WHAT ’ S ON
YOUR AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO EVENTS AROUND CAMBRIDGE THIS MONTH
29 JULY – 17/24 AUGUST CAMBRIDGE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
2, 9, 16 AUGUST NEWMARKETNIGHTS
5-7, 12-14, 19-21 AUGUST HOLIDAYBUSHCRAFT
The racecourse gig series comes to a close this month with Pete Tong’s Ibiza Classics on the 2nd, followed by eighties hitmakers Bananarama on the 9th. Four-time Brit Award nominees Years and Years play on the 16th. After last race | Newmarket Racecourse Prices vary | thejockeyclub.co.uk
A chance for five- to 12-year-olds to learn shelter building, knots and rope work, whittling, plant and tree recognition, fire lighting, wilderness cooking skills and much more. 8.30am-4pm | Wandlebury Country Park £38 per day | wildthymeandembers.co.uk
Celebrating its 32nd year of performing the Bard’s plays in college gardens, the festival’s second half features The Tempest , Much Ado About Nothing , Henry IV (Part 2) , and As You Like It . 7.30pm | Various college gardens £17, £13 concs | cambridgeshakespeare.com 2-4, 15-18, 22-25 AUGUST ENCHANTED CINEMA Alfresco films this month – with deckchairs, headphone hire, street food and more – include Mean Girls , Grease , Bohemian Rhapsody , Dirty Dancing , Pulp Fiction , Amelie and A Star is Born . Times vary | Gonville Hotel From £14.50 | enchantedcinema.co.uk
6-9 AUGUST ELECTRIC CITIZENS
3 AUGUST JUNKYARD FESTIVAL
Creative tech workshops for nine- to 13-year-olds offer a chance to get inventive with circuitry, coding, digital design and even sculpting in a virtual reality, in a series of morning and afternoon workshops. Be sure to book ahead. Various times | Cambridge Junction Prices vary | junction.co.uk
The one-day music festival returns, featuring indie-rock faves Gengahr. Chappaqua Wrestling, Lemondaze, Butterfly, Among the Citizens and Staycations complete the bill. 4pm till late | Cambridge Junction From £13 | junction.co.uk
10 AUGUST HAMLET
A solo performance of Hamlet at Cambridge’s oldest complete building, the 12th century Leper Chapel, featuring Richard Spaul bringing out the most relevant and unsettling parts of perhaps Shakespeare’s best-known play. 8pm | Leper Chapel, Cambridge | £15 insitutheatre.co.uk 14-15 AUGUST IN THE NIGHT GARDENLIVE Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends come to the Corn Exchange with a new show, Igglepiggle’s Busy Day. With costumes, magical puppets and enchanting music, it lasts just under an hour. Various times | Cambridge Corn Exchange from £18 | cambridgelive.org.uk
Willy Russell’s classic comedy drama about a university academic less than keen to welcome hairdresser Rita into his class... Starring Jessica Johnson and Stephen Tompkinson. 7.45pm, 2.30pm Thursday and Saturday | Cambridge Arts Theatre From £20 | cambridgeartstheatre.com EDUCATING RITA 29 JULY – 3 AUGUST
16 AUGUST MALLORYKNOX
Their debut single Signals reached top spot in the iTunes rock chart, they’ve had numerous singles playlisted on Radio 1 and played the main stage at
Reading, Leeds and Download. 7pm | Cambridge Junction £17 | junction.co.uk
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