Footlights

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 Raph Shirley.

Notable entertainers who were members of Footlights include:

• Jack Hulbert
• Claude Hulbert
• Richard Murdoch
• Jimmy Edwards
• Cecil Beaton
• Norman Hartnell
• Pete Atkin
• Humphrey Barclay
• Jonathan Miller
• Peter Cook
• Eleanor Bron
• David Frost
• Tim Brooke-Taylor
• Bill Oddie
• Graham Chapman
• John Cleese
• Stephen Fry
• Hugh Laurie
• Sandi Toksvig
• Jan Ravens
• Clive James
• Germaine Greer
• Griff Rhys Jones
• Clive Anderson
• Jimmy Mulville
• Rory McGrath
• Tony Slattery
• Emma Thompson
• Sacha Baron Cohen ("Ali G")
• Douglas Adams
• Rachel Weisz
• Simon Jones
• Alexander Armstrong
• Ben Miller
• Mel Giedroyc
• Sue Perkins
• Robert Webb
• David Mitchell

External links

• Official website
• Past members and shows