ADC Theatre
Park Street, Cambridge
The ADC Theatre is one of the smallest departments of the University of Cambridge, and is the oldest University playhouse in the country. Plays have been presented on the site since 1855. The ADC Theatre is the centre of University drama in Cambridge, led almost entirely by students with no Faculty involvement.
We aim to provide opportunities to experience and learn about all aspects of theatre, while presenting professional standard productions. The ADC Theatre has helped to launch the careers of many theatre luminaries, including Sir Ian McKellen, Rachel Weisz and Emma Thompson.
There are several student companies resident to the ADC Theatre including Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, the Cambridge Footlights, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society and the Fletcher Players.
Find out more and see what's on by visiting our website at https://www.adctheatre.com/.
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Get involved with shows at the ADC Theatre:
The Lent Week 7 ADC Mainshow, Hotel Paradiso, are looking for a cast!
We are excited to share that auditions are open to join Hotel Paradiso, with auditions being held on the 1st and 2nd of December!
- Thu 1st Dec, 16:00–18:00, Cath Yates Music Room, Iain Macpherson Building (Gonville and Caius), Queens Road
- Fri 2nd Dec, 12:00–18:00, ADC Dressing Room 1
Contact mic38@cam.ac.uk gb675@cam.ac.uk before 2nd Dec 2022 11:00 for more details.
Kiss Me, Kate! will be holding auditions on 28th, 29th, 30th November and 2nd December. Slots for these will be released on Sunday 27th!
- Mon 28th Nov, 10:00–18:00, ADC Theatre or Downing College
Contact Gina Stock, grcs2@cam.ac.uk before 6th Dec 2022 00:00 for more details.
Contingencies: Ready for Anything is a stand-up hour that deals with preparing for the unexpected, however improbable or probably irrelevant it ends up being. I'm looking for a Director , Producer , Script Editors and Publicity Designer to help with the process of writing, designing, producing and staging this! Take a look at the application pack below if you are interested:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wE4lXivFmHYvtRH-PrKyq-DxkKzFYEkx7BL5wJhh86E/edit?usp=sharing
Contact jpn35@cam.ac.uk before 28th Nov 2022 22:00 for more details.
A vibrant exploration of sex and self-hood, this devised piece of theatre imagines womankind if humans never fell to earth. fruit(ful) explores the experiences of womanhood and tackles new and old ideas in order to bear fruit. Get your tickets from adctheatre.com/fruit
Ahoy! It's time to climb aboard the Hispaniola for this year's #panto, Treasure Island! With an original script and score, it is a swashbuckling adventure like no other. Head over to adctheatre.com/panto to grab your tickets before they are all gone!
Photos by Sarah Anderson
Under-represented Genders do Improv? You've got it! Goofy, hilarious, witty - and that's just women and non-binary people normally. Seize this opportunity to see them on stage in comic-improv brilliant-ness! Get ready...it's Comic Sans: Times New No-Man: adctheatre.com/comic
Blue/Orange is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service. Get your tickets for next week's performance at the Corpus Playroom from adctheatre.com/blue
#drama #play #cambridgearts
Do you hear that? The sound of crashing waves and seagulls’ cries. The sound of the sea… Once upon a time, a team of bright-eyed Cambridge students dared to embark on a voyage across the Seven Seas. Final destination: the ADC Stage.
A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death... After Life takes to the Corpus Playroom next month. Get your tickets now from adctheatre.com/afterlife #play #cambridgearts #drama
"I have always loved verse. Here, the poems are like the lyrics to songs, and we have put them to music." Alice Through the Looking Glass is our annual Christmas show which guarantees to be fun for all the family! Find out more from writer Barry Brown at adctheatre.com/aliceblog1
Set against an ambiguous world of storms, disease and corporate higher-ups, Annie Baker's The Antipodes asks us about the meaning and creation of stories in a world of crisis. Get your tickets from adctheatre.com/antipodes
#drama #cambridgearts #play
Lights! Camera! Show Choir! CU Show Choir presents an evening of your favourite songs from Hollywood and beyond! Come along for an hour of fun-filled entertainment: A Night at the Movies will be the perfect end to term: adctheatre.com/showchoir #showchoir #glee #music #arts
Be sure to tune in to Cambridge 105 this afternoon at 2pm to hear from Wahida Seisay and Imogen Carter, Director and Actor (Tess Moffat) from 'Blue Stockings', next week's ADC production!
"While a thoughtful crash-course on the history of Girton... there’s a great deal of witty, snappy dialogue and even a slice of romantic intrigue too." Hear more about the show from Assistant Producer, George Quarton, over at adctheatre.com/stockingsblog
#freshers #cambridgearts #play
Tonight is your last chance to catch Clare Barron's DANCE NATION. This "electrifying ‘Dance Moms turned dark’ cult-classic" (The Tab, 4.5 stars) is not to be missed. Grab your tickets to this evening's final performance from adctheatre.com/dance
Photos by Thea Melton #theatre
Considered one of the greatest satirical plays of all time, Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector still serves as a cautionary tale for those seeking power and authority. Get your tickets to one of this year's CUADC Freshers' shows at adctheatre.com/inspector.
#cambridgearts
Created and performed by the finest in upcoming talent from this year's Fresher cohort, 'Blue Stockings' is a heart-warming exploration of the rights for education, the cruelty of the class divide and women’s suffrage.
Get your tickets now from adctheatre.com/stockings
#theatre
This afternoon at 2pm on Cambridge105, Pip Pearce discusses his acting career and brand new theatre project marking the centenary of T S Eliot’s 'The Waste Land', plus Layo Akinola and Pri Voruganti tell you all about this week's ADC Mainshow: 'Dance Nation'. Be sure to tune in!
Somewhere in America, a revolution is brewing. If they dance well enough, they can fix the world. Experience Clare Barron's gripping play by getting your tickets now from adctheatre.com/dance #play #drama #dancec
Publicity Design by Katie Wrench, Photography by Thea Melton
You are civilian: now. But what if you have never been one before? Solifuge thinks about the lived realities of being a veteran once you are back home: trying to understand your experiences and how to move on. Get your tickets now from adctheatre.com/solifuge.
#play #newwriting
CHESS: The Musical opens tomorrow night at the ADC! Featuring songs by ABBA legends Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society's latest offering is not to be missed.
The Melanin Monologues follows four characters, unconnected in all ways except for their melanin. This is both a celebration and warning about the tensions that define black culture. Get your tickets now from adctheatre.com/melanin
#theatre #cambridgearts
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