CULTURE CLUB
LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE, 10-13 MAY, 7.30PM, £20-£35 Cambridge Operatic Society is back to paint the city pink with this fabulous musical favourite. Get ready to bend… and snap!
MARCH THEATRE SPOTLIGHT STEALERS
Cambridge theatregoers, get those diaries out! Kiss Me, Kate! Comes to the ADC Theatre this month from 15 to 25 March. Brought to you by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, this show is a jazzy, soul-satisfying musical set in Baltimore in 1948. It follows a theatre company that’s putting on a performance of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew , whose cast and crew soon find the story playing out in their own lives. Gangsters, comedy and impressive dance numbers abound in this spectacular two-week showcase of some of the finest theatrical talent that Cambridge has to offer. A real treat for musical lovers! From 28 March to 1 April, find a collaboration between the ADC Theatre, Corkscrew Theatre Company and Cambridge Festival in the shape of Horrox . This new play is a tragicomedy about the astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks, who came to study the stars at the University of Cambridge aged 15, but tragically and mysteriously died aged 22 – having changed the way we see the universe forever. He was the first human to observe the transit of Venus and to answer one of humanity’s greatest mysteries: what is our place in the universe? At Cambridge Arts Theatre, the latest instalment of the Grace series hits the stage between 6 and 11 March, with Wish You Were Dead . Join Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and Cleo Morey on their first holiday together, as they attempt to escape dark worlds of murder and the mortuary. Things don’t quite go to plan, however, and soon they find themselves on the holiday from hell. Starring
SARAH MILLICAN:
LATE BLOOMER CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE, 11-12 OCTOBER 2024, 8PM, £35.50 Sarah Millican reflects on her transition from shy pre-teen into the funny woman she is today.
George Rainsford ( Casualty ), Clive Mantle ( Game of Thrones ) and Giovanna Fletcher (former winner of I’m A Celebrity ), this gripping play promises to show theatre at its very best! This is followed by Charlotte and Theodore from 27 March to 1 April. Starring Kris Marshall ( Love Actually , My Family , Death in Paradise ) and Eve Ponsonby ( Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ), this modern-day love story explores the relationship between two idealistic academics. It tracks their relationship over ten years, plotting highs and lows as they try to change their respective worlds while navigating the professional minefields of cancel culture, gender politics and power struggles in the workplace – all while keeping their love alive.
STEVE BACKSHALL’S OCEAN CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE, 15 OCTOBER, 2PM, £29.50 (£22.50 FOR UNDER-16s) Join the wildlife presenter for a deep-dive into the planet’s oceans, featuring stunts, experiments and cutting-edge science.
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