Sunday 1 September
Gates open 1.30pm, match starts at 2.30pm (expected to finish by 6pm)
Free to attend
A special Chichester Festival Theatre charity cricket match will be taking place on Sunday
1 September at Goodwood’s stunning and historic cricket ground. All are invited to come along and watch for a free family day out.
Special guests and staff from shows past and present, alongside members of Goodwood Cricket, will make up the Visitors Team; CFT Artistic Director, Justin Audibert, will be captaining the CFT crew. The full line-up will be announced nearer the date.
This is a free event so friends and families are encouraged to come with rugs, chairs and picnics. Cakes, ice-creams, teas, coffees and soft drinks will be on sale in the marquee. There’ll also be a chance to enter a raffle to win a night at Goodwood Hotel, lunch at restaurant Farmer, Butcher, Chef, and two tickets to the press night of Redlands at CFT.
There have been regular cricket teams at Chichester Festival Theatre over the years; famously, the director Sam Mendes owed his first job at Chichester to his prowess at the game. He is one of the patrons of CFT’s fundraising appeal for The Nest, a new 120-seat studio theatre created to be a vibrant hub for talent development and innovative and community performances. All funds raised from the cricket match and raffle will contribute to The Nest Appeal.
Cricket is the oldest of the sports played at Goodwood, having been played there since at least 1702, and has been supported by all the Dukes of Richmond.
For all the details including how to get there, visit Chichester Festival Theatre.
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Chichester Festival Theatre - Lucinda Morrison, Head of Press & Publications, on Lucinda.morrison@cft.org.uk
Goodwood, Miranda Witchell, Head of E&H Marketing & PR on Miranda.witchell@goodwood.com
About The Nest
Designed to complement Chichester Festival Theatre’s existing spaces and sited between the Festival Theatre and Northgate car park, The Nest will offer a dynamic venue to support artists and technicians at the beginning of their careers, including local writers and performers, and offer entertainment for a younger audience. It will also provide a space for CFT’s ever-increasing community programme, such as work with vulnerable adults, the Technical Youth Theatre, and early years (ages 0-3) activities.
Sam Mendes, the director of Hollywood blockbusters such as 1917 and Skyfall, who began his career at Chichester, is a Patron of the Appeal, saying: ‘Nurturing the next generation of artists is vital to ensure that theatre in the UK maintains its international reputation for excellence. I am delighted to support Chichester Festival Theatre – a place dear to my heart – as they embark on creating this exciting new space. I cannot wait to see the work that is incubated in The Nest!’
For more details on the plans for The Nest and how to donate, please visit https://www.cft.org.uk/support-us/the-nest-appeal
About Goodwood Cricket Club
Cricket is the oldest of the sports played at Goodwood and has been supported by all the Dukes of Richmond. It has been played at Goodwood since at least 1702, as evidenced in a receipt for brandy. The oldest set of rules in the world, still in existence, were written for a match involving Goodwood in 1727, these rules are kept at Goodwood. The Goodwood
Cricket colours (red and yellow) originate from the Duke’s Racing Colours.
Sometime after their use on the Estate the MCC also used the same colours. The 4th Duke had been a backer of Thomas Lord and was a prime mover in the foundation of the MCC. James Lillywhite Jnr, England’s first ever Test captain, was born and learnt/played his cricket at Goodwood, whilst Hilda, the 8th Duchess played for the White Heather Ladies Cricket Club. Today the cricket ground is used by The Staff XI, Goodwood CC and Chichester PPCC. https://goodwood.play-cricket.com/Aboutus https://cppcc.co.uk/
About Goodwood
Goodwood Estate is England’s greatest sporting estate set in 12,000 acres of beautiful West Sussex countryside. Seat of the Dukes of Richmond since 1697, it is renowned for creating exceptional experiences and world-class sporting events, hosting four of the largest and most anticipated occasions in the British social calendar: Festival of Speed, Glorious Goodwood, Goodwood Revival and Goodwoof.
Alongside Goodwood’s rich history sits an estate-wide culture of protecting and promoting sustainability, creativity, and the environment. The diverse portfolio of businesses includes one of the largest lowland organic farms in Europe; a famous Battle of Britain airfield and aerodrome; a racecourse; a historic motor circuit; two golf courses; one of the oldest cricket grounds in the country; The Kennels members’ clubhouse; ten-bedroom luxury retreat, Hound Lodge; self-catering holiday cottages, The Pheasantry, Peach Tree & Crab Apple and Windmill Cottages; The Goodwood Hotel and Goodwood Health & Wellbeing, which includes the Health Club and Gut Health Programmes; the Goodwood Education Centre; the award-winning sustainable restaurant Farmer, Butcher, Chef and, of course, Goodwood House.
