Autumn Season Announced
Thu 17 May 2012
With 67 show applications, Autumn
2012 has been the most hotly-contested season ever. Over the last
week, we've been reading applications and meeting teams that want
to put shows on here and have deliberated for hours to put together
an incredibly varied programme which we are excited to finally
share.
Theatre Manager Ben Hosford says, "The volume, range and quality
of applications that we saw was astounding and there were some
tough decisions! I am really looking forward to next
term."
We open the season with returning tours: CAST's Anthony
and Cleopatra; the Footlights' Tour Show;
and the Pembroke Players' Macbeth; as well as
several productions from the Edinburgh Fringe: The Complex:
Oedipus & Electra; Interruption; and
comedy from I am, I am, and
Beard.
New shows begin with the Marlowe Society's riotous production of
Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, which is soon followed
by something completely different: When the Rain Stops
Falling, an intricate and lyrical piece following a family
tragedy across time through four generations. The lateshow slot
continues to draw innovative new projects, including student
writing such as Post and Far Away from the
Watering Hole; an explosive two-hander, Disco
Pigs; and the beautiful stage adaptation of Angela
Carter's The Bloody Chamber, part of the Cambridge
University Amateur Dramatic Club's new season.
Hamish Greer, President of the CUADC, said "It was great to see so
many applications seeking our funding and it was hard to choose
which shows to support. We are thrilled to present the Cambridge
premiere of the award-winning Enron, and the
world's first stage adaptation of Sophie Scholl as
our mainshow dramas. The Last Five Years, by the
legendary off-Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown, will be an
exciting musical for the Playroom before we introduce you to the
iciest diva in town - and this year's panto - The Snow
Queen, from the writers of Bereavement: The
Musical and The Orphanarium of Erthing
Worthing."
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society are also delighted to
be funding a production of the hit musical
Cabaret, the celebrated adaptation of Christopher
Isherwood's short novel.
Fletcher Players President, Max Upton, says "We have the most
delicious Playroom programme yet. The watchword would seem to be
'variety' - we cover the classics: Macbeth and
Coriolanus; and then launch headlong into the
student premieres of such modern works as The Apocalypse
Bear Trilogy and Me, As A
Penguin."
The Playroom continues to champion new writing, with The
Red Soil as week 4 mainshow, and seven out of nine
lateshows being performed for the first time, from the brand new
sketch show Faces to the night of divine decadence
that is Burlesque! Autumn 2012 will also feature
the first ever Playroom Freshers' Show, to go alongside those at
the Theatre.
With the CUADC presenting a series of rehearsed readings of
student writing at the ADC Theatre, plans for workshops, the
re-launch of the Marlowe Society, and the number of shows
scheduled, Autumn 2012 will certainly be busy.
Season Listings
ADC Theatre
CAST 2012: Antony and
Cleopatra
Footlights Tour Show 2012: Perfect Strangers
Bartholomew Fair
Disco Pigs
Sophie Scholl
Beard / I am, I am
When the Rain Stops Falling
The Bloody Chamber
Enron
Oresteia
Cabaret
Far Away from the Watering Hole
Freshers' Shows
The Snow Queen
If You Please
Post
Corpus Playroom
The Complex: Oedipus and
Electra
Interruption
Macbeth
Faces
The Last Five Years
The Apocalypse Bear Trilogy
Dublin Carol
Pop Not Broth
The Red Soil
Did You Say No Though?
Freshers' Show
The RSC/Marlowe Society Other Prize
Me, as a Penguin
Cowboy Mouth
That Face
Burlesque!
Coriolanus
Molly