A fun group picture of all the cast and creative team of A Boy Called Christmas.

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Support Chichester Festival Youth Theatre

Chichester Festival Youth Theatre welcomes 850 young people every week to build confidence, creativity, new skills and lasting friendships.

You can still make a difference before 31 December. Every gift will help us to continue offering these amazing opportunities and provide bursaries and bespoke support for those who need it.

CFYT costs £283,000 every year to run. Fees are £80 a term, far lower than the cost of running CFYT, and 21% of young people receive a bursary so it’s completely free for them to take part. This leaves £146,000 that we need to raise from generous people like you.

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A young boy in a brown trench coat smiles gently. He is holding a folded piece of paper in his hands.
A member of the cast in rehearsals for A Boy Called Christmas at Chichester Festival Theatre Image: Tim Hills
A group of young performers are stood in rows singing.
The cast in rehearsals for A Boy Called Christmas at Chichester Festival Theatre Image: Tim Hills

CFYT helped me grow as a person, instil a love of theatre in me, built my confidence, and helped me gain wonderful friendships. It was one of the best times of my life and I’m so grateful to have been part of it.

Charlotte Titcombe, Theatre Producer (CFYT 2006-11) 

Three young performers hold up a huge oversized model hand. They are smiling and enjoying themselves. Other young performers look on from the background.

£20 could buy the props for a scratch performance

£40 could pay for a theatre professional to lead a workshop

Young people perform together with a dark curtain behind them, lit in white and blue lighting. They are jumping and clapping, in the middle of a dance. The performer in the centre smiles enthusiastically and they all look like they're having a great time.

£100 could provide a bursary place for a term

Find out more

  1. A boy dressed in deep red, warm clothes and an elf wearing red with a pointed hat with a large pom-pom and pointy ears sticking out are sat in a wooden sleigh. The sleigh is being pulled by a performer in an impressive reindeer costume with large antlers and oversized hooves. There are snow-covered tress lit by a dark blue starry sky.
    15 December 2025

    A Boy Called Christmas: on our way to Elfhelm

  2. 1 September 2025

    That Pesky Rat goes on tour

  3. 17 July 2025

    Celebrating CFYT at 40