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Dateline:
19th January, 2005
Chichester Announces Festival Shows
Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its summer Festival season,
which includes May Madness, a special ticket offer for performances
during May. Over a third of all tickets for performances in the Festival
Theatre in May are available for just £10. To book for May
Madness, you need to contact the Box Office (01243 781312 ) from
14th February and choose any Festival Theatre performance during May.
Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
The theme for the 2005 Festival is Con Art - "Tricksters, liars
and frauds. Not forgetting advertising, journalism, politicians, religion
and modern art," as the theatre describes it.
The productions are:
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| The
Government Inspector |
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| 5/11 |
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| Kng
Lear |
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| Lee
Miller |
Festival Theatre
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock
& Willie Gilbert
5th May to 10th September (previews from 29 April)
Directed by Martin Duncan
Scapino (or The Trickster)
By Molière: new translation by Jeremey Sams
26th May to 9th September (previews from 20th May)
Directed by Silviu Purcarete
The Government Inspector
By Nikolai Gogol, in a new version by Alistair Beaton
30th June to 10th September (previews from 24th June)
Directed by Martin Duncan and starring Alistair McGowan
5/11
By Edward Kemp
18 August to 8 September 2005 (previews from 13 August)
World premiere
Directed by Steven Pimlott
It's 1605 and the war on terror is going badly. A group of young religious
fanatics has recruited a mercenary, Guy Fawkes, to strike at the heart
of the English Government. But in a police state no-one can be trusted
and their plot is going to be turned against the very people it was
meant to save.
In the Minerva Theatre
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
17th May to 10th September (previews from 7th May)
Directed by Steven Pimlott and starring David Warner
Lee Miller
Music and lyrics by Jason Carr, book by Edward Kemp
7th July to 10th September (previews from 1st July)
Worl premiere
Directed by Anthony Van Laast
Muse, model, surrealist and war photographer, Lee Miller witnessed
at first hand the best and worst of the twentieth century. Man Ray
was her lover, Picasso her friend, she danced with Chaplin and bathed
in Hitler's bath tub. Her work includes Vogue fashion spreads and
the first images of Dachau. But after the war she put away her camera
and devoted herself to married life in Sussex.
The Scarlet Letter
By Nathaniel Hawthorn, adapted and directed by Phyllis Nagy
UK premiere
16th August to 8th September (previews from 11th August)
Also in the Minerva is the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre promenade
production of Arabian Nights, adapted by Dominic Cooke and
directed by Dale Rooks (4th to 13th August).
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