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).

'The Judas Kiss' announces West End Transfer from January 2013

Rupert Everett
Photo by Manuel Harlen

Following a hugely acclaimed and record-breaking sell out run at Hampstead Theatre, Neil Armfield’s production of David Hare’s 'The Judas Kiss' will transfer to the West End. Previewing from 9th January 2013, the production will have a press night on 17th January at the Duke of York’s Theatre. The show will run until 6th April 2013.

The full Hampstead company will reprise their roles. The cast features Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox in the lead roles of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, performances which won them universal acclaim, they are joined by Cal Macaninch in the role of Robert Ross. The cast also includes Ben Hardy, Kirsty Oswald, Alister Cameron and Tom Colley. 

Directed by Neil Armfield, The Judas Kiss is a fascinating insight into Oscar Wilde’s relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas. David Hare’s play focuses on two critical moments in Wilde’s last years – the eve of his arrest at the Cadogan Hotel and a night in Naples after his release from two years imprisonment; The Judas Kiss speculates on the consequences of his self destructive fatalism, betrayal and love without trust.