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We're delighted to bring this story, A Boy Called Christmas, from the imagination of award-winning writer Matt Haig to Chichester.
Full to bursting with festive wonder – it will warm the hearts of audiences young and old. If you've read the book or seen the Netflix movie, you'll know it's a brilliant origin story of Father Christmas and also unveils how many Christmas traditions came to be. There's reindeer that fly and elves that dare in an adventure to melt the coldest winter. This is a story of hope, wonder, and how impossible things just might be possible.
In their 40th anniversary year, Chichester Festival Youth Theatre bring their magical gifts for storytelling to another captivating Christmas production. And this one is going to be a cracker!
Chichester Festival Youth Theatre is one of the finest organisations of its type in the country
Susan Elkin
Entertainment of the highest quality
Chichester Observer
Stats of the story so far...
- 228 signed up to audition
- Over 70 young people from CFYT's expansive Youth Theatre in in the cast, alongside a fully professional creative team.
- 32 different schools represented
- 43% of CFYT members have not been in a Christmas production before
- All seven CFYT satellite locations are represented
What lies ahead...
- Over 200 hours of rehearsals
- Four technical sessions
- Two dress rehearsals
- 21 show-stopping performances
- Amazing experiences, new friendships forged, unforgettable memories made!
