Chichester Festival Announces Winter Season

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its winter season.

The schedule for the company’s Festival Theatre opens with Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III (November 14-19), directed by Christopher Luscombe and starring David Haig.

Other offerings in the space will be Simon Callow’s Dr. Marigold and Mr. Chops (November 21-26), Nigel Havers’ Basket Case (November 28 – December 3), C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Warlock (December 17-31), adapted by Adrian Mitchell and directed by Dale Rocks; Helen Edmundson and Neil Hannon’s new musical Swallows and Amazons (January 17-21); a return engagement of the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister (January 26-February 4), and Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe (February 13-18).

The Festival Theatre lineup also includes one-night-only performances of The British Folkprint (February 7), Belly Laughs Live 2012 (February 8), and Fascinating Aida’s Cheap Flights Tour (February 9), as well as a two performance engagement of Three Phantoms (February 10-11).

The season in Chichester’s Minerva Theatre will begin with Peter Polycarpou’s Laugh and Be Happy, a revue featuring songs by Randy Newman, to be offered on November 27. Other offerings in the Minerva will be productions from other companies, including Kneehigh’s The Wild Bride (November 1-5), Frantic Assembly and Drum Theatre Plymouth’s Lovesong, John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield’s The Debt Collectors, Filter and Lyric Hammersmith’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (December 5-10), Lyngo Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith’s Snow Play (December 12-15), The Pied Piper Theatre Company’s Great Gran’s Great Games (January 13-14), and CAOS Musical Productions’ The Sound of Music.

The Minerva Theatre will also see one-night-only performances by Julie Feilx (January 19), Eve Loiseau (January 21), Zoe Rahman (January 27), Paula Pryke (February 3), and Virginia Ironside (February 4).

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