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  1. The side of the Festival Theatre is glimpsed through an orchard of trees in full leaf and a lush wildflower meadow, studded with yellow Californian poppies and purple orchids.
    19 March 2025

    Our Carbon Literacy Bronze Award

  2. 18 March 2025

    CFYT @ 40: donations doubled by the Big Give this week!

  3. A young performer sings passionately in a rehearsal studio, holding a script.
    11 March 2025

    CFYT @ 40: Meet our Youth Theatre Participants

  4. 13 February 2025

    Festival 2025 announced

  5. A group of friends smilinh and laughing in the foyer whilst sipping prosecco.
    10 February 2025

    Festival 2025: offstage and beyond

  6. 10 February 2025

    Apprenticeships at CFT

  7. Two members of the crew dressed in black are on stage, dressed with the set for The Caretaker. One of them stands centre stage, reading from a clipboard, and the other bends down, opening a suitcase and looking down at it. They are both concentrating. The floor is covered with distressed, dark wooden floor boards. The walls and slanting ceiling are covered with peeling wallpaper and there are distressed wooden panels on each side. There is a cream door on the right hand side and a window in the centre, covered with a sagging piece of old sacking. The stage is covered with various junk and random objects, all from the 1950s, including rugs, suitcases, wooden boxes, tools and a white metal bed dressed with a red and cream stripey blanket and green satin quilt.
    17 January 2025

    Theatre Green Book: the results are in for Festival 2024

  8. 17 January 2025

    Dame Joan Plowright 1929 - 2025

  9. 10 January 2025

    In pictures: behind the scenes of CFYT's Cinderella

  10. Five performers are hold hands and kicking out in a merry dance. They all wear warm-toned patchwork costumes. Confetti falls from above. Behind them is a wooden a-frame structure and a blue cloth backdrop.
    20 December 2024

    Celebrating Henry Adams's 30 year partnership with CFT

  11. The stage is full of young performers singing enthusiastically. They are all having an amazing time performing. They all wear different costumes like they are from a country village, doing a variety of jobs. They look out to the audience, wide eyed. In the background is a curved wall with lots of windows in, giving the sense of a village behind them.
    19 December 2024

    Your first look at the magic of CFYT's Cinderella

  12. Five performers are gathered in a staggered bunch over three steps. They all wear warm-toned patchwork costumes. They are all smiling, painting a very happy scene. Behind them is a wooden a-frame structure.
    16 December 2024

    Take a peek at Hey! Christmas Tree