Chichester Festival Theatre

The company in Antigone Exits at Chichester Festival Theatre

A tough watch, but a thought-provoking end to Chichester Festival 2026

Caoilfhionn Dunne and Priyanga Burford in a small and quiet light at Chichester Festival Theatre.

A courageous life shines brightly at Chichester Festival Theatre

From left: Gillian Bevan, Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James in 45 Years. Photo: Helen Murray

Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James in 45 Years at Minerva Theatre | Review

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (David Haig) and Harry Houdini (Hadley Fraser ) wrestle with their emotions in Magic at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Review: There's Magic in the air as death and love collide at CFT

John Leader as The BFG with 'Sophie', brought to life by Aki-Nakagawa and Ailsa Dalling.

Review: A night of pure magic as BFG is brought alive in Chichester

CFT summer line-up includes My Fair Lady and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Mark Hadfield as Hercule Poirot and company in Death on the Nile. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Review | 'Mark Hadfield's Poirot lifts the whole production': Death on The Nile ...

Tachia Newall as Detective Sergeant Lewis and Tom Chambers as Detective Inspector Morse in Inspector Morse House of Ghosts. Picture: Johan Perrson

Review | 'The jury’s out on this version of Inspector Morse': House of Ghosts at...

Tom Lane as Eric Dier and the cast of Dear England. Picture: Marc Brenner

Dear England makes a football fan out of our reviewer at Chichester Festival The...

Cal O'Driscoll, Tucker St. Ivany and Riley Woodford in Lord of the Flies - pic by Manuel Harlan

Review | Lord of The Flies at Chichester Festival Theatre

Natalie Dormer in the title role, and company, in Anna Karenina at Chichester Festival Theare. Photo by Marc Brenner

Game of Thrones star make her Chichester Festival Theatre debut | Review

Mark Addy (centre) and company in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at Minerva Theatre, Chichester. Picture by Manuel Harlan

Review | 'Beautiful, life-affirming - a must-see' - CFT's new show

Tom Rosenthal (Khlestakov) with Lloyd-Hutchinson (The-Mayor) in The Government Inspector at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Ellie Kurttz

Friday Night Dinner's Tom Rosenthal stars in CFT's season opener | Review

Say It Again, Sorry's The Importance of Being...Earnest? returns to Southampton

...Earnest?: Southampton audience members to take centre stage in madcap adaptat...

Matilda Bailes (Ruth), Nell Barlow (Kathy) and Angus Imrie (Tommy) in Never Let Me Go is at Chichester Festival Theatre. Picture Hugo Glendinning

Review | Adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go at Chichester Festival T...

The ensemble of Come From Away. Picture by Craig Sugden

Review | Come From Away at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'It's a 10/10 from me'
The Winter season at Chichester progresses with a visit from the national tour of Sankoff and Hein's celebration of humanity - Come From Away.
James George

Tricia Paoluccio as Dolly Parton and Steven Webb as Kevin in Here You Come Again. Picture by Hugo Glendinning

New musical for this country megastar is 'fitting tribute to a living legend' | ...

Jasper Talbot as Mick Jagger, Brenock O'Connor as Keith Richards in Redlands at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Ikin Yum

Review | 'Feel good, uplifting and humorous': Rolling Stones play at CFT

Cian Eagle-Service (Oliver) with Jamie Birkett (Mrs Sowerberry) in Oliver! at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson

Review | Oliver! at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'The CFT has done it again'

Melissa Milcote (Rhianna Dorris) and Young Alexander (Louisa Binder) in Coram Boy at Chichester Festival Theatre from May 24-June 15, 2024. Photo by Manuel Harlan

"One for fans of Dickens": Coram Boy at Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

James Corrigan (George Boleyn), Lucy-Phelps (Mary Boleyn), Freya-Mavor (Anne Boleyn) in CFT's The Other Boleyn Girl. Photo: Stephen Cummiskey

Review | CFT's season opener, The Other Boleyn Girl

Drop The Dead Donkey is at Chichester Festival Theatre from February 20-24, 2024. Picture by Manuel Harlan

"An entertaining evening": Drop The Dead Donkey at CFT | Review

Fiona Wade (Jenny), Jay McGuiness (Ben), Vera Chok (Lauren) in 2.22 - A Ghost Sory. Photo by Johan Persson

"I did not see the twists coming": 2:22 A Ghost Story at CFT | Review

Noises Off. Photo by Pamela Raith

Review | Noises Off at Chichester Festival Theatre: "Comfortingly familiar"

CFYT's production of The Jungle Book is at Chichester Festival Theatre from December 16-31, 2023. Picture by Johan Persson

Review | The Jungle Book at Chichester Festival Theatre: "CFYT are a class act"

Richard Parker the tiger and puppeteers in Life of Pi. Photo by Johan Persson

Review | Life of Pi at Chichester Festival Theatre: "Didn't live up to the hype"

Jonathan Slinger and Kirsty Bushell in A View From The Bridge at Chichester Festival Theatre, October 2023. Picture by The Other Richard

"Bleak but beautiful": A View From The Bridge at CFT | Review
Always my least favourite of Arthur Miller’s plays, A View From The Bridge is next in line for the Festival Theatre this year.
James George

The Sound of Music, Chichester Festival Theatre (photo by Manuel Harlan)

Review | "West End-worthy": The Sound of Music at Chichester Festival Theatre

Rakie Ayola and Jack Benjamin in Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? At Minerva Theatre, Chichester, June/July 2023. Picture by The Other Richard

Review | Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles? at Minerva Theatre, Chichester

The Vortex is at Chichester Festival Theatre from April 28-May 20, 2023. Production photos by Helen Murray

Review | Noel Coward's classic The Vortex at Chichester Festival Theatre

Bugsy Malone is at CFT from February 15-19, 2023. Picture by Pamela Raith

Review | Bugsy Malone revisited at Chichester Festival Theatre

Ian McKellen and John Bishop in Mother Goose, at Chichester Festival Theatre from February 7-11, 2023. Picture by Manuel Harlan

Review | Mother Goose at CFT: with John Bishop and Ian McKellen

The company of Girl From The North Country, at Chichester Festival Theatre in January, 2023. Picture by Johan Persson

Review | Bob Dylan musical Girl From the North Country at CFT

The cast of The Lavender Hill Mob, at Chichester Festival Theatre from January 10-14, 2023. Picture by Hugo Glendinning

Review | The Lavender Hill Mob at Chichester Festival Theatre

Milena Harrison (Mole), Spencer Dixon (Ratty), Jack Keane (Toad) & Alfie Ayling (Badger) in Chichester Festival Youth Theatre’s The Wind in the Willows. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Review | The Wind in The Willows at Chichester Festival Theatre

Six is at Chichester Festival theatre from November 22-27, 2022

Review | West End hit Six at Chichester Festival Theatre

The Famous Five by Enid Blyton adapted for Stage in a New Musical at Chichester Festival Theatre. Picture by The Other Richard

Review | The Famous Five: A New Musical at Chichester Festival Theatre

Marc Elliott (Andy) & Jenna Russell (Susan) in Woman in Mind at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson

Review | Woman in Mind at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'Well worth a visit'

Mrs Warren's Profession - Rose Quentin & Caroline Quentin

Chichester Festival Theatre winter season unveiled

Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads at Minerva Theatre, Chichester. Samuel Armfield, Makir Ahmed and Rob Compton. Photo by Helen Murray

Review | Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads, Minerva Theatre, Chichester

Charlie Stemp (centre) as Bobby Child & members of the company in Crazy for You at Chichester Festival Theatre

Review | Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre

Tim Peake on the International Space Station. His show My Journey To Space is in his hometown at Chichester Festival Theatre on March 4, 2023. Picture by ESA-NASA

Astronaut Tim Peake to perform extra date of his show in hometown of Chichester

Henry Goodman as Hercule Poirot & Taz Munyaneza as Mary Debenham in Murder on the Orient Express at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson

Review | Murder on The Orient Express at Chichester Festival Theatre

The Unfriend (Amanda Abbington, Reece Shearsmith, Frances Barber) at CFT, Festival 2022
Photo by Seamus Ryan

Star names announced at Chichester Festival Theatre’s diamond anniversary season

Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful is at CFT from March 1-5, 2022. Picture by Manuel Harlan

Review | Private Peaceful at the Chichester Festival Theatre: 'If you’re a Morpu...

Tom Hiddleston. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Tom Hiddleston cameos in Morecambe and Wise tribute The Play What I Wrote at CFT

Sam Spruell (Father Flynn) and Monica Dolan (Sister Aloysius) in Doubt at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson

Review | Doubt: A Parable, at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'A top-notch producti...

Archie Elliott (Pinocchio) and company in Chichester Festival Youth Theatre's Christmas 2020 show, Pinocchio. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Review | Pinocchio at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'Stunning ensemble theatre'

Doña Croll (Marjorie), Hayley Carmichael (Kathleen), Daniel Cerqueira (Harry) and John Mackay (Jack) in Chichester Festival Theatre’s Home, October 2021. Photo by Helen Maybanks

Review | Home at Chichester Festival Theatre

Portsmouth's Kings Theatre will be be taking part in the discount scheme.

How you can get discounted theatre tickets in Portsmouth

Tara Tijani (centre, as July), Perola Congo and Trevor Laird in The Long Song at Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Review | The Long Song at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'Well worth the wait'

The company of South Pacific at Chichester Festival Theatre, summer 2021. Picture by Johan Persson

Chichester Festival Theatre gears up for busy winter season of big names

The company of South Pacific at Chichester Festival Theatre, summer 2021. Picture by Johan Persson

Review | South Pacific at Chichester Festival Theatre: 'The performances run gor...

Watching Never Tickle a Tiger at Family Fun in The Park by Chichester Festival Theatre. Picture: Chris Broom

Review | Family Fun in The Park, Oaklands Park, Chichester: ‘Quality children’s ...

South Pacific is the big show in the Chichester Festival Theatre summer season 2020

Chichester Festival Theatre announces summer season shows