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Take a look at Chichester Festival Theatre's ★★★★★ summer musical! 💃🎵💌

Crazy for You title in pink neon on a midnight blue starry background, in the middle are Bobby (Charlie Stemp) and Polly (Carly Anderson) jumping with their arms out to the side.

WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?


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Chichester Festival Theatre has just opened its spectacular summer musical. Packed with glorious Gershwin melodies such as Someone to Watch Over Me, I Got Rhythm and They Can't Take That Away from Me and stunning tap routines guaranteed to get the spirits soaring this summer!


It's getting fantastic feedback from critics and audiences (read the reviews here) and charted in the top 20 of the Daily Telegraph's top picks for the summer (along with CFT's 2021 musical revival South Pacific) making it a hot ticket this summer. 

Crazy for You runs until 4 September with tickets from £10.

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Bobby (Charlie Stemp) stands in the centre smiling and dressed in a blue waistcoat, and suit trousers with a white shirt; he is surrounded by chorus girls dressed in pink, with pink hair, hats and gloves. Their hands are placed over his chest. A blue curtain is in the background.

SHALL WE DANCE?

Celebrating the work's 30th anniversary, this brand new production is directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman: true Broadway royalty and choreographer for the original production. Watch new trailer to hear from Susan about bringing Broadway to Chichester and catch some of that wonderful choreography in the rehearsal room. Plus you'll also get to hear the cast singing the unforgettable I Got Rhythm.

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WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

Theatre-mad Bobby Child is torn between his show-business dreams and the demanding New York women in his life; reluctantly he heads to the bygone mining town of Deadrock Nevada to foreclose on a mortgage. 


There he discovers the mortgage in question is on a dilapidated Victorian theatre and the owner's daughter Polly is the girl of his dreams. Desperate to prove his good faith and win her love, Bobby lights on the idea of putting on a show - complete with glamorous dancers from New York's Follies - to save the theatre and renew the town. 


Full of joy, spectacular tap dancing and a bit of romance too - it's nice work if you can get it! 

TAKE A LOOK AT THE GALLERY

Charlie Stemp plays Bobby, returning to CFT where he played Arthur Kipps in Half A Sixpence in 2016. He's joined by Carly Anderson who plays Polly and makes her Chichester debut. Head over to the CFT website to check out the full cast.


If you want to have a closer look at the cast in action then have a swipe through the gallery.

Dancers dressed in white puff-sleeved dresses, with red and gold corsets over the top, dance in heeled shoes. They have one leg forward and have their arms raised to their side, tapping a steel mining pan. Behind them is a sign that reads "Welcome to Deadrock Population 37" and an image of the desert.

LOOKING FOR MORE TO DO DURING YOUR VISIT?
Makir Ahmed (Barry), wearing an England flag and England face paint, gives Kirsty J Curtis (Jess) a piggy back. She is laughing and shouting and behind them is a well-stocked pub bar.

SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS

Until 13 August
A man has stepped backstage and looks intently at his mobile phone; on stage we see a woman in a business suit waving to a crowd. The flashes of photography are dazzling. to look up at the sky.

THE NARCISSIST

26 August - 24 September
A blonde wig is being prepared with curlers; we see the wigs mistress in the reflection of a mirror working on the wig.

BACKSTAGE TOURS

30 July, 18 & 27 August

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