Lead cast members from the postponed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific will be among the star-studded line-up for the venue’s August Bank Holiday outdoor event.
Gina Beck, Rob Houchen and Julian Ovenden will join Gabrielle Brooks, Giles Terera and CFT artistic director Daniel Evans for a musical theatre flavoured concert on the evening of 31 August 2020 hosted by Omid Djalili.
Featuring a medley of songs from South Pacific and favourites from West Side Story, Wicked, The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady, the early evening show will follow a day of Family Fun In The Park headlined by Hugh Bonneville reading Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came To Tea and Mog The Forgetful Cat featuring actors using puppetry to bring the much-loved stories to life.
A raised stage will be erected next to the Festival Theatre on Oaklands Park and plots will be marked out on the Park for both events with small plots for up to two people and larger plots for up to six people.
The performances will be part of a packed Bank Holiday weekend of outdoor entertainment presented by the Festival Theatre working in partnership with Chichester Cinema at New Park.
From 28 to 30 August, the Chichester Drive-In Cinema in Northgate car park will screen timeless classics Singin’ in the Rain and Some Like It Hot, alongside new favourites Grease, The Greatest Showman and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Pixar’s new family comedy Onward will complete the programme.
Traditional drive-in style food and drink will be available to pre-order for delivery to ticketholders’ cars at the cinema while picnic hampers can be pre-ordered for the Concert in the Park, all supplied by CFT’s caterers Caper & Berry.
The event is being planned with the co-operation and support of Chichester District Council with arrangements put in place for the necessary social distancing. All rules and guidelines in place at the time will be strictly adhered to throughout the event.
Tickets will be on sale from 30 July at www.cft.org.uk for Family Fun In The Park, the Concert In The Park, and the Chichester Drive-In Cinema. Tickets for the Drive-In Cinema will also be available at www.chichestercinema.org. Plots of varying sizes will cost from £10 (for two people) for Family Fun In The Park and from £30 (for two people) for the Concert In The Park. Tickets for Chichester Drive-In Cinema will be priced at £35 per car (£25 for onward).
Angela Thomas
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