- Rolls-Royce marks 20 years as a Platinum Sponsor of the internationally famend Chichester Festival Theatre
- Relationship dates from the official opening of the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood in 2003
- Long-term assist for a number one native establishment, underlining Rolls-Royce’s place on the coronary heart of life in Chichester
- Reflects shared values of celebrating creativity and group, and provoking and delighting patrons
“This year we mark 20 years of hand-crafting motor cars at Goodwood, and throughout that time, we’ve enjoyed a wonderful relationship with our friends at Chichester Festival Theatre. This acclaimed venue, only a couple of miles from the Home of Rolls-Royce, is one of our home city’s crown jewels. As one of just a handful of Platinum Sponsors, it’s our privilege and pleasure to support its wonderful work, both on its fabled stage and in the local community. Together, we represent two great Chichester institutions, with a shared commitment to championing creativity, community engagement and practising our respective arts at the very highest level.”
Andrew Ball, Head of Corporate Relations and Heritage, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates 20 years as a number one supporter of the close by Chichester Festival Theatre – a steady relationship that dates from the beginning of motor automotive manufacturing on the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood in 2003.
Rolls-Royce is one among a choose group of Platinum Sponsors on the world-renowned venue, which lies simply a few miles from the marque’s Goodwood website.
Chichester Festival Theatre was based in 1962, financed by donations from native companies and people in an early instance of what right now can be referred to as crowdfunding. The most important auditorium seats as much as 1,300 individuals, with a ‘thrust stage’ design equally suited to musicals and epic drama. A Grade II* Listed constructing, it underwent a complete restoration in 2014.
The opening night time was on 3 July 1962, below the creative directorship of the legendary actor, Sir Laurence Olivier, and the corporate grew to become the nucleus of his new National Theatre firm. In the six many years since, many productions together with musicals, new performs and basic revivals have transferred efficiently to London’s West End and toured each nationally and internationally. Its flagship Festival Season runs from April to October and attracts virtually 1 / 4 of one million theatregoers yearly; the Theatre additionally runs an intensive programme of workshops and occasions for the area people.
As a Platinum Sponsor, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a vital contributor to the Theatre’s creative and outreach work, selling the creativity and excellence which might be central to the marque’s personal values. The relationship additionally underlines the deep roots Rolls-Royce has established in the area people because it selected Chichester as the placement for its new house within the early 2000s.
In 2007, the partnership was recognised with a Sustainability Award from Arts & Business South East. The following yr, Rolls-Royce’s lovely, landscaped grounds supplied an excellent setting for Chichester Festival Youth Theatre’s open-air promenade present, Toad of Toad Hall.
Kathy Bourne, Executive Director of Chichester Festival Theatre, says: “Rolls-Royce is a leading light of Chichester’s business community and we’ve hugely valued the company’s generous sponsorship over the past 20 years, ever since the Goodwood-based manufacturing plant was first established. We share with Rolls-Royce a strong commitment to our local community and an international reputation for excellence, flying the flag for British expertise worldwide. We offer them our warmest congratulations on their 20th anniversary and our thanks for their ongoing support.”