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Alex Webb He is loving his time with Chichester Festival Youth Theatre – and looking forward to playing a Policeman and Mercury the Dog in their Christmas production this year, a socially-distanced run of Pinocchio on the main-house stage (until January 2). “I am still not quite sure where I want to go, but I know that I just love being in the theatre. There is so much about it that is great, the atmosphere, the people, the kinds of opportunities you get. There is something about the buzz of it I love. “I was in Sleeping Beauty and Crossing Lines (with Chichester Festival Youth Theatre)...

4/5 There’s nothing to be sniffed at in this fairy-tale adaptation, least of all a tremendous central turn from 15-year-old Archie Elliot 23 December 2020 • 2:04pm Archie Elliot and Annalise Bradbury in Chichester Festival Theatre's Pinocchio   Tis the season to accentuate the positives. Three cheers – thanks to two tiers – for Chichester. The theatre (run by Daniel Evans, a stalwart in the struggle this year) has got to Christmas Eve and managed to present attended, albeit reduced-capacity, performances, not only on its main stage but in the studio. There’s something specially sti...

Annalise Bradbury in rehearsal for CFYT's Pinocchio Photo by Richard Gibbons Both are in the company for this year’s Christmas show, a socially-distanced run of Pinocchio on the main-house stage (December 16-January 2). Olivia, aged 12, who comes from Chichester and attends Bishop Luffa, said: “Rehearsals have been different, but they are still as good as ever. It is just good to have something to come to. We have to have social distancing on and off stage, and we have to wear masks off stage. And we are having to sanitise our hands. But it is just really nice to be doing something with a...