- January 2018
The finest of Cambridge's musical theatre talent join forces to create an original musical... in just 24 hours! Creative teams are given a theme for a musical, and each team write, compose and rehearse a song over the 24 hour period. The result is an eclectic and brand-spanking new show, and a spectacular celebration of new writing!
- December 2017
For one merry night only the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society presents 12 Days of Christmas! Let your Christmas countdown begin with a cabaret night of chart-topping festive tunes, comedy and cheer, performed by Cambridge’s finest musical theatre talent. Come rock around the Christmas tree with CUMTS to celebrate the end of term and the beginning of the holidays!
- November 2017
DRAGTIME: XXXMAS Show
Cambridge's most wholesome and only Drag Collective are coming to the ADC for one night only! With dancing, singing, lipsyncing and everything inbetween, join us for our most ambitious and varied performance to date. Kings, Queens, and inbetweens!
- November 2017
Following the success of last year's BME bar night, we're back!
Join us for an evening fabulous musical theatre tunes, performed and accompanied by the finest of Cambridge's BME talent.
- November 2017
Katherine Murphy, Larry Carson and George Fairley served the American army in Afghanistan.
Now, Katherine Murphy is dead. George is in prison, accused of her rape but unable to face his memories of that day. Larry is decorated for heroism, but is increasingly cold to his wife and daughter.
As politicians try to manipulate the three veterans for their own purposes and their memories and mental health become tangled with lies, the facts become increasingly difficult to find – and we begin to wonder whether the truth as we know it is really the truth that we wish to believe in.
‘The Glass Cage’, an original musical from composer Noah Fram, breaks down what we think we know, forcing us to question our own belief in a concrete reality whilst challenging the assumptions and struggles of a woman in the military, the institutional wrongs exerted on both serving and ex-service men and women, the trauma of war and sexual assault, and the nature of memory.
- November 2017
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society is pleased to present once more one of its ever-popular cabaret evenings. Featuring the very best of Cambridge performers, singing a wide range of Musical Theatre classics, accompanied by a live band, and with plenty of breaks to top up at the bar, this will be a hugely enjoyable evening!
- October–November 2017
"Wherever we go
Whatever we do
We're gonna go through it together"
'Gypsy' follows ultimate showbiz mother Madam Rose as she desperately tries to force her two daughters, June and Louise, into a life of Vaudeville. Even as Vaudeville is dying in 20s America, Rose is determined that her kids will be stars of the Orpheum circuit -- just so long as she can convince everyone that they are no older than 9.
When June abandons the act to become an actress in her own right, Rose forces the less talented Louise to take her spot, desperate that one of her children should be a star. Rose finds herself in a theatre world which is caught between drab Vaudeville and sleazy burlesque, but how far is she willing to go to make her daughter the star she dreamed of?
'Gypsy' is a story about love, motherhood, ambition and drive, all brought together by Styne's phenomenal score and Sondheim's lyrical wit.
- October 2017
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society is pleased to present once more one of its ever-popular cabaret evenings. Featuring the very best of Cambridge performers, singing a wide range of Musical Theatre classics, accompanied by a live band, and with plenty of breaks to top up at the bar, this will be a hugely enjoyable evening!
- October 2017
Nervous about auditions? No idea what to expect or what to prepare? Or simply wanting to brush up on your audition technique? Get some hands-on practice with CUMTS at our first ever AUDITION WORKSHOP !
The workshop will give you an overview of how auditions are normally run, and help you make sure you perform your absolute best in them. It will be run by two CUMTS alumni, Ellie Coote and Joe Beighton, both now pursuing careers in the industry.
Ellie has recently been working as an Assistant Director on NYMT's production of 'Imaginary', and on '35mm' at the Other Palace.
Joe is an ex-CUMTS President currently studying at Mountview on the Musical Direction course, and MDd countless productions during his time at Cambridge.
This workshop is open to all, no matter your experience, and we'd particularly encourage Freshers to come and try it out whether you've sung before or not!
- October 2017
Divorced, beheaded, live in concert!
The six wives of Henry VIII are back ...performing their highly-anticipated show as the world-famous girl-group, SIX! Ripped from the pages of stuffy history books, this newly written musical has all the sass and sparkle of a 21st century pop concert performed by history’s most misunderstood women.
With a live band and heaps of high-energy choreography, let SIX sing you through the hook-ups and heartbreaks hidden behind Henry - this is a punchy, herstoric retelling of events that will blow away the cobwebs!
After a sold out Edinburgh Fringe run, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society's original musical returns to the ADC. Get ready for a combination of some of the best writing, musical, acting, technical and creative talent in Cambridge!
- August 2017
Divorced, beheaded, live in concert!
The six wives of Henry VIII are back... performing their highly-anticipated show as the world-famous girl-group, SIX! Ripped from the pages of stuffy history books, this newly written musical has all the sass and sparkle of a 21st century pop concert performed by history’s most misunderstood women.
With a live band and heaps of high-energy choreography, let SIX sing you through the hook-ups and heartbreaks hidden behind Henry - this is a punchy, herstoric retelling of events that will blow away the cobwebs!
For the first time, the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society is taking an original musical to the Edinburgh Fringe. Get ready for a combination of some of the best writing, musical, acting, technical and creative talent in Cambridge!
- May 2017
“What can you say about a 25-year old girl who died?”
Oliver Barrett IV is a rich hockey jock. Jennifer Cavilleri is a poor piano prodigy. And yet somehow, despite all of the odds, they fall in love.
A beautifully intimate chamber musical by Stephen Clark and the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning composer Howard Goodall, Love Story follows the pair as they explore the challenges they must face and the sacrifices they must make for the sake of one another. Above all, the story reflects upon the celebration of life and love in the face of adversity.
Newly adapted from Erich Segal’s best-selling novel and one of the best-loved romantic films of all time, and subsequently nominated for 3 Olivier awards, Love Story is a poignant but enchanting tale of romance, loyalty, and hope.
- March 2017
The finest of Cambridge's musical theatre talent and the finest of Cambridge's improvisational talent join forces for the first time ever to produce an improvised musical of such high quality you won't believe it's not scripted!
Every show is shaped by you, the audience, creating a special musical never seen before and never to be seen again. Everything about the show is completely improvised on the spot, including the melodies, lyrics, harmonies, backing music, characters, storylines, costumes and locations.
With incredible group numbers, stunning choreography, a three-piece band, heart-wrenching duets, powerful solos, catchy tunes, intertwining storylines and a whole lot more, this is not a show you want to miss.
- February–March 2017
Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome…
The infamous KIT KAT KLUB is re-opening its doors for four nights only. Join us for a wild evening in the seediest joint of 1930s Berlin…
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret.
CUMTS presents an original, site-specific staging of Kander & Ebb’s brilliant musical, 'Cabaret'. Taking place in a variety of secret venues, this musical is invading the streets of Cambridge. Who knows where the Cabaret will strike next...?
- February 2017
The Cambridge University University Musical Theatre Society presents its annual Gala night - a one night extravaganza, complete with solos, chorus numbers, choreography, a full band and a good sprinkling of glitz and glamour. The Gala is guaranteed to be an evening of outrageous fun!
- February 2017
‘It took their lives for them to help us.’
In 2006 Steve Wright, of 79 London Road, was convicted of the murders of Tania Nichol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls. The deaths of these five sex workers shook the quiet rural town of Ipswich to its core.
London Road documents the experiences of the residents as the police and the media flocked to their front doors, grappling with what it means to be at the epicentre of a tragedy.
Real words from real events set to an innovative musical score, London Road is a gripping verbatim musical that tells the story of a community rising from the depths of trauma.
Nominated for 4 Olivier Awards, winner of Best Musical at the Critic’s Circle Theatre Awards and adapted into a film starring Olivia Colman and Tom Hardy, London Road is a groundbreaking piece of experimental musical theatre.
- February 2017
Eggbox Comedy and CUMTS Present HOT GAY TIME MACHINE
Do you like COMEDY? Do you like MUSICALS? Do you THE GAYS? If you answered yes to most of those questions, you will love Hot Gay Time Machine.
Toby Marlow. Zak Ghazi-Torbati. Gays. Music. Dance. Comedy. Talent. Lights. Camera. Action.
This will be an original EXTRAVAGANZA of musical comedy, unlike anything Cambridge has ever seen #before.
Let us take you through the history (or 'gaystory' LOL) of the world through MUSIC, COMEDY and CAMP.
Expect the unexpected.
Expect the expected.
All expectations are welcome.
Join Zak and Toby, as they take you out on an evening of outrageous songs, hilarious comedy, and mind-blowing costume changes that will BLOW your MINDS. So what are you waiting for? Gay marriage? WELL WE GOT THAT ALREADY WAHOO. SO COME PARTY WITH THE GAYS.
- January 2017
“Ladies and Gentlemen may I have your attention purrrrlease...
Introducing, Dragtime! An evening of eargasmic drag delights where the beards are beautiful, the broads are busty, and binaries are busted!
Don your cap, grab your heels - it's smart, it's sexy, it’s coming back from the future into your present... it's Dragtime!”
In 2017, a motley assortment of drag kings and queens were frozen in time in a forgotten drag bar. Thirty years later, an unsuspecting teen stumbles upon them, and the troupe creaks back into life to give the future a blast from the past.
Expect a time-bending cabaret like no other, featuring spectacular musical numbers, side-splitting character comedy, breath-taking lipsyncs and all manner of surprising delights for your pleasure and enjoyment.
Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to be taken at breakneck speed through the crazy, spectactular, gender-warping world of drag.
- January 2017
The finest of Cambridge's musical theatre talent join forces to create an original musical... in just 24 hours! Creative teams are given a theme for a musical, and each team write, compose and rehearse a song over the 24 hour period. The result is an eclectic and brand-spanking new show, and a spectacular celebration of new writing!
- November 2016
Down on Skid Row, where everything is drag and dreary, Seymour toils away in Mr. Mushnik’s flower shop, dreaming of one day achieving greatness, as he pines away for the sweet shop assistant, Audrey. Through mysterious circumstances, he comes upon a unique plant. Little does he know that this strange and unusual plant will develop a soulful R&B voice, a potty mouth, and an unquenchable thirst for human blood- all the while giving him all he’s dreamed of: a chance at fame and fortune, and a plan to win the heart of Audrey. To what lengths will Seymour go to satisfy his own thirst for success, and the plant’s thirst for blood?
- October 2016
The Last Five Years explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a young, up-and-coming novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. Its unique storytelling device shows Cathy singing about their relationship from breakup to meeting, and Jamie from meeting to breakup, their songs alternating. A hilarious and moving insight into the love and tragedy of two people, this is a show that leaves you to make the decision about which of the flawed characters is in the right.
- August 2016
"I have lots of friendships but this one transcends all the ones in which I don’t get laid and that’s why we’re just friends…with benefits."
In an attempt to get over the messy ends of their last relationships, Marcy and Austin find someone who is perfectly wrong for them: each other. But what they don't realise is that 'wrong' may actually be 'right'...
Loosely based on Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', 'I Love You Because' is a modern day, musical love story which follows two couples and their struggles to find love alongside the pressures of modern romance.
With stunning music, and a hilarious script, 'I Love You Because' teaches us to love not in spite of faults, but because of them.
- May 2016
"Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air. Send in the clowns"
Desiree Armfeldt, the renowned actress, finds herself caught once more in a tangled set of affairs - sleeping with the Count Carl-Magnus (in full knowledge of his wife) while falling in love once more with her old flame, Fredrik Egerman (despite the fact that he is also newly married). How better to solve this problem than a weekend in the country together?
Sondheim's classic musical, adapting an Ingmar Bergman film, brings together love in all its tragicomic forms in this nostalgic and farcical story. Reset in contemporary times, with the ghosts of the past watching on, this production of 'A Little Night Music' will demonstrate just why Sondheim is one of the revered greats of musical theatre.
- April 2016
“Welcome to the world; it’s such a funny place. The people who you love the most are also the ones who make you cry. I’m not sure why.”
Six-year-old Jen Tracy welcomes her newborn brother John into the world, with a warning about the pain the ones you love can cause you…
Set against the backdrop of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, "john & jen" follows the story of Jen and her relationships with the two Johns in her life: her brother, and his namesake, her son.
A chamber musical beautifully scored by Tony nominee Andrew Lippa, composer of "The Addams Family", "john & jen" is Lippa’s overlooked masterpiece.
Chock-full of wit, sparkle and touching ballads, at its heart John & Jen is a moving portrayal of family: of brother and sister, and of mother and son.
- February 2016
The Cambridge University University Musical Theatre Society presents its annual Gala night - a one night extravaganza, complete with solos, chorus numbers, choreography, a full band and a good sprinkling of glitz and glamour. The Gala is guaranteed to be an evening of outrageous fun!
- February 2016
“Thought is suspect, and money is their idol, and nothing is okay unless, it's scripted in their Bible. But I know there's so much more to find just in lookin' through myself, and not at them”.
Wendla longs to be a grown up, to be taken seriously. Moritz is terrified- of dropping out of school, of his erotic dreams, of disappointing his parents. Melchior, headstrong and cocky, wants to change the status quo.
In this groundbreaking musical, 19th century Germany envelops these young characters in an oppressive, inherently conservative society, in which adults hold all the cards and make all the rules. There is no room for change, and no courage to change it- until Melchior steps forth, whipping them all into a youth revolution and the chaos of sexual awakening. But even in these bold steps, his ideals shatter against the concrete norms and constraints of the regime of the adults.
Winning Best Musical and Best Original Score in 2006, this show is one that is not to be missed!
- January 2016
Ladies and Gentlemen may I have your attention purrrrlease...
Introducing, Dragtime! An evening of eargasmic musical theatre delights where the beards are beautiful, the brawds are busty, binaries are thrown out the window.
Don your cap, grab your heels - it's smart, it's sexy... it's time to Dragtime!
- January 2016
The finest of Cambridge's musical theatre talent join forces to create an original musical... in just 24 hours! Creative teams are given a theme for a musical, and each team write, compose and rehearse a song over the 24 hour period. The result is an eclectic and brand-spanking new show, and a spectacular celebration of new writing!
- November 2015
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd, the story of the notorious demon barber of Fleet Street.
When Sweeney Todd returns to London after 15 years of unjust incarceration, his mind is bent on black revenge. He longs to kill the sadistic Judge Turpin who had stolen and abused Todd’s wife and wrongfully banished him to Australia. With the help of a young idealistic sailor, Antony, and the loveable but immoral Mrs Lovett, Todd sets his mind to avenging his beloved wife Lucy and being reunited with his daughter Johanna, now locked away by the lecherous Turpin.
This delightfully macabre tale descends into a cut-throat world of cannibalism, caged birds, meat pies, mad beggars and deceit as Todd restarts his career as a barber, declaring war on all mankind.
Join the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society in an industrial world of smoke and steampunk as they try a little priest. It’s an acquired taste.
- November 2015
How do you make your voice heard in a world that wants to keep you quiet?
Inspired by the events of the London Riots in 2011, this exciting new musical follows the story of a teenage boy trying to pursue his dream of becoming a successful musician against the backdrop of a struggling London borough. When the only hope of a future rests in the security of a local gang, he must decide which path to choose. Facing the pressures of social tensions and the changing nature of community, what will he do?
With a brand new script, and a score by the composer of The CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2014: The Emperor’s New Clothes, we present to you a concert performance of snippits from this new show.
- October 2015
The original 1972 Broadway production of Stephen Schwartz (best known for his work on Wicked, Godspell, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Prince of Egypt) and Roger O. Hirson's 'Pippin' won five Tony Awards, and the 2013 Broadway revival won another four.
The story is told by a troupe of actors, led by the ‘Leading Player’, a mysterious figure who breaks the fourth wall and blurs the distinction between the world of fiction and reality. The troupe stages the story of Pippin, a young prince who is searching for his place in the world. Rather than following a linear structure, the show resembles a picaresque adventure-story, consisting of a number of fantastical episodes: Pippin goes to war with the Visigoths, murders his father, becomes a tyrant, flees to the countryside and falls in love.
Pippin contains a masterful score by Stephen Schwartz, with upbeat pop-inspired numbers that propel the story along with wit and energy, and many of its memorable songs, from Pippin’s soaring ballad Corner of the Sky to Berthe’s rousing (and audience-participatory) anthem No Time at All, have become established classics.
- August 2015
The original 1972 Broadway production of Stephen Schwartz (best known for his work on Wicked, Godspell, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Prince of Egypt) and Roger O. Hirson's 'Pippin' won five Tony Awards, and the 2013 Broadway revival won another four.
The story is told by a troupe of actors, led by the ‘Leading Player’, a mysterious figure who breaks the fourth wall and blurs the distinction between the world of fiction and reality. The troupe stages the story of Pippin, a young prince who is searching for his place in the world. Rather than following a linear structure, the show resembles a picaresque adventure-story, consisting of a number of fantastical episodes: Pippin goes to war with the Visigoths, murders his father, becomes a tyrant, flees to the countryside and falls in love.
Pippin contains a masterful score by Stephen Schwartz, with upbeat pop-inspired numbers that propel the story along with wit and energy, and many of its memorable songs, from Pippin’s soaring ballad Corner of the Sky to Berthe’s rousing (and audience-participatory) anthem No Time at All, have become established classics.
- May 2015
‘It’s hard to find your way, when you have no voice to guide you.’
Set in a Catholic boarding school, BARE is the story of Jason and Peter, whose forbidden love causes them to ask questions both of themselves and their god.
With graduation approaching, and the added pressure of the school’s production of Romeo and Juliet, these questions are getting more insistent.
When religion makes up so much of who you are, how do you continue when the world you thought you understood has fallen apart around you?
Featuring some of the most beautiful music written in the last fifty years, often working with Shakespeare’s original language, BARE is a portrayal of love, loss and identity in a world that is quick to judge.
- March 2015
Broads on the Way - scenes of absolute uproar and confusion! A comic show jam-packed with ludicrous parodies of well-known and loved musical numbers, bizarre satirical sketches and really strange dance moves!
Come on down for a night of fun, madness and laughter that will make your abs hurt in the morning!
- February 2015
The Cambridge University University Musical Theatre Society presents its annual Gala night - a one night extravaganza, complete with solos, chorus numbers, choreography, a full band and a good sprinkling of glitz and glamour. The Gala is guaranteed to be an evening of outrageous fun!
- February 2015
Trouble is brewing in the picture book New England town of Eastwick. When three women ostracised by society wish for their ideal man, they have no idea what lies in store.
As the irresistible Darryl van Horne manipulates the three women, all hell breaks loose in Eastwick, literally. Under the watchful eye of the moon, Alex, Jane and Sookie bring themselves to life in ways they could never have imagined. But all is not as it seems, and things are spiralling out of control.
Combining soaring harmonies and excellent score with a darkly funny script, The Witches of Eastwick was first presented by legendary producer Cameron Mackintosh. This production takes a fresh look at the material, resulting in a show which glories in the power and character of its female leads. Not for the faint hearted, this musical is a magical rollercoaster ride.
Be careful what you wish for. Speak of the devil and he might appear.
