Helen Brookes is preparing for

• Free Footlights (Edinburgh Fringe 2026) – Producer, Host

  13:35, Thu 6th – Sun 30th August 2026 at Up the Road @ The Caves
  

  The Cambridge Footlights are the world-famous comedy troupe who first aired the talents of some of the foremost British comedians and actors of this century. Founded in 1880, this university drama socie…

• The Cambridge Greek Play 2026 – Chorus

  19:30, Wed 14th – Sat 17th October 2026 at Cambridge Arts Theatre
  

  Every three years a production of ancient Greek drama is staged in Cambridge, in the original language with English subtitles. The show has professional direction and design, and student actors and crew…

• Tom Sweeney: Ribbing For Your Pleasure – Assistant Director

  23:00, Fri 30th October 2026 at ADC Theatre
  

  When Footlight Tom Sweeney enters a room, all he wants to do is make everyone in it happy, and not hate him. As the room gets bigger, this gets more difficult.

  Join Tom in one of his biggest rooms yet…

• Stuck In Orbit – Producer, Script Editor

  21:30, Fri 6th – Sat 7th November 2026 at Corpus Playroom
  

  Footlight Julia Da Costa has a big problem. She tried to solve it. And now she’s stuck in outer-space.

  When a plan to cure a life-long fear by embarking on a solo space mission goes awry, the pilot is…

• CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2026: Cinderella – Writer

  19:45, Wed 25th November – Sat 5th December 2026 at ADC Theatre
  

  Cinderella longs for the simple things in life: a loving family, a welcoming community, and a bedroom without rats. But in the Kingdom of Newtopia, everyone except her best friend Buttons, is too busy…

Helen Brookes has been involved with

• The House at Pooh Corner – Late

  19:30, Wed 17th June 2026 at ADC Theatre
  

• Three-Martini Lunch – Director

  21:30, Fri 22nd May 2026 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Footlights Playroom Smokers: Easter 2026 – Performer 19/5

  21:30, Tue 12th May 2026 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Four Sketches and a Funeral – Director

  23:00, Wed 11th – Fri 13th March 2026 at ADC Theatre
  

• Alien Breakdown Play – Alexis

  19:00, Tue 3rd – Sat 7th March 2026 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Footlights Spring Revue 2026: Don't Mind If I Do – Script Editor

  19:30, Tue 24th – Sat 28th February 2026 at ADC Theatre
  

• Spoilt For Choice – Script Editor

  21:30, Thu 12th February 2026 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Footlights at the Arts Theatre – Producer

  19:30, Sun 8th February 2026 at Cambridge Arts Theatre
  

• BATS: In the Wings – Deviser and Performer

  19:30, Fri 23rd – Sun 25th January 2026 at Fitzpatrick Hall
  

• ETG 2025: The Comedy of Errors – Angelo/Merchant 2

  19:45, Tue 20th – Sat 24th January 2026 at ADC Theatre
  

• Pigs – Pig

  21:00, Sun 9th November 2025 at Pembroke New Cellars
  

• A Bright Room Called Day – Malek, Devil Dog

  19:30, Tue 4th – Sat 8th November 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Orlando – Marmaduke / Multirole

  19:00, Tue 28th October – Sat 1st November 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Lukewarm Goo: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Zoo – Script Editor

  21:30, Wed 29th October – Sat 1st November 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Haddock! – Script editor

  23:00, Fri 24th October 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Juvenile – Script Editor

  21:30, Tue 21st – Wed 22nd October 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Tom and Tompkinson – Show Consultant, Tech

  21:30, Wed 15th – Sat 18th October 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Footlights ADC Smokers: Michaelmas 25 – Performer 28/11

  23:00, Tue 14th October 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Impronauts Quickfire! (October/ November 2025) – Cast 26/10

  20:00, Sun 12th October 2025 at ADC Theatre (Bar)
  

• Free Footlights (Edinburgh Fringe 2025) – Producer, Host

  13:50, Thu 31st July – Sun 24th August 2025 at Subatomic @ Just The Tonic Nucleus
  

• Half-Baked – Half-Baked

  23:00, Fri 30th May 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Footlights Playroom Smokers: Easter 25 – Host 20/05

  21:30, Tue 6th May 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Master Tasker – Contestant

  23:00, Fri 14th March 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• The Witch Is Back – Writer, Assistant Director

  21:30, Wed 5th – Sat 8th March 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Tortured Autist – Writers' room

  23:00, Fri 7th March 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Footlights Spring Revue 2025: Chaos Theory – Writer/Performer

  19:30, Tue 25th February – Sat 1st March 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Lukewarm Goo: The Goo Debut – Script Editor, Voice of the Baby Twins

  21:30, Thu 13th – Fri 14th February 2025 at Pembroke New Cellars
  

• Footlights ADC Smokers: Lent 25 – Performer 11/02

  23:00, Tue 11th February 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Jenny Jones: Jenny Jones – Producer

  21:30, Tue 4th February 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• One Shell of a Guy – Script Editor, Jessica

  23:00, Fri 31st January 2025 at ADC Theatre
  

• Footlights Playroom Smokers: Lent 25 – Host 04/03

  21:30, Tue 28th January 2025 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Comic Sans: The Magnificent Serif – Improviser

  23:00, Mon 2nd – Wed 4th December 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• Lonely Stupid Violent – Producer, Writers’ Room, Davis

  21:30, Tue 26th November 2024 at Corpus Playroom
  

• The Crucible – Giles Corey

  19:30, Tue 12th – Sat 16th November 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• The Bootleg Lecture Series – Lecturer

  20:00, Sun 10th November 2024 at Pembroke Auditorium
  

• Women + NB Comedy Night – The Funniest Definitely

  20:00, Sun 3rd November 2024 at Pembroke New Cellars
  

• The Tragedy Of Othello – Brabantio

  18:30, Wed 30th October – Sat 2nd November 2024 at Pembroke College Chapel
  

• Footlights ADC Smokers: Michaelmas 24 – Performer 29/11

  23:00, Fri 25th October 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• A Cauldron of BATS – Actor - 'Anatomy of a Melancholy'

  19:30, Thu 17th October 2024 at Black Box Studio @ Queens' College
  

• Footlights Playroom Smokers: Michaelmas 24 – Performer 15/10

  21:30, Tue 15th October 2024 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Free Footlights (Edinburgh Fringe 2024) – Host, Performer

  12:30, Thu 1st – Sun 25th August 2024 at Subatomic @ Just The Tonic Nucleus
  

• Footlights Stand-Up Showcase – Performer

  20:30, Wed 12th June 2024 at Howard Theatre, Downing College
  

• Oedipus Tyrannus – Chorus

  19:45, Tue 21st – Sat 25th May 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• Pack Your Boxers – Script Editor

  21:30, Tue 14th May 2024 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Cloud Eight and a Half – Director

  23:00, Fri 3rd May 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• Cambridge Does Comic Relief: Blackadder Goes Forth – The Red Baron, Bob, General Haig

  19:00, Tue 12th – Sat 16th March 2024 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Neighbourhood Watch – Deputy Stage Manager

  19:45, Tue 5th – Sat 9th March 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• Eureka! – Head Writer, Producer, Sound Designer, Writer/Performer

  21:30, Fri 1st March 2024 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Doggerel – Snivelle/Actor

  19:00, Tue 20th – Sat 24th February 2024 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Pigs – Pig

  20:00, Sun 18th February 2024 at Pembroke New Cellars
  

• Run for your Life – Writer/Performer

  21:30, Tue 6th – Sat 10th February 2024 at Pembroke New Cellars
  

• Arcadia – Jellaby

  19:45, Tue 23rd – Sat 27th January 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• Britfoot – Emily/Susanna Reid

  23:00, Wed 24th – Sat 27th January 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical – Cast

  23:00, Tue 16th January 2024 at ADC Theatre
  

• Peli-Laughs Open Mic – Producer

  21:30, Sun 26th November 2023 at Pelican Bar
  

• CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2023: Dick Whittington and His Cat – Assistant Stage Manager, Follow Spot Operator

  19:45, Wed 22nd – Sat 25th November 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• TOAST: The Story of a Boy's Hunger – Young Nigel Slater

  19:00, Fri 17th – Sun 19th November 2023 at Friends of Peterhouse Theatre
  

• 5/11 – Edward Percy/Pageant Master

  19:30, Tue 7th – Sat 11th November 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• Seven Sketchy Sins – Director

  23:00, Wed 1st – Fri 3rd November 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• Exit the King – Juliette

  19:00, Tue 24th – Sat 28th October 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Testament of Youth (rehearsed reading) – Voice of War

  20:00, Thu 19th October 2023 at ADC Theatre (Larkum Studio)
  

• Footlights Playroom Smokers: 23-24 – Performer 31/10, Performer 21/11, Performer 30/4

  21:30, Tue 17th October 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Summer Sketch Writers Showcase – Writer/Performer

  23:00, Fri 13th October 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• Footlights ADC Smokers: 23-24 – Performer 10/10, Performer 30/1, Performer 13/2, Performer 14/05

  23:00, Tue 10th October 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• ELECTRA/HAIMARA @ Edinburgh Fringe – Welfare Officer

  12:45, Fri 4th – Sat 12th August 2023 at Willow Studio, Greenside @ Riddle's Court
  

• Queer Street @ Edinburgh Fringe – Tiffany, Smithers, Customers #2 and #3

  16:20, Fri 4th – Sat 12th August 2023 at theSpace @ Niddry Street
  

• Love’s Labour’s Lost – Boyet/Sir Nathaniel

  19:30, Wed 21st – Thu 22nd June 2023 at Robinson College Gardens (Maria Bjornson Theatre)
  

• 1984 – Martin

  19:00, Tue 9th – Sat 13th May 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• An Ideal Husband – Mrs Marchmont/ Mason

  19:00, Tue 2nd – Sat 6th May 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Heart of a Dog – Shvonder

  21:30, Wed 3rd – Sat 6th May 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Channel 4 Squared – Writer/Performer

  23:00, Tue 2nd May 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• Sol – Voice 2/Ensemble

  21:30, Wed 15th – Sat 18th March 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Festival of New Writing – Cormac (The Odd Love Support Club)

  19:00, Thu 9th – Sat 11th March 2023 at Howard Theatre, Downing College
  

• The Odd Love Support Club (Downing Festival of New Writing) – Cormac

  19:00, Thu 9th March 2023 at Howard Theatre, Downing College
  

• Going Down – Drew Shrewfield

  21:30, Wed 1st – Sat 4th March 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• A Man Walks into a Cheese Shop – Writer/Performer

  23:00, Tue 28th February 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• The Fletcher Players' Freshers Play: The Frogs – Script Team

  19:00, Tue 21st – Sat 25th February 2023 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Jailtime - An Unlawful Sketch Show – Writer/Performer

  23:00, Wed 25th – Sat 28th January 2023 at ADC Theatre
  

• SMÖRGÅSBORD – Greenland Shark (Somniosus)

  21:30, Mon 7th November 2022 at Corpus Playroom
  

• Footlights Smoker 22-23 – Cast (24/1/23), Cast (9/5/23), Cast (23/5/23), Cast (13/6/23)

  23:00, Tue 18th October 2022 at ADC Theatre
  

• Playroom Smoker – Cast (freshers)

  21:30, Mon 10th October 2022 at Corpus Playroom