A giant map is being drawn on and added to in the Theatre foyer>

Free family fun at CFT

News 15 Sept 2023

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On top of our free pop up family fun in the foyer (extended on Thursday mornings and now available every Saturday morning too), we have Fold Our City returning with more free crafty fun on Saturday 23 September!

Join us at this drop in family event where we will create our wonderful city in a day on a giant 3D map. Using handy templates (designed by our friends A Line Art), you can craft favourite landmarks or invent your own, and together we will build a large origami model inspired by our local area and community.

Our welcoming Café on the Park serving barista coffee, delicious cake, pizza and sandwiches, as well as healthy snacks and drinks for the kids, will be open and you can check out our family spaces where children can discover toys, colouring-in, chalkboards, fancy dress and books in the nooks.

It’s free and fun for all the family – just drop in from 10am on Saturday 23 September; we recommend last entry at 2.30pm so you get to finish your masterpieces! We hope you can 'make' it.

  • A giant map is being drawn on and added to in the Theatre foyer
  • Parents and children sit against the windows in the CFT foyer with apper and pens. The walls and floor are covered in crafts.
  • a man is sitting in the theatre foyer on the floor with a toddler. There are other children in the foreground and behind the man there are more children and a floorcloth with paper models.
  • A close up of some hand-drawn 3D versions of Chichester landmarks in the middle of a giant paper map. The map sits in the middle of the theatre foyer with children running around it and cutting out other landmarks.
  • A small girl sits on a giant map. She is sticking a paper shape to it with a grown-up.
  • A busy foyer with parents and children sitting together on the floor, chatting and working on crafts.

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