A light-hearted look at hopeful romances, broken marriages, dashed fortunes, grumpy landowners, and quite a lot of vodka. THE PROPOSAL A tale of love and property Directed by David Gresham THE ANNIVERSARY Attempts to carry out simple tasks are thwarted Directed by Izzy Rees THE BEAR A widow and her maid confront an intruder Directed by Philippa Watts SWAN SONG A choice between love and art Directed by Nick Warburton

CONTENT WARNING [May contain spoilers] NEXT TO NORMAL is an electrifying Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical that boldly explores themes of love, grief, mental illness and what it means to be ‘normal’. At its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past. As her symptoms worsen and successful treatment remains elusive, Diana struggles to connect with her ambitious, anxious teenage daughter and her devoted husband. With an unforgettable score by Tom Kitt and poignant book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, NEXT TO NORMAL is an unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the impact of mental illness. _This production is suitable for ages 16 and over. Please note: This production contains some adult topics and mature themes, as well as flashing lights. Please consult the content warnings for more information.__ _ _THIS AMATEUR PRODUCTION IS PRESENTED BY MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL _ _ALL AUTHORISED PERFORMANCE MATERIALS ARE ALSO SUPPLIED BY MTI WWW.MTISHOWS.CO.UK_ _ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY DAVID STONE, JAMES L. NEDERLANDER, BARBARA WHITMAN, PATRICK CATULLO AND SECOND STAGE THEATRE_

Step into the world of Greek mythology like you've never seen it before with our uproarious improv comedy show, Olympus Unscripted: An Improvised Greek Myth. Join us for an evening of Hellenistic hilarity as our talented comedians Oedipus-jest our way around the gods, heroes, and epic adventures of ancient Greece. This unscripted spectacle promises divine humour, mythic wit, and more than our fair share of Trojan Horseplay. Whether you're a mythology buff or just in need of a good laugh, Olympus Unscripted presents a night of entertainment that’s guaranteed to a-Muse. So, grab your laurel wreath and prepare for a comedy Odyssey that even the gods would applaud! 5 stars - The Guardian (Praise for Cambridge Improv Factory) Had me clutching my sides with laughter - Prometheus

The Carneys have farmed their land in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, for generations. In August 1981, Quinn Carney brings in the harvest and everyone looks forward to the traditional feast. But Quinn is a man with a past. Ten years previously, his younger brother Seamus “disappeared” from the family home, leaving behind a wife and young son. Several sightings have been reported, but he has never been found. Now he has. A dead body in a bog just across the Irish border. The consequences re-open many wounds which have never healed. And then the IRA come to call . . .

Mother, wife, foreigner. In a week, Medea has lost her husband, her reputation and now her home. Will she do anything to get revenge? This bold adaptation of Euripides’ Medea, written and directed by Dhyan Ruparel, brings life to one of the world’s oldest and greatest plays about love, desire and betrayal. Performed by a company of BAME students, this version celebrates the play’s remarkable resonance to current conversations on displacement, belonging and identity. Stunning live music, ferocious performances and dynamic design collide in a powerful retelling that marks one of the biggest shows to hit Cambridge in 2026. As Medea, former princess of Colchis, learns that her husband Jason has left her for the young daughter of the King, she spirals. Dissatisfied by the advice of a gossiping chorus of neighbours, and a revolving door of old advisors, she turns to the worst acts imaginable. This Medea embraces the powerful violence and rage of the original, and asks how you can make a home in a world that deems you foreign.

Come From Away is the true story of what happened when 38 planes were redirected to the remote island of Newfoundland, Canada when the US airspace closed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and a celebration of the power of community and kindness.

Footlights bring you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and stand up in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back fun-filled hilarity. The material is always original and always varied. It can be soft and silly; rude and spikey; wordy and nerdy or a little surreal - whatever the style, it's always "uproariously funny" (Varsity).

Footlight Matt Edge has been here a long time. A long long time. He’s seen it all: the highs, the lows, the nightclub toilets at closing time. He’s seen behind the curtain of world famous institutions, sat on both sides of a supervision, and even been inside of a library once or twice. But the question that remains from eight years at Cambridge: has he learnt anything? Join Matt for his debut stand-up hour as he chases the pigeons of ambition through the park of over-extended metaphor. Come and revel in a city where the only thing that’s constant is that nothing ever changes!

It's the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society's regular bar nights where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue. The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! With a range of performers and songs, you are sure to find something you like in these bar nights.

Let the Impronauts entertain you with Quickfire: an hour and a half of improvised comedy, sure to set the house on fire! Watch as one of Cambridge's best-loved improvised comedy troupes set the ADC Bar ablaze with a variety of hilarious scenes, games, and songs all completely made up on the spot. Each Quickfire is based on audience suggestions, so no two shows are ever the same! So get ready to ignite your humour and put our improvisers in the hot-seat with your suggestions. No script. No rehearsals. No problem.

“Sorry, my good man, I must have misheard you – I thought you said a rabbit –“ “Not a rabbit. Rabbits. Plural.” “…Pardon?” In 1726, a young woman from Surrey called Mary Toft becomes an overnight celebrity when the astonishing news breaks that she has given birth to a litter of rabbits. It’s not true, obviously – but when everyone believes that it is, including the King and his most senior doctors, the lie becomes harder and harder to keep up. As she finds herself at the centre of a courtly power struggle and, eventually, a national scandal, Mary begins to wonder if she can ever return to a life of obscurity again. A new play by the current Peter Shaffer Playwright-in-Residence at Trinity College, Imogen Usherwood, Like Rabbits is the funny but thought-provoking true story of a young woman who royally deceived the whole of England – and of those who paid the price.

Farah Price never expected visitors. Not on the Northern line - and certainly not at midnight. But strange things can happen on empty carriages. When Farah finds herself surrounded by peculiar-looking passengers, all of them oddly fascinated by the world around them, she wonders if she's fallen into a dream. The truth, however, may be far more revealing. Time, love and humanity are wound up in this paranormal concept musical, which explores how six separate lives might all add up to one. A one-night only preview of this year's Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society Edinburgh Fringe musical!

Murder! But whodunnit? The truth is in your hands! Step into the world of Murder Most Unexpected, an Agatha Christie-style mystery made up entirely on the spot. Following sell-out runs in 2024 and 2025, local comedy legends Cambridge Improv Factory are back to unravel a hilarious tale of twists, turns, and suspicious characters - all inspired by your suggestions! Every performance is unique, anything can happen, and anyone could be the killer... The only certainty is that advance booking is essential!

London, 1660. The civil war has ended and King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, extravagant and sexy. And at Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is causing stirrings amongst the theatregoers. But at a time when women are second-class citizens, can her charm and spirit really protect her from the dangers at the palace? A joyful and unapologetically bawdy romp through the excesses of the court and the eccentricities of the theatre as the out-spoken Nell navigates her own path to success. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy 2016.

Join us for an hour of original, zany sketch comedy as The Cambridge Footlights preview their 2026 Tour Show at the ADC Theatre. Written and performed by some of Britain’s most promising young comedy talent, the show guarantees a night of hilarity in the signature Footlights style. “The most renowned sketch troupe of them all” (The Independent), The Footlights are a world-famous comedy society who have been nurturing some of the country’s most beloved actors and comics since their establishment in 1883.

April 2003. Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock stand accused of cheating their way to £1 million on the UK’s favourite quiz show. The evidence appears damning, not only to a jury but also in the court of public opinion. But did they do it? Is Charles a loveable, bumbling, carefree gambler or is he a cool, calculating cheat? Is Tecwen an unwitting bystander with a chronic cough, or is he a quizzing know-all hoping for a slice of the pie? Question everything you think you know in James Graham’s provocative, immersive play.

Matilda has astonishing wit, intelligence... and special powers! She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, however - the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchball, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils' saving grace! Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, this is a joyous girl-power romp, delighting audiences with the story of the special little girl with an extraordinary imagination. Matilda JR runs for 85 minutes including an interval, and is performed by the National Performing Academy's Young Drama Cambridge programme with performers aged 9-16.

Told through more than fifty short scenes, the play jumps across continents and timeframes, from community halls and conferences to nightclubs and flood barriers, capturing how our changing climate is never far from peoples’ minds and lives. By weaving together moments of humour, uncertainty, hope, and grief, the play resists simple narratives or solutions. Instead, it asks how to – and whether we can – live with a crisis that is simultaneously omnipresent and somehow so easy to ignore. Performed with minimal staging and rapid role changes, Scenes from the Climate Era brings the global crisis into sharp, immediate focus, inviting audiences to recognise familiar patterns of denial, optimism, and reckoning — and to reflect on what comes next.

Devour Inn: Served with a Song is a cabaret set in a ‘musical diner’ that documents the lives of four waiters who have come together to serve the audience with an evening filled with your favourite musical songs.

It has been 100 years since the release of A. A. Milne’s beloved Winnie-the-Pooh, and what better way to celebrate than by watching it brought to life on the ADC stage! Be transported into the magical world of Hundred Acre Woods as you join Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eyeore and the whole gang as they embark on a journey to save Christopher Robin from the mysterious threat of… EDUCATION! Puppetry is combined with physical theatre in a play that is sweeter than the honey Pooh loves so very much. This is a play for everyone, offering fun, whimsy and wonder that you can’t help but fall in love with.

This riotous comedy musical follows Mole, Rat, Badger, and the impulsive Mr. Toad, whose insatiable need for speed lands him in serious trouble. With his beloved home under threat from the notorious Chief Weasel and his gang of sinister Wild Wooders, Toad must attempt a daring escape leading to a series of misadventures and a heroic battle to recapture Toad Hall. Bringing together Oscar-winning screeenwriter Julian Fellowes and Olivier Award-winning composer duo Stiles and Drewe, this family-friendly musical brings Kenneth Grahame's beloved story to life with humour, heart, and excitement.

Forget everything you know about toads. Toad Chendy is the best detective in London town, but little does the world that know he has a special skill: if he wants he can turn into a toad. This occasionally comes in handy when solving cases, though most of the time it is more convenient to be in human form when performing detective work. Comedy group Lukewarm Goo (James Allen, Dom Andrew, Will Boyce) are back with a live reading of two short radio epitoads of a new comedy. Expect crime, sleuthing, and toad, in this raucous debut of Britain's greatest (and only) semi-toad detective.