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Post by theatremad on Feb 13, 2020 8:26:52 GMT
FESTIVAL THEATRE
The Life of Galileo, translated by David Edgar, directed by Jonathan Church
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, adaptation by Jay Presson Allen, directed by Rachel Kavanagh
South Pacific, directed by Daniel Evans
The Taxidermist's Daughter written and adapted by Kate Mosse, directed by Jonathan Munby
Assassins, directed by Polly Findlay
MINERVA THEATRE
The Real Thing, directed by Simon Evans
The Village Bike, directed by Nicole Charles
The Unfriend by Steven Moffatt, directed by Mark Gatiss
The Long Song adapted by Suhayla El-Bushra. directed by Charlotte Gwinner
The Narcissist by Christopher Shinn, directed by Ola Ince
SPIEGEL TENT
Crave, directed by Tinuke Craig
Nothing in there I really want to see, Galileo by David Edgar would tempt me if came to London.
Few directors I'd love to see their work but the plays don't inspire me. Kate Mosse adaption is mildly interesting, but I'd have wanted a different book by her like Citadel.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 13, 2020 8:35:38 GMT
The unfriend looks great
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 13, 2020 8:39:29 GMT
Am hoping it will be like a feature-length version of one of Moffat's Murder Most Horrid episodes. |
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 13, 2020 9:43:27 GMT
I am always happy to see Assassins, though it's not long since the last (very good) one at the Watermill. And The Real Thing could be good but to get me to go it will depend on the casting. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie seems like a dull choice - do we need another version so soon after Donmar version? And The Life of Galileo has had a couple of recent outings too, I seem to recall.
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 13, 2020 9:46:34 GMT
It would be great if we could see the other side of the door and it had No. 9 on it. |
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Post by altamont on Feb 13, 2020 9:56:45 GMT
And The Real Thing could be good but to get me to go it will depend on the casting. Richard Coyle and Lisa Dillon have been announced |
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Post by Jan on Feb 13, 2020 10:22:57 GMT
No Shakespeare. Nothing written before 1943. Unusual for Chichester ?
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Post by zahidf on Feb 13, 2020 10:25:52 GMT
50/50 gender split for writers/directors
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Post by learfan on Feb 13, 2020 10:30:24 GMT
No Shakespeare. Nothing written before 1943. Unusual for Chichester ? Haha! Might do them good to have a break. A few interesting things here for me. |
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 13, 2020 11:50:46 GMT
And The Real Thing could be good but to get me to go it will depend on the casting. Richard Coyle and Lisa Dillon have been announced Not quite appealing enough, I'm afraid: neither has the charm of Stephen Dillane and Jennifer Ehle, the last people I saw do it...though they do have considerably more than the last actor to play the lead, Lawrence Fox, of whom the Daily Mail said: 'Fox is, alas, no batsman. He fails to convince that he might have come up with a single one of Henry's springy lines'. |
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 13, 2020 11:51:27 GMT
Wonderful, though, to hear Henry Goodman is returning to the stage, as Galileo.
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Post by Polly1 on Feb 13, 2020 11:58:08 GMT
No hints for casting of Jean Brodie? If they get Nancy Carroll back, I'll be there!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 12:45:41 GMT
It would be great if we could see the other side of the door and it had No. 9 on it. Shearsmith is brilliant on stage. I actually knew him from theatre before I discovered his TV work. Think I’ll end up booking for that one! |
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Post by princeton on Feb 13, 2020 15:47:02 GMT
If they get Nancy Carroll back, I'll be there! It won't be Nancy Carroll as she's in Moira Buffini's new play Manor at the National - and the dates overlap. It's odd that they've not announced who is playing Jean Brodie as usually it's a play which has been built around a specific actor in the title role. Also interesting that they are doing the 'old' Jay Presson Allen version and not the recent adaptation by David Harrower which premiered at the Donmar in 2018. Overall I think it's a pretty good season which should appeal to the local audience, which is its core objective, whilst at the same time having some work which is less traditionally Chichester. The Taxidermist's Daughter and Assassins seem to be running in rep in the main house - so I wonder whether they will be cross cast. |
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Post by princeton on Feb 13, 2020 16:07:25 GMT
Pretty savvy to have works about American politics and politicians playing in both the main house and Minerva during October when the US Presidential Election will be reaching its final stages (I think the election itself is 3 November).
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 13, 2020 16:37:49 GMT
If they get Nancy Carroll back, I'll be there! It won't be Nancy Carroll as she's in Moira Buffini's new play Manor at the National - and the dates overlap. It's odd that they've not announced who is playing Jean Brodie as usually it's a play which has been built around a specific actor in the title role. Also interesting that they are doing the 'old' Jay Presson Allen version and not the recent adaptation by David Harrower which premiered at the Donmar in 2018. I really hope they cut most of the frame in the nunnery, that's really bad. She might be a little too old, but Janet McTeer would be a fab Miss Brodie |
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Post by Polly1 on Feb 13, 2020 17:47:31 GMT
If they get Nancy Carroll back, I'll be there! It won't be Nancy Carroll as she's in Moira Buffini's new play Manor at the National - and the dates overlap. It's odd that they've not announced who is playing Jean Brodie as usually it's a play which has been built around a specific actor in the title role. Also interesting that they are doing the 'old' Jay Presson Allen version and not the recent adaptation by David Harrower which premiered at the Donmar in 2018. Oh yes, I have a ticket for that! Doh! I also thought it was strange they are going back to the 'old' version which isn't generally well thought of. |
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Post by learfan on Feb 13, 2020 18:41:25 GMT
If they get Nancy Carroll back, I'll be there! It won't be Nancy Carroll as she's in Moira Buffini's new play Manor at the National - and the dates overlap. It's odd that they've not announced who is playing Jean Brodie as usually it's a play which has been built around a specific actor in the title role. Also interesting that they are doing the 'old' Jay Presson Allen version and not the recent adaptation by David Harrower which premiered at the Donmar in 2018. Overall I think it's a pretty good season which should appeal to the local audience, which is its core objective, whilst at the same time having some work which is less traditionally Chichester. The Taxidermist's Daughter and Assassins seem to be running in rep in the main house - so I wonder whether they will be cross cast. Yes, it does seem very odd to announce that particular play without saying who is in the titular role. Brave move to put the Mosse adaptation in the mainhouse. |
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Post by learfan on Feb 13, 2020 18:42:29 GMT
It won't be Nancy Carroll as she's in Moira Buffini's new play Manor at the National - and the dates overlap. It's odd that they've not announced who is playing Jean Brodie as usually it's a play which has been built around a specific actor in the title role. Also interesting that they are doing the 'old' Jay Presson Allen version and not the recent adaptation by David Harrower which premiered at the Donmar in 2018. I really hope they cut most of the frame in the nunnery, that's really bad. She might be a little too old, but Janet McTeer would be a fab Miss Brodie Wouldn't she, probably a bit too old though, shame. |
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Post by princeton on Feb 13, 2020 19:14:38 GMT
I really hope they cut most of the frame in the nunnery I seem to recall that I saw two variations of the Jay Presson Allen play - one (done in the west end in the mid-90s with Patricia Hodge) which included a clunky framing device of an author talking to Sandy and another (done a few years later at the National with Fiona Shaw) which ditched that altogether. Who knows which is the authorised version now. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 28, 2020 14:14:47 GMT
Sharon Small is Miss Brodie
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 8, 2020 16:43:15 GMT
Have Chichester said anything about the rest of the festival yet? I assume The Unfriend will be postponed or even cancelled given the cast it may be difficult to get them back.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 8:33:25 GMT
Have Chichester said anything about the rest of the festival yet? I assume The Unfriend will be postponed or even cancelled given the cast it may be difficult to get them back. Unfriend still on sale, as is South Pacific. Everything before has been cancelled |
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Post by n1david on Apr 9, 2020 11:12:58 GMT
I had been pinning my hopes on a couple of days in Chichester in late July for The Unfriend and South Pacific as my first post-lockdown break, so fingers crossed... (I'm not optimistic)
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 11, 2020 13:43:55 GMT
I had been pinning my hopes on a couple of days in Chichester in late July for The Unfriend and South Pacific as my first post-lockdown break, so fingers crossed... (I'm not optimistic) If the Edinburgh Fringe in August has been cancelled and most theatres now closed until June I think it's only a matter of time until the rest of Chichester is postponed. |
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