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Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman on its way to the ADC Theatre, Cambridge
8+ hour, 15+ min ago (212+ words) The Combined Actors of Cambridge are to bring The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth to the ADC Theatre. This amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books is set in Northern Ireland in 1981. The Carneys have farmed their land in County…...
Cambridge's Big Deal Comedy gets in on the Live Comedy Day act
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (140+ words) As part of Live Comedy Day, a national celebration of UK live comedy, Big Deal Comedy will be staging a New Act Night on 1 April, at 7-10pm, at Town and Gown in Cambridge. Hosted by East Anglian comic, Aaron Jay, audiences…...
Olly Double launches new book at Cambridge University Press Bookshop, with help from fellow comedian Mark Thomas
4+ week, 16+ hour ago (308+ words) Comedian and author Olly Double officially launched his latest book The Cambridge Companion to Stand-up Comedy at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop on Monday (23 March). He was joined by well-known comedian Mark Thomas to discuss topics like preparing to go…...
Comedian John Tothill: "I'd rather get appendicitis than go on another cruise'
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1419+ words) It was a brush with death " as well as a very underwhelming cruise, which he says was equally life-changing " that partly inspired comedian and Cambridge graduate John Tothill's latest show, This Must Be Heaven. Fresh from his Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated,…...
Expect "tricks and giggles" from Pete Firman in new comedy magic show
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (293+ words) Comedian and magician Pete Firman is bringing his new show, Tricks & Giggles, to Cambridge. Join him for an evening of "tricks and giggles, as Pete brings his trademark blend of magic and comedy from the small screen to stages around…...
Nigel Havers heads to Cambridge with one-man stage show
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1404+ words) Where to start with Nigel Havers, the seasoned star of stage and screen known for his immense charm and wit who last performed in Cambridge in November 2021, when he appeared in No'l Coward's Private Lives at the Arts Theatre, alongside…...
Jude Simpson's family show A Noise Annoys on its way to Cambridge
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (283+ words) Poet, spoken word performer and mum of four Jude Simpson is bringing her witty wordplay and comical songs back to her home city of Cambridge, with two half-term performances of her family show, A Noise Annoys, at the Junction. Families…...
Emmanuel Sonubi: "I went into heart failure on stage
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (690+ words) It's every comedian's worst nightmare to "die on stage' - figuratively. But for Emmanuel Sonubi, a two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Live at the Apollo headliner, and Have I Got News for You panellist, it very nearly became literal. The skilled…...
Cambridge University Botanic Garden awakens to Sleeping Beauty panto cast
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (138+ words) Cast members from the Arts Theatre Cambridge's panto Sleeping Beauty were spotted on a trip to Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG). In the panto, Princess Rose is sent to live hidden away in the depths of the Botanic Garden until…...
Paul Kirkley's panto review: "Arts Theatre's Sleeping Beauty is a happy riot of a show'
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (416+ words) Paul Kirkley is charmed by a magical reawakening at the refurbished Arts Theatre For Cambridge Arts Theatre " or the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, to use its posh new name " Sleeping Beauty was always going to be an irresistible choice of 2025 panto....