Society: The Heywood Society

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The Heywood Society is the resident amateur dramatics club at Peterhouse. Heywood is a funding body for theatrical productions in Cambridge, at the Edinburgh Fringe, and beyond. The society also puts on shows in the beautiful 180-seat Friends of Peterhouse Theatre (FOP). We want to fund ambitious, high-quality, inclusive drama.

Recent Heywood productions have included 'Dazzling' (Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023), 'Neighbourhood Watch' (ADC Theatre, March 2024), and 'Summer and Smoke' (ADC Theatre, October 2023).

Feel free to get in touch by sending an email to id399@cam.ac.uk and ao560@cam.ac.uk if you have questions about show funding, theatre at Peterhouse, or Heywood’s involvement in Cambridge theatre more broadly.

Presidents 2025-2026: Izzy Driscoll and Bella Ofo

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Get involved with The Heywood Society shows:

✿✵MUSICAL DIRECTOR and CHOREOGRAPHER needed for Romeo and Juliet, a queer retelling in Peterhouse Chapel

No experience required! ✿✵Romeo and Juliet is coming to Peterhouse Chapel! This is a show which is both a celebration of queer love's enduring beauty and also a vigil for queer loss. Entwined with historical and modern love letters and poems, with a female-presenting cast, along with non-binary, genderqueer, and trans performers, the show is proudly in celebration of Pride Month. We are looking to expand the prod team for an MUSICAL DIRECTOR and CHOREOGRAPHER and . The deadline for applications is 26th April, 23:59. Come and join the team! ✿✵

Contact ikrp2@cam.ac.uk before 26th Apr 2026 23:59 for more details.

✿✵FIGHT and INTIMACY COORDINATOR needed for ROMEO AND JULIET, a queer retelling in Peterhouse Chapel

Come fight (and intimacy coordinate)! Romeo and Juliet is coming to Peterhouse Chapel! ✿✵This is a show which is both a celebration of queer love's enduring beauty and also a vigil for queer loss. Entwined with historical and modern love letters and poems, with a female-presenting cast, along with non-binary, genderqueer, and trans performers, the show is proudly in celebration of Pride Month. We are looking to expand the prod team for a FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER and INTIMACY COORDINATOR. The deadline for applications is 26th April, 23:59. Come and join the team! ✿✵

Contact ikrp2@cam.ac.uk before 26th Apr 2026 23:59 for more details.

✿✵WIDER PROD TEAM needed for 'ROMEO AND JULIET, a queer retelling in Peterhouse Chapel✿✵

Need something gay to do? Romeo and Juliet is coming to Peterhouse Chapel! ✿✵This is a show which is both a celebration of queer love's enduring beauty and also a vigil for queer loss. Entwined with historical and modern love letters and poems, with a female-presenting cast, along with non-binary, genderqueer, and trans performers, the show is proudly in celebration of Pride Month. We are looking to expand the prod team for an COSTUME DESIGNER , STAGE MANAGER , WELFARE OFFICER. The deadline for applications is 26th April, 23:59. Come and join the team! ✿✵

Contact ikrp2@cam.ac.uk before 26th Apr 2026 23:59 for more details.

✿✵WRITERS/POETS/SUBMISSIONS for 'Romeo and Juliet' needed, a queer retelling in Peterhouse Chapel✿✵

LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS OF QUEER LOVE LETTERS AND POEMS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SCRIPT OF ROMEO AND JULIET! This could be your own poetry, own texts, or suggestions of historical love letters/poems which are meaningful to you. I would like to focus on the beauty of queer love and queer history/lineage in this, but submissions of poems with melancholy themes are also welcome. Submissions accepted on a rolling basis, but deadline for this is Monday, 11th May 23:59

Contact ikrp2@cam.ac.uk before 11th May 2026 23:59 for more details.

You can also see all events that have been put on by this society.

Shows

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13:00 Romeo and Juliet Peterhouse Chapel

Past shows

See all the shows this society has been previously involved in at the society history page.