Comic capers as Footlights launch national tour at ADC
10 June 2009Visitors to the ADC Theatre have the chance to see some of the UK’s finest comic talent in the making as Cambridge Footlights launch their 2009 tour – Wishful Thinking – this week.
ADC Theatre redevelopment wins regional design award
28 April 2009The recent redevelopment of the ADC Theatre has been awarded a Local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Award for ‘Best Technical Design and Construction in the East Anglia region’. The award was presented this week at a gala dinner at the University Arms Hotel.
CUSU shadowing scheme makes a real difference
17 February 2009Sixth-formers from all over the UK took part in the Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU) shadowing scheme, which ran across three two-day slots during February, ending last Saturday. Coming from as far away as Cornwall, North Wales and the Isle of Man, some braved heavy falls of snow, which saw the closure of some public transport routes, to reach their destination.
University Library ready to launch 800th Anniversary exhibition
19 January 2009Advancing by degrees, an exhibition capturing 800 years of university development, learning and student life, opens at Cambridge University Library tomorrow as part of the university’s 800th Anniversary celebrations.
Hamlet, Orfeo… and Noah the Musical!
22 December 2008Panto may have been and gone, but the New Year will get off to a fabulous start at Cambridge University’s ADC Theatre from January 7.
Devilishly good start to the season at ADC Theatre
06 October 2008Six months after closing, actors will once again tread the boards at the ADC Theatre tomorrow following £1m of renovation works.
The ADC Theatre closes for refurbishment
24 April 2008The ADC Theatre, the oldest University-owned playhouse in the country, has closed its doors to audiences to undergo a six-month refurbishment. Here, ADC Marketing and Bar Manager Megan Prosser, a graduate of Homerton College, decribes what is taking place:
Happily ever after?
05 March 2008Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods will be staged next week by the University's Amateur Dramatic Club.
Wherefore art thou, theatre-lovers?
22 February 2008A theatre group made up entirely of Cambridge University undergraduates brings Shakespeare's tragic love story - Romeo and Juliet - to life at the ADC Theatre next week.
Pacific waves to hit Cambridge
25 May 2007Internationally acclaimed performers from New Zealand will come to Cambridge on 29 May.
