Cambridge Edition December 2019

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YOUR AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO EVENTS AROUND CAMBRIDGE THIS MONTH

28 NOVEMBER – 11 JANUARY CINDERELLA

4 DECEMBER THEWEDDINGPRESENT The indie group with 18 Top 40 hits return to town, having re-recorded their compilation album Tommy last year, 30 years on from its release. 7pm | Cambridge Junction £22.50 | junction.co.uk 4-7 DECEMBER SCHEHERAZADE: THEARABIANNIGHTS Cambridge University Ballet performs an original piece set to Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic interpretation of the Arabic folktale. 11pm | ADC Theatre from £6 | adctheatre.com

5 DECEMBER BADMANNERS

The biggest traditional panto in Cambridge is back and Cinders is the star turn this year. Wayne Sleep, Liza Goddard and Matt Crosby return. Various times | Cambridge Arts Theatre from £19 | cambridgeartstheatre.co.uk

80s ska and party band Bad Manners perform their feast of hits, with support from Big 10 and Max Splodge. 7pm | Cambridge Junction £23.50 | junction.co.uk 6 DECEMBER JESTERLARF COMEDYCLUB Featuring deadpan one-liner grandmaster Gary Delaney, Steve N Allen ( The Mash Report ’s Tom), 7 DECEMBER MILL ROADWINTER FAIR The day when thousands of shoppers and hungry residents fill Mill Road to bursting-point (in a good way) to watch entertainment from bands and a parade. Feast on all you can imagine and bag a craft bargain. 11 DECEMBER – 5 JANUARY THEWIND INTHEWILLOWS Theatre group Figs in Wigs reimagine Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale of friendship with comic timing, bad jokes and pop culture references in the Junction’s annual Christmas show for those who want something different from a panto, but with its heart very much in the right place. Times vary | Cambridge Junction £15.50 | junction.co.uk 10.30am-4.15pm | Mill Road Free | millroadwinterfair.org Rosie Jones and George Lewis. 7.45pm | Cambridge Junction £13.50 | junction.co.uk

3 DECEMBER HARRYAND CHRIS

The duo has invented comedy-rap-jazz and won The Guardian ’s Pick of the Fringe at Edinburgh this year. Now they’re bringing their award-

winning wordplay to Cambridge. 7.30pm | Cambridge Junction £17 | junction.co.uk

BOO HEWERDINE CHRISTMAS SHOW 8 DECEMBER

13-14 DECEMBER ACHRISTMAS CAROL

Boo Hewerdine performs his final Christmas show before moving away from the area. Support includes Squeeze’s Chris Difford and Findlay Napier. 7.30pm | Ely Maltings | £20 | themaltingsely.org.uk

Adapted and performed by Martin Prest, playing more than 20 characters; he tells it the way Charles Dickens told it himself. One man, one stage. 7.30pm | The Leper Chapel | £12.50, £9 under 18s | thatsmycueproductions.com

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