Autumn 2018 Season Brochure by ADC Theatre

Our grand re-opening season begins with Cambridge American Stage Tour’s production of one of Shakespeare’s final plays, The Tempest (p6), drawing on British folk tradition and European Physical Theatre techniques. If it is classics you are craving, we won’t disappoint! Our season is peppered with the greats, from Euripides (p21), to Oscar Wilde (p9), and Tennessee Williams (p8). On the other end of the spectrum, we are excited to continue staging new student writing. Our Playroom Season opens with Ham, Egg & Chips (p5), three short plays written by student Noah Geelan about family and food. Over at the ADC Theatre, RIBS (p26) is a part-written, partdevised production, telling the story of cultural resistance in 1950s Soviet Russia. As we get to the end of term, the new musical Cathy: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights (p17)takes to the Playroom stage. Theatre has the potential to introduce audiences to different voices and new perspectives. It is always our aim at the ADC Theatre and Corpus Playroom to represent a wide range of human

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experience. This season we are proud to be staging a number of Queer Narratives in both venues. We open with Vita & Virginia (p7) at the Corpus Playroom, a stunning and intimate play staging the correspondence between lovers Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. At the ADC Theatre we are reviving Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour (p10). Banned when it was published due to its depiction of female homosexuality, it serves as a powerful reminder of the horrors of intolerance. At the end of term we have the new, confessional-style play The Grindr Diaries (p19) – a darkly comedic and unflinching exploration of one man’s dating history. No re-opening would be complete without a few showstoppers. Bringing slick dance sequences and quality tunes to the season, A Chorus Line (p14) is our biggest musical of the term. If you are feeling a bit nostalgic, High School Musical (p27) may be the show for you. This cheesy Disney extravaganza is a perfect late-night treat. We end the term with our famous CUADC/ Footlights Pantomime. The Gingerbread Man (p20) is a treat for all the family, so grab your tickets and join us for a kooky cookie, topsyturvy, curly-wurly story! If our new lighting bridges, ventilation and comfy seating aren’t already enough to tempt you, I am sure what you find in these pages will do the job! We have verse drama, musicals, circus, devised theatre, sketch comedy and so much more. I hope you are all as excited as the ADC team for the wonders ahead. Victoria Collins | Theatre Manager

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Welcome to our Autumn 2018 season ADC Alumnus and former Artistic Director of the National Theatre Richard Eyre once stated that theatre has become ‘more lively, more questioning, more diverse, more self-critical’. With each new season at the ADC Theatre and Corpus Playroom, the truth of Eyre’s statement becomes increasingly more apparent. As we begin a new era in the ADC Theatre’s history, re-opening our newly renovated theatre, I am delighted to present to you one of our most varied seasons yet!

October

September

ADC Theatre Mainshow @ 7.45pm

Corpus Playroom Mainshow @ 7pm

Lateshow @ 11pm

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The Sausage Mysteries

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note 7.45pm start

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At Home at the Zoo

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note 7.45pm start

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Impronauts Quickfire

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Musicals Bar Night

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The Children’s Hour

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Richard III

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Fri

Sat

+ matinee at 2.30pm

Sun

Impronauts Quickfire

Blue Stockings

Lateshow @ 9.30pm

note 7.45pm start + matinee at 2.30pm

Impronauts Quickfire

The Tempest

Footlights International Tour Show

Ham, Egg and Chips

Footlights Smoker

Oh, What a Lovely War!

The Physicists

Mysterious Girl

Reverse Cowgirl

Amayonnaise

Vita & Virginia

Footlights Smoker

I’m Having a Wonderful Time in Baden-Baden

Smorgasbord

Bedheads

+ matinee at 2.30pm Monologue Clash

The Glass Menagerie

Suspiciously Cheap Comedy 29

Improv on the Orient Express

Footlights Smoker

RIBS

9 Lady Windermere’s Fan

This Blood’s For You

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December

November

ADC Theatre Mainshow @ 7.45pm Musicals Bar Night

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Monologue Clash

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Hatch

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A Chorus Line

Corpus Playroom Mainshow @ 7pm

Lateshow @ 11pm 23 14

Two by Two

Anna

Footlights Smoker

High School Musical

The House They Grew Up In

The Djinns of Eidgah

Lateshow @ 9.30pm Footlights Smoker

Witches

Unsung Heroes

Angry Reacts Only

Footlights Smoker

+ matinee at 2.30pm

Poetry Night

King Charles III

+ matinee at 2.30pm Impronauts Quickfire

Musicals Bar Night

Mosquitoes

CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2018

Cambridge Shorts

Don Juan Comes Back From The War

Footlights Smoker

The JCR

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The Last of the Haussmans

Belleville

Cathy: A Retelling 17 of Wuthering Heights

Test Batch Special

The Grindr Diaries

Cold Turkey

+ matinees at 2.30pm on Fri and Sat

CUADC/Footlights 20 Pantomime 2018: The Gingerbread Man + matinees at 2.30pm on Tue, Thu and Sat

The Girl in the Glass

+ matinee at 2.30pm

The Nutcracker

start times vary

Little Women

+ matinee at 2.30pm

Sun 13

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The Bacchae

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We are the centre of Cambridge’s thriving drama scene: productions here are put together entirely by students, amateurs, and volunteers. From actors and technical crew to directors and producers, everyone is here to enjoy and produce high-quality theatre. Training, learning and support are at the heart of everything we do here, and we are set up to provide help and guidance to inexperienced users.

The ADC Theatre currently receives no external funding and we are committed to keeping our ticket prices low and our bar affordable, so that both our student and adult audiences can experience and enjoy as much theatre as possible. Many of our performers today could be the famous names of tomorrow. With your support we can ensure that they get the best theatrical training we can offer, with industry standard theatrical equipment, financial support for ambitious and innovative productions and an ongoing investment in our backstage facilities.

There are hundreds of opportunities to act in the ADC Theatre every year, and our productions always require dedicated production and technical teams. Whether you’re interested in acting, directing, designing, stage managing, building, lighting, or crewing a show, new faces are always welcome, regardless of experience. For more information on the various production roles, and how to get involved with shows at the ADC Theatre or Corpus Playroom, visit adctheatre.com/getinvolved. We also require volunteer stewards to help us run the Front of House in the evenings. Our stewards greet audiences, sell programmes and ice-creams, and oversee admission to the auditorium. For more information, visit adctheatre.com/stewarding.

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brochure contents ADC Mainshows . . . . . . . . . 6 – 24 Playroom Mainshows . . . . . . 4 – 21 Playroom Lateshows . . . . . . . 5 – 21 ADC Bar Shows . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ADC Lateshows . . . . . . . . 25 – 28 ADC One-Night Stands . . . . . .29 – 30 Playroom One-Night Stands . . . . . 31 Coming Soon . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Booking Information . . . . . . .33 – 34

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adc theatre renovations We are absolutely delighted to re-open the ADC Theatre following our summer renovations. It has been an exciting six months, with ADC on Tour taking us to four venues around Cambridge and the sounds of building work becoming a constant backing track to life in the ADC office, but the team here cannot wait to re-open our doors! The renovations will transform both audience and participant experiences of the theatre. This project began with the aim of improving temperature control in the auditorium. From this we expanded the scope of the project and took the opportunity to bring our lighting infrastructure

up to industry standard. As you are sitting in your seats, look up and you will see our new lighting bridges, which have been kitted out with new, more energy efficient lighting. Finally, we have completely redecorated the Front of House areas of the theatre. We hope that audiences for years to come will enjoy our new plush purple seating. We hope that your interest has been piqued by our renovations and welcome you to come and experience the changes first-hand in our grand re-opening season!

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5 – 8 September | Playroom

13 – 15 September | Playroom

Between the Bars

BLUE STOCKINGS by Jessica Swale

1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls match their male peers grade for grade, yet the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a ‘blue stocking’: an unnatural, educated women. Tess and her fellow first-years are determined to fight for their education and win the right to graduate. But little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide, or the strength of the opposition, who will do anything to stop them. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW WED 5 – SAT 8 SEPTEMBER AT 7.45PM MATINEE SAT 8 SEPT AT 2.30PM TICKETS £8/£6 (WED £7/£6)

Break an Egg Theatre Company

THE SAUSAGE MYSTERIES

by Rich Dodd, Nick Timmings and Matt Harvey Three one-act comedy plays. And sausages. From the wild west, to a spooky undertaker, and a superhero retirement party. PLAYROOM LATESHOW THU 13 – SAT 15 SEPTEMBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS £8/£6 (THU £6/£5)

18 – 22 September | Playroom From the master playwright of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? comes a double-bill of Homelife and The Zoo Story: stories of attempting to establish real human contact. They are stories of both kindness and cruelty, where what is gained is also lost. Come see the play that the New York Times described as: ‘an essential and heartening experience’.

AT HOME AT THE ZOO by Edward Albee

PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 18 – SAT 22 SEPTEMBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED–THU £8/£6, FRI-SAT £10/£6

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2 – 6 October | Playroom

Fletcher Players

REVERSE COWGIRL

HAM, EGG AND CHIPS

by Bella Hull and Will Owen

by Noah Geelan

Three short(ish) plays about family – and food. In Ham, Flo has just appeared in her first play, and her family are terrified they might accidentally tell her how bad she was. Events play out over a family dinner – Mum has cooked ham, and the irony is lost on no-one. In Egg, Jennifer and Georgia’s brunch party takes an unexpected turn as the dark details of their guests’ marriage is laid bare over scrambled eggs. (’Highly Commended’ by the panel of professional judges at the Downing Festival of New Writing; ‘A sparklingly witty farce’ – The Cambridge Student) Chips takes place over seven nights. When Liam’s dad dies, his career-driven mum now has to make him dinner each night. She’s not used to being at home much, and doesn’t really know how to cook. They eaten frozen chips, watch TV, and try to get to know each other.

Bella and Will shot to fame in the noughties after they won smash-hit TV show Duets! But a decade on, Bella’s losing her voice, Will’s losing his religion, and neither of them can lose those extra pounds. Under the mysterious threat of an anonymous text, they have an hour to prove they’ve still got it. Reverse Cowgirl is a comedy about a pop-star double-act who have lost everything but each other. With nothing left but pride, can Bella and Will take back the reins? PLAYROOM LATESHOW TUE 2 – SAT 6 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 2 – SAT 6 OCTOBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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2 – 6 October | ADC Theatre Cambridge American Stage Tour

THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare

‘I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.’ Tonight, we hear the story of Prospero’s life. It is a story told around the campfire; one of days gone by. A story told in a night which seems to last a year, from bright spring, to golden summer, to the snows and crisp, starry nights of winter. A story telling of a person at the height of her power relinquishing both strength and revenge before drawing towards old age, alongside her fading world.

The Tempest will draw from the British folk tradition and European physical theatre techniques, alongside shadow play, to tell the story of one of Shakespeare’s most elusive and dark plays. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 2 – SAT 6 OCTOBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/£9, FRI/SAT £14/£10

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9 – 13 October | Playroom

THE PHYSICISTS by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

‘It’s I who decides who my patients think they are. I know them far better than they know themselves.’ Murder is just the background at the private sanatorium, Les Cerisiers. The investigation into a nurse’s murder reveals not one of the patients is quite what they seem’. Everyone is hiding a dangerous secret and all are drawn into an increasingly dangerous game to protect it and themselves. Questioning the nature of sanity, the role of science and ‘expertise’ in society, and the responsibilities governments and individuals have to each other, The Physicists is a satire that puts our concepts of society under the microscope. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 9 – SAT 13 OCTOBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

9 – 13 October | Playroom

Selwyn Mighty Players

VITA & VIRGINIA by Eileen Atkins

‘She is a pronounced Sapphist.’ So says Virginia of Vita, the socialite wife of an eminent politician, whom she meets one evening in the 1920s. Yet Virginia is drawn to Vita, and Vita is fascinated by Virginia. It is not long until the pair embark upon one of the most high profile of love-affairs in the literary world. Both members of the notorious Bloomsbury set, they share a love of language, of letter-writing, and of each other. Adapted from the correspondence of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, Eileen Atkins’ careful composition of the blossoming romance between these two opposite people with kindred spirits is witty, tender, and utterly charming. PLAYROOM LATESHOW TUE 9 – SAT 13 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

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THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams’ intimate masterpiece, journeys back through the hazy memories of amateur poet Tom Wingfield to his time spent living in a stifling St Louis apartment with his mother Amanda, a faded Southern belle, and older sister Laura, whose crippling shyness and limp prevent her from leaving the house. Instead, she focuses her energies on the maintaining of a menagerie of small glass animals. When Tom brings his popular colleague Jim home to dinner on Amanda’s request, in the hopes of finding Laura a husband, the outgoing newcomer threatens to dismantle the precarious emotional ties holding the family together. During the evening, disillusionment takes precedent over fantasy, and our characters’ lives and dreams begin to look as fragile as the glass animals themselves. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 9 – SAT 13 OCTOBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/9, FRI/SAT £14/£10

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16 – 20 October | Playroom

University of Cambridge Asia Theatre Tour

LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN by Oscar Wilde

‘We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.’ O.W. is directing a play. More specifically, she’s directing an old play – Lady Windermere’s Fan, by Oscar Wilde. But she won’t let the script get in the way of her vision. This new production of Lady Windermere’s Fan takes an absurd look at the trend for modernising our theatrical favourites. Should we stick to what we know? Or translate Wilde’s tea-parties into all-night raves? Somewhere between a modernisation and a ‘true’ interpretation of the text, this play within a play challenges our expectations while maintaining all of Wilde’s keenly-observed characters – and his trademark British wit.

16 – 20 October | Playroom

I’M HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME IN BADENBADEN by J. L. O’Sullivan

Alone, abroad and in the midst of a housing crisis, it only takes one missed train for Allie to lose all sense of time. Sustaining themself on panic-bought oranges and the sounds of the sixties, Allie dithers between frantic farce and semi-lucid lethargy in the confines of a budget hotel room, when on discovering seven blank postcards bought at a happier time, they resolve to write home - return address or not. But an awkward ‘wish you were here’ soon unravels to reveal a fragile web of uneasy relationships and invasive anxieties.

This is the home run of the University of Cambridge Asia Theatre Tour, who have performed Lady Windermere’s Fan in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan.

Merging the boundaries between delusion and reality, theatre and film, I’m Having a Wonderful Time in Baden-Baden offers a comical, poignant and innovative take on how we communicate when we’re on our own.

PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 16 – SAT 20 OCTOBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

PLAYROOM LATESHOW TUE 16 – SAT 20 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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THE CHILDREN’S HOUR by Lillian Hellman

In 1930s New England two female teachers are accused of homosexuality by one of their students. Once the scandal reaches the local community, Martha and Karen’s lives are destroyed as they become increasingly ostracised by society. Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour was banned when it was published due to its controversial depiction of female homosexuality. Now in the 21st century it serves as a powerful reminder of the horrors of intolerance.

ADC MAINSHOW TUE 16 – SAT 20 OCTOBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/£9, FRI/SAT £14/£10

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23 – 27 October | Playroom

22 – 27 October | Playroom

THIS BLOOD’S FOR YOU

BEDHEADS

by David W. Christner

Humour is how Charlie James deals with a life gone bad, namely being sentenced to death for killing a cop. When the warden of a state penitentiary tries to convince Charlie to donate a kidney to his sick son, humour is also how he deals with the many people around him who all of a sudden want something from a dead man walking. And what could they possibly want from a man who apparently has nothing? His body, of course. In this dark comedy, we deal with the ethical implications involved with capital punishment, organ donation, and the interaction of the two. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 23 – SAT 27 OCTOBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

by Meg Coslett and Lottie Elton All was peaceful at Bedheads Record Company. Who needs sex, drugs, and rock and roll when you have a keyboard with seven different demo tunes and a mildly inept but dedicated office staff? The company even had a musician featured on the Now That’s What I Call Music 2011 album (although this was, unfortunately, the result of a clerical error). But when the unexplained death of one of the company’s star acts lands Bedheads’ two producers in prison, everything changes. As new evidence arises, the police reopen the case – but will it be enough to save Bedheads? Will the law prevail? Does a miscarriage of justice provide good source material for a Top 40 chart hit? Bedheads is a brand-new narrative and sketch musical comedy based around the alibis of all of the dark and quirky individuals that emerge from Bedheads Records! Join us as we dive into the lives of these wacky and wonderful characters, and bring the killer to justice. Everyone knows that the music industry is cut-throat, but not like this. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 23 – SAT 27 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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23 – 27 October | ADC Theatre Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

RICHARD III by William Shakespeare

It is 1980 and the notorious Yorkist family has finally made peace with their bitter rivals, the Lancasters. Everyone is looking forward to a period of calm under the new head of the families, Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, has other ideas. A political gangster-thriller, in which we watch a cunning, Machiavellian Richard attempt to consolidate his power. Stopping at nothing and noone we see him scheming, tricking and murdering. This modern re-adaptation sees Shakespeare’s least redeeming character seamlessly slot into the modern world by acquiring the position most suited to them: that of a scheming mobster. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 23 – SAT 27 OCTOBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/£9 FRI/SAT £14/£10

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30 Oct – 3 Nov | Playroom

Selywn Mighty Players

The Fletcher Players

THE HOUSE THEY GREW UP IN by Deborah Bruce

Living behind a lifetime of clutter, siblings Daniel and Peppy are isolated from the rest of the world. The indefatigable Peppy cares for the autistic Daniel, desperately clinging on to a fragile illusion of life. She finds secret company in Homer’s Penelope, and Veronese’s La Bella Nani, whilst Daniel finds peace and quiet by hiding behind his headphones. Their house sits on a residential street in South-East London, but the neighbours have always seen them as different. Following a misunderstanding, the outside world rushes in, and threatens to turn everything upside down. As the siblings are taken away from each other, rumours fly, and their lives threaten to spiral out of control. Deborah Bruce’s powerful play explores both the darkest and the most hopeful moments in the lives of those left behind by society. The people whose houses we walk past every day, yet who somehow get forgotten.

WITCHES It’s Halloween and everyone’s on high alert for what this coven of witches are up to. Double double toil and trouble-ing? Fire burn and cauldron bubble-ing? Or maybe just supernaturally-inclined women trying to have a nice night in? Who knows. Move over Harry Potter, Witches is a brandnew sketch show from a selection of the finest female and non-binary student minds. Get your broomsticks, black cats and spooky selves down to the Corpus playroom for a night of fresh sketches and character comedy. Although take heed, ye who seek them: with this many women left unsupervised, things are going to get darn scary. The witches are here, they’re hilariously sincere, and they’re ready to obliterate their bad rep from William Shakespeare. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 30 OCT – SAT 3 NOV AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 30 OCT – SAT 3 NOV AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

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30 October – 3 November | ADC Theatre Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society

A CHORUS LINE

music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante With its blend of powerful vocals, high-energy choreography, and amusing and poignant vignettes, A Chorus Line is a stunning musical celebrating the talented and dedicated performers of the Broadway chorus. The show depicts the final gruelling round of auditions for a new Broadway musical, and for seventeen dancers, this is the life-changing opportunity they have worked towards for their entire career. A Chorus Line is a powerful metaphor for human ambition, revealing the truth of the glamorous yet competitive world of show business, and what happens when you put everything on the line in pursuit of a dream.

Marvin Hamlisch’s iconic score features such classics as ‘What I Did for Love’, ‘The Music and the Mirror’, and the acclaimed finale: ‘One (Singular Sensation)’. Based on true stories of the struggles of performers wanting to make it big on the Broadway stage, A Chorus Line has become an instantly recognisable classic, with the original production winning nine Tony Awards. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 30 OCT – SAT 3 NOV AT 7.45PM MATINEE SAT 3 NOV AT 2.30PM TICKETS TUE £12/£9, WED/THU £14/£11 FRI/SAT £15/£12

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6 – 10 November | Playroom

5 – 7 November | Playroom

UNSUNG HEROES

THE DJINNS OF EIDGAH by Abhishek Majumdar

Two young boys are caught between dreams of becoming famous football players and their need to join the resistance. Two doctors who cannot reconcile with their political ideologies and personal tragedies. A young girl is unable to decipher reality.

Get ready for Unsung Heroes, a mockumentarystyle night of celebrating the overlooked voices of our society. We human-people focus too much on worshipping celebrities, we neglect the average Joes whose work goes unrecognised. Unsung Heroes transforms ‘nonentities’ into ‘celebutantes’, all whilst making us laugh, giggle, and in some cases, snort. PLAYROOM LATESHOW MON 5 – WED 7 NOVEMBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS MON £7/£5, TUE/WED £8/£6

8 – 10 November | Playroom

Unfolding in the violence and confusion of occupied Kashmir, the djinns are many and appear to disrupt friendships and talks about peace. Only stories remain to be told. And retold. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 6 – SAT 10 NOVEMBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

ANGRY REACTS ONLY by Joy Hunter

An unassuming family get accidentally caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It’s time to Catfish the government. PLAYROOM LATESHOW THU 8 – SAT 10 NOVEMBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS THU £7/£5, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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6 – 10 November | ADC Theatre

KING CHARLES III by Mike Bartlett

Queen Elizabeth II is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett’s provocative ‘future history play’ explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain’s most famous family. Drawing on the style and structure of a Shakespearean history play, King Charles III opened at London’s Almeida Theatre in 2014, before transferring to the West End and Broadway, has been adapted into a BBC television film and won the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play.s takes hold. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 6 – SAT 10 NOVEMBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/£9, FRI/SAT £14/£10

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13 – 17 November | Playroom

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

St Edmund’s Music Society

THE LAST OF THE HAUSMANNS by Stephen Beresford

On the South Devon coast, the Haussman family home stands dilapidated and derelict. Its chief occupant is Judy, an aging, anarchic hippy who – after a minor cancer operation – holds court, welcoming her children home. Libby, accompanied by her daughter, Summer, is waspish and resentful. Nick is flighty and nervous, a former drug addict with little to call his own. Over a few sweltering months, the Haussmans hash out their past differences, remember family dramas and infatuations, and day-drink the summer away. Dealing with the legacy of the 1960s and the Baby Boomer generation, Stephen Beresford’s debut play captures the spirit of a generation, and the consequences in their wake. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 13 – SAT 17 NOVEMBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

CATHY: A RETELLING OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS

by Emily Brönte, adapted by Michael Bascom Heathcliff and Cathy are almost psychically bound to each other, but are continually thwarted by family, society, and God. Heathcliff has just returned to Wuthering Heights after mysteriously disappearing for several years having made his wealth, but Cathy is now bound by other circumstances. The sun shines over the moors, but inside the storm of vengeance is brewing. In a retelling of Emily Brönte’s classic, this new musical tells the story of a passion which transcends life – and death – itself. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 13 – SAT 17 NOVEMBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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13 – 17 November | ADC Theatre Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

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by Lucy Kirkwood

Sisters Alice and Jenny are polar opposites. Alice works in Geneva, as part of the team at CERN searching for the Higgs Boson, the mysterious ‘God Particle’. Jenny is a skittish homebody living in Luton where she smokes, drinks, and puts more trust in her horoscope than her doctor. When tragedy throws them together again, the collision threatens them with chaos.

Lucy Kirkwood’s latest, electrifying play weaves together a family drama and questions the fundamental nature of the universe. It asks us if there is a difference between what we know, and what we think we know. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 13 – SAT 17 NOVEMBER AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/£9, FRI/SAT £14/£10

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20 – 24 November | Playroom

19 – 21 November | Playroom

TEST BATCH SPECIAL by Will Turner

Absurd and touching: cricketing legends Beaver Bassenthwaite and Suzie Redmonds push the boundaries of radio and sticky wickets. PLAYROOM LATESHOW MON 19 – WED 21 NOVEMBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS MON £7/£5, TUE/WED £8/£6 Fletcher Players

BELLEVILLE

22 – 24 November | Playroom

by Amy Herzog

Americans Zack and Abby are bright, young and recently married. He’s a doctor combatting infant disease. She’s an actress, also teaching yoga. It’s just before Christmas and they’re living the expat highlife in bohemian Belleville, Paris. It’s all a little too perfect. PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 20 – SAT 25 NOVEMBER AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

THE GRINDR DIARIES

OR, HOW I ONCE EARNED £200 LICKING AN OLD MAN’S FEET by Freddy Legg A humorous look into male romanticism that simply asks: where did it all go wrong? PLAYROOM LATESHOW THU 22 – SAT 24 NOVEMBER AT 9.30PM TICKETS THU £7/£5, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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21 November – 1 December | ADC Theatre Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club and Cambridge Footlights

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PANTOMIME 2018: THE GINGERBREAD MAN by Comrie Saville-Ferguson, Dan Allum-Gruselle, Anna Wright Gingie has been running his whole life. But when the evil venture-capitalist Mrs Badbury and the jaded Milky Bar Kid combine forces to convert Quality Street from a halcyon glade of flavour equality to a mass-producing, soul-destroying factory, Gingie must finally stop and bite back. Join us in a kooky cookie, topsy-turvy, curlywurly story across the cosmos: it’s going to be finger-lickin’ good and ginger kicking food. Featuring the crème de la crème of Cambridge talent and choc-a-bloc with gooey goodness, The Gingerbread Man is a treat for all the family.

ADC MAINSHOW WED 21 NOV – SAT 1 DEC AT 7.45PM MATINEES FRI 23, SAT 24, TUE 27, THU 29 NOV & SAT 1 DEC AT 2.30PM NO PERFORMANCE SUN 25 NOV TICKETS WED 21 NOV £13/£10, FRI/SAT EVE £16/£13, ALL OTHER PERFORMANCES £15/£12

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27 Nov – 1 Dec | Playroom

Brickhouse Theatre Compamy

COLD TURKEY

THE BACCHAE by Euripedes

Ritual madness has descended on Thebes. Dionysus arrives demanding obedience whatever the cost. To some, the arrival brings liberation, to others chaos. With Pentheus’ own mother lost to Bacchic celebration, the King is determined to shame and punish the new God. Civilisation declares war on instinct as the divine tears up the mortal. This visceral new production asks uneasy questions and demands uneasy answers. Explore the fear of the unknown as this divine tragedy exposes the cracks in our own moral compasses. The veil of moral correctness is ripped away in this horrifyingly compelling examination of the human condition.

by Joy Hunter

Turned away from midnight mass, Nick, a homeless outcast, faces Christmas alone. That is, until he borrows Santa Claus’ jacket and a young girl mistakes him for the man himself and invites him in to the hell-scape of the middleclass family Christmas dinner. Snow falls, turkey is burnt and grandad comes out with some casual racist slurs. Will the girl find out Santa isn’t who she thinks he is, or can appearances be kept up? Who will carve the turkey? Will Chris return the jumper nan bought him? Where will Nick sleep tonight? PLAYROOM LATESHOW TUE 27 NOV – SAT 1 DEC AT 9.30PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

PLAYROOM MAINSHOW TUE 27 NOV – SAT 1 DEC AT 7PM TICKETS TUE £7/£5, WED/THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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4 – 8 December | ADC Theatre Combined Actors of Cambridge

THE GIRL IN THE GLASS by Sean Lang

Cambridge 1918. As the city prepares to greet the end of the Great War, the choristers of King’s College practise for a special festival of lessons and carols introduced by the new Dean, and a young local boy is thrust unexpectedly into the privileged world of the choristers. But a sinister figure waits to strike at the choir, seeking deadly vengeance for events deep in the college’s past. And who is the girl who has mysteriously appeared in the college’s stained glass windows? Ranging from 1918 to the days of Oliver Cromwell, this is a creepy and exciting ghost story for Christmas from award-winning local playwright Sean Lang. ADC MAINSHOW TUE 4 – SAT 8 DECEMBER 2018 AT 7.45PM MATINEE SAT 8 DECEMBER AT 2.30PM TICKETS TUE £10/£7, WED/THU £12/£9, FRI/SAT £13/£9

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ADC BARSHOWS Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society

MUSICAL THEATRE Cambridge Impronauts

IMPRONAUTS QUICKFIRE The Cambridge Impronauts perform a variety of scenes, games, scenes and songs, all completely made up on the spot. No script. No rehearsals. No problem.

BAR NIGHT

CUMTS Bar Nights showcase the very best of Cambridge’s Musical Theatre talent. With a live band, and drinks flowing, these evenings aren’t to be missed! ADC BARSHOW MON 15 & 29 OCT AND 12 NOV AT 8PM TICKETS £8/£6

ADC BARSHOW SUN 30 SEPTEMBER, 14 & 28 OCTOBER AND 11 NOVEMBER AT 8PM TICKETS £6/£5

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POETRY NIGHT

Poetry Nights at the ADC bar are back! See the best of Cambridge writing talent perform their best new material. ADC BARSHOW SUN 4 NOVEMBER AT 8PM TICKETS £6/£5

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MONOLOGUES CLASH

HATCH

An evening of ten great actors performing a monologue of their choosing from all of theatrehistory!

The Marlowe Society’s Hatch provides a space for excerpts of student new writing of any genre to be staged.

ADC BARSHOW SUN 7 OCT AND 18 NOV AT 8PM TICKETS £6/£5

ADC BARSHOW MON 19 NOVEMBER AT 8PM TICKETS £6/£5

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13 – 15 December | ADC Theatre Ballet Central

THE NUTCRACKER

This December, Ballet Central returns to the ADC Theatre to perform their adaption of the Christmas classic, The Nutcracker. In a limited run of just eight performances directed by Ballet Central Artistic Director Christopher Marney, Ballet Central will showcase their dazzling 45-minute version of the timehonoured Nutcracker, introducing children of all ages to a new version of the iconic Tchaikovsky score.

It is Christmas Eve and Clara explores the fantasy world of Drosselmeyer’s toyshop. As her dreams come alive before her eyes the dolls take her on a journey to the enchanted forest and onwards to the Kingdom of Sweets. Join us as Clara meets all the colourful characters, from the Nutcracker Prince to the Sugar Plum Fairy. ADC MAINSHOW THU 13 DEC AT 4.30PM & 6.30PM FRI 14 AND SAT 15 DEC AT 2.30PM, 4.30PM & 6.30PM TICKETS £10 (£8 STUDENT PRICE FOR SCHOOL GROUPS OF 10+)

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2 – 6 October

10 - 13 October

Cambridge Footlights

OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR!

FOOTLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TOUR SHOW 2018: PILLOW TALK Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (The Independent) as they return to Cambridge after another world tour. This year’s tour travels to London, Edinburgh, California, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York and many more, performing to over 20,000 people across two continents. Expect free-flowing hilarity, excellent original writing and side-splitting character comedy, all from the group that launched many comedy greats, including Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins, David Mitchell, John Oliver, Richard Ayoade and Mel Giedroyc.

by Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop Born of a revolutionary collaborative process, Oh, What A Lovely War! shook a nation with its visceral portrayal of the First World War. Both riotously entertaining and profoundly affecting, there is no other play which combines the same level of cultural significance and timeless appeal. Come to be enraged, come to be entertained – come and be part of Oh, What a Lovely War! WED 10 – SAT 13 OCTOBER AT 11PM TICKETS WED £8/£6, THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

TUE 2 – SAT 6 OCTOBER AT 11PM TICKETS TUE £8/£6, WED/THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

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24 – 27 October

Cambridge Impronauts

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IMPROV ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Roll up! Roll up! For the drama of a lifetime with the travelling troupe of theatrical troglodytes the Cambridge Impronauts! Their all-new show puts you, the common-or-garden audience member, in ultimate control of Agatha Christie-themed action, as you watch an improvised murder mystery story with one horrifying twist: you can get the chance to decide who the killer is! The mild-mannered vicar? The eccentric billionaire? A random bystander? All in your hands. Swing the play’s action in whichever direction you wish and let the drama unfold. Will the killer of your choice be caught by our heroes and/ or bystanders? Continue their spree? Or live to terrorise another day/night/dusk/ elevensies? WED 17 – SAT 20 OCTOBER AT 11PM TICKETS WED £7/£5, THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

RIBS

by Holly Mackinlay RIBS is a part-devised, part-written story of illegal music bootlegging in 1950s Soviet Russia. Set against the backdrop of the highpoint of Cold War tensions, RIBS tells the story of musical censorship, and those bone-bootleggers brave enough to risk their lives to resist cultural oppression.

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17 – 20 October

Raiding hospital bins to steal discarded x-rays, they turned scrap vinyl into usable 7-inch records. This bone-music, or ribs as they became known, provided access for hundreds of people to the music of banned western artists and the radical ideas their songs encompassed. Combining live musical performances with true stories and testimonies, this daring new production seeks to remember forgotten history, and demonstrate that resistance can come in the most surprising forms. WED 24 – SAT 27 OCTOBER AT 11PM TICKETS WED £7/£5, THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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31 October – 3 November

7 – 10 November

ANNA

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

Oliver and Heather seemed perfect for each other, until the emergence of the mysterious and alluring Anna and the beginning of a turbulent love affair. To Oliver’s friends and family, Anna appears to be leading him down a dark path, while Oliver sees nothing but her beauty and affability. However, all is not as it seems as flashes of the truth are disclosed, until finally Anna’s secret is revealed in this circus adaptation of an original play. WED 31 OCT – SAT 3 NOV AT 11PM TICKETS WED £7/£5, THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

music and lyrics by Matthew Gerard, Robbie Nevil, Ray and Greg Cham, Drew Seeley, Randy Petersen, Kevin Quinn, Andy Dodd, Adam Watts, Bryan Louiselle, David N. Lawrence, Faye Greenberg, Jamie Houston, book by David Simpatico Troy is a star basketball player. Gabriella is a shy science geek new to East High School. Together they form an unlikely couple with their shared passion for music that they need to keep hidden from their friends and families while being faced with the challenges of growing up: schoolwork, identity, and first love. High School Musical follows their story as they are breaking free from stereotypes in a school where everyone is supposed to stick to the status quo. WED 7 – SAT 10 NOVEMBER AT 11PM MATINEE SAT 10 NOV AT 2.30PM TICKETS WED £8/£6, THU £9/£7, FRI/SAT £10/£8

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22 – 24 November

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

THE JCR

DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR by Ödön van Horváth

1918. The war is over. Berlin is crumbling. Don Juan feels like the last man standing, and after years of abstinence, is once again ready to engage in more of the debauchery and sin that made his name. But amidst the political and economic upheaval, fighting mental and physical battle scars, Don Juan finds himself increasingly at odds with the man he used to be. Hero or lothario, is there redemption for this broken man?

by Seth Jordan and Adrianna Hunt The JCR focuses on a series inter-connected sketches, scenes and pieces of character comedy all based around a collection of roles in the JCR. A jaded President, an ambitious Vicepresident, a morally ambiguous Ents officers and various other low-level JCR positions can all be found here.

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14 – 17 November

THU 22 – SAT 24 NOVEMBER AT 11PM TICKETS THU £7/£5, FRI/SAT £9/£7

Ödön van Horváth’s visceral tale of isolation in the aftermath of the First World War is presented in a new adaptation by Duncan Macmillan. WED 14 – SAT 17 NOVEMBER AT 11PM TICKETS WED £7/£5, THU £8/£6, FRI/SAT £9/£7

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Cambridge Footlights

FOOTLIGHTS SMOKERS Footlights bring you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and standup in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back fun-filled hilarity. TUE 9 & 23 OCT; TUE 6 & WED 21 NOV AT 11PM | TICKETS £9/£7

TWO BY TWO An evening of comedy duologues! Cambridge is the home of the double act: Fry and Laurie, Mel and Sue, Mitchell and Webb. We will be showcasing some budding double acts in an evening of silliness. The evening will be hosted by Harriet Fisher and Will Owen, who have brought together comedians in different years who have created brilliantly bizarre characters in pairs. Bring a friend, or find the Mel to your Sue at Two by Two! It’s an evening of giggles, friendship and creativity! TUE 30 OCT AT 11PM | TICKETS £9/£7

SUSPICIOUSLY CHEAP COMEDY The biggest and best mixed-bill comedy night in London hits Cambridge for one night only, hosted by ex-Footlight Goose (‘Brilliant’, The Guardian), Kiri Pritchard-McLean (‘Packed with laughs’, The Guardian) and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees Gein’s Family Giftshop (‘Terrific’, The Guardian). After sellout successes at the ADC in 2017 with Mark Watson and James Acaster, we’re roaring back with a brand new line-up.

Cambridge Shorts is the ADC’s only student short film screening, produced in collaboration with the Cambridge Film Association.

TUE 16 OCT AT 11PM | TICKETS £5

TUE 13 NOV AT 11PM | TICKETS £9/£7

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NEURAL NOTWERKS 3.0 Half improvised, half sketch show, Neural Notwerks returns in a blaze of computergenerated glory to spit out the third showcase of neural networks’ mismatched malapropisms. MON 26 NOV AT 11PM | TICKETS £9/£7

Cambridge University Show Choir

THE GREATEST SHOW Ever wondered what the greatest songs from the greatest shows with the greatest dances would look like? Luckily for you we’ve put them all together for a killer night at the ADC Theatre! Join our brand new line-up as they tackle the most legendary numbers of all time. TUE 27 NOV AT 11PM | TICKETS £9/£7 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TODAY’S LATE LATE MORNING SHOW LIVE! by Jamie Bisping and Will Owen

You have been invited to an exclusive recording of a brand new Saturday night entertainment show. Featuring Cambridge’s finest comedians and musicians, this is a once in a lifetime chance to see how TV really gets made... WED 28 & THU 29 NOV AT 11PM TICKETS WED £7/£5, THU £8/£6

DRAGTIME!

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Cambridge’s most wholesome Drag Collective return to the ADC stage to present their most fabulous performance yet. The category is XXX-MAS Extravaganza! With dancing, singing, lip-syncing and everything in-between, join us for what promises to be our most ambitious production to date. Featuring the very best Kings, Queens, and Inbetweens that Cambridge has to offer! FRI 30 NOV & SAT 1 DEC AT 11PM TICKETS FRI £7/£5, SAT £9/£7 ADC THEATRE

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FOOTLIGHTS PLAYROOM SMOKER ANIA MAGLIANO: MYSTERIOUS GIRL

Footlights bring you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and stand-up in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back fun-filled hilarity. MON 15 & 29 OCT; 12 NOV AT 9.30PM | TICKETS £8/£6

by Ania Magliano

The debut comedy show from Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018 and Chortle Student Comedy Award Semifinalist 2018, Ania Magliano. MON 1 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM | £8/£6 Fletcher Players

SMORGASBORD The Fletcher Players present a festival showcasing the most exciting and original extracts from emerging student playwrights. MON 22 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM | £8/£6

AMAYONNAISE by Amaya Holman

It’s thick, white, and gets a bit greasy if left out in the sun too long... That’s right; it’s a seamless description of both the egg-based condiment Mayonnaise, and of the chickennugget-based English student Amaya Holman. Putting the ‘hot’ in potato salad and the ‘hell’ into Hellmann’s, Amayonnaise will be a saucy (and slightly surreal) hour of solo standup comedy and song, chatting about mental health, body image, growing up, and the complex relationship between a young girl and her condiments. MON 8 OCTOBER AT 9.30PM | £8/£6

NOTHING TO LOSE: A STAND‑UP SHOW by Patrick Wilson and Elliot Wright

More acerbic and surreal stand-up from middle-aged millennials Patrick Wilson and Elliott Wright. MON 26 NOVEMBER AT 9.30PM | £8/£6

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Cambridge University European Theatre Group by William Shakespeare

Its the Swinging Sixties. Free Jazz is growing. Within a smokey, dimly lit club Iago plots his scheme to overthrow Othello, the moor. With jazz standards oozing in the background, relationships swing amongst the perils of suspicion and deceit. Jealousy, the green eyed monster, is lurking in the shadows.

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LITTLE WOMEN music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, book by Allan Knee

Against the backdrop of Civil War, aspiring writer Jo March hides from life’s difficulties in her attic and pens stories of adventure. With her father away, Jo and her sisters must learn to negotiate love, loss and life under the ever-loving watch of their beloved Marmee. But despite tragedy and heartbreak, the March sisters discover that in reality the true adventure is life itself.

Othello is a powerful exploration of the human condition and the disaster that can arise from our emotions. Trust is eroded and innocence is corrupted in this tragic tale of manipulation and jealousy. Featuring live jazz, this exciting, new take on one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays is not one to miss. TUE 15 – SAT 19 JANAURY AT 7.45PM TICKETS TUE £10/£8, WED/THU £13/£9, FRI/SAT £14/£10

This much-loved musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel is suitable for all the family and reminds us that sometimes when you dream, your dreams come true. TUE 8 – SAT 12 JANUARY AT 7.45PM MATINEE SAT 12 JANUARY AT 2.30PM TICKETS TUE £12/£9, WED/THU £14/£11, FRI/SAT £15/£12

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‘Farewell the tranquil mind; farewell content’

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opening nights Beat the crowds and book for the opening night of one of our shows. Opening Nights are cheaper than the rest of the run and let you see the show before anyone else.

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The ADC Theatre is fully wheelchair accessible. There is a lift in the foyer which leads up to the bar and auditorium. The accessible toilet is located on the ground floor. Wheelchair users can now purchase tickets online. Please contact access@adctheatre.com or visit our website for more information.

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Both the ADC Theatre and Corpus Playroom are fitted with an infra-red audio system designed to help deaf and hard of hearing patrons. If you are using the system for the first time, please arrive early and seek advice from our Front of House team. Assistance dogs are welcome in both our venues. Please call the Box Office or email the above address when booking to ensure you are seated appropriately. We regret that the Corpus Playroom is not currently wheelchair accessible.

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