- June 2022
The Fletcher Players are proud to present a fresh new comedy scratch night for Cambridge, held multiple times a term in the McCrum Theatre. Presenting a variety of hilarious acts and showcasing some of the most up-and-coming talent, Steamers prove to be a laid-back, friendly, and side-splitting way to spend a Saturday night.
- March 2019
The Cambridge Footlights and the Fletcher Players are back, with a brand new panel show! For one night only, two teams of top Cambridge comedy talent will compete to become the masters of McCrum - for this year at least...
- November 2018
The Cambridge Footlights and the Fletcher Players come together to bring you a brand new festive panel show! For one night only, two teams of top Cambridge comedy talent will compete to become the masters of McCrum - for this year at least...
- November 2018
A two-hander sketch show containing an oblivious schoolmaster, an overly analytical Sherlock Holmes and an interview with the first British 'astronaut'. In between sketches Lewis and Kit try to come to terms with what happened in Monaco all those years ago...
- October 2018
Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, best friends Emmeline and Leo are still really lonely. It’s not like, an “issue”, per se? It’s just making them both quite depressed. So they’ve decided they’re going to find a lover. One each, ideally.
Join this Cambridge comedy double-act for an hour of characters, sketches and desperation as they search for the perfect man. Because there’s someone out there for everyone, right? All you have to do is hunt them down.
Manhunt follows Leo and Emmeline, as they embark on a quest to find love. Realising there is massive boyfriend-shaped hole in their lives, they make a pact to seek out romance. The pact turns into a game; the game turns into a competition; the competition turns out to be one of the ones where no one wins, and they end up back where they started. Over the course of the hour, Emmeline learns the hard way why you never flirt with a ferris wheel operator, Leo gets catfished on Ocado, and we witness more than one relationship counselling session with 80s pop sensation (and Oscar winning actress!) Cher. Through it all, we meet extravagant characters, navigate the pitfalls of modern dating, and put on a fast-paced, empowering hour of comedy that is ‘funny, sad and inventive – by the end, you will be completely seduced’ ★★★★★ (ThreeWeeks).
★★★★★- ThreeWeeks
★★★★★- EdFringe Review
★★★★★- Varisty
★★★★- Broadway Baby
- October 2018
Come enjoy an evening of comedy from one of the most underrepresented groups in the Cambridge comedy scene, with a stunning line up of BME performers. There'll be laughs, and friendship, and also more laughs. And also free wine!! Who could resist!?! Not you!
[ Tickets only £3! ]
If you want to take part then just send an email to Alex (af608@cam.ac.uk) or Bella (ah914@cam.ac.uk) for a slot!
Did we mention free wine?
Bella & Alex x
- February 2018
Join ex Smorgasbord hosts Bella and Alex for an evening of comedy from one of the most underrepresented groups in the Cambridge comedy scene, with a stunning line up of BME performers. There'll be laughs, and friendship, and also more laughs. And also free wine!! Who could resist!?! Not you!
[ Tickets only £3! ]
If you want to take part then just send an email to Alex (af608@cam.ac.uk) or Bella (ah914@cam.ac.uk) for a slot!
https://thefletcherplayerssoc.tessera.info/tickets/bme-open-mic-night
Did we mention free wine?
Bella & Alex x
- February 2018
Society’s winners and losers will be crowned once and for all at the biggest awards night of Lent term. Contribution to science? Best dressed in the office? Most likely to still be ID’d at 30? Food photographer of the year? Best newcomer? Worst pirate? Prize marrow? Most promising double act? Fastest runner? America’s next Miss American teen top model of the year? Best original riddle?
The results are in for all these and more - you voted for them and now they’re here! Join Footlights regulars Noah and Will for an hour of character comedy - in Cambridge's HOTTEST new venue !!
[ and tickets are just £3! ]
Previous praise:
“light-hearted, gloriously silly and really very funny”, “a mischievous delight in the absurd”, “I challenge anyone not to giggle” ★★★★★ - Varsity
“My theatregoing companion in particular almost fell out of her seat during the brilliant monologue by Noah Geelan” - TCS
“I was particularly impressed by Will Bicknell-Found and the energy he brought to the stage” - Varsity
- February 2016
Join a special, presumably Valentine-less set of verbally dexterous Cambridge wordsmiths, comics and thesps for our very own Just a Minute panel show. Hosted by the incomparably witty Bret Cameron, the object of the game is for panelists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation". Easier said than done!
Come down to Corpus' McCrum Theatre (behind the Eagle on Benet Street) for a recreation of your family's favourite radio show. All for the bants / RAG!
Panelists:
Alice Elizabeth Mottram (TCS hero and meal deal aficionado), Emma Plowright (our competition winner), Emily Bailey-Page (Varsity star), Haydn Jenkins (Spilt Milk, Bouyband, all round funny) , Rhodri ('my wit and Welshyness get annoying fast') Hughes, Yaseen Kader (Revelations, Bouyband, Kanye's biggest fan).
And Seb Johns will be our special guest pianist for the evening.
£3 on the door, all proceeds go to RAG.
- March 2014
Cinderella - being a heroine isn't easy: Cinderella and her family have fallen on hard times. The Duchess, being more concerned with social standing than economy, is working her way through the Duke's fortune by promoting the acting and modelling career of her eldest daughter, Angelica. Cinderella not only has to run the household, but also has to supplement the family's income by working at the palace as a maid under an assumed alias. Can she save the kingdom, find true love and juggle her multiple personae all before the clock strikes midnight?
The Reluctant Orthodontist: Herman, a small-time thief, is caught halfway through a burglary by another visitor to the sleeping household - a prospective tooth fairy, fresh-faced and eager to please her superiors. He is forced to take her place to avoid discovery, leading him into a night of poor disguises, pink tutus, a mad dentist, and 'original' ways of gathering teeth from unwitting sleepers...
CULES takes shows to places that wouldn't normally get to see them, touring special needs schools and old people's homes in the final week of term, before putting on a student performance.
- March 2008
'In this life, one thing counts, in the bank, large amounts.'
Girton Amatuer Dramatics Society Presents 'Oliver', Lionel Bart's hit musical. The show has already been hyped as the highlight of the term, and promises to be an unforgettable experience for all involved.
