As we gear up for Oxbridge Onstage next week, Caelyn Boey grants us a sneak peek from the Cambridge writers about their pieces. This weekend, Oxford University Dramatic Society and Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club collide for a night of student writing, acting and fun!
Write or Wrong
by Lottie Erratt-Rose
This is a piece about a wannabe writer's rising panic that they may, in fact, not be the next big thing. Over the course of five minutes, watch one girl dissect the poetry on her notes app, uncover (MANY) plot holes in the third draft of her novel and beg her best friend to tell her her book is terrible. Writing isn't just a hobby...but then again maybe it is? Maybe she should just take up sewing??
'A Jade's Trick' from Sigh Not So
by Holly Sahota
An extract from a wider piece in development, 'A Jade's Trick' situates Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in a working class community in 1980s Britain, and imagines the backstory between a young Beatrice and Benedick which preceded their "merry war of wits". Based on the author's own family history, this piece explores 'Much Ado' across different racial communities in this period, putting a postcolonial lens on the play's themes of love, loyalty, and gendered power dynamics.
Sonnet 34 (Director's Cut)
by Breanna Asante
Aspiring director Julie is preparing for the filmmaking competition of a lifetime. Who cares about her useless classmates, boring mockumentary script or complete lack of a camera: if she can pull this off she'll be able to make her dreams a reality. But her photoshoot takes a turn for the worse when she is suddenly confronted by an old… friend.
The course of true love never did run smooth…
Sonnet 34 (Director's Cut) explores artistic integrity; the struggle of navigating creative spaces as a minority; and what you're willing to give up - or compromise - to succeed.
Elevator
by Hannah Leung
A claustrophobic confrontation with an ex. Could this day get any worse?
Funny, ridiculous, and honest, Elevator is about the ironic proximity of a break up, the distance, and everything in between.
Pastry-archy
by Delphi Harrison
We’ve all visited a friend’s house for the first time and thought: ‘Ah, that’s why you’re like this’. When a girl meets her friend’s family, she is thrown into an unwieldy frenzy of cats, custard tarts and menopause.
Oxbridge Onstage
presented by Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club and Oxford University Dramatic Society
7th February 2026 at 9pm
ADC Theatre
Click here to book your tickets!
Title image by Tom Barry