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The Promise at Chichester Festival Theatre – first look photos

Jonathan Kent’s production opens next week

Theo Bosanquet

Theo Bosanquet

| Chichester |

26 July 2024

Miles Richardson, Clare Burt, Clive Wood, Andrew Woodall in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Miles Richardson, Clare Burt, Clive Wood and Andrew Woodall in The Promise, © Helen Murray

Production photos have been released for Paul Unwin’s new play The Promise, which is premiering at Chichester Festival Theatre with a press night set for Monday.

Based on the experiences of the post-war Labour government, it stars Suzanne Burden (Violet Attlee), Clare Burt (Ellen Wilkinson), Reece Dinsdale (Herbert Morrison), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Richard Stafford Cripps), Martyn Ellis (Winston Churchill), Felixe Forde (Joan Vincent), Richard Harrington (Nye Bevan), Allison McKenzie (Jennie Lee), Majid Mahdizaheh-Valoujerdy (Thomas Merriman), Miles Richardson (Hugh Dalton), David Robb (Lord Moran), Clive Wood (Ernest Bevin) and Andrew Woodall (Clement Attlee).

Directed by Jonathan Kent (Gypsy, Sweeney Todd), it features set design by Joanna Parker, costume design by Deborah Andrews, lighting and video design by Peter Mumford, composition by Gary Yershon, sound design by Christopher Shutt and casting by Annelie Powell.

The Promise continues until 19 August.

Clive Wood and Clare Burt in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Clive Wood and Clare Burt in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Majid Mehdizadeh Valoujerdy and Felixe Forde in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Majid Mehdizadeh Valoujerdy and Felixe Forde in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Reece Dinsdale and Clive Wood in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Reece Dinsdale and Clive Wood in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Richard Harrington and Felixe Forde in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Richard Harrington and Felixe Forde in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Suzanne Burden and Andrew Woodall in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Suzanne Burden and Andrew Woodall in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Clare Burt and Peter Hamilton Dyer in The Promise, © Helen Murray
Clare Burt and Peter Hamilton Dyer in The Promise, © Helen Murray

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