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Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University. It was founded in 1883.
It grew in prominence in the 1960s, as a hotbed of comedy and satire, and continues to produce the regular, and very popular Smokers at the ADC Theatre; informal mixtures of sketches and stand-up.
It also produces regular plays and sketch shows, such as 2004's Daddy's Dead and the Spring Revue Cracking Up, as well as the tour show, Beyond A Joke. The current Footlights president is Simon Bird.
Notable entertainers who were members of Footlights include:
- Douglas Adams
- Clive Anderson
- Alexander Armstrong
- Pete Atkin
- Humphrey Barclay
- Sacha Baron Cohen ("Ali G")
- Cecil Beaton
- Eleanor Bron
- Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Graham Chapman
- John Cleese
- Peter Cook
- Jimmy Edwards
- David Frost
- Stephen Fry
- Mel Giedroyc
- Germaine Greer
- Norman Hartnell
- Claude Hulbert
- Jack Hulbert
- Eric Idle
- Clive James
- Simon Jones
- Hugh Laurie
- Rory McGrath
- Ben Miller
- Jonathan Miller
- David Mitchell
- Jimmy Mulville
- Richard Murdoch
- Bill Oddie
- Sue Perkins
- Jan Ravens
- Griff Rhys Jones
- Tony Slattery
- Emma Thompson
- Sandi Toksvig
- Robert Webb
- Rachel Weisz
External links
- Official website (http://www.footlights.org/)
- Past members and shows (http://www.footlights.org/past/past.html)hu:Cambridge Footlights