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South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre review - gloriously revived and also refreshed | reviews, news & interviews South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre review - gloriously revived and also refreshed South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre review - gloriously revived and also refreshed Rodgers and Hammerstein classic has new relevance in a spectacular production by Gary NaylorSaturday, 17 July 2021 Gina Beck (Nellie) & Julian Ovenden (Emile) in South PacificJohan Persso...

Verdict: A tropical treat Rating: Chichester Festival Theatre is back, with a big summer musical that lives up to the swooning lyrics of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s terrific old showboater, and provides sustenance for those of us hungering for live entertainment. Some enchanted evening? You betcha. What a joy it is to see a full company, led by Gina Beck and Julian Ovenden, swirling through their paces in Daniel Evans’s ravishing and well-oiled production, with gorgeous Technic...

Updated Gina Beck and Julian in South Pacific. Photo by Johan Persson Is this the most significant production in Chichester Festival Theatre’s history? It certainly feels that way. Twice I have covered come-back shows as the CFT has stumbled back from the brink of bankruptcy long years ago. But this feels even more special, a confident, resurgent theatre reasserting itself after a global pandemic which has floored us all. So let’s pray that South Pacific doesn’t prove a hostage to fortun...

South Pacific is a perfect lesson in how to stage a giddy, romantic, wartime musical 5/5 At Chichester Festival Theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1949 escapist show is full of gorgeous music, high spirits and serious smarts A gladdening sight and pulse-quickening sound: South Pacific Credit: Johan Persson My, how I’ve missed Chichester Festival Theatre – finally flinging open its doors for a proper summer season. And my, how I’ve missed the gladdening sight and pulse-quickening sound o...

CFT summer SOUTH PACIFIC. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Directed by Daniel Evans. 5 July – 4 September 2021, live in the Festival Theatre. Streamed as live on 4, 9, 14, 18, 21, 26, 31 August & 3 September Led by Gina Beck (Matilda, Show Boat, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera) as Nellie, Julian Ovenden (Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel, BBC Proms) ...

Culture vultures rejoice! Theatres, cinemas, pop arenas, concert halls and galleries reopen on Monday— and what a feast of entertainment theyve got in store.  From Dua Lipas tour, Emma Stones deliciously evil Cruella de Vil on the big screen and Andrew Lloyd Webbers new Cinderella, to a David Hockney exhibition and Ricky Gervaiss comedy show, there is something for everyone.  Here the Mails critics round up the best shows around the country... Film  Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Beatrix Pot...

South Pacific The show was to have been the delayed season-opener in 2020 when it looked as if a mid-summer start to the season might have been possible. Sadly, it wasn’t – but the CFT have remained wholeheartedly committed to the project, and hopes are high that finally, the show can and will go on this year. Before then, a film of Sarah Kane’s Crave, created from Tinuke Craig’s acclaimed production, will be available to watch on demand in May. CFT is also planning a weekend of open-ai...

New musical Vanara will have its world premiere at Hackney Empire later this year. With a score by Gianluca Cucchiara, lyrics by Andrew James Whelan, and book by Michael Conley, the piece is set "on another earth in another time" and follows two tribes battling it out as disaster threatens to destroy their planet. The musical will play at the east London venue from 22 to 31 October. After its world premiere, the show will have a UK-wide tour in 2022. Producer Giovanna Romagnoli commented: "I a...

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Updated: 8 Feb 2021, 9:54 IT IS fair to say 2020 wasnt the best year. Now a new Twitter trend aims to give you a boast in 2021 with the game, What was Number 1 on your 7th birthday? 3 Why is the Number 1 on your 7th birthday trending? Music fans love a new game to find out what songs define their life. The latest trend is to find out what song was at Number 1 on your 7th birthday. The result supposedly "defines 2021 for you" according to the new social media trend. Some of the results have ...