What’s On Week 5
The great culture ship continues to weather the week five storm. Save yourself – climb aboard.
The Tab
THEATRE
Cymbeline, Wed 19th – Fri 22nd Feb, Pembroke New Cellars, £5
A must-see for part 1 Englings preparing for glossing hell, this production promises a new interpretation of this classic talk of sex, power and mistaken identity.
Footlights Presents: Dumpf, Wed 19th – Sat 23rd Feb, ADC, £7/6
Choose your own stance on the ‘are the Footlights past it’ debate with their latest offering, combining fast-paced sketches with musical comedy.
Science The Musical, Tues 18th – Sat 23rd Feb, Corpus Playroom, £6/5
Social sciences are brought to the stage in this musical – certainly one for the Natscis.
MUSIC
Little Comets – Saturday 15th February, Doors @ 7pm, £11
These Geordie indie mavericks your following their debut American tour. Go – you will be glad you did!
Midnight Feast and Friends – Valentines Day Love-In, Friday 14th Feb, Hot Numbers Coffee, 7.30pm
This Valentine’s Day, spend your evening at the cosy, romantic setting of the legendary Hot Numbers Cafe in the company of friends (and maybe so much more).
FILM
Mean Girls, Saturday 15th February, Christ’s Films, 7pm & 10pm
It has been ten years since this film, perhaps the most quotable of our generation, was released. Bring out your inner Regina George with this screening at Christ’s College, even if you don’t even go here.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Sunday 16th February, St John’s Picturehouse, 7pm & 10pm
Idris Elba of The Wire/Thor/Pacific Rim/Luther fame stars as the iconic Nelson Mandela (but doesn’t really look like him) in this celebration of the great man’s life and journey.
Her, released Friday 14th February, Arts Picturehouse, times vary
Watch Joaquin Phoenix fall in love with the Siri-like voice that rules his life (played by Scarlett Johansson) in Spike Jonze’s latest mind-bending and heart-breaking film.
OTHER CULTURAL HAPPENINGS
Gray Matters, Saturday 15th Feb, Clare Cellars, 7.30pm
Head on down to Clare Cellars this coming Saturday where Grey Matters will be hosting a night of live music and spoken word in support of the mental health charity Mind.
Gender Agenda Creative Bonanza, Thurs 2oth Feb, Cambridge University Graduate Union, 5pm
Come on down for an exciting workshop-and safe space artistic share – share work, write work, meet creative people, talk about feminism!
‘Maybe try a different course’: Ranking Cambridge University lecturers’ brutal comments
Esther KnowlesNo wonder Cambridge students always look stressed
Quiz: Find out where you’d sit in the Cambridge University college boat club eight
Freya WattsYou go to Cambridge and don’t row? How else do you spend your free time?
Cambridge University college to install climbing wall inside 150 year old church tower
Pembroke has already converted the church on Trumpington Street into an auditorium
Cambridge University to ban use of the term ‘Oxbridge’ due to elitist connotations
Anyone caught using the word will be forced to undertake a mandatory ‘inclusivity training’
St John’s College Cambridge now has control over the SJV choir’s social media
The petition to save the mixed choir is supported by the former archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams
Cambridge University temporarily halts funding from fossil fuel companies
A report found that donations from oil and gas companies posed a ‘high reputational risk’ for the university
Eight cafés to try in Cambridge as a student before you graduate from university
Lucy BarberSpoiler alert: Fitzbillies isn’t the only coffee shop in Cambridge
St John’s College Cambridge mixed choir is being disbanded
The decision means female sopranos will no longer be able to sing in any chapel services
Cambridge University colleges as songs with women’s names in the title
Ellen HawleyGet ready to update your playlist immediately x
Leah Whiting
Cambridge men lose on penalties at the 150th anniversary of Varsity football
Cambridge was forced to substitute its goalkeeper following an injury on the third minute
THE RESULTS: Cambridge vs Oxford women’s football 2024
A short summary of the Varsity match for those of you who know nothing about football
Cambridge’s smallest pub has reopened after four years
Here’s everything you need to know about The Rad, a tiny pub on King Street
Review: Blackadder Goes Forth – Cambridge Does Comic Relief
Sophie PetrieA performance that did justice to the much-loved British comedy
Paint thrown over Cambridge University West site building in protest of its ties to Israel
Cambridge’s Laboratory for Scientific Computing has been under fire for its links to arms companies
A moral alignment ranking of Cambridge college rowing blade designs
Totally objective (based on free speed and vibez)
A definitive ranking of Cambridge stash from ugly to just about wearable
April O'NeillIt’s me and my puffer against the world
Olivia Little
Who are the candidates running for election at the Cambridge Union?
Jessica SpearmanVoting opens Thursday 7th March after the weekly debate
Everything Eden and Jayden have been up to since their messy run on MAFS Australia
Harrison BrocklehurstApparently they broke up FOUR TIMES after filming finished
This is why everyone thinks Taylor Swift’s song thanK you aIMee is about Kim Kardashian
Emily SmithThe title literally spells out KIM!!
All the savage Matty Healy lyrics Taylor Swift sings on The Tortured Poets Department
‘They shake their heads and say God help her when I tell them he’s my man’
Richard Gadd speaks about how similar Baby Reindeer’s Martha actually is to his real stalker
Phoebe KowhaiShe did actually send him over 41,071 emails and leave 350 hours of voicemails
Student at £43,000 a year private school ‘smashed the skulls’ of two students with hammer
The 17-year-old also tried to kill a teacher in ‘horrific attack’
Ellie Ring
What have Timothy and Lucinda been up to since their MAFS Australia 2024 homestay fight?
They’re still besties!
Here’s where to watch Richard Gadd next if you’re obsessed with Netflix’s Baby Reindeer
He’s in a police show with Stephen Graham!
Digs at Davide to Lorraine Kelly drama: What Ekin-Su has been up to since Celeb Big Brother
Iona MacRobertShe’s been in the headlines a lot lately
After their tense homestay, are Jack and Tori still together after MAFS Australia 2024?
I need answers immediately
Yikes! A snippet of Taylor Swift’s new album has allegedly leaked and people are SLATING it
‘We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist’ is an actual lyric
Inside the life of Walton Goggins, the Fallout ghoul everyone is weirdly crushing on
Lily ColdstreamYes, it’s possible to thirst after a man who looks like a carved pumpkin
What has Andrea been up to since leaving MAFS Australia 2024 with her head held high?
She’s living her best life
Love Island’s Zach goes on huge rant about girls ‘wearing nothing’ and ‘selling themselves’
‘People really out here selling themselves for some views/likes’
So, here’s the real reason why Martha calls Donny Baby Reindeer
The show is named after the pet name Martha actually called him in real life
Lauren from MAFS Australia has been spotted on a night out getting close to her ex again
There’s picture evidence!!!
Producers forced Tim to bring up cheating scandal again on homestays for more MAFS drama
And edited their homestays to ‘look worse than it actually was’
‘Shameful’: Sydney Sweeney savagely claps back at claims she ‘is not pretty and can’t act’
‘How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman’
OMG! The viral four lads in jeans are back and the jeans got… baggy
It’s been five years since the first picture was posted!