Casting has been announced for a number of this year's productions
at the Chichester Festival:
The Music Man
3 July (previews from 23 June) to 30 August
Festival Theatre
Brian Conley (Professor Harold Hill), Scarlett Strallen (Marian Paroo),
Rolf Saxon ( Mayor Shinn), Sophie Louise Dann (Alma), Gary Milner
(Charlie) and Jenny Galloway (Eulalie Shinn).
Ensemble: Marc Antolin, Kenneth Avery-Clark, Nicola Blackman, Eddie
Elliot, Steve Fortune, Matthew Gould, Clare Halse, Andy Hockley, Amanda
Minihan, Kristopher Mitchell, Alice Mogg, Sherrie Pennington, Carl
Sanderson, Katy Secombe, Zizi Strallen, Giles Taylor and Barnaby Thompson.
Calendar Girls
16 (previews from 5th) to 27 September
Festival Theatre
Cast includes Patricia Hodge, Lynda Bellingham and Elaine C Smith.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
8 July (previews from 28 June) to 30 August
Minerva Theatre
Ian McDiarmid (Father), plus Jamie Bower, Eleanor David, Noma Dumezweni,
Dyfan Dwyfor, Christine Entwisle, Denise Gough, Jake Harders, Jeremy
Joyce, John Mackay and Robin Pearce.
Collaboration and Taking Sides
29 July (previews from 16th) to 30 August (in rep)
Cross-cast, starring Michael Pennington with Isla Blair, Pip Donaghy,
Martin Hutson, David Horovitch, Melanie Jessop and Sophie Roberts.
