Joshua Mcguire & Jessie Buckley join Rupert Everett in Chichester's Amadeus

Jessie Buckley

Joshua Mcguire and Jessie Buckley have joined the cast of Chichester's Amadeus as Mozart and his wife, Constanze.

They join the previously announced Rupert Everett as Salieri. Chichester Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Jonathan Church directs.

Peter Shaffer’s legendary play marks the opening of Chichester's Festival Theatre. The production runs between Saturday 12th July and Saturday 2nd August 2014. 

Joshua Mcguire is currently starring in James Graham's new play Privacy at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Josie Rourke. Jessie Buckley, who finished second on I'd Do Anything, recently starred alongside Jude Law in Michael Grandage's production of Henry V at the Noel Coward Theatre.

Chichester Festival Theatre announces new season

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its upcoming season. Its newly refurbished Festival Theatre will reopen in July with a major new production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus directed by Jonathan Church with Rupert Everett as Salieri.

The season also includes Guys and Dolls starring Peter Polycarpou and Sophie Thompson as well as Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton, Kevin Whateley and Lara Pulver.

The season will host the world premieres of Pressure, Pitcairn and Taken at Midnight and stage five compelling dramas: Stevie (starring Zoë Wanamaker and Lynda Baron), Frankie & Johnny in the Clair De Lune, Miss Julie/Black Comedy (starring Rosalie Craig, pictured above) and An Ideal Husband (starring Patricia Routledge).