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Footlights Smoker

MAX UPTON pays tribute to the Footlights graduands, standing up for the possibility of a 5-star smoker.

Romeo and Juliet

MATILDA WNEK finds a story of woe – but an inconsistent one – in an ADC production that hasn’t the vision to take its text all the way.

Corpus Smoker

The last Smoker of term serves up a healthy portion of belly laughs and splits the sides of HUGO JONES.

Odds: Footlights Spring Revue

Disparate, incoherent and technical slip-ups…The crowning glory in the Footlights calendar fails to impress PHOEBE LUCKHURST.

Much Ado About Nothing

MATILDA WNEK revels in the revels of a production which reveals what’s been there all along. Awwww.

Hatch

Theatre Editors JESSICA PATTERSON & TOBY PARKER-REES are pleasantly surprised by a thoughtfully curated evening of new writing.

The Alchemist

BEN BLYTH finds a production that betters the play, and tells Cambridge theatre to up its game. Ian McKellen does not comment.