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((Short description|Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England))
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| address            = [[Oaklands Park, Chichester|Oaklands Park]]
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| designation        = [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]]
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'''Chichester Festival Theatre''' is a [[Theater (structure)|theatre]] and [[Listed building|Grade II* listed building]] situated in [[Oaklands Park, Chichester|Oaklands Park]] in the city of [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], [[England]].<ref>((NHLE|num= 1323693|desc= Chichester Festival Theatre |access-date= 26 June 2015))</ref> Designed by [[Philip Powell (architect)|Philip Powell]] and [[Hidalgo Moya]], it was opened by its founder [[Leslie Evershed-Martin]] in 1962. The smaller and more intimate [[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]] was built nearby in 1989.

The inaugural [[Artistic Director]] was Sir [[Laurence Olivier]], and it was at Chichester that the first [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] company was formed. Chichester's productions would transfer to the National Theatre's base at the [[Old Vic]] in [[London]]. The opening productions<ref>Festival - The Stage is Set, 1962</ref> in 1962 were: ''[[The Chances]]'' by [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]] (first production 1638) which opened on 3 July; ''[[The Broken Heart]]'' (1633), by [[John Ford (dramatist)|John Ford]], opened 9 July; ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' (1896), by [[Anton Chekov]], opened 16 July. Among the actors<ref>Festival - The Stage is Set, 1962</ref> in the opening season were: [[Lewis Casson]], [[Fay Compton]], [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Rosemary Harris]], [[Kathleen Harrison]], [[Keith Michell]], [[André Morell]], [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Joan Plowright]], [[Michael Redgrave]], [[Athene Seyler]], [[Sybil Thorndike]] and [[Peter Woodthorpe]].

The [[Chichester Festival production history|Festival Season]] usually runs from April to October and includes productions from classics to contemporary writing and musicals, reaching an audience of 230,000. Productions originated at Chichester frequently transfer to London or tour nationally and internationally.

A range of additional events is designed to add to the experience of visiting the theatre, including performances, cabarets, family days, tours and talks. Through the winter months, the Theatre presents touring productions and a Christmas show mounted by Chichester Festival Youth Theatre. The Theatre runs a large and active Learning, Education and Participation programme for all ages; its Youth Theatre is one of the largest in the country, with over 800 members.

The Theatre is a registered [[Charitable organization|charity]] and is chaired by Mark Foster. [[Daniel Evans (actor)|Daniel Evans]] has been the [[artistic director]] since July 2016, sharing the leadership of the theatre with Executive Director Kathy Bourne.<ref name=":2">((Cite news|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2 December 2015|title=Daniel Evans chosen to succeed Jonathan Church as artistic director at Chichester|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/dec/02/daniel-evans-new-artistic-director-chichester-festival-theatre-sheffield-jonathan-church|access-date=13 June 2021))</ref>

== History ==
[[Leslie Evershed-Martin]] drew parallels between Chichester and the [[Canada|Canadian]] city of [[Stratford, Ontario]] and concluded that Chichester could sustain a theatre similar to the [[Stratford Festival]].<ref name=":0">((Cite ODNB|last=Billington|first=Michael|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38623|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|date=29 May 2014|chapter=Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/38623|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8))</ref> Evershed-Martin contacted [[Laurence Olivier]] via [[Tyrone Guthrie]] and offered him directorship of the new theatre.<ref name=":0" /> Olivier directed the theatre until 1966, when [[John Clements (actor)|John Clements]] took over.<ref>((Cite book|last=Taylor|first=John Russell|url=https://archive.org/details/penguindictionar00tayl|title=The Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|year=1970|isbn=978-0-14-051033-1|edition=2nd|pages=60|author-link=John Russell Taylor))</ref>

==Artistic directors==
[[File:Laurence Olivier - 1961 - Boston.jpg|thumb|Laurence Olivier, first director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, in 1961]]
* Sir [[Laurence Olivier]] (1962&ndash;1965)
* Sir [[John Clements (actor)|John Clements]] (1966&ndash;1973)
* [[Keith Michell]] (1974&ndash;1977)
* [[Peter Dews (director)|Peter Dews]] (1978&ndash;1980)
* [[Patrick Garland]] (1981&ndash;1984)<ref name=":1">((Cite news|date=7 June 2018|title=Patrick Garland to be remembered at Chichester Cathedral|work=[[Chichester Observer]]|url=https://www.chichester.co.uk/whats-on/patrick-garland-be-remembered-chichester-cathedral-888086|access-date=31 May 2021))</ref>
* [[John Gale (theatre producer)|John Gale]] (1985&ndash;1989)
* [[Michael Rudman]] (1990)<ref>((Who's Who|id=U33398|year=2019|title=Rudman, Michael Edward|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U33398))</ref>
* [[Patrick Garland]] (1991&ndash;1994)<ref name=":1" />
* Sir [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[Duncan Weldon (producer)]] (1995&ndash;1997)
* [[Andrew Welch (theatre producer)|Andrew Welch]] (1998&ndash;2002)
* [[Martin Duncan]], [[Ruth Mackenzie]] and [[Steven Pimlott]] (2003&ndash;2005)
* [[Jonathan Church]] (2006&ndash;2016)
* [[Daniel Evans (actor)|Daniel Evans]] (2016-2023)<ref name=":2" /> 
* Justin Audibert (2023-now)<ref>((Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=Justin Audibert appointed as our next Artistic Director |url=https://www.cft.org.uk/news/justin-audibert-appointed-new-artistic-director-of-chichester-festival-theatre |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Chichester Festival Theatre |language=en))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chichester Festival production history]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
* ''Chichester Festival Theatre at Fifty'' by [[Kate Mosse]], 2012

==External links==
* [http://www.cft.org.uk/ The Chichester Festival Theatre website]
* [http://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/current/main-galleries/art-of-chichester-festival-theatre-a-celebration/the-art-of-the-chichester-festival-theatre/ The Art of Chichester Festival Theatre:A Celebration at Pallant House Gallery 3 March – 3 June 2012]
* [http://www.pjproductions.co.uk/2012/06/launch-kate-mosse-book-chichester-festival-theatre/ 'Chichester Festival Theatre at Fifty' launch, June 2012]

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