New musical Rock Follies based on 70s TV show to open at Chichester Festival Theatre
A new musical based on 1970s TV show Rock Follies will open at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer.
Revealed as part of the venue’s new 2023 season, Rock Follies will run 24 July – 26 August.
The musical has a book by Chloë Moss and original songs from the TV series by Howard Schuman and Andy Mackay. The production will be helmed b Dominic Cooke, former Artistic Director of the Royal Court,.
Carly Bawden (Carousel) plays Anna and Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins) plays Q with the cast also including Samuel Barnett (The History), Tamsin Carroll (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) and Fred Haig (Tammy Faye).
Joining them are Stephenson Ardern-Sodje, Samuel Barnett, Bella Brown, Tamsin Carroll, Collette Guitart, Fred Haig, Peter Houston, Matthew Malthouse, Antoine Murray-Straughan, Philippa Stefani, Sebastien Torkia and Harriet Watson.
Before the Spice Girls, Sugababes and The Saturdays…
It’s the 1970s and feminism is on the rise. Fed up with the male-dominated entertainment industry, Anna, Dee and Q take the future into their own hands and form a rock band – the ironically named ‘Little Ladies’. And so begins the musical helter-skelter ride of a lifetime. Can principles and ambition co-exist? And can their friendship survive in the dog-eat-dog world of rock?
Rock Follies will have set design by Vicki Mortimer, costume design by Kinnetia Isidore, choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, musical supervision and arrangements by Nigel Lilley, musical direction by Toby Higgins, lighting design by Paule Constable, and casting by Pippa Ailion CDG and Natalie Gallacher CDG.
For more information and tickets, visit cft.org.uk
