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PRESS RELEASE Chichester Festival Theatre appoints Daniel Evans as new Artistic Director Chichester Festival Theatre Chairman, Sir William Castell, announced today that the Board has appointed Daniel Evans to succeed Jonathan Church as Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. Daniel Evans has been Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres since 2009. He will take up his new post in July 2016. Sir William said: “I am delighted to confirm Daniel Evans as our next artistic leader. After a comprehensive search, we were presented with a very accomplished shortlist of candidates but it was clear that Daniel’s breadth of experience as a director and actor makes him a brilliant fit for Chichester Festival Theatre. He is widely admired for championing classical work and musicals alongside a commitment to new writing, and his passion for theatre is infectious. I am very happy he has chosen to share that with us as we look forward to a terrific future for CFT.” Daniel Evans said: “I am truly delighted to be asked by the Board at Chichester Festival Theatre to become its next Artistic Director. Under the leadership of Jonathan Church and Executive Director Alan Finch, Chichester has developed into the most incredible theatrical powerhouse which has fed and nourished the local community in the South East as well as the theatre ecology throughout the UK and internationally. I look forward to collaborating with the team in West Sussex to develop that work further as the organisation evolves into this next exciting chapter in its history. “I am hugely grateful to the entire staff at Sheffield Theatres and I’m deeply proud of the bold, passionate and enriching work we’ve achieved together in our City Region. It has been a real privilege to lead the organisation for the last seven years.” Jonathan Church, who leaves Chichester in September 2016, added: “I could not be happier with this fantastic news. Daniel is a first-rate director with a real passion for theatre and I’m really pleased to be leaving Chichester Festival Theatre in such good hands. As someone who has lived and worked in Sheffield, I can truly appreciate everything that he has achieved there. Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre has the only other large-scale Guthrie thrust stage in the UK, so Daniel’s experience will sit wonderfully with our audience here in Chichester and be welcomed with great excitement by our staff. “I will continue to programme and deliver our Festival 2016 season as I hand over to Daniel and wish him every good fortune as he takes over the helm.” The recruitment of the Artistic Director was led by Sir William Castell with Genista McIntosh as External Adviser. The recruitment of the new Executive Director to replace Alan Finch will begin immediately with an announcement expected next spring. Daniel Evans was born in 1973 in South Wales. He trained as an actor and has gone on to be the recipient of two Olivier Awards and a Tony nomination. He has been Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres since 2009 where his programming has included acclaimed seasons of plays by David Hare, Brian Friel, Michael Frayn and Sarah Kane. He is currently directing a new production of Show Boat at Sheffield and his production of American Buffalo with Damian Lewis recently completed a West End run at the Wyndham’s Theatre. ENDS Enquiries and photographs: Lydia Cassidy, Director of Marketing and Communications, 01243 812929 [email protected] Biography - Daniel Evans Daniel Evans was born in South Wales and trained as an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2009, Daniel was appointed Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres where his work as a director includes Show Boat, The Effect, Anything Goes, The Sheffield Mysteries, Oliver! (Best Regional Production, WhatsOnStage Awards 2014), This Is My Family (Best Musical Production, UK Theatre Awards 2013), An Enemy of the People, Racing Demon, Othello, Macbeth, My Fair Lady (Best Regional Production, WhatsOnStage Awards 2013) and The Full Monty (Best Touring Production, UK Theatre Awards), and, as an actor, Company, The Pride, Cloud Nine and The Tempest, which transferred to the Old Vic Theatre, London. Sheffield Theatres won Regional Theatre of the Year Award for an unprecedented two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014. He has also recently directed American Buffalo with Damian Lewis, John Goodman and Tom Sturridge in the West End. Daniel is also a double Olivier Award-winning actor. His theatre work includes Henry V, Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure For Measure and Cymbeline for the Royal Shakespeare Company); Cardiff East, Peter Pan, Troilus and Cressida, Candide, The Merchant of Venice for the National Theatre; Merrily We Roll Along (Olivier Award) and Grand Hotel for the Donmar Warehouse; Ghosts (English Touring Theatre); Other People, Cleansed, Where Do We Live and 4.48 Psychosis for the Royal Court; Total Eclipse and Sunday in the Park with George (Olivier Award, Tony nomination) at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the West End and on Broadway. Television credits include The Passion, Doctor Who, The Virgin Queen, Spooks, Love in a Cold Climate, Great Expectations, Daniel Deronda and To The Ends of the Earth. Film credits include Les Misérables. Daniel is a Fellow of the Guildhall School and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University in 2012. Daniel is also co-founder of Act For Change.