Chichester Festival Theatre Artistic Director Daniel Evans will helm a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein鈥檚 South Pacific as part of the organization鈥檚 newly announced 2020 season.
The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical will run July 6鈥揂ugust 29 with a cast led by Julian Ovenden (Merrily We Roll Along) as Emile de Becque, Gina Beck (Matilda) as Nellie Forbush, Rob Houchen (the Evans-helmed The Light in the Piazza) as Joe Cable, and Joanna Ampil (Waitress) as Bloody Mary.
The production will feature choreography by Ann Yee, sets and costumes by Peter McKintosh, lighting by Howard Harrison, and sound design by Paul Groothuis. Cat Beveridge serves as musical director, with Tom Murray as musical supervisor.
The season begins with Henry Goodman in Brecht鈥檚 The Life of Galileo, translated by David Edgar and directed by Jonathan Church (running April 24鈥揗ay 16). Also on deck are five world premieres: Steven Moffat鈥檚 The Unfriend, directed by Mark Gatiss and starring Amanda Abbington, Frances Barber, and Reece Shearsmith (July 17鈥揂ugust 22); a new adaptation of Andrea Levy鈥檚 The Long Song by Suhayla El-Bushra, directed by Charlotte Gwinner and featuring Cherrelle Skeete (August 28鈥揝eptember 26); Kate Mosse鈥檚 stage adaptation of her novel The Taxidermist鈥檚 Daughter, directed by Jonathan Munby (September 12鈥揙ctober 3); the Ola Ince-helmed The Narcissist by Christopher Shinn (October 2鈥�24); and the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre presentation of Pinnochio, adapted by Anna Ledwich and directed by Dale Rooks (December 12鈥�31).
Rounding out the roster are revivals of Tom Stoppard鈥檚 The Real Thing, directed by Simon Evans and starring Richard Coyle and Lisa Dillon (May 7鈥揓une 6); Jay Presson Allen鈥檚 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie directed by Rachel Kavanaugh (May 29鈥揓une 20); Penelope Skinner鈥檚 The Village Bike directed by Nicole Charles (June 12鈥揓uly 4); Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman鈥檚 Assassins directed by Polly Findlay (September 29鈥揙ctober 31); and Sarah Kane鈥檚 Crave, directed by Tinuke Craig and presented in the Spiegeltent.
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