Helen Brookes is preparing for

• Free Footlights (Edinburgh Fringe 2026) – Producer

  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
  

• 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) – Host, Producer

  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