Footlights President of 2013 Harry Michell is returning to the ADC this week with a new show, ready for the Edinburgh Fringe. He talks to LARA FERRIS all about comedy and life out of Cambridge.
In response to the defence of The Footlights, TOMMY SHANE argues for the importance of criticism over blanket praise.
NICHOLAS HULBERT is left chuckling long into the night with this quirky Cambridge sketch show.
Find out where to discover the next Peter Cook or David Mitchell as The Tab rolls out its guide to Cambridge at The Fringe.
JACK EMMINS is left uninspired by an evening of comedy that, though funny, has been done many times before.
HANNAH QUINN found this production absofuckinglutely… difficult to get excited about.
With its peaks and troughs, this smoker relied too heavily on already established Footlights, claims TOMMY SHANE.
TOMMY SHANE has had a crisis of faith in his previous reverence for the Footlights after this not-so-awe-inspiring pantomime.
What happens when you cross strong performances with an unadventurous premise? JAKE ARNOTT finds out.
JUAN ZOBER DE FRANCISCO and ALICE CARR think this week’s Footlights Smoker was like a shirt. A very good shirt. Obviously.
Are student reviews bad news? HARRY MICHELL and AMI JONES battle it out.
ELLIE OGILVIE and a singleton audience lift their hearts with a Footlights Smoker.
Bosh. Bing. Bang. ALEX HUGHES loves this smoker so much she is reduced to onomatopoeia
New writing at the Corpus Playroom leaves JAMES STANIFORTH pleasantly surprised but still waiting for his coffee.
THE THEATRE GUIDE DOG shares her tragic past, but only because it has something to do with this week’s theatre. She’s not some kind of sop, you guys.
Lara Ferris
Tommy Shane
Kieran Corcoran
Juan Zober de Francisco
Nancy Napper Canter