Chichester Festival Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, Sussex, England, is a theatre designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962. The smaller and more intimate Minerva Theatre was built nearby in 1989. The inaugural Artistic Director was Sir Laurence Olivier, and it was at Chichester that the first National Theatre company was formed. Chichester's productions would transfer to the NT's base at the Old Vic in London. The opening productions in 1962 were: "The Chances" by John Fletcher (first production 1638) which opened on 3 July; "The Broken Heart" (1633),
Paul Miller (theatre director) Orange Tree Theatre include: Paul Miller (theatre director) Paul Miller (born c.1968) is the artistic director of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London. He succeeded the theatre's founder, Sam Walters, in June 2014. The son of a driving instructor, Miller grew up in Chichester. Between 2009 and 2014 he was an Associate Director at Sheffield Theatres, where his productions included "Wonderful Tennessee" by Brian Friel, "The Winter’s Tale" by William Shakespeare, "The Daughter-in-Law" by DH Lawrence, "Democracy" by Michael Frayn (which transferred to The Old Vic Theatre), "Hamlet" with John Simm, and "True West" by Sam Shepard. For the