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        <description>Keep yourself up to date with our blogging from the ADC Theatre!</description>
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                <title>Adapting Chekhov&#39;s Four Farces for the ADC Stage</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/adapting-chekhovs-four-farces-for-the-adc-stage/</link>
                <description>Richard Brown tells us about adapting these short plays for Bawds&#39; upcoming April production of Chekhov&#39;s Four Farces at the ADC Theatre.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Two Universities Alike In Dignity...</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/two-universities-alike-in-dignity/</link>
                <description>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!</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:39:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The Railway Children Q&amp;A with Director Sean Baker</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/the-railway-children-qa-with-director-sean-baker/</link>
                <description>Combined Actors of Cambridge make a welcome return to the ADC theatre with an enchanting and classic tale of adventure, hope and loyalty. A Christmas treat for the whole family! Director, Sean Baker, tells us about what&#39;s in store.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:23:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Behind the Beanstalk: In conversation with the writers of the CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2025</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/behind-the-beanstalk-in-conversation-with-the-writers-of-the-cuadc-x-footlights-panto-2025/</link>
                <description>Alice Frecheville sits down with the writers of CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk, Flora Maxwell and Martha Alexander.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Directing No&#235;l Coward</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/directing-no&#235;l-coward/</link>
                <description>A STAR QUALITY preview by director Sarah Ingram</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Cold Comfort Farm Preview</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/cold-comfort-farm-preview/</link>
                <description>Rehearsals for the July production of the stage adaptation of the classic 1930s novel Cold Comfort Farm are at the tidying up stage, or should that be grubbing down?  The titular farm isn’t supposed to be particularly clean, after all.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>5 Hollywood Secrets and Mysteries as Seen in the Play &#39;Life With Oscar&#39;</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/lifewithoscar/</link>
                <description>This week’s Corpus Playroom show &#39;Life With Oscar&#39; is a true story of one man’s venture into Hollywood and the film industry, told by the man it happened to. Here is a taste of some of the secrets and mysteries explored in the show.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:18:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The Glass Menagerie... in rehearsal</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/glassmenagerie/</link>
                <description>As opening night draws near, Director James Dowson looks back on the rehearsal process for this Tennessee Williams classic.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The Watsons: Director Q&amp;A</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/watsonsdirectorqanda/</link>
                <description>We talk to director Sean Baker about Bawds’ spring production of Laura Wade’s Jane Austen adaptation, The Watsons.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:24:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>By The Way, Meet Vera Stark PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/verastarkpreview/</link>
                <description>Hear from the team behind &#39;By The Way, Meet Vera Stark&#39; as they prepare to bring golden age Hollywood to the ADC stage.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>‘It’s all going to be downhill from now on;’ a conversation about climate activism and student theatre</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/farawayblog/</link>
                <description>Enya Crowley, director of Far Away, and Bethany Taylor and Rowan
Hector-Turnbull, members of Cambridge Climate Justice, speak about climate anxiety and
the potentials of student art and activism in Cambridge</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>How did Skellig get his wings?</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/skellig/</link>
                <description>This spring, David Almond’s beloved children’s book Skellig comes to the ADC Theatre.
Having captivated imaginations of every age for the last twenty-five years, Skellig has won
the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award and has been
published in over thirty languages. Read on to find out how the Skellig team have brought this beloved classic to the stage.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Frill-seeking: Costuming the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/costuming-etg/</link>
                <description>Sophie Campbell, costume designer for ETG’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on putting together the costumes for this timeless classic.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:08:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Composing for ETG: A Midsummer Night’s Dream</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/composingetg/</link>
                <description>Hear from composer Matt Williams about writing the original music for ETG’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:52:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Education on ETG: A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/educationonetg/</link>
                <description>Education Officer Lily Ellis tells us about her role on this year&#39;s European Theatre Group&#39;s touring production of A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:39:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Pretty Ugly Blog</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/interview-with-pretty-uglys-theo-chen/</link>
                <description>Theo Chen answers the big questions about their upcoming cabaret performance</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:36:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Sam and Ava Take On an Interview!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/sam-and-ava-take-on-an-interview/</link>
                <description>Ahead of their cabaret on Wednesday 13th November, Sam and Ava answer all your burning questions about their night of musical theatre escapism.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:20:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Spotlight:  Reflections from Dancing at Lughnasa cast member Orla Hill</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/lughnasaspotlight/</link>
                <description>Cast member Orla Hill, playing Agnes, reflects on her various fascinating biographical connections to Dancing at Lughnasa</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>It&#39;s News to Him PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/newspreview/</link>
                <description>Aruba Bibi and Finlay Wyer, co-directors of the play It’s News to Him, join publicist Phoebe Pryce-Boutwood to discuss characters, staging, satire and LinkedIn.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Interview with Writer and Star of the show Izzy Lane</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/interview-with-izzy-lane/</link>
                <description>This year, for the first time ever, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society (CUMTS) are partnering with the ADC Theatre to transform the Larkum Studio into the CUMTS Cabaret. We&#39;re presenting three original cabarets, all of which combine song and storytelling in a unique way. We sat down with Izzy Lane, the writer &amp; star of Liquor &amp; Lust, our first cabaret show, to find out more about what&#39;s in store for audiences on the 30th October at 8pm:</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Our Town Needs a Nando&#39;s PREVIEW: Young Women Deserve Authentic Stories (and Spicy Rice)!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/nandos/</link>
                <description>Ruby Iverson, Co-Director and Producer of ‘Our Town Needs a Nando’s’ on why she decided to pitch the second ever production of this new play by Samantha O’Rourke at the Corpus Playroom.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 02:46:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Fences PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/fencespreview/</link>
                <description>Tony Award-winning play ‘Fences’ Returns to The ADC Stage After Seven Years in a Never-Imagined Before Staging</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:26:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>What is Going On? PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/whatblog/</link>
                <description>Sameera Bhalotra Bowers’ one person comedy show is coming to the Corpus Playroom! She sits down with Producer Michael Elizabeth to reflect on the creative process of crafting an hour of comedy for the Corpus Playroom stage.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:06:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>What is Philosophy?</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/socratesblog/</link>
                <description>by Colin Swash, writer of The Man Who Argued Himself to Death</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:54:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Come to the Fun Home!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/funhomeinterview/</link>
                <description>We asked Cat Nicol, director of the musical &#39;Fun Home&#39; on at the ADC later this month, to tell us about the show and why you should go and see it.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Cupid Presents PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/cupid-presents-preview/</link>
                <description>Matthew Bairstow, writer of &#39;Cupid Presents: Love Making for Beginners&#39;, tells us about the inspiration for his new comedy play.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:43:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Canterbury Tales PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/canterbury-tales-preview/</link>
                <description>We spoke to the creatives working on BAWDS&#39; &#39;Canterbury Tales&#39; to find out more about the show!</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 12:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Hangmen: Director Q&amp;A</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/hangmen-preview/</link>
                <description>&#39;Hangmen&#39; Director, Sean Baker, answers much-asked questions about the Combined Actors&#39; upcoming production.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>We Only Clap on Thursdays PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/we-only-clap-on-thursdays-preview/</link>
                <description>We chat to performer, Fatima Eshani, and director, Sophie Petrie: the team behind this week&#39;s one-night stand-up show, &#39;We Only Clap On Thursdays!&#39;</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 14:32:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Thunderstorm PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/thunderstorm-preview/</link>
                <description>In this blog, we underline the most intriguing aspects of &#39;Thunderstorm&#39;, along with exclusive interviews featuring the show&#39;s talented cast and crew.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 15:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Carrie: The Musical PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/carrie-the-musical-preview/</link>
                <description>We spoke to some of Carrie’s tech team to get an insight into the backstage preparation for the show. Featured below are interviews with Technical Director Emma Chandler, Sound Designer Stan Hunt, and Blood Engineer Angus Cha.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 14:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Oedipus PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/oedipus-preview/</link>
                <description>Sophocles’ infamous tragedy, also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King, will be taking to the ADC stage this Spring, from the 21-25 May. Adapted in English by directors Ella Joralemon and Jonathan Wilson, this production promises a new interpretation of one of the most ancient plays we have access to today.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:29:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Vignettes PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/vignettes-preview/</link>
                <description>Hailed as &quot;a complex, intense achievement in writing&quot; by John Hodge (Screenwriter- &#39;Trainspotting&#39;, &#39;Shallow Grave&#39;), Vignettes from an Inkblot Archipelago leaps off the page and straight into a performance which never ceases to engage the audience emotionally, intellectually and philosophically in a myriad of ever-inventive ways.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:04:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Epicoene PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/epicoene-preview/</link>
                <description>Director, Mark Holland, discusses his approach to directing Ben Jonson&#39;s renaissance comedy, Epicoene. Please be aware that this preview contains key plot spoilers.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:14:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Glory Days PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/glory-days-preview/</link>
                <description>For a taste of their improvised show Glory Days opening this week, in this mock-blog, director/performer Carla Keen interviews ‘Jessica Regan’ and ‘Steve Stevens’ about their day and asks about the upcoming reboot of their hit TV series.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Taking an Audience to a Very Different World</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/taking-an-audience-to-a-very-different-world/</link>
                <description>In the final instalment of this blog series, Sean Lang tells us how he has adapted his dramatisation of Miss Moberly and Miss Jourdain&#39;s thrilling tale.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Putting a Good Story in Context</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/putting-a-good-story-in-context/</link>
                <description>&quot;The historian in me will always put a good story into its context - what else was going on at the time?&quot; Sean Lang tells us more about his new play, &#39;The Ghostly Gift of Miss Constance Couper&#39;.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:42:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Not just a classic whodunnit!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/not-just-a-classic-whodunnit/</link>
                <description>We talk to director Sean Baker about Dorothy L Sayers’s only play to feature her popular amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:05:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Meet the Author</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/meet-the-author/</link>
                <description>We spoke to Sean Lang, the writer of &#39;The Ghostly Gift of Miss Constance Couper&#39;, debuting at the ADC Theatre this April.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:05:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Attend the tale of Sweeney&#39;s Chair!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/attend-the-tale-of-sweeneys-chair/</link>
                <description>Over the weekend, the Technical Director and Set Designer for &#39;Sweeney Todd&#39; and his trusted team made the journey to Andover on a mission to build a chair! Hugh Bowers, Angus Cha and Katie Stapleton made the 36 hour ‘road trip’&#160;with only success on their minds. Here&#39;s what they had to say.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Antony and Cleopatra - PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/antony-and-cleopatra-preview/</link>
                <description>Find out more about this week&#39;s ADC mainshow: &#39;Antony and Cleopatra&#39;!</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>A Few Good Men PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/a-few-good-men-preview/</link>
                <description>We spoke to the Director of Corkscrew Theatre Company&#39;s next epic production, Aaron Sorkin&#39;s &#39;A Few Good Men&#39;.</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Reflections from the Rehearsal Room: Fairview</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/reflections-from-the-rehearsal-room-fairview/</link>
                <description>In this preview, Supriya Finch explores how this play confronts audience expectations and asserts black identities as something far beyond the overtly political.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>In conversation with the Directors of Fairview</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/in-conversation-with-the-directors-of-fairview/</link>
                <description>We met up with Theo Chen &amp; Qawiiah Bisiriyu, the co-Directors behind our upcoming production of Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury to find out more about the play, their process, and what to expect when you sit down in your seat at the ADC Theatre.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Fairview - PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/fairview-preview/</link>
                <description>Hailed by critics as &quot;astoundingly smart and riveting&quot;, &quot;dazzling and ruthless&quot;, and &quot;unforgettable&quot;, the Pulitzer-prize-winning &#39;Fairview&#39; invites audiences to question and process the act of watching. We spoke with the cast to find out their thoughts on the show!</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Songs for a New World - PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/songs-for-a-new-world-preview/</link>
                <description>These are the stories and characters of today, the Songs for a New World. Each song follows a different character, a different person on the edge of a decision. Whether it is reflecting on a new pregnancy or fighting in the American revolution, five actors will tell a whole host of stories through the beautiful and complex Jason Robert Brown score. We talk to Jessi (Director) and George (Musical Director) about the show.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:56:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The Normal Heart - PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/the-normal-heart-preview/</link>
                <description>We spoke to Directors, Alex Velody and Joe Short, about CUADC&#39;s upcoming production of Larry Kramer&#39;s &#39;The Normal Heart&#39;.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:04:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Naked pottery: why do improvisers expose the creation process?</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/naked-pottery-why-do-improvisers-expose-the-creation-process/</link>
                <description>Carla Keen from The Ministry of Unplanned Occurrences explains why they love to craft shows in the moment.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:53:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Wordplaying: Why People Like to Construct Languages (and What it Might Say About Them)</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/wordplaying-why-people-like-to-construct-languages-and-what-it-might-say-about-them/</link>
                <description>Jamie Rycroft,  writer of Corkscrew Theatre Company&#39;s &#39;ABRA&#39;, tells us about the creative process behind his new play.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:31:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Meet Leo and Vera</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/meet-leo-and-vera/</link>
                <description>In David Morley’s play ‘A Cold Supper Behind Harrods’, two of the four characters - Leo Marks and Vera Atkins were real people - secret agents working in Special Operations Executive during WW2. Martin Woodruff and Trish Peroni, actors playing these characters, have delved into their past and tell us something about their role during the war and what it’s like to portray someone who existed not so long ago.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:32:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Spies and Espionage in A Cold Supper Behind Harrods</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/spies-and-espionage-in-a-cold-supper-behind-harrods/</link>
                <description>Set in June 1997, David Morley&#39;s play deals with the intertwining stories of three former special forces operatives from World War II as they prepare to give a televised tribute to their friend Patricia, a fourth operative who unfortunately met an untimely death during the war. Find out more about the show&#39;s historical background by reading on.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:52:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>An Insight into the 2023 Freshers&#39; Plays</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/an-insight-into-the-2023-freshers-plays/</link>
                <description>This year’s CUADC Publicist sat down with members of the four Freshers&#39; Plays this year to hear about the process of putting on a show in Cambridge for the first time.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:27:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Meet the Playwright behind Little Wars</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/meet-the-playwright-behind-little-wars/</link>
                <description>Steven Carl McCasland is the playwright behind BAWDS&#39; upcoming production of &#39;Little Wars&#39;. Read on to hear more about what they have to say about the show!</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:11:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>In Conversation with the Cast of &#39;Wild Swimming&#39;</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/in-conversation-with-the-cast-of-wild-swimming/</link>
                <description>Lucy Farrow sat down with the cast of Wild Swimming to discuss the upcoming play at the Corpus Playroom.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:31:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Meet Emma Vieceli as Lillian Hellman</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/meet-emma-vieceli-as-lillian-hellman/</link>
                <description>Emma Vieceli plays Lillian Hellman in BAWDS&#39; upcoming production of &#39;Little Wars&#39;. We asked her a few questions about the show, read on to see what she had to say!</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Meet David John as George</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/meet-david-john-as-george/</link>
                <description>David John (Horrox, Present Laughter, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern) will be performing as George in Corkscrew Theatre Company&#39;s upcoming production of &#39;Who&#39;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf&#39;. Find out what he has to say about the show in the latest entry to our blog!</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:47:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Meet the Director of LITTLE WARS</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/meet-the-director-of-little-wars/</link>
                <description>What is it like to direct seven strong women? Come to see the show and find out!</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Who&#39;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-preview/</link>
                <description>Director, Lesley Ford, tells us about Corkscrew Theatre Company&#39;s upcoming production of Edward Albee&#39;s epic &#39;Who&#39;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf&#39;.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>One actor: two plays!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/one-actor-two-plays/</link>
                <description>&#39;Shakespeare Shorts&#39; presents abridged versions of two of Shakespeare’s most popular plays: &#39;The Merchant of Venice&#39;, and &#39;Twelfth Night&#39;. So, what is it like for the actors playing two drastically different characters in one night, divided only by an interval? We caught up with Dan Aspel (Antonio / Count Orsino) for his take on the process.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:52:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Playing Shylock</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/playing-shylock/</link>
                <description>In conversation with Richard Brown who is playing Shylock in &#39;The Merchant of Venice&#39; at the ADC Theatre this July.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>In Conversation with Sarah Crompton</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/in-conversation-with-sarah-crompton/</link>
                <description>It’s a hard life being a dancer. Just ask the graduates of the Central School of Ballet.  “I think people are like, well, dancing for a living, it’s no biggie,” says Ellie Fergusson, with a grin. “But if you take more than two days off it’s a setback.”</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>In Conversation with the Creatives</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/in-conversation-with-the-creatives/</link>
                <description>The creatives of our upcoming production of Urinetown have come up with a dramatic visual identity in this show, and a fantastic set design. We chatted with set designer Suzanne Emerson and costume designer Liz Milway to ask them all about bringing this comedy dystopia to life.</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>What is Urinetown?</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/what-is-urinetown/</link>
                <description>The company of the Festival Players&#39; upcoming production of &#39;Urinetown&#39; tell us all about this exciting musical!</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 16:47:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>In Conversation with the Cast of Urinetown</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/in-conversation-with-the-cast-of-urinetown/</link>
                <description>We sat down with some of the ensemble of Urinetown to chat about their favourite parts of the show, why they wanted to get involved, and why you should come see it.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 17:12:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Weird, wonderful, and unexplained...</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/weird-wonderful-and-unexplained/</link>
                <description>Carla Keen, Artistic Director of The Ministry of Unplanned Occurrences, shares with us some of the weirdest rumours and facts that have inspired Hinterland, their latest improvised show.</description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:30:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Introducing Karen Andre</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/introducing-karen-andre/</link>
                <description>We asked Lucy Green who plays Karen Andre, the accused in &#39;Night of January 16th&#39;, some questions about the production.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Drama King PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/drama-king-preview/</link>
                <description>Find out more about DRAMA KING, a new solo show coming to the Corpus Playroom for two performances in April!</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:22:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Night of January 16th PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/night-of-january-16th-preview/</link>
                <description>We asked Colin Lawrence, the Director of &#39;Night of January 16th&#39;, some questions about BAWDS&#39; upcoming production...</description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:57:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>On the Merry Go Round</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/on-the-merry-go-round/</link>
                <description>Director, Cat Nicol, tells us about the history of &#39;Carousel&#39; and how Rodgers and Hammerstein pioneered a new kind of musical theatre.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Horrox PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/horrox-preview/</link>
                <description>A new play celebrating the astronomical comedy, tragedy and genius of the forgotten Cambridge alumni Jeremiah Horrocks comes to the ADC next week – playwright and director David Sear explains why he wrote (during lockdown) a play celebrating this brilliant astronomer.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:41:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Sol PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/sol-preview/</link>
                <description>Find out more about this week&#39;s Corpus Playroom show, &#39;Sol&#39;, a new drama written by Ella Palmer.</description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:23:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Charley&#39;s Aunt PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/charleys-aunt-preview/</link>
                <description>Find out more about CHARLEY&#39;S AUNT, the classic farce which opens next week at the ADC!</description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Parlour Song PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/parlour-song-preview/</link>
                <description>Director, Neve Kennedy, tells us about this week&#39;s production of Jez Butterworth&#39;s PARLOUR SONG.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:43:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Hamlet PREVIEW</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/hamlet-preview/</link>
                <description>Hamlet learns of his father&#39;s sudden death, whilst watching his mother re-marry his uncle within weeks. Devastated by grief, Hamlet must grapple with relationships, family and his own unstable mind, as reality and his fantasies blur. Assistant Director, Flo Winkley, tells us about our upcoming production of William Shakespeare&#39;s &#39;Hamlet&#39;.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:45:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Atomic Jaya in Cambridge: A Reflection</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/atomic-jaya-in-cambridge-a-reflection/</link>
                <description>Jonathan Chan and Shameera Lin look back on their 2018 production of Huzir Sulaiman&#39;s Atomic Jaya at the Corpus Playroom.</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:26:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>One Year On: Looking Back at &#39;The Convert&#39;</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/one-year-on-looking-back-at-the-convert/</link>
                <description>One year after its performance in October 2019, Director Adedamola Laoye looks back at his production of &#39;The Convert&#39;</description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:19:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>How to Work at the ADC Theatre: An Unofficial Guide</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/how-to-work-at-the-adc-theatre-an-unofficial-guide/</link>
                <description>Returning student and Duty Manager, Cat Watts, shares her tips for working at the ADC Theatre</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>A Royal Guest</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/archive15/</link>
                <description>Andrew Baker, former President of CUADC, writes about the Queen&#39;s visit to the theatre in 1985.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Front of House at the ADC Theatre</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/front-of-house-at-the-adc-theatre/</link>
                <description>ADC Duty Manager Laura Roque reflects on her time working at the Theatre.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The ADC: A Place to Learn!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/the-adc-a-place-to-learn/</link>
                <description>Kitty Foster recalls some of her experiences as she joined the Penguin Club and started to stage manage shows.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:08:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>From Shakespeare to Sondheim: Six years in the audience at the ADC</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/from-shakespeare-to-sondheim-six-years-in-the-audience-at-the-adc/</link>
                <description>Regular theatre-goer Paula Meyer reflects on her and her daughter&#39;s experiences over the last six years</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>A View from the PS Wing</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/a-view-from-the-ps-wing/</link>
                <description>Ellie Mitchell, current Production Manager of the ADC Theatre and former CUADC Secretary, talks about a part of our stage that you don&#39;t see from the audience - the PS Wing.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:58:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The ADC: Not Just for the Student Community</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/the-adc-not-just-for-the-student-community/</link>
                <description>Rachel Chapman discusses some of her favourite experiences as a member of the Penguin Club - a group of Cambridge-based volunteer technicians who assist local performing groups with their productions at the ADC Theatre and other venues across the city.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:57:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>The Footlights and Me</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/the-footlights-and-me/</link>
                <description>Two regular attendees at the ADC Theatre - Barry Shapiro and Alan Punter - recall some of their favourite memories of seeing the esteemed Cambridge Footlights in action on the ADC stage.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:11:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Waiting for the Final Curtain: Part Two</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/waiting-for-the-final-curtain-part-two/</link>
                <description>Student performer, former president of Fletcher Players and two time panto dame, Tom Nunan, reflects on the experience of being part of a show that was cut short due to the current pandemic.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:16:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Waiting for the final curtain... under stage lights in the shadow of coronavirus</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/waiting-for-the-final-curtain-under-stage-lights-in-the-shadow-of-coronavirus/</link>
                <description>Student performer, former president of Fletcher Players and two time panto dame, Tom Nunan, reflects on the experience of being part of a show that was cut short due to the current pandemic.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:13:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>From Pub Room to University Department: The ADC in 1974</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/from-pub-room-to-university-department-the-adc-in-1974/</link>
                <description>Geoff Skelsey, former President and Senior Treasurer of the ADC, recalls the events leading up to the University of Cambridge taking over management of the theatre in 1974.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 11:02:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Memories of the ADC Theatre – 1968-72</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/memories-of-the-adc-theatre-1968-72/</link>
                <description>Angela Perlmutter, previous secretary and president of CUADC, recalls her memories of the theatre in the few years before its management was taken over by the University of Cambridge.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 09:35:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>TEQUILA!</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/tequila/</link>
                <description>Bill Hodson, undergraduate in the 1980&#39;s, recalls a mishap on his first visit to the theatre, and his memories of seeing Neil Mullarkey and Mike Myers perform in a comedy sketch show.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 13:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>History of the ADC Theatre - 1973-2020</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/history-of-the-adc-theatre-1973-2020/</link>
                <description>David Adamson writes about the latter years of the theatre&#39;s history from the University of Cambridge first taking over management of the building in 1973, to the present day.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 11:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>History of the ADC Theatre —1855-1939</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/history-of-the-adc-theatre-1855-1939/</link>
                <description>David Adamson, graduate of King&#39;s College, former Director of University Estates Management and loyal friend of the ADC writes about the early years of the theatre&#39;s history.</description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 14:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Exit, pursued by a pandemic</title>
                <link>http://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/exit-pursued-by-a-pandemic/</link>
                <description>Lucia Revel-Chion, former President of CUADC and current third-year student, discusses her experiences with the Cambridge Theatre scene.</description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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