Chichester summer shows 2020

Thanks! But usually there’s two ? Any ideas ?

If there is a second musical, its not always in the mainhouse. I would love to see Passion in the Minerva alongside LNM as part of the Sondheim 90th birthday celebrations.

Passion in the Minerva please. This over Night Music purley because I've already booked to see another production inLeeds

I was at an opening night summer before last and i pushed myself onto DE to tell him he simply MUST do A Little Night Music with Chichester local lass Mrs Bucket!

He had a little twinkle in his eye and told me I had read his mind........

I could be misremembering but I thought that South Pacific had been mentioned by Mr B for Chichester.

Had an email to say season announcement is on 13 February

Since Evans took over no musical has transferred in.

Caroline, Or Change transferred - that was in his first season

Really? That's not good. Chichester is on my list of theatres to get to one day.

Eek. I forgot. Silly me. And it's transferring to Broadway this year

And King Lear. But not that many really.
You're right, a West End transfer isn't the ultimate arbiter of excellence but it does create a buzz and it always feels a bit of a damp squib when the shows just end after a few weeks on the South coast. Under Daniel Evans, the seasons now just feel workmanlike, but you just sort of know now not to expect any big London buzz which is a shame. For years, Chichester was synonymous with great London transfers and it's a shame that that's not really the case anymore.

All four of the London transfers since Daniel Evans took over have been from the Minerva and whilst I agree CFT shouldn't exist as a try out for the West End - it had over the previous years produced quite a number of main house transfers - often musicals - and coupled with Evans's successes at Sheffield meant that expectations were high. I think the main house shows have been a tad disappointing on his watch - for whilst there has actually been some good stuff it's rarely fallen into the unmissable category.

What was interesting in the 2019 summer season was that he directed only one production - a Minerva restaging of This is My Family (which he'd done twice at Sheffield)- whilst his own large scale show was actually in London and LA with Light in the Piazza. Given that there was a new Executive Director this year, albeit one with a longstanding connection to Chichester, following the shock departure of Rachel Tackley citing 'different leadership styles' between her and Evans, one wonders whether it was a wise move to take on such a production during the height of the summer season. Piazza is due to play in Sydney in August 2020 which may impact on his availability for the Chichester season this year.