLASS EXPERIENCE Minerva Bar & Grill, 6 April 7.30pm Tickets £25

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Chichester Festival Youth Theatre presents

SLEEPING BEAUTY

By Rufus Norris From The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by Charles Perrault

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH Christmas. The time of year when theatres all over the land succumb to pantomime fever.

Ohhhh, yes they do!

But here in Chichester, things are different.

The Festival Theatre is the only major theatre in the UK to hand over its main stage to its Youth Theatre every Christmas. Their productions are treated in exactly the same way as any of the Theatre’s Festival season shows, with similar high standards.

No doubt that’s why Chichester Festival Youth Theatre has a well-established reputation as a springboard into the theatrical profession, both for young actors and those in backstage roles. Lucy Betts, the director of Sleeping Beauty, is a perfect example.

‘I was a member of the Youth Theatre from the age of 7 until I was 20 – I grew up with it!’, Lucy explains. ‘So when I had a call in February saying that they needed a director for the Christmas show, it was very serendipitous.’

Unsurprisingly, says Lucy, ‘It’s like coming home. The Youth Theatre is huge now and the building has really changed, but the ethos is still the same: faith in the young people and expecting amazing things of them, and enabling them to be capable and creative.’

The opportunity to audition for the Christmas production, as well as the biennial outdoor summer show and other smaller-scale productions, is just part of the attraction for the 800 members of CFYT, who take part each week in workshops for acting, dance, technical and musical theatre. These take place at CFT itself and at eight other locations across West Sussex. No auditions are necessary and bursary places are on offer for young people who need financial support. Weekly sessions are also run for young people with more specific additional needs.

Sometimes, the chance to appear in a Festival season production might come along LUCY BETTS

too. In 2017, the majority of the schoolboys in Forty Years On were Youth Theatre members; Sephora Parish and Megan O’Hanlon appeared as the two younger daughters in Fiddler on the Roof; and CFYT members also appeared in The House They Grew Up In, The Stepmother and Quiz. This year, several appeared as Dior models in Flowers for Mrs Harris and Albie Stisted played George in The Midnight Gang.

Another Youth Theatre member, 13 year-old Archie Elliot, shared the role of Charles in The Watsons. ‘I was actually doing some research and development workshops for Sleeping Beauty when one of the LEAP administrators emailed my parents saying there was an opportunity in a show coming up and would I be interested and have the time to do it?’

Archie says. ‘I was very excited so I went for it not knowing if I would get it, because these things can go either way, and I was lucky enough to get the part. Which was amazing and I was really shocked, especially as it was my first professional role.’

Having appeared in Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan, Archie is eager to acknowledge how valuable his CFYT experience has been.

‘The whole Youth Theatre environment is so professional, with the creative team and directors behind the whole process. Even though we’re all kids and still learning, there’s no attitude like “oh they’re a child, we can do it a tiny bit easier for them”. It’s really nice to show that we have the dedication and know what will be in store if we want to do this as a career.’

While Archie has had a ball doing The Watsons (‘I’ve learned so many different things – and two 18th century dances!’), he’s still considering his options as far as the future is concerned. ‘I probably want to do this for a living. But doing the Youth Theatre and the professional show has opened my eyes

to the more creative side of the theatre as well – I’m very young so I don’t know if I could choose yet, but definitely something to do with the performing arts.’

As Archie indicates, in addition to developing performance skills, backstage work is equally appealing. ‘The Technical Youth Theatre is extremely popular, offering a chance to explore all the practical, technical and creative elements that go into putting on productions: from lighting and sound design, pyrotechnics, stage management roles and backstage work, to make-up, costume and prop-making,’ says Dale Rooks, Director of the Learning, Education and Participation (LEAP) department. ‘Many of those involved have gone on to study technical theatre at university or drama schools and to take up stage management as a career.’

Victoria Rousell was a member of CFYT from the age of 10 – 18 and is now a vastly experienced Deputy Stage Manager (calling all the actors’ and technical cues during a performance), who describes the Youth Theatre as ‘pivotal’ to her career.

‘As a kid, you don’t realise there’s a backstage element; you just think “I want to be in a play”’, Victoria recalls. ‘I enjoyed performing but reached a point when I realised it wasn’t my forte. The Technical Youth Theatre made it a lot more apparent what goes on behind the scenes; I was Assistant Stage Manager [usually responsible for all the props used on a show] ARCHIE ELLIOT IN THE WATSONS

on The Silver Sword and then was DSM on one of the Connections plays when I was about 15.

So from there, my interest in acting was superseded by my interest in technical theatre.’

After leaving school, Victoria did a two-year foundation degree in technical theatre at Northbrook College in Worthing, focusing on stage management and production management. Her college work experience included being ASM on CFYT’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005, following which she secured her first professional job at CFT the following Festival season. Having now spent nine years on The Lion King in the West End, she was delighted to return to Chichester as DSM on The Midnight Gang earlier this autumn.

‘CFYT was a brilliant gateway and stepping stone’, Victoria reflects. ‘The crossover with the main season gives so many opportunities, in surroundings you’re comfortable and familiar with. I’ve made such great friendships; you bond so much with the people you work with on a show. To get paid for doing what you enjoy most, and turn your hobby into a career, is a very fortunate position to be in.’

Nor should we forget the departments which provide the vital support to what happens on stage. Several former Youth Theatre members have undergone formal traineeships at CFT in areas such as Producing, Digital and Development; over the past year, three progressed to full-time employment here.

Of course, not everyone who joins the Youth Theatre wants to make a career in theatre, but the experience can be of equal value. A recent survey of CFYT’s alumni suggests that their participation has given them greater confidence and the ability to communicate and present themselves more effectively in a variety of situations. ‘Youth Theatre members understand the importance of commitment, punctuality and the ability to collaborate and work as part of a team. They learn to be good listeners, who are respectful of others people’s views and opinions, and ultimately this enriches their positive interaction with the world of work’, Dale Rooks notes.

After leaving CFYT, Lucy Betts went to Roehampton University where she read Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. Having

spent some time back in Chichester conducting workshops as a freelance practitioner, she ran the Youth Theatre at The Spring in Havant before landing a full-time job as Youth Theatre Leader at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. She spent seven years there, eventually ‘working her way up’ to become Head of Performance, programming and directing work. She loved her time in Guildford, but has now embarked on a career as a freelance director and is thrilled to be working with Chichester’s own Youth Theatre again.

‘They are just the most incredibly focused, creative and passionate young people. They work really hard – they turn up half an hour early! They are so committed to what they do and so aware of how lucky they are to have this opportunity – not only to be in the show in the first place but to be in a show at Chichester Festival Theatre. There are young people all over the country who would love an opportunity like this, and they don’t take it for granted.’

That opportunity includes working with a brilliant and experienced creative team, including the set and costume designers Simon Higlett and Ryan Dawson Laight who’ve worked on many CFYT shows including Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan. Nevertheless, Lucy says, ‘Ultimately it all comes from the young people. It wouldn’t be the same show without their creativity, input and ideas, and their willingness to go on this massive journey. For me that’s what’s really special about Youth Theatre and MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

why it’s so important.’

Her thoughts are echoed by Rufus Norris, the writer of this version of Sleeping Beauty.

He, too, began his theatrical career in a youth theatre, in his case the Swan Youth Theatre in Worcester. He is now Director of the National Theatre (the first since Laurence Olivier not to have been to Cambridge): not a bad testament to the value of Youth Theatre.

‘Creative self-expression or the confidence that comes with it, the community you build through it, the shared discipline, the interdependency, are incredible life skills,’ he says. ‘For me, the Swan Youth Theatre was a great social centre but they insisted on us taking the work seriously. And what we got out of it as a result was a huge amount of self-confidence and also a real knowledge of what it is to rely on other people and how much more powerful shared achievement is. A flock of geese fly 70% further than individual geese, that’s just a fact.

‘It’s completely brilliant that the Youth Theatre in Chichester are given this opportunity.

And even if none of them go into the theatre as a career, or even go to the theatre again, it doesn’t matter because their ability to deal with the obstacles life throws at them, or to think their way out of a box, or to know that pressure sometimes helps you to perform at your best, to know when to ask for help – those things are invaluable.’

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CONTEMPORY CLASSICS Designer Ryan Dawson Laight was keen to bring a contemporary edge to classical fairy tale costumes, using exaggerated shapes and drawing inspiration from 17th Century design. Take a look at just a few of these re-imaginings in Ryan’s original costume sketches.

BIRD a • Inspired by the ide d of a caged bir • Mysterious textures • Fabric replicates found in the forest es • Accentuated shap s and angle

GOODY • The design has to undergo an ageing proces s for different stages wh the en we meet Goody • Elements transfo rm as Goody gets older and more dishevelled • She has a wood en backpack with wi ngs that she carries ar ound – puppetry element to this

QUEEN AND COURTIERS • Exaggerated Elizabethan in style, the world of the palace is more clinical and controlled than the world outside • Costumes are stiff and structured • The Queen has a giant ruff which is used to keep others away from her

ous RABBIT n and mischiev t fu ughou • More ead thro all the r th n e gh • Gold ns throu which ru the production design in

THORN than • Inspired by Elizabe fencing d an s fighting sport le sty • Military rs, menacing • They are protecto d a beauty ity but with a fluid an stumes co nt, me ve to their mo are sharp and clean

MAKE YOUR OWN CROWN Take a paper plate and paint the under-side in a colour of your choosing.

Once the paint has dried fold it in half and cut along the black dashed lines (shown in the diagram below). Do not cut all the way through.

Cut it up to the ruffle edge of the plate.

Unfold the plate and bend each of the triangles up to create the points of the crown. Finish it off by decorating the crown using pens, stickers and glitter!

Open up the plate to make the last 2 cuts (shown by the red dashed line).

WORDSEARCH Find the 12 words in the crossword puzzle. Words can be found forwards, up, down and diagonally!

GOODY

OGRESS

FART

CASTLE

SLEEPING

FOREST

KING

PRINCE

THORNS

SLAVE

QUEEN

MINSTREL

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E Y D A D W T V W P O E T N R Y S

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G J D X E T E L A K Y G L N M O Q

V M F R X G L E N W D J A B E G F

X S A N R D E E D S N R V P Q R Y

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THE CAST Archie Biddle

Ellie Bradbury

Tamsin Brazier

Edward Bromell

Evie Carter

Harry Carter

George Craig

Mia Dannatt

Hal Darling

Honami Davies

Freddie Dempster

Ellie Dickens

Katherine Henry

Jess Hodgson

Cameron House

Hester Johnson-Cadwell

Rose Keane

Jake Kendell

Emily McAlpine

Francesca McBride

Declan McCarthy

Ella O’Keeffe

Jessie Page-Smith

Noah Peirson

Emily Sammut

Evie Sayer

Lael Smith

Riley Stroud

Isaac Sturge

Charlotte Taylor

Oluwafunmilayo Ajayi

Tewogbola Ajayi

Alfie Ayling

Molly Berry

Callum Beavan

Megan Bewley

Richard Chapman

Joe Clines

Joshua Collins

Libby Connor

Sophie Cook

Sydney Craddock

Spencer Dixon

Patrick Durand

Maddie Gadeke

Lyla Garner-Gibbons

Jennifer Goodier

Maddie Haywood

Harvey Lodge

Thomas Lunn

Grace Lyon

Polly Maltby

Josh Martin

Amber May

Sam Pendle

Connor Read

Izzy Richardson

Alice Roberts

Joe Russell

Tad Ruiz-Harrison

Jack Taylor

Katie Utting

Hannah Wadey

George Waller

Alex Webb

Emily Wells

SLEEPING BEAUTY CAST (in order of appearance) Forest Creatures Oluwafunmilayo Ajayi, Ellie Bradbury, Edward Bromell,

Evie Carter (Aerial Captain), Harry Carter, Joshua Collins,

Sophie Cook, Honami Davies, Freddie Dempster, Ellie Dickens,

Lyla Garner-Gibbons, Cameron House, Thomas Lunn,

Grace Lyon, Polly Maltby, Emily McAlpine, Francesca Mcbride,

Declan McCarthy, Ella O’Keeffe (Dance Captain), Noah Peirson,

Sam Pendle, Emily Sammut, Evie Sayer, Riley Stroud,

Jack Taylor, Katie Utting, George Waller, Emily Wells Goody Emily McAlpine / Ellie Dickens Ogre Freddie Dempster / Harry Carter Prince of Questions George Waller / Thomas Lunn Queen Molly Berry / Mia Dannatt King Hal Darling / George Craig Goody (Younger) Francesca McBride / Ellie Bradbury Minstrel Isaac Sturge Courtiers Callum Beaven, Archie Biddle, Spencer Dixon,

Patrick Durand, Alex Webb Beauty Izzy Richardson / Libby Connor Thorns Tewogbola Ajayi, Molly Berry, Tamsin Brazier, Libby Connor,

Sydney Craddock, Mia Dannatt, Maddie Haywood, Jess Hodgson,

Amber May, Jessie Page-Smith (Dance Captain), Izzy Richardson,

Alice Roberts, Lael Smith, Charlotte Taylor Ogress Megan Bewley / Jennifer Goodier Prince Joe Russell / Harvey Lodge Slaves Callum Beaven, Megan Bewley, Archie Biddle, Richard Chapman,

Joe Clines, George Craig, Hal Darling, Spencer Dixon,

Patrick Durand, Maddie Gadeke, Jennifer Goodier,

Katherine Henry (Dance Captain), Hester Johnson-Cadwell,

Rose Keane, Jake Kendell, Harvey Lodge, Josh Martin,

Connor Read, Tad Ruiz-Harrison, Joe Russell,

Isaac Sturge, Hannah Wadey, Alex Webb Goody (Oldest) Katie Utting / Sophie Cook Table-slave Alfie Ayling There will be one interval of twenty minutes.

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CREATIVE TEAM Writer Rufus Norris Director Lucy Betts Set Designer Simon Higlett Costume Designer Ryan Dawson Laight Lighting Designer James Whiteside Composer and Orchestrator Tom Brady Musical Director Colin Billing Sound Designer Gregory Clarke Movement Director Naomi Said Assistant Director Hannah Hogg Fight Director Daniel Hill

Costume Supervisor Kingsley Hall Costume Makers Kate Adeney, Jordan Edwards, Kate Healy, Lou Petty Seamstress Florence Meredith, Charlie Baptiste Costume Prop Makers – Millinery April Dalton, Elliott Ditton, Darcy Collins Costume Prop Assistant Arseni Loika Head of Wardrobe Wardrobe Assistants Wig and Make Up Supervisor Props Supervisor Props Maker Props Fabricator Sound No 1 Sound No 2 Apprentice Radio Mic Runner Lighting Programmer

Production Manager Company Stage Manager Deputy Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Apprentice Assistant Stage Manager Chaperone Manager Chaperone Supervisor

Sarah Stoddard Lottie Higlett, Gabby Selwyn-Smith Sonja Mohren Marise Rose Sarah Crispin Janette McAlpine Neil Rose Fuzz, Ted Murray Ryan Pantling Andrew Leighton John Page Sally Ann Garner-Gibbons Andrew Reed Caitlin O’Reilly Amy Clayton Elspeth Barron Janette McAlpine

TECHNICAL YOUTH THEATRE Junior Assistant Stage Managers Sammy Lacey, Megan Le Marchant Costume, Hair and Make Up Ella Bassett, Sophia Cobby, Rebecca Collins,

Iona Gmys-Spear, Tilly Goodman, Hannah Lipton,

Seren Partridge, Helen Sheppherd, Hannah Young Follow Spot Operators Elspeth Goodman, Tilly Goodman, Zoe Lyndon Smith Radio Mic Runners Connor Baker, Olivia Bickley, Teddy Phillippo,

Thomas Russell, Alfie Stuckey DSM Shadow / CSM Shadow Beth Dixon / Peter Reavey

MUSICIANS Musical Director / Keyboard Violin Bass Harp Woodwind Percussion / Orchestral Management Rehearsal Pianist

Colin Billing Kathryn James Stephen Street Cecelia Sultana De Maria Sarah Watson Mark Taylor Joshua Winstone

MUSICAL NUMBERS All That Dies Must Be Reborn Beautiful as Morning Just Say No Beautiful as Evening Hunting Song The Wedding Day Oh Ye

The Company Queen and King Minstrel and Courtiers Queen and The Company The Company The Company Slaves

By arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Chichester Festival Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support from the families of the Youth Theatre cast and crew members.

With special thanks to the following for all their support and dedication: Set built and painted by Capital Scenery, Tin Shed CNC, Paul Mathew Transport, Additional lighting by White Light, Additional sound equipment by Stage Sound Services and EM Acoustics, Rehearsal trailer by Umbrella Rooms, Additional photography by Richard Gibbons, Get Designing! participants for their work on the costumes, Annie Davis, Nairne Fraser, Darcia Haughey and Rebecca Stisted and Arthur JJ Collibrass.

Thanks to our wonderful chaperones without whom none of this would be possible: Clare Apel, Jenny Beadle, Glyn Bentley-Angell, Helen Button, Tom Chown, Tracy Clayton, Simone Craddock, Mia Cunningham-Stockdale, Lauren Grant, Richard Knowles, Francesca Lomax, Poppy Marples, Karen McBride, Margaret Murray, Trisha O’Reilly, Katie Pendle, Louise Rigglesford, Fin Ross Russell, Beth Sedgwick, Kate Smith, Rebecca Stuckey, Karen Taylor, Penelope Thomas, Margaret Todd, Ian Wadey, Laura Wadey, Suzanne Wilkins, Emma Jayne Wyatt.

Rehearsal and production photography by Helen Murray. Programme design by Davina Chung.

Supported by Sleeping Beauty Commissioning and Patron Circles: Philip Berry, Michael and Frances Coates, Nick and Sue Lutte, Ian and Judy Barlow, Bryan Warnett of St. James's Place and all those who wish to remain anonymous.

MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

BIOGRAPHIES

LUCY BETTS Director Lucy Betts was Head of Performance at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, from 2015 – 2017, having previously been Youth Theatre Leader there from 2010. In addition to programming productions throughout the year, she directed a wide range of productions for the main stage and the Mill Studio, from large scale musicals to studio productions.

Directing credits at the Yvonne Arnaud included The Railway Children (also tour of railway museums), The Wizard of Oz, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Silver Sword, The Borrowers, The Secret Garden (also THE COMPANY

Gilded Balloon/Edinburgh Fringe), 1984, Animal Farm, Private Peaceful, The Little Match Girl, The Sea Child (also Gilded Balloon/Edinburgh Fringe), Oliver!, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, Forever Young (also The Space/ Edinburgh Fringe), James and the Giant Peach, Pinocchio, The Firework Maker’s Daughter, Just So Stories (also Gilded Balloon/Edinburgh Fringe), Peter Pan, The Ghosts Of Tyneham, The War Of Jenkins’ Ear, The Lark, Sophie Shadow (also Paradise Green/Edinburgh Fringe), Charlotte’s Web and Fantastic Mr Fox. Prior to joining the Yvonne Arnaud, Lucy was Youth Theatre Director at The Spring, Havant. She is Associate Director – Children’s

Theatre at the Apollo Theatre Company and a freelance lecturer at Roehampton University.

Lucy graduated with a BA (Hons) in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at Roehampton University, and is a former member of Chichester Festival Youth Theatre.

COLIN BILLING Musical Director Previously at Chichester Musical Director for Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol and The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Festival Theatre).

Theatre credits as Musical Director include Lend Me A Tenor – The Musical (Gielgud Theatre

and Theatre Royal Plymouth), West Side Story (RWCMD), Lift Off! (opening show at Leicester’s CURVE), Chasing Fate (Birmingham Hippodrome), Marina Laslo’s Russian Romance (Barbican Hall), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Leicester Haymarket); as Musical Director/Orchestrator Sleeping Arrangements (Landor Theatre and UK tour); as Musical Director/Arranger Beyond Phantom (UK tour), Kaye’s the Word (New End Theatre and tour), Friends Like Us (Arts Theatre), The Maladjusted Songster (Plush Rooms San Francisco); as Musical Director/Arranger/Orchestrator The Wizard of Oz (Leicester Haymarket), Three Men In a Boat (UK tour), No One in the World

COLIN BILLING LUCY BETTS NAOMI SAID MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

(Cochrane Theatre), Brenda Bly – Teen Detective (world premiere, Bridewell Theatre); as Musical Supervisor/Arranger A Spoonful of Sherman (St James’ Theatre), Bugle Boy (UK tour), Christmas with The Salvation Army (Royal Albert Hall); as Musical Supervisor/Orchestrator Bumblescratch (workshop and demo album), Godspell (UK tour), City of Angels (LSMT/ Bridewell Theatre).

Vocal Coaching and Musical Theatre workshops include London School of Musical Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of Warwick, University of Chichester and Big Little Theatre School of which he is Co-Founder. colinbilling.co.uk TOM BRADY Composer and Orchestrator Previously at Chichester Flowers for Mrs Harris (Musical Supervisor & Musical Director), Fiddler on the Roof (Musical Director) and Forty Years On (Musical Director & Musical Arrangements).

Credits as Musical Director include Pinocchio (National Theatre); Show Boat (West End); Anything Goes (Sheffield Crucible and UK tour); Flowers for Mrs Harris, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, The History Boys (Sheffield Crucible); The Empress (RSC and Kneehigh); Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Fall of the House of Usher (Lyric Theatre, Belfast Ensemble); A Tale of Two Cities (Royal & Derngate Northampton); December Songs (St James Theatre); Evita (Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia); Have a Nice Life (Edinburgh and NYC Fringe); Hello Again (Mountview); Nina (LAMDA).

As Associate/Assistant MD The Light Princess, She Stoops to Conquer (National Theatre); 13 (Apollo, West End); My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible); Wah! Wah! Girls (Sadler’s Wells and Kneehigh).

Tom read Music at Oxford University before training at the Royal Academy of Music, from which he recently received the ARAM award.

He now teaches on the Royal Academy of Music Musical Theatre course.

GREGORY CLARKE Sound Designer Previously at Chichester The Watsons, The Midnight Gang, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol, Mrs Pat, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Theatre includes The Color Purple (Broadway); Medea, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Misterman, Tristan and Yseult (National Theatre); The Goat, Or Who Is Silvia? (Theatre Royal Haymarket); The Truth (Wyndham’s); The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Alchemist, All’s Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Tantalus, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC); Journey’s End (Duke of York’s/New York, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design); Equus (Gielgud/ New York, Tony Award for Best Sound Design); Welcome Home Captain Fox!, My Night With Reg, Versailles, The Night Alive, A Voyage Round My Father, The Philanthropist (Donmar); Clarence Darrow, A Flea In Her Ear, National Anthems, Six Degrees of Separation (Old Vic); Albion, Against, The Merchant of Venice, Cloud Nine (Almeida); Barnum, The Lie, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾ The Musical, Love In Idleness, She Loves Me, The Truth, Assassins, The Lyons, Travels With My Aunt, Proof (Menier Chocolate Factory); Sive, Waiting for Godot, King of the Castle, DruidShakespeare, Brigit (Druid Theatre); A Steady Rain, Stepping Out, Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Blithe Spirit, The Rivals, Hedda Gabler, The Winslow Boy (Theatre Royal Bath); The Twits, The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas (Royal Court); Annie Get Your Gun (UK tour); The Birthday Party (Manchester Royal Exchange); The Seagull (Headlong); Donkeys’ Years (Rose Theatre Kingston); Arcadia (ETT); The Night Alive, The Philanthropist, Pygmalion (New York); My Night With Reg, Goodnight Mister Tom, The Vortex, A Voyage Round My Father, And Then There Were None, Some Girls, What the Butler Saw (West End).

SIMON HIGLETT Set Designer Also at Chichester in 2018, The Midnight Gang, The Chalk Garden.

Previously at Chichester The Norman Conquests, Much Ado About Nothing/Love’s

Labour’s Lost (also RSC Stratford/West End); Mrs Pat, Amadeus, Stevie (also Hampstead); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Singin’ in the Rain (and world tour); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Yes Prime Minister, Collaboration/Taking Sides, Nicholas Nickleby (all West End transfers); A Marvellous Year for Plums, The Grapes of Wrath, The Circle, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists; and Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (all Chichester Festival Youth Theatre).

Current, recent and forthcoming designs The Price (West End transfer) and Racing Demon (Bath); Vulcan 7 (Guildford and tour); Twelfth Night (RSC Stratford); An Ideal Husband (Vaudeville); Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (UK tours); Schoenberg in Hollywood (Boston Lyric Opera); All Our Children (Jermyn Street); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (WYP and UK tour); Blithe Spirit (West End/USA); Falstaff (Grange Festival).

Other highlights The Marriage of Figaro (Scottish Opera); The Rivals, Man and Boy, FRANCESCA MCBRIDE ELLIE BRADBURY

Hay Fever, Of Mice and Men, Amy’s View (West End); Enemies, Whistling Psyche, The Earthly Paradise (Almeida); The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Donmar); The Force of Change (Royal Court); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Stockholm); Haunted (NYC/Brits Off Broadway); Pygmalion (Old Vic); Singer, A Russian in the Woods, Thomas More (RSC); The Brothers Karamazov (Manchester Royal Exchange); To Kill a Mockingbird (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Mrs Warren’s Profession (Washington DC).

Simon designs for opera worldwide and is the recipient of the Manchester Theatre Award for Best Design (Wonderful Town); two TMA Best Design Awards (Elizabeth Rex, Three Sisters); Helen Hayes Best Design Award (Lady Windermere’s Fan) USA. HANNAH HOGG Assistant Director Theatre credits as Director include These Bridges, #YOLO and Political Manoeuvres (Minerva Theatre). Her production of These Bridges was selected to be performed

at the National’s Dorfman Theatre as part of the Connections Festival 2018.

Theatre credits as Actor include Awkward (Birmingham Rep) and She (The Drum).

Hannah studied Applied Theatre (Community and Education) at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and has recently received a Positive Practice Award for her work with adults living with mental health issues, in partnership with The Chichester Centre.

Hannah is the Youth Theatre Officer at Chichester Festival Theatre.

RYAN DAWSON LAIGHT Costume Designer Previously at Chichester Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol and Grimm Tales.

Theatre includes Peter Pan, Brave New World, Swallows and Amazons, Dracula, A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Hamlet, Macbeth, As You Like It, Henry IV, King Lear and Treasure Island (Creation Theatre); for Le Gateau Chocolat Duckie (Royal Festival Hall), Icons (Edinburgh Festival), Black (Unity Theatre Liverpool/Soho Theatre) and Le Gateau Chocolat (Menier Chocolate Factory); for the Union Theatre Chess, Blondel, HMS Pinafore and The Mikado (national tours); for the Brit School Landmines (OvalHouse), Sticky and Infinite Joy (Southwark Playhouse); Chip Shop The Musical (Octagon Theatre Bolton); Ice Cream Opera (Freedom Arts Studio).

Dance includes Botis Seva’s Reckonings (Sadler’s Wells); Wasteland, Coal (winner of the UK Theatre Award for Achievement in Dance, Gary Clark Company); Toro, Mariposa, Ham and Passion (DeNada Dance Theatre); Drew McOnie’s Drunk (Leicester Curve/Bridewell Theatre) and Good Morning Midnight (Jermyn Street Theatre); Genius (Anjali); New Ways Of Living (Pink Fringe Brighton); Je Suis (Lillian Baylis Studio/Sadler’s Wells); Ruffle (Rambert Dance/Lowry Theatre); Hear Hear (Deaf Men Dancing/Sadler’s Wells). ryandawsonlaight.co.uk instagram.com/laightyboyy/

RUFUS NORRIS Writer Rufus Norris is Director of the National Theatre, where he recently directed Macbeth, Mosquitoes, My Country; a work in progress, The Threepenny Opera, wonder.land and Everyman. He was previously an Associate Director at the National, directing Behind the Beautiful Forevers, The Amen Corner, Table, London Road, Death and the King’s Horseman and Market Boy. Productions elsewhere include Feast, Vernon God Little, Peribanez, Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin, Afore Night Come and his own version of Sleeping Beauty for the Young Vic; Festen and Blood Wedding for the Almeida; Under the Blue Sky and About the Boy for the Royal Court, and many others. His productions of Cabaret, Festen, Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin and The Country Girl have all played in the West End and toured nationally, and he directed Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway.

Opera work includes Dr Dee with Damon Albarn for MIF and ENO, and Don Giovanni at ENO. His debut feature film Broken had its premiere at Cannes in 2012; his film of London Road was released in June 2015; and his TV film of My Country; a work in progress aired on BBC in November 2017.

NAOMI SAID Movement Director Previously at Chichester Flowers for Mrs Harris, Forty Years On and Quiz (also West End).

Movement Direction and Choreography includes Beginning (National Theatre & Ambassadors Theatre); Disco Pigs (Trafalgar Studios & Irish Rep, New York); Wonderland (Nottingham Playhouse); Myth (RSC); Limehouse and Committee (Donmar Warehouse); To Kill A Mockingbird (Regent’s Park, Barbican & UK tours); Kevin Spacey Gala (Old Vic); Watership Down (Watermill); Robin Hood (The Egg Bath); Wasted (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Scouse (Grand Central Liverpool). As Associate Director Little Dogs (National Theatre Wales/Frantic Assembly). As Movement Associate or Assistant The Taming of the Shrew (RSC/tour); War Correspondents (Helen Chadwick/Birmingham Rep/GDIF); The Marriage of Figaro (Opera

Holland Park); Lord of the Flies (Regent’s Park).

Naomi was Resident Company Movement Practitioner at the RSC (2011-12) where projects included The Heart of Robin Hood, The Comedy of Errors and workshop for Much Ado About Nothing. She has been practitioner for Frantic Assembly since 2010, facilitating workshops and devised projects across the UK and internationally, including Co-Director, 60 Hugs (Ignition, Corby Cube) and Movement Consultant, Tanika’s Journey (Deafinitely Theatre/Southwark Playhouse).

Acting work includes The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (NT, West End); HARVEY LODGE MEGAN BEWLEY LIBBY CONNOR MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

Dr Dee (ENO/MIF); 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic New Voices); The Gruffalo (West End/tour) and various R&D workshops for the NT Studio.

Her first work as writer-performer, The Wedge, was supported by Arts Council England and co-produced by Theatre Absolute at the Shop Front Theatre, Coventry.

Naomi is visiting tutor in dance and movement for Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Oxford School of Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and on the NT Studio Director’s Course.

JAMES WHITESIDE Lighting Designer Previously at Chichester The Midnight Gang, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, A Marvellous Year for Plums, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Alice in Wonderland and The Snow Queen (Festival Theatre), Miss Julie/Black Comedy, The Witches, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Wallenstein and Funny Girl (Minerva Theatre), Running Wild (Festival Theatre and UK tour).

Theatre includes The Art of Success, The Taste of the Town, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Rose, Kingston); Tango Moderno, Shirley Valentine, Love Me Tender (UK tours); The Borrowers (Sherman Theatre Cymru); Unfaithful (Found 111); The House of In Between (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Jumpy (Theatr Clwyd); The Royale, Disgraced, Fear (Bush Theatre); Deathtrap, A Voyage Round My Father MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

(Salisbury Playhouse); The Last Tango, Dance Til Dawn, Midnight Tango, Never Forget, Footloose (West End and UK tours); The Night Before Christmas, Little Sure Shot, Salonika (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Monsieur Popular, Animal Farm (Theatre Royal, Bath); Far From the Madding Crowd (Watermill Theatre); The Dumb Waiter (Print Room); The Good Person of Sichuan (Mercury Colchester); The Jungle Book (Citizen’s Glasgow); Stroke of Luck (Park Theatre); Bully Boy (St James Theatre); Holding the Man (Trafalgar Studios); The Female of the Species (Vaudeville); April in Paris, The Odd Couple, Moonlight and Magnolias, Twelfth Night (Perth Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Grimm Tales, Gates of Gold (Library Manchester); James and the Giant Peach (Birmingham Stage Company); The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Room on the Broom and The Snail and the Whale (Tall Stories Theatre Company).

E V E N T S F O R FA M I L I E S

We pride ourselves on being a family friendly venue – both on stage and off – and we’re always delighted to welcome our youngest visitors and their grown-ups to the Theatre, whether to watch a show, take part in a workshop, or simply have a cuppa while using our free Wi-Fi. Come and visit!

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LEAP

LEARNING, EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION The Learning, Education and Participation Department creates a year-round programme of practical workshops, talks, tours, performances and much more. With opportunities for all ages and abilities we aim to excite and inspire every person that engages with us.

COMMUNITY

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Develop artistic, personal and social skills through our workshops, projects, productions and award-winning Youth Theatre for young people of all abilities.

Chichester Festival Youth Theatre | Holiday Activities | Arts Award

EDUCATION

Working with local schools to enrich students’ learning, our training and apprenticeships programme enables us to grow the next generation of arts professionals.

Playboxes | Technical Tasters | Creative Careers Day | Work Experience

Learn more about theatre, develop performance skills, discover how productions are made and share experiences with others through our workshops and community projects.

Talks and Discussions | Community Theatre Days | Adult Classes

FAMILIES

Take part in Family Friendly talks, tours and workshops designed to complement our Winter programme.

Storytelling | Theatre Tours | Toddler Classes

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ACCESS Chichester Festival Theatre is committed to making sure everyone’s needs are met in order to enjoy the best possible experience. For full details of all our accessible performances and facilities visit cft.org.uk/access, call the Box Office on 01243 781312 or email access@cft.org.uk

Large-print version of this programme available on request from the House Manager or access@cft.org.uk

S TA F F TRUSTEES Sir William Castell Mr Nicholas Backhouse Mr Nigel Bennett Mr Alan Brodie Ms Jill Green Ms Odile Griffith Mrs Shelagh Legrave OBE Rear Admiral John Lippiett CB CBE Mr Mike McCart Mr Harry Matovu QC Mrs Denise Patterson Ms Stephanie Street Mrs Patricia Tull Ms Tina Webster Mrs Susan Wells ASSOCIATES Kate Bassett Lez Brotherston Charlotte Sutton CDG

Chairman

Lauren Grant Deputy Director of LEAP Hannah Hogg Youth Theatre Officer Richard Knowles Education Projects Manager Poppy Marples Senior Youth Theatre Officer Louise Rigglesford Community Partnerships Manager Dale Rooks Fin Ross-Russell Beth Sedgwick

Literary Associate Design Associate Casting Associate

BUILDING & SITE SERVICES Chris Edwards Lez Gardiner Daren Rowland

Maintenance Engineer Duty Engineer Facilities Manager

DEVELOPMENT Eleanor Blackham Memberships Officer Julie Field Friends Administrator Rosie Hiles Corporate Development Manager Laura Jackson Head of Individual Giving William Mendelowitz Head of Major Gifts Tabitha Moore Development Administrator Karen Taylor Memberships Officer DIRECTORS Daniel Evans Patricia Key Georgina Rae

Artistic Director PA to the Directors Head of Planning & Projects

FINANCE Alison Baker Payroll & Pensions Officer Krissie Harte Finance Officer Katie Palmer Assistant Management Accountant Simon Parsonage

Mark Pollard Paul Sturgeon Amanda Trodd Nicole Yu HR Eugenie Konig Emily Oliver

Jenefer Pullinger Gillian Watkins

LEAP Isilda Almeida Events & Heritage Manager Elspeth Barron LEAP Officer Mia Cunningham-Stockdale Youth Theatre Apprentice

Finance Director & Company Secretary IT Support IT Consultant Management Accountant Finance Assistant (Trainee)

Head of HR Accommodation Administrator (Maternity Leave) HR & Recruitment Officer HR Administrator

Director of LEAP Education Trainee Community Partnerships Trainee

MARKETING, PRESS & SALES Carole Alexandre Distribution Officer Josh Allan Box Office Assistant Caroline Aston Audience Insight Manager George Bailey Digital Marketing Officer Becky Batten Senior Marketing Manager Laura Bern Marketing Manager Jenny Bettger Box Office Supervisor Jessica Blake-Lobb Marketing Manager (Corporate) Harry Boulter Fran Boxall Helen Campbell Lydia Cassidy

Box Office Assistant Box Office Supervisor Deputy Box Office Manager Director of Marketing & Communications

Clare Funnell Madeline Harker Lorna Holmes Helena Jacques-Morton James Morgan Lucinda Morrison Kirsty Peterson Joshua Vine Claire Walters Joanna Wiege Jane Wolf

Marketing Officer Box Office Assistant Box Office Assistant Communications Assistant Box Office Manager Head of Press Box Office Assistant Box Office Assistant Box Office Assistant Box Office Administrator Box Office Assistant

PRODUCTION Amelia Ferrand-Rook Claire Rundle Jacob Thomas Nicky Wingfield

Producer Production Administrator Production Trainee Production Administrator / Producer Sleeping Beauty

Jeremy Woodhouse TECHNICAL Steph Bartle Amy Clayton Sam Garner-Gibbons Abbie Gingell Katie Hennessy Mike Keniger Andrew Leighton Karl Meier

Ryan Pantling Chris Perryman Megan Pickthorne Lewis Ramsay Erin Ridley Neil Rose James Sharples Graham Taylor

Lighting & Sound Apprentice Deputy Head of Stage Stage Apprentice Lighting & Sound Apprentice Assistant Lighting Technician Deputy Head of Sound Stage Crew Head of Lighting

THEATRE MANAGEMENT Janet Bakose Theatre Manager Gill Dixon Front of House Duty Manager Ben Geering House Manager Gabriele Hergert Deputy House Manager Will McGovern Assistant House Manager Sharon Meier PA to Theatre Manager Joshua Vine Front of House Duty Manager Stage Door: Sarah Hammett, Caroline Hanton, Keiko Iwamoto, Chris Monkton Ushers: Miranda Allemand, Lucy Anderson, Maria Antoniou, Jacob Atkins, Carolyn Atkinson, Bob Bentley, Gloria Boakes, Janet Bounds, Judith Bruce-Hay, Lauren Bunn, Julia Butterworth, Louisa Chandler, Helen Chown, Jo Clark, Sophia Cobby, Freya Cooper, Gaye Douglas, Stella Dubock, Alisha Dyer-Spence, Clair Edgell, Suzanne Ford, Jade Francis-Clark, Jessica Frewin-Smith, Nigel Fullbrook, Barry Gamlin, Charlie Gardiner, Luc Gibbons, Anna Grindel, Karen Hamilton, Caroline Hanton, Madeline Harker, Joseph Harrington (Trainee), Fred Harris, Gillian Hawkins, Joanne Heather, Gordon Hemming, Lottie Higlett, Stephanie Horn, Keiko Iwamoto, Pippa Johnson, Ryan Jones, Jan Jordan, Sally Kingsbury, Alexandra Langrish, Valerie Leggate, Janette McAlpine, Margaret Minty, Chris Monkton, Chloe Mulkern, Susan Mulkern, Georgie Mullen, Isabel Owen, Martyn Pedersen, Kirsty Peterson, Helen Pinn, Barbara Pope, Justine Richardson, Nicholas Southcott, Lorraine Stapley, Sophie Stirzaker, Angela Stodd, Christine Tippen, Charlotte Tregear, Andy Trust (Trainee), Joshua Vine, Chantelle Walker, Rosemary Wheeler, Donna Wood, Fleur Wood, Kim Wylam, Jane Yeates Volunteer Audio Describers: Robert Dunn, Geraldine Firmston, Suzanne France, Sue Hyland (Co-ordinator), David Phizackerley, Christopher Todd

Producer

Deputy Head of Lighting Stage Apprentice Technical Director Stage Technician Props Store Co-ordinator Head of Sound Lighting Technician Head of Stage

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We acknowledge the financial assistance received from Chichester City Council in respect of signed performances and the work of those who give so generously of their time as our Volunteer Audio Description Team.

SUPPORT US

COME CLOSER Did you know that Chichester Festival Theatre is a registered charity?

And that you can play an essential role and get more involved in what we do?

The generosity and commitment of our supporters, whether their donation is large or small, has helped us achieve our reputation as ‘the jewel in the crown of regional theatres’ (Daily Telegraph).

Here are some of the ways you can support the Theatre to maintain our world-class standards, extend our dedicated community and education work, and inspire the future generation of performers, theatre-makers and audiences. In return, we’ll give you a range of benefits to bring you closer to our work.

As a Friend of Chichester Festival Theatre, for just £35 a year you’ll receive priority booking, ticket discounts and special events. Visit cft.org.uk/friends for further details.

Our Festival Players are a community of theatre-loving individuals who receive advance priority booking, the opportunity to meet Artistic and Creative teams and invitations to exclusive events throughout the season. You can become a member from £250 a year.

Benefactors enjoy an especially close relationship with the Theatre, gaining unique insight into the creative process.

Gifts support all areas of our work, from our award-winning Youth Theatre to the Playwrights’ Fund and Trainee programmes. Bespoke communications throughout the year from a personal contact at Chichester Festival Theatre keep you in touch with the impact of your gift.

We’d love to tell you more about the ways you can support us. Please contact the Development Team on development.team@cft.org.uk or call 01243 812908.

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S U P P O R T E R S 2018

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT BENEFACTORS Deborah Alun-Jones Robin and Joan Alvarez David and Elizabeth Benson Philip Berry Sarah and Tony Bolton George W. Cameron OBE and Madeleine Cameron Wilfred and Jeannette Cass Sir William and Lady Castell John and Pat Clayton CMC Professional Services Clive and Frances Coward Jim Douglas Mrs Veronica J Dukes Melanie Edge Sir Vernon and Lady Ellis Steve and Sheila Evans Val and Richard Evans Simon and Luci Eyers Angela and Uri Greenwood Themy Hamilton Sir Michael and Lady Heller Mr and Mrs Christopher Hogbin Basil Hyman Liz Juniper The family of Patricia Kemp Roger Keyworth Alan and Virginia Lovell Jonathan and Clare Lubran Selina and David Marks Mrs Sheila Meadows Jerome and Elizabeth O'Hea Philip and Gail Owen Nick and Jo Pasricha Mrs Denise Patterson Stuart and Carolyn Popham Jans Ondaatje Rolls Dame Patricia Routledge DBE Lady Sainsbury of Turville David and Sophie Shalit Jon and Ann Shapiro Simon and Melanie Shaw Greg and Katherine Slay David and Alexandra Soskin David and Unni Spiller Alan and Jackie Stannah Howard M Thompson Nicholas and Francesca Tingley Peter and Wendy Usborne Bryan Warnett of St. James's Place Ernest Yelf Lord and Lady Young TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust The Bateman Family Charitable Trust The Boltini Trust Elizabeth, Lady Cowdray's Charity Trust The Eranda Rothschild Foundation The Noël Coward Foundation The Roddick Foundation

FESTIVAL PLAYERS Dr Cheryl Adams CBE Charles and Clare Alexander Tom Reid and Lindy Ambrose Paul Arman Mr Brian Baker Matthew Bannister Mr Laurence Barker Mr James and Lady Emma Barnard Julian and Elizabeth Bishop Martin Blackburn Mike and Alison Blakely Sarah and Tony Bolton Tim Bouquet and Sarah Mansell Pat Bowman Lucy and Simon Brett Adam and Sarah Broke Mrs Susie Brookes Bridget Brooks Peter and Pamela Bulfield Jean Campbell Ian and Jan Carroll Sir Bryan and Lady Carsberg Warren and Yvonne Chester Julien Chilcott-Monk Sally Chittleburgh David and Claire Chitty Denise Clatworthy Annie Colbourne John and Susan Coldstream David and Julie Coldwell Cecilia Cole The Colles Trust Mr Charles Collingwood and Miss Judy Bennett Michael and Jill Cook Brian and Claire Cox Susan Cressey Deborah Crockford Rowena and Andrew Daniels Jennie Davies Yvonne and John Dean The de Laszlo Foundation Diana Dent Clive and Kate Dilloway Christopher and Madeline Doman Peter and Ruth Doust Peter and Jill Drummond John and Joanna Dunstan Peter Edgeler and Angela Hirst Betty and Ian Elliot Anthony and Penny Elphick Caroline Elvy Sheila Evans Brian and Sonia Fieldhouse Lady Finch Colin and Carole Fisher Beryl Fleming Karin and Jorge Florencio Robert and Pip Foster Roz Frampton Debbie and Neil Franks Alan and Valerie Frost Mr Nigel Fullbrook George Galazka Elizabeth Ganney Robert and Pirjo Gardiner

Wendy and John Gehr Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Marion Gibbs CBE Stephen J Gill John and Sue Godfrey Dr and Mrs P Golding Julian and Heather Goodhew Robin and Rosemary Gourlay R and R Green Michael and Gillian Greene Reverend David Guest Ros and Alan Haigh Dr Stuart Hall Kathy and Roger Hammond Anthony Harding David and Linda Harding Dennis and Joan Harrison Roger and Tina Harrison Robert and Suzette Hayes Mrs Joanne Hillier Andrew Hine Christopher Hoare Malcolm and Mary Hogg Michael Holdsworth Pauline and Ian Howat Barbara Howden Richards Joyce Hytner Mrs Raymonde Jay Robert and Sarah Jeans Mrs Pamela Johnson Robert Kaltenborn Nigel Kennedy OBE Anna Christine Kennett Roger Keyworth John and Jane Kilby James and Clare Kirkman Mrs Rose Law Frank and Freda Letch Mrs Jane Lewis John and Jenny Lippiett Anthony and Fiona Littlejohn Mr Robert Longmore Colin and Jill Loveless Amanda Lunt Dr and Mrs Nick Lutte Robert Macnaughtan Nigel and Julia Maile Jeremy and Caroline Marriage Charles and Elisabeth Martin Gerard and Elena McCloskey Tim McDonald Mick and Betty McGovern Jill and Douglas McGregor James and Anne McMeehan Roberts Mrs Michael Melluish Celia Merrick Diana Midmer David and Elizabeth Miles David and Di Mitchell Jenifer and John Mitchell Gerald Monaghan Sue and Peter Morgan Roger and Jackie Morris Sara Morton Terence F Moss Mrs Mary Newby Patricia Newton

Lady Nixon Margaret and Martin Overington Mr and Mrs Gordon Owen Mrs Glenys Palmer Richard Parkinson and Hamilton McBrien Alex and Sheila Paterson Simon and Margaret Payton Jean Plowright Maggie Pollock Tim Randall and John Murphy John Rank Malcolm and Angela Reid Christopher Marek Rencki Sandi Richmond-Swift John and Betsy Rimmer Robin Roads Philip Robinson John and Valerie Robinson Nigel and Viv Robson Ken and Ros Rokison Mr and Mrs Rooney Mark and Susan Ross Nigel and Jackie Scandrett Clare Scherer and Jamie O'Meara Mr Christopher Sedgwick John and Tita Shakeshaft Mrs Dale Sheppard-Floyd Jackie and Alan Sherling Nick Smedley and Kate Jennings Monique and David Smith Christine and Dave Smithers Mr and Mrs Brian Smouha Mrs Barbara Snowden Paul and Marie Stacey Elizabeth Stern Barbara Stewart Judy and David Stewart Peter Stoakley Rodney and Sara Stone Anne Subba-Row Ms Maura Sullivan The Tansy Trust Brian Tesler CBE Harry and Shane Thuillier Mr Robert Timms Alan Tingle Peter and Sioned Vos Steve and Margaret Wadman David Wagstaff and Mark Dune Phil and Claire Wake Paul and Caroline Ward Ian and Alison Warren Chris and Dorothy Weller Bowen and Rennie Wells Graham and Sue White Barnaby and Casandra Wiener Judith Williams Nick and Tarnia Williams Mrs Honor Woods David and Vivienne Woolf Angela Wormald And all those who wish to remain anonymous

‘I am very proud to be associated with Chichester Festival Theatre. To be able to give extra support to such consistently fine work gives me a great sense of engagement with the life of the Theatre.’

John Shakeshaft, CFT Supporter

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S U P P O R T E R S 2018

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS

Diamond Level Prof E.F Juniper and Mrs Jilly Styles

Oldham Seals Group

Gold Level

HOLIDAY LETS

Silver Level

CORPORATE PARTNERS LEVEL 1 Chichester College Criterion Ices Jones Avens Purchases Bar & Restaurant RL Austen Thesis Asset Management

LEVEL 2 Addison Law Behrens Sharp FBG Investments Hennings Wine Merchants Perry Property Advisors Richard & Stella Read The Bell Inn The J Leon Group

LEVEL 3 Dinamiks European Office Products Russell & Bromley Ten Chichester Bed & Breakfast Mrs Joanna Williams

Chichester Festival Theatre offers a variety of corporate partnerships to meet your business needs. For further information, please contact us at development.team@cft.org.uk

MOSCOW CITY BALLET THE NUTCRACKER Moscow City Ballet return to Chichester with their spectacular version of The Nutcracker. Presented in classic Russian style with full orchestra, this is an unmissable climax to the festive season.

FESTIVAL THEATRE 3 - 6 JAN cft.org.uk

THE MOZART QUESTION This powerful story of friendship and family, narrated

by Michael Morpurgo, is interwoven with musical extracts from Beethoven, Vivaldi and Bach. Ages 8+ FESTIVAL THEATRE 11 JAN cft.org.uk

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA FAMILY CONCERT ADVENTURE AT SEA Join CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson and the brilliant BBC Concert Orchestra for a musical adventure at sea, with music from Blue Planet, The Little Mermaid and Pirates of the Caribbean. Ages 7+ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13 JAN cft.org.uk

TWELFTH NIGHT

By William Shakespeare Adapted by Kelly Hunter with music by Tom Chapman

Flute Theatre’s unique production of one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies, with nothing but instruments, costumes and props that may have been washed up on a beach.

MINERVA THEATRE 15 - 26 JAN cft.org.uk