By andrew smith just before their summer tour, andy smith found out more about the cambridge footlights. I remember that he used to pop up regularly on university challenge, representing cambridge. This film is included as a special feature on the dvd of series 2 of a bit of fry and laurie. Following a countrywide tour, the show went to the edinburgh festival where it was the first winner of the coveted edinburgh fringes perrier award for comedy. Buy footlights hundred years of cambridge comedy new edition by hewison, robert isbn. This is a listing of those former members who have achieved notability after graduating from cambridge university. From the cambridge footlights to yes prime minister jonathan lynn. The most renowned sketch troupe of them all the independent. Cambridge university 1974 footlights revue tv movie 1974. Clive james boys will be girls lrb 1 september 1983. Download cambridge ielts 112 with pdf, audio and answers. There was no doubt stephen fry was clever very clever. Robert webb, olivia colman and james bachmann were all in footlights as well. I did not quite know what to expect from the footlights spring revue.
The elected leader of cambridge university footlights dramatic club is known as the president, who is assisted by a. Starring stephen fry, hugh laurie, emma thompson, tony slattery, paul shearer, and penny dwyer. Cambridge footlights revue wikipedia republished wiki 2. The following term, the oxford revue invited the durham revue and the cambridge footlights for the trios annual show, the oxford revue and friends at the oxford playhouse. Does anyone know what the situation is now with the quality and success of the oxford revue and the cambridge footlights respectively. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 cambridge footlights revue 1982 skip navigation sign in. As studio ghiblis films are coming on netflix, sarah brady reflects on the unique ways in which iconic japanese studio portrays female characters. Cambridge footlights revue, the british universities. Shows like this are why cambridge theatre is so great. A guide to footlights 64, the 1964 itv tv sketch show. Watch cambridge footlights revue tv movie 1982 movie. By 1964, it was performing its may week revue not just at the cambridge arts theatre but also at the edinburgh fringe. The cambridge footlights are the worldfamous student comedy troupe who first aired the. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 cambridge footlights.
If you are interested in getting involved in cambridge comedy, and are a student at either cambridge or anglia ruskin, then sign up to the footlights mailing list, where every week you will receive information on upcoming comedy performances as well as auditions, openmics, workshops, and other comedy events. The cambridge footlights are the worldfamous comedy troupe who first aired the talents of some of the foremost british comedians and actors of. The cellar tapes, directed by jan ravens, was first performed in 1981 as part of the cambridge footlights revue. Cambridge footlights celebrate 100 years of comedy. Cambridge footlights celebrate 100 years of comedy student revue group helped launch careers of peter cook, stephen fry and emma thompson richard boston. A guide to cambridge footlights revue, the 1982 bbc two tv sketch show. With hugh laurie, penny dwyer, stephen fry, paul shearer. A special halfhour televised performance of 1964s cambridge footlights revue, stuff what dreams are made of. Cambridge footlights international tour show is the biggest show of the year. Join the most renowned sketch troupe of them all the independent as they embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over twenty thousand people across two continents. So when the author of this book about the cambridge footlights approached me, in my capacity as one of the clubs numerous surviving expresidents, i imitated the action of the clam. We have a brilliant team of more than 60 support team members looking after discussions on the student room, helping to make it a fun, safe and useful place to hang out.
The cambridge footlights are one britains oldest student sketch comedy troupes. In the present, footlights is still going strong at cambridge, performing out of the adc theatre on park street. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in footlights while prominent figures in other industries also took part in footlights. Cambridge footlights revue wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the cambridge footlights revue is an annual revue by the footlights club a group of comic writerperformers at the university of cambridge. There was this entry about absurd persons plural in the 1990 archives of the stage this years cambridge footlights revue, absurd persons plural, started a tour at the arts, cambridge this week which continues until the companys. A tv version of the cambridge footlights revue the cellar tapes, winner of the firstever perrier award at the edinburgh fringe festival in 1981. Search for cambridge university 1974 footlights revue on.
Its therefore no surprise either, to note that he dominates this revue with his presence. Bbc cambridgeshire entertainment the footlights shine. Three of the more notable revues are detailed below. Footlights 64 itv sketch show british comedy guide. Filmed inserts for a bbc production featuring the cambridge footlights. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet. Hollywood silent film comedies which are as funny now as they were at the time were being created while the stars. Replying is easier on our app click here to download for free. The footlights spring revue comes as a saviour during the dreaded week 5 of the term and will leave you with a smile support varsity varsity is the independent newspaper for the university of cambridge, established in its current form in 1947.
Many of our former members have gone on to win oscars, baftas and other awards and enjoy success in. What is the oxford equivalent of the cambridge footlights. The brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for pc, mac and mobile. Beyond the fringe, with peter cook, dudley moore, jonathan miller and alan bennett, which began as a footlights idea, went on to broadway acclaim. Adc is not only a theatre but a department at cambridge, owned by the cambridge university amateur dramatic club. For some months before the name footlights was chosen, the group had performed to local audiences in the cambridge area. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 the movie database tmdb. I imagine this is from when they were all in footlights together, where mitchell and later ayoade were both president. For information about individual footlights revues, see cambridge footlights revue. In the 19891990 academic year, nicola was a cast member in two cambridge footlights revue.
This is a list of former members of footlights who achieved notability after graduating from cambridge university. Footlights is a professionally produced playbill dedicated to illuminating theater and connecting to audiences. Download now to enjoy a faster adfree browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software. Katie breathwick stars in the cambridge footlights latest revue the barracuda jazz option at the pleasance, edinburgh to 3 sept. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 come join us in the noblest of causes the battle for national improvement the creaking of leather and uniforms is the hymn of our british movement we.