What’s On Week 8
It’s week eight, but don’t stagnate or get irate – procrastinate! It’s going to be great! Bring a mate and luxuriate on a cultural date.
The TabTHEATRE
Into the Woods, ADC Theatre, 7.45pm, Wed 12th – Sat 15th Mar, £12/10
Weaving the tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel into a new story, Into the Woods will take you on an enchanting journey unlike any storybook, exploring what comes after ‘happily ever after’.
Contiuum, ADC Theatre, 11pm, Thu 13th – Sat 15th Mar, £6/5
There are parallel universes everywhere, or are there? There are parallel universes everywhere, or are there? Continuum answers these questions and more through the medium of comedy.
Nathan the Wise, Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Wednesday 5th – Sat 8th Mar, free
Banned by the Nazis in 1933, this expressionist-style production revitalizes Lessing’s play combines the Crusades with a café in Berlin. Confused? I know we are. Go see it.
MUSIC
We Are Scientists, Junction, Friday 7th March, Doors @ 7pm, £15
New York based indie rock band are making their way to the Junction a year after their last album, TV en francais. GO – they’re cool and stuff.
CUMS Concert Orchestra – Beethoven and Schoenberg, West Road Concert Hall, Tuesday 11th Marhc, Doors @ 8pm, £10
Conductor Benedict Collins-Rice invites you to CUMS concert orchastra with their own Concerto Competition prize-winning pianist Jâms Coleman.
FILM
The Grand Budapest Hotel, opens Friday, Arts Picturehouse, times vary
Pretty much everyone is excited for Wes Anderson’s latest film. With its large cast of such an impressive calibre – including Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Adrien Brody – and its whimsy typical to all Anderson films, it’s certainly going to be a crowd-pleaser.
Half of the Yellow Sun (preview screening with director Q&A) in association of Watersprite, Arts Picturehouse, 3.30pm
Chiwetel Ejiofor, fresh from 12 Years a Slave, stars in this film based on the novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This sure-to-be-impressive film will be followed by a Q&A with director Biyi Bandele.
Gravity, Sunday 9th March, St. John’s Picturehouse, 7pm & 10pm
If you missed the Oscar-winning Gravity during its initial run, catch it at John’s Picturehouse this Sunday. If you need your essay stress put into perspective, go watch Sandra Bullock and George Clooney float through space for a few hours.
OTHER CULTURAL HAPPENINGS
Watersprite Film Festival, locations vary, Sat 8th – Sun 9th March, free
Workshops, talks, interviews, screenings… there’s something for everything at Watersprite this year. Plan your weekend here.
Mastana 2014, Corn Exchange, 6-9pm, Sunday 9th March, prices vary
‘It is a journey that starts with us, but ends with you. Discover the mystical, the musical, the multicultural, and join us to celebrate the magic that is Mastana!’ Definitely not one to be missed.
‘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 Jack O’Connell has been up to since breaking all our hearts as Cook in Skins
Rebecca MurphyHe’s now starring in the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black
From absolute legends to losers, the definitive ranking of Coachella’s biggest headliners
Aaron EdwardsThere’s been the best of shows, there’s been the worst of shows
Emily Smith
Tori has finally spilled what her friendship status is now with the other MAFS Australia girls
Harrison Brocklehurst‘What those girls did to me was not friendship’
Madeleine complains that her MAFS Australia edit made her look like a ‘batsh*t crazy b*tch’
Francesca EkeThe psychic medium said that producers ‘pushed on a relationship topic that she didn’t want to go into’
MAFS Australia bride says groom broke up with her ‘out of the blue’ and won’t reply to her
‘He won’t reply to me. He hasn’t replied’
A body language expert says Jack and Tori are lying about having sex on MAFS Australia
‘Do I think they had proper sex? No’
Everything Eden and Jayden have been up to since their messy run on MAFS Australia
Apparently they broke up FOUR TIMES after filming finished
This is why everyone thinks Taylor Swift’s song thanK you aIMee is about Kim Kardashian
The 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