Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast: Recent Episodes
Chichester Festival Theatre
Welcome to the Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast. We'll be chatting about everything CFT related, featuring interviews with famous creatives as well as the staff who create the magic both onstage and off.
Chichester Festival Theatre is one of the UK’s flagship theatres, renowned for the exceptionally high standard of its productions as well as its work with the community and young people.
Phil Hewitt is a best-selling writer and journalist from Hampshire and Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. This is a true story about a vicious knife attack in Cape Town and the Stones t-shirt that saved his life.
Meet Mr Richards, lover of libraries and naval history. Heather Bowring is a self-taught artist from Emsworth who developed an innovative style of tactile paintings for blind and visually impaired people. You're invited to please feel the portrait and meet Mr Richards.
A musical piece created for this exhibition by William Topley and Luke Brighty - local musicians who have been Stones aficionados since their teens.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
What happened at Redlands? Listen to the audio guide of our free exhibition the Court of Public Opinion - and hear about the arrest, the trial and the aftermath of the Redlands drugs bust.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
Listen to our audio guide for The Court of Public Opinion - a free interactive exhibition in the Festival Theatre foyer exploring the famous Redlands drugs bust of the Rolling Stones. The exhibition runs alongside our world premiere production of Redlands by Charlotte Jones, until 18 October.
You're ready to go on your own daring adventure by joining in the fun and mystery of our free treasure hunt around Chichester with The Famous Five themselves! Good luck in solving the riddles and cracking codes on a mysterious journey weaving across the city.We expect the Hunt will take approx. 1 hour to complete.
Welcome to the Festival Theatre foyer. Time for your next clue - there's some helpful hint in this is you're needing some assistance.
Well done - you've done really well and are very nearly there. Listen to this one after you've completed the task at location 8.
Congratulations! Listen to this once you've worked out who A.D Venture's alias is. We really hope you have enjoyed your time with The Famous Five exploring the city of chichester at this free family event. We hope to welcome you back to CFT again soon!
To mark Children's Mental Health Week 2021, we celebrated the theme 'Express Yourself' by inviting Prologue members aged 16-30 to submit creative responses to what it means to be them, right here, right now.
Prologue is CFT's free membership scheme for 16-30 year olds that gives you £5 tickets to productions, exclusive events and creative opportunities. Find out more and sign up at cft.org.uk/prologue.
To mark Children's Mental Health Week 2021, we celebrated the theme 'Express Yourself' by inviting Prologue members aged 16-30 to submit creative responses to what it means to be them, right here, right now.
Prologue is CFT's free membership scheme for 16-30 year olds that gives you £5 tickets to productions, exclusive events and creative opportunities. Find out more and sign up at cft.org.uk/prologue.
To mark Children's Mental Health Week 2021, we celebrated the theme 'Express Yourself' by inviting Prologue members aged 16-30 to submit creative responses to what it means to be them, right here, right now.
Prologue is CFT's free membership scheme for 16-30 year olds that gives you £5 tickets to productions, exclusive events and creative opportunities. Find out more and sign up at cft.org.uk/prologue.
Signs of Life By Hannah Crouch
Mary Shelley has a horror story to write. But is she creator or creature?
Cast: Keir Charles (Quiz) as Frankenstein, Olivia Dickens (CFYT’s The Wizard of Oz) as Young Mary, Dickon Gough (The Midnight Gang) as William & Creature, Grace Molony (The Watsons) as Mary, and Ashley Zhangazha (The Country Wife) as Percy.
Back in March we started our Five Day Plays; writers were invited to submit a play they'd written, the only rules being that the play could not exceed 10 pages and it had to match our weekly brief. After ten weeks, over 300 entries and ten winners, the series came to an end. A group of professional actors working directed by our own Hannah Hogg with Dale Rooks, have recorded some of the winning entries as audio plays for you to enjoy. All of the winning plays are available to read on the CFT website.
Rockpool By Alexander Wiseman
A young man is drawn irresistibly back to the seashore, but a strange encounter leads to a revelation.
Cast: Adam Buchanan (The Butterfly Lion) as B and Nicola Sloane (Flowers for Mrs Harris, The Butterfly Lion) as A.
Back in March we started our Five Day Plays; writers were invited to submit a play they'd written, the only rules being that the play could not exceed 10 pages and it had to match our weekly brief. After ten weeks, over 300 entries and ten winners, the series came to an end. A group of professional actors working directed by our own Hannah Hogg with Dale Rooks, have recorded some of the winning entries as audio plays for you to enjoy. All of the winning plays are available to read on the CFT website.
Blue Moon By David Kinder
Cast: Lucy Briers (Forty Years On, Young Chekhov) as Anushka, and Keir Charles (Quiz) as Simon.
Sparks fly when the past catches up with a left wing journalist and a Tory politician at a party conference gala.
Back in March we started our Five Day Plays; writers were invited to submit a play they'd written, the only rules being that the play could not exceed 10 pages and it had to match our weekly brief. After ten weeks, over 300 entries and ten winners, the series came to an end. A group of professional actors working directed by our own Hannah Hogg with Dale Rooks, have recorded some of the winning entries as audio plays for you to enjoy. All of the winning plays are available to read on the CFT website.
Backbone By Louis Turner
Secrets, lies, evidence… and Pamela.
Cast: Henry Pettigrew (Quiz) as A, and Ashley Zhangazha (The Country Wife) as B.
Back in March we started our Five Day Plays; writers were invited to submit a play they'd written, the only rules being that the play could not exceed 10 pages and it had to match our weekly brief. After ten weeks, over 300 entries and ten winners, the series came to an end. A group of professional actors working directed by our own Hannah Hogg with Dale Rooks, have recorded some of the winning entries as audio plays for you to enjoy. All of the winning plays are available to read on the CFT website.
Welcome to this audio introduction to Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast. The book is by Anna Ledwich with music and lyrics by Richard Taylor. Please note that the video does not have audio description, but these introductory descriptive notes help to set the scene for blind and partially sighted audiences.
This audio introduction has been written and recorded by Roz Chalmers for Chichester Festival Theatre.
Multi-award winning author, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo, and British actress, author and campaigner Virginia McKenna, talk to Kate Mosse and share extracts from one of Michael’s favourite books, The Butterfly Lion. Recorded in The Spiegeltent, Tuesday 15 October 2019
Welcome to this audio introduction to Chichester Festival Theatre’s streamed production of The Midnight Gang. It’s been adapted from David Walliam’s book by Bryony Lavery. Music and lyrics are by Joe Stilgoe. The director is Dale Rooks. Please note that the video does not have audio description, but these introductory descriptive notes help to set the scene for blind and partially sighted audiences.
Because there is no audio description through the play, you might want to know what happens to Sally’s dream. If you’d like to know, please listen to the end of the recording. If you’d rather not, you will be told when to switch off the recording.
This audio introduction has been written and recorded by Roz Chalmers for Chichester Festival Theatre.
Welcome to this audio introduction to Chichester Festival Theatre’s streamed production of Flowers for Mrs Harris. It’s been adapted from Paul Gallico’s novel by Rachel Wagstaff with music & lyrics by Richard Taylor, directed by Daniel Evans. These introductory descriptive notes help to set the scene for blind and partially sighted audiences.
In this episode celebrating International Women's Day, Helena Jacques-Morton and Elspeth Barron speak to our Executive Director, Kathy Bourne, Yvonne Thomson, CEO of UK Harvest and Sally Tabbner, Chief Executive of Dementia Support, Chichester.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre Music by Ted Hayes
Roger McGough is the author of over one hundred books of poetry for adults and children. His exuberant new collection of poems explores the human experience in all its shades of light and dark but always with a signature wit, irreverence and vivacity. This new show, with poems set to music by LiTTLe MACHiNe, features a fine selection of vintage, classic and surprising poems.
'Brilliantly entertaining, led by a legend' Chris Hawkins, BBC Radio 6 Music Presenter
Roger McGough and Little Machine Minerva Theatre 7 February, 7.45pm
Welcome to the Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast, hosted by George Bailey. In this episode we'll be discussing the Chichester Spiegeltent, a new venue for Chichester this autumn. So sit back, relax and enjoy what we've got in store for you.
Welcome to the Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast, hosted by George Bailey. We'll be discussing everything CFT related from Festival 2018, to the history, from famous creatives to the backstage crew and beyond. Sit back, relax and enjoy what we've got in store for you.
In this episode, we speak to Michael Morpurgo about the new adaptation of his much-loved, award-winning novel The Butterfly Lion, which opens in the Minerva Theatre on 5 October 2019.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Daniel Hill (director) and David Lewington (Music and Sound Designer)of Crossing Lines by Anna Ledwich, our Chichester Festival Youth Theatre promenade production for Festival 2019. Crossing Lines runs 17 - 24 August.
Recorded at Chichester Rugby Club. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Bronté Barbé, Isaac Gryn and Emmanuel Kojo, who are all in the summer centrepiece of Festival 2019, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which runs in the Festival Theatre until 7 September 2019.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre Music: Chichester Festival Theatre Production of Oklahoma! 2019
An exclusive recording of Hadley Fraser singing 'Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes', accompanied by Debbie Wiseman.
Hadley Fraser plays Freddie Page in the Festival 2019 production of The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan and Debbie Wiseman composed the music.
Please note this version does not feature in the production.
Tapestries was a 10 week collaboration between Chichester Festival Theatre and the clients of Stonepillow Hostel, Chichester.
Over the course of the project, eight clients participated in writing or recording sessions to create a radio play. The piece is a collection of stories and memories centred around the themes of the past, present and future to mark Stonepillow’s 30th Anniversary in 2019.
In this episode, we speak to Clare Burt, who is appearing in This Is My Family by Tim Firth, which opened Festival 2019 and runs in the Minerva Theatre until 15 June 2019.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this special episode in front of a live studio audience, we speak to Executive Director Kathy Bourne, Hugh Bonneville, Clare Burt, Rachel Lumberg, Scott Folan and Kirsty MacLaren from This Is My Family about a number of topics suggested by Prologue members aged 16-25.
This was one of our FREE events for Prologue members in the Festival 2019 season, and was organised by our Prologue Ambassadors who also feature in the episode as co-hosts.
Recorded in the Minerva Theatre on Wednesday 29 May. Contains Explicit Language. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Hugh Bonneville and Liz White, who are both appearing in Shadowlands by William Nicholson, which runs in the Festival Theatre until 25 May 2019 and is part of the Festival 2019 season.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we chat to some of our Prologue ambassadors about Festival 2019 and Prologue itself - our scheme for 16-25 year olds to get £5 tickets to all of our productions.
Prologue members also have access to exclusive events, and it's free to sign up!
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, hear all about Chichester Festival Youth Theatre, the largest youth theatre in the UK with over 800 members engaged in weekly sessions across West Sussex.
We caught up with Lauren Grant (Deputy Director of Learning, Education and Participation), Poppy Marples (Senior Youth Theatre Officer) and Mia Cunningham-Stockdale (Youth Theatre Apprentice) about their roles and what it's like running such a large scale youth theatre.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we're discussing Chichester Festival Youth Theatre's Christmas production of Sleeping Beauty, which runs in the Festival Theatre from 15 - 30 December 2018.
Hear Rufus Norris, the writer and now director of the National Theatre speak about his adaptation of the original story, along with the director of our production Lucy Betts who is an ex-member of CFYT, followed by an interview with some of the cast.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this special episode, we speak to Bridget Norman who is a registered blind theatregoer, all about Touch Tours, Audio Description and Access Performances at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Mike Bartlett, writer of Cock which plays in the Minerva Theatre until 27 October. Hear Mike speak about his career, playwriting and the Radio Times.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Daniel Evans, Artistic Director of CFT and Director of our summer musical Me and My Girl, and Gareth Valentine, Musical Supervisor, Musical Director and Musical Arrangements.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Charlotte Jones, writer of one of Festival 2018's new plays - The Meeting. Listen to her discuss her successes, today's industry and her experiences with Quaker communities.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to CFT's literary associate Kate Bassett about her career, current work and how new writing is approached in modern theatre.
Recorded at the Duke of York Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to random and generations cast members Petra Letang and Wela Mbusi about their creative experience in performing these powerful plays by debbie tucker green.
Recorded at Glasshill Studios. Music by Ted Hayes
Rufus Hound in conversation with Sean Foley, all about their production of Noël Cowards Present Laughter, which opens Festival 2018 and plays from 20 April - 12 May.
Recorded at St.Mary Abbots. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to the Olivier award-winning playwright James Graham. Hear him speak about his success, history, top tips and his fresh new play 'Quiz', currently running at the Noël Coward following a sold out run at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Recorded at Glasshill Studios. Music by Ted Hayes
In this episode, we speak to Community and Heritage Officer Anna Mould all about the history and heritage of Chichester Festival Theatre, and how looking back into the foundations is incredibly important to understand how we've got here.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes.
In this episode, we speak to Artistic Director Daniel Evans and Executive Director Rachel Tackley about their highly anticipated Festival 2018 season, followed by live staff reactions and thoughts to the announcement.
Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes