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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 12:41:39 GMT
Isn't it Company that is ripe for revival? Wasn't the last major one the Mendes one at the Donmar in the early 90s? I could see Evans playing the lead in that. Yeah cept he already did it at Sheffield few years ago, it was excellent It really was! DE was excellent, and I also loved Samantha Spiro in that. It was my first Sondheim and I loved it - was perfect for the Crucible which is so intimate. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 8, 2016 3:47:21 GMT
It's very quiet from Chichester isn't it! Usually by this time of year certain musicals/plays have been leaked ahead of the announcement in February.
I have high hope for DE having seen his Showboat at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre which could double as the Chichester Festival Theatre in size and look. Showboat is the sort of musical that would have gone down a treat in Chichester too.
The 2016 season I found very disappointing so lets hope 2017 gets me to Chichester more frequently.
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Post by schuttep on Nov 9, 2016 8:57:01 GMT
The difficulty - as DE has himself said - is getting the rights to the shows he wants. Shows that one director wants are often optioned to another director who wants it for a similar reason and others just have to wait until the rights become free again.
So, although he will want to make his first season the best it can be, there will inevitably be compromises while shows he would have staged immediately will have to wait. And there will be a balance among the shows he is presenting (or a theme, or a school text etc) to maximise attendance.
So we'll have to wait until he's ready to share his ideas. Today particularly will not be the day to announce major theatre news as the US election results will drown out everything else.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 9:58:52 GMT
The Apprentice - The Musical ?
Springtime for Trump ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 15:46:45 GMT
The Apprentice - The Musical ? Springtime for Trump ? The latter has already been done... |
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Post by DuchessConstance on Nov 24, 2016 17:07:36 GMT
Title is still embargoed, but they're looking for six young actors who play musical instruments to play schoolboys for April's production.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 10:13:19 GMT
The 2016 Chichester production of Fracked! by Alistair Beaton is touring this spring with James Bolam and Anne Reid. There are no plans to play London.
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 29, 2016 22:43:17 GMT
Title is still embargoed, but they're looking for six young actors who play musical instruments to play schoolboys for April's production. 'Forty Years On' by Alan Bennett? Only popped into my head because I'm reading 'Writing Home' at the mo. Also, does anyone remember the announcement that DE was going to direct a new Sherlock Holmes play next year. I remember the press release mentioning a UK premiere as opposed to a London one. So maybe CFT... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 23:53:20 GMT
Sherlock Holmes and the Schoolboy Sextet, perhaps?
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 30, 2016 8:24:26 GMT
Nothing appears to have leaked does it? Usually by this time of year we have some idea of the main musical at least?
No doubt we will have to await the emails in the New Year about the announcement of the announcement of the announcement!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 9:25:02 GMT
Well, they're under new leadership now, so there's no reason to automatically expect a similar timeline, and maybe we'll even be spared the announcementception email cycle!
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Post by DuchessConstance on Nov 30, 2016 10:11:36 GMT
They are being super strict about the embargo. Even the actors auditioning are not being told what play it's for.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 12:35:19 GMT
But I thought we DID know what their musical is. - Pippin?
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 30, 2016 18:36:51 GMT
New team or not, dont see why they cant announce the season before christmas. Indeed as others have said, its unusual that no productios have been leaked!
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Post by Jon on Nov 30, 2016 23:46:31 GMT
Half a Sixpence was already known before the announcement because the creative team had confirmed it in interviews,
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Post by showgirl on Dec 1, 2016 4:35:00 GMT
I'm particularly keen to have details of the full season, as I was given a membership for the first time last year and would renew if it was worth it, but what with the cost and increasing difficulty of travelling with Southern, the programming will be critical to my decision.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2016 16:21:25 GMT
Little snippet of info.
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Post by meister on Jan 17, 2017 22:32:36 GMT
Anyone heard any news...got any emails?!?!?!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jan 18, 2017 1:06:51 GMT
I guess we will all have to wait. Irritating though, especially as Leicester Curve have announced Sunset Boulevard and Scrooge for Autumn and Christmas and the Summer season at Chichester - usually starting in April has not been announced yet!
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Post by showgirl on Jan 18, 2017 5:44:33 GMT
CFT said the new season would be announced on 11 February, which is annoyingly late. My membership has now expired but I'm not renewing it unless/until they announce several productions I want to see - and that certainly would certainly exclude any more blasted Sondheim and would have to include some interesting new plays and a revival or two.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 18, 2017 6:09:16 GMT
Wasn't there talk about Pippin?
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 18, 2017 6:29:43 GMT
CFT said the new season would be announced on 11 February, which is annoyingly late. My membership has now expired but I'm not renewing it unless/until they announce several productions I want to see - and that certainly would certainly exclude any more blasted Sondheim and would have to include some interesting new plays and a revival or two. Oh right at least we have a date. Actually going from previous years that is about right or even a bit early. Though i dont see why they wait til after xmas. Be v surprised if there isnt a Sondheim somewhere. Unusual there have been no leaks as to shows? The new regime arw keeping a tight lid on the reperatory. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 18, 2017 9:25:17 GMT
I like the fact none of it is leaked* and we all have a big and hopefully pleasant suprise
* I'm sure some Wendy's will say "well I've known about said show for yorks #darling"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 12:11:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 12:26:06 GMT
Wasn't there talk about Pippin? My bud says they are putting on (a) Pippin in Manchester this year......would they have two major productions on a once? Also in ur first season would u put on a Broadway transfer??? |
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