Our history
About usOur history
To celebrate our 60th birthday in 2022 we launched Digital Diorama, an exhibition full of the riches from our archive collection, looking at the milestones which have shaped who we are today. Dive in and take a look below...
You can also download a list of all our Festival productions since 1962 here.
If you're hooked and want to know more about the history of CFT, you can visit our archive at the West Sussex Record Office or drop us a line at [email protected].
![Five CFT staff members in green uniforms and blue aprons smile at the camera in a vintage photo.](https://sc-cft.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/About-Us/Our-History/1972-1981/1972-1981.jpg?w=385&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1675183239&s=d4949f2ce805c493e8b6bbccca67ad15)
![Ten ticket stubs from the years 1962-63. They are in pastel colours of green, red, yellow and brown, with block lettering displaying dates, doors and seat numbers.](https://sc-cft.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/About-Us/Our-History/1962-1971/1962-1971.jpg?w=385&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1675183055&s=3fc20b29390eb6e7184313e14b09669f)