Helen Lyster
(she/her)
CUMTS Welfare Rep 2024-5
CUADC Designers’ Rep 2025-6
has vinted and a dream
Helen Lyster is currently involved with
CAST 2026: King Lear – Lead Costume Designer
18:30, Mon 15th June 2026 at Pembroke College Auditorium
How does power corrode? CAST 2026: King Lear examines power as poison, one that rots families, fractures societies, and leaves devastation in its wake. The medieval historical fantasy setting, decorated with augural tapestries and crowns, is contrasted with a modern ensemble whose dancing unveils the raw emotional landscape beneath. This production shows that there are no victors in the pursuit of power, only casualties.
The Cambridge American Stage Tour (CAST), established under the patronage of Dame Judi Dench in 1998, is one of the major international theatre tours of the University of Cambridge. It aims to bring the work of Shakespeare to as wide an audience as possible in the eastern United States. Now in its 27th year, Cambridge University’s largest international tour show has been performing to packed houses and critical acclaim since 1998! Each September, some of Cambridge’s most talented actors, directors, designers and technicians travel across the Atlantic to bring a Shakespeare play to colleges, high schools and professional theatres on the East Coast.
Helen Lyster has been involved with
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Iolanthe at the Minack – Costume Designer
19:30, Mon 14th – Fri 18th September 2026 at The Minack Theatre
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Quickening – Costume designer
19:00, Tue 25th – Sat 29th August 2026 at Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town
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ROMEO AND JULIET – Associate Costume Designer
13:00, Tue 23rd – Thu 25th June 2026 at Peterhouse Chapel
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Love's Labour's Lost – Princess of France
14:00, Fri 19th – Sun 21st June 2026 at Cloister Court Queens' College
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CUMTS Finalists' Bar Night – Performer
20:00, Mon 18th May 2026 at ADC Theatre (Bar)
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Shades of Red (Short Film) – Costume Designer
00:00, Thu 19th – Sun 22nd March 2026 at Around Central Cambridge
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Amadeus – Costumes
19:00, Fri 13th – Mon 16th March 2026 at Trinity College Chapel
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The Great Gatsby – Lead Costume Designer, Ensemble
19:45, Tue 17th – Sat 21st February 2026 at ADC Theatre
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A Breakfast of Eels – Costume Designer
19:00, Tue 27th – Sat 31st January 2026 at Corpus Playroom
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The Only Fruit - Short Film – Welfare
19:30, Thu 29th January 2026 at Fitzpatrick Hall
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Marlowe Arts Show 2026: Twelfth Night – Wardrobe Assistant
19:30, Wed 21st – Sat 24th January 2026 at Cambridge Arts Theatre
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A Streetcar Named Desire – Assistant Costume Designer
19:30, Tue 11th – Sat 15th November 2025 at ADC Theatre
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The Addams Family – Ensemble
19:45, Tue 28th October – Sat 1st November 2025 at ADC Theatre
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1816: The Year Without A Summer @ Camden Fringe – Casting Consultant
21:00, Wed 6th – Thu 7th August 2025 at Theatro Technis @ Camden Fringe
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Pride and Prejudice – Lead Costume Designer, Mr Gardiner
19:45, Tue 17th – Sat 21st June 2025 at ADC Theatre
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Twelfth Night – Maria
12:00, Fri 20th – Sat 21st June 2025 at Cloister Court, Queens' College
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CAST 2025: Macbeth – Co-Costume Designer
13:00, Thu 19th June 2025 at Town and Gown Theatre
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That's Showbiz, Kid! – Lights
20:00, Thu 8th May 2025 at ADC Theatre (Larkum Studio)
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Set Painter
19:45, Wed 19th – Sat 22nd March 2025 at ADC Theatre
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The Healing Room – Producer
20:00, Thu 13th – Sat 15th March 2025 at Fitzpatrick Hall
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Pink Goes Good With Green – Writer, Glinda
20:00, Thu 6th March 2025 at ADC Theatre (Larkum Studio)
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Far Away – Hat Team, Prisoner
21:30, Wed 26th February – Sat 1st March 2025 at Corpus Playroom
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CUMTS Gala 2025: One Singular Sensation – Welfare Officer
22:30, Thu 27th February – Sat 1st March 2025 at ADC Theatre
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What Do You Get For It? – CUMTS Show Contact
20:00, Thu 20th February 2025 at ADC Theatre (Larkum Studio)
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Bloody Poetry – Costume Designer
19:45, Tue 28th January – Sat 1st February 2025 at ADC Theatre
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CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical – Producer, Casting Consultant, Director
23:00, Tue 21st January 2025 at ADC Theatre
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pool (no water) – Welfare Officer, Photographer
19:00, Tue 26th – Sat 30th November 2024 at Corpus Playroom
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CUMTS Freshers Musical 2024: The Back-Ups – Script Editor, Welfare Officer
23:00, Wed 20th – Sat 23rd November 2024 at ADC Theatre
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Sister Act – Nun ensemble
19:45, Tue 5th – Sat 9th November 2024 at ADC Theatre
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Dancing at Lughnasa – Costume Designer
19:45, Tue 29th October – Sat 2nd November 2024 at ADC Theatre
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The Tragedy Of Othello – Welfare Lead
18:30, Wed 30th October – Sat 2nd November 2024 at Pembroke College Chapel
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A Cauldron of BATS – Actor - 'Dogstar'
19:30, Thu 17th October 2024 at Black Box Studio @ Queens' College
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Smörgåsbord – Actor, 'Dogstar'
19:45, Fri 11th – Sat 12th October 2024 at Corpus Playroom
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Much Ado About Nothing – Conrad/Antonia
14:00, Sat 15th – Mon 17th June 2024 at Cloister Court, Queens’ College
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – CUMTS Show Contact
19:45, Tue 11th – Sat 15th June 2024 at ADC Theatre
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Bad Habit – Convent nun
18:00, Wed 12th June 2024 Venue to be confirmed
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Devil’s Drum – Lost Soul 1
21:30, Wed 15th – Sat 18th May 2024 at Corpus Playroom
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Carrie: The Musical – Assistant Costume Designer
19:45, Tue 7th – Sat 11th May 2024 at ADC Theatre
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – ASM
19:45, Wed 13th – Sat 23rd March 2024 at ADC Theatre
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Emma – Anne
19:00, Tue 5th – Sat 9th March 2024 at Pembroke New Cellars
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Constellation Street – Assistant Producer
19:00, Tue 13th – Sat 17th February 2024 at Corpus Playroom
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King Lear at the Union – Chorus
19:00, Sat 17th February 2024 at Cambridge Union Debating Chamber
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The Book of Margery Kempe – Welfare Officer
21:30, Wed 24th – Sat 27th January 2024 at Corpus Playroom
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CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical – Cast
23:00, Tue 16th January 2024 at ADC Theatre
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CUMTS Freshers Musical 2023: Beyond Today – Frances
23:00, Wed 15th – Sat 18th November 2023 at ADC Theatre