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Winter Wordfest 2009
Cambridge Wordfest is one of Britain's friendliest and freshest literary festivals. Twice each year they bring the best in new and established writers to this historic and beautiful city.
Online booking for Winter Wordfest is now open. Please click here for details of events taking place on the 29th November 2009.
This Week
Saturday 21st November
0-800 Years in 60 Minutes (more...)
Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st November
Caucasian Chalk Circle
One son. Two claimant mothers. Who should keep the boy? Let the Chalk Circle decide… Brecht’s modern masterpiece arrives at the ADC. (more...)
Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st November
Black Comedy
Brindsley Miller’s lavish party is all going rather well…until the lights go out. Hilarious farce by Peter Shaffer (Equus, Amadeus). (more...)
Sunday 22nd November, Bar
Songs from the Musicals
CUMTS is pleased to present the next in its series of ever popular cabaret evenings. Featuring the very best Cambridge performers singing a wide range of musical theatre classics, a live band, and plenty of breaks to top up at the bar, this promises to be a hugely enjoyable evening. (more...)
Next Week
Tuesday 24th November - Saturday 5th December
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The ADC/Footlights Pantomime is back, and this time it’s traditional...ish. Come to the desert, ride the camels…and laugh…oh, you will laugh. (more...)
Tuesday 24th November
Smoker
From stand-up to songs to sketches, these world famous Footlights shows, lasting one hour, have sold out for six years running, so book early and don’t tell your friends. (more...)
Wednesday 25th - Saturday 28th November
Going Short
This year’s winner of the RSC/Marlowe Other Prize takes you inside the world of city trading. Global economics get up close and personal. (more...)
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Saturday 21st November0-800 Years in 60 Minutes
by Mike Levy
£5/4
Enjoy a whistle-stop, fun tour through 800 years of town and gown history and a glimpse into the future. This original play, with music, will be performed by pupils from nine Cambridge schools.
Produced by Keystage Theatre Company and the University Community Affairs team in celebration of the University's 800th anniversary.
Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st NovemberCU Amateur Dramatic Club presents
Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Bertolt Brecht
Tue-Thu £8/£6, Fri & Sat £9/£7
All hell has broken loose in the Abashvili mansion, whose Governor has been beheaded by the Fat Prince during civil war. Natella, the Lady of the house, is far too concerned with the contents of her suitcase to notice that her baby is not amongst her escape party. Grusha, a young servant girl, rescues the child - though the further she travels with the boy the more she feels for him. Grusha finds herself playing a dangerous game of hide and seek with the law, but are her actions ceasing to be what is best for him and instead motivated by selfishness?
When Natella reclaims her child it is Azdak who is to resolve the dispute between the mother and Grusha, calling on the ancient tradition of the chalk circle to resolve the dispute. Who wins?
A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle typifies Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. Heavily censored in McCarthyist America due to its communist overtones, this modern classic epitomises Brecht’s vivid and amusing characterisation in a piece of truly unrivalled storytelling.
Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st NovemberCU Amateur Dramatic Club presents
Black Comedy
by Peter Shaffer
Wed & Thu £5/£4, Fri & Sat £6/£5
Sculptor Brindsley Miller and his fiancé Carol are throwing one lavish party. They’ve even ‘borrowed’ their holidaying neighbours’ finest furniture for the occasion. And all to convince Carol’s staunch military father that he should allow them to marry (and sell Brindsely’s work to the local millionaire art collector at the same time!) Everything seems to be going rather well…until the lights go out.
Plunged into darkness, the hosts’ evenings don’t run quite so smoothly. Topped with a multitude of uninvited guests – including Brindsley’s mistress, the couple’s unwittingly generous neighbours, and a drunken teetotaller – the party very quickly falls into absolute disarray.
From the pen of ADC alumnus Peter Shaffer (Equus, Amadeus), this hilarious farce will showcase the finest fresher talent from the University and have you howling with laughter.
Join Brindsley, Carol and their truly remarkable guests for a party you’ll never forget.
Sunday 22nd November, BarCU Musical Theatre Society presents
Songs from the Musicals
£6/£5
CUMTS is pleased to present the next in its series of ever popular cabaret evenings. Featuring the very best Cambridge performers singing a wide range of musical theatre classics, a live band, and plenty of breaks to top up at the bar, this promises to be a hugely enjoyable evening.
Advance booking is advised as previous events have sold extremely well and capacity is limited.