- November 2024
The Marlowe Society's seminal night of new writing returns: come along and hear some of the most exciting new voices in Cambridge Theatre share new short plays, or extracts from longer plays. A collage of bold, creative plays, HATCH also serves as a training ground for new directors and performers. What better way to spend your evening than checking out what these fresh voices have to say? Come be an integral part of any young creative's journey: the audience to help them develop their work.
- November 2024
Calling all freshers! Our final bar night of term is for the freshers only. If you haven't had the chance yet at Cambridge or have managed to appear in all 3 freshers' plays and the freshers musical too, come sing a song to end your first term in style and let your new enemies hear you belt that E5.
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! With a range of performers and songs, you are sure to find something you like in these bar nights.
Keep an eye on the CUMTS instagram (@cumtscambridge) for more information nearer the time about auditions!
- November 2024
The 2nd Bar Night of term, this evening will showcase the original music from Cambridge's composers. This is a chance for people to get creative and have some fun! CUMTS will be hosting a 'speed-dating' event in the Larkum on the 20th of October at 7pm, with the aim to introduce lyricists and composers to each other in the hope that they can create brand new material! Following auditions a week before the bar night, composer/lyricist(s) will have to write a brand new song (or songs) for a performer to debut at this bar night! This will be a fun, creative opportunity for composers/lyricists/performers old and new to test their skills and grow in confidence.
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! With a range of performers and songs, you are sure to find something you like in these bar nights.
Keep an eye on the CUMTS instagram (@cumtscambridge) for more information nearer the time about auditions!
- October 2024
Welcome and welcome back all Cantabrigians! Come sing your heart out at the first bar night of term. It's an open theme, so you can come and show off those pipes with any musical theatre song you like (in case anyone forgot over the summer that you can, in fact, sing!)
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! With a range of performers and songs, you are sure to find something you like in these bar nights.
Keep an eye on the CUMTS instagram (@cumtscambridge) for more information nearer the time about auditions!
- October 2024
Come join the Impronauts at Quickfire!: an hour (and a bit) of improvised comedy for your delectation. Watch as Cambridge's best-loved improvised comedy troupe set the ADC Bar ablaze with a variety of hilarious scenes and games, all completely made up on the spot. Each Quickfire is based on audience suggestions, and no two shows are ever the same! So get ready to ignite your humour and put our improvisers in the hot-seat with your suggestions. No script. No rehearsals. No problem.
- June 2024
The story follows dowdy, kind, trusting, lonely, technologically-naïve Aunt June. Desperate to connect with her niece Andy, June begins to get on Andy’s nerves. Andy suggests that June fill her time instead by finding friendships online. Grandma (the eccentric matriarch of the family) lends June a laptop that she won in a poker game from Knucklehead Joe, a laptop which June discovers only has an “onion” browser installed …
Matters take a strange turn when June unwittingly finds herself on The Dark Web and befriending a low-level drug ring, the members of whom June mistakes for cooking and gardening enthusiasts. June’s new friends offer her a job in their cooking business making special cookies using undisclosed ingredients that are shipped to her, which includes a very unusual recipe ...
Set to an upbeat funk/pop score, the story, at its heart, follows the relationship between Andy and June who share a mother-daughter-like bond. At the beginning of the show, they struggle to communicate; but through the events of June’s online adventures, they reconcile and build their relationship. The story follows three generations of women in a family context and explores the importance of female relationships in this family setting.
- June 2024
- May 2024
In 1850s Victorian England, a prison chaplain is tasked with cleansing the souls of those sentenced to death or transportation for the most heinous crimes. In a dirty prison cell, the Chaplain meets three convicts: Edie, a young woman from the inner-city slums with a dream of dancing in the music hall and forced into prostitution in order to survive, John, a coachman for a wealthy family who killed his master after his love was taken from him, and Jamie, a young boy forced to steal for his starving mother and brother and sentenced to transportation as a result. Throughout, the Chaplain is also plagued by the voice of a mysterious woman who lurks in the cell’s shadows, and the Chaplain is certain he has met her somewhere before. As the musical unfolds and the Chaplain’s mental state deteriorates, it becomes clear that he too has sins he must confess…
Though the show is dark in its themes, it hopes to be a moving show with humorous elements. The show explores the nature of the hypocrisy of those in positions of power, as well as deeply human ideas as the power of love for one another and the human capacity for forgiveness.
As a story told through classic musical theatre numbers, The Chaplain promises an emotional exploration of love, hate, faith and power abuse underscored by bloodthirsty Victorian law in the hope of drawing parallels with the not-so-distant society of today…
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
For four evenings this term, CUMTS host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
For the third bar night of the term, in line with our goals to diversify the musical theatre scene and increase accessibility, CUMTS are working in collaboration with Bread Theatre & Film Company to bring you a Bar Night made up entirely BME performers who will be singing all of their favourite songs from musical theatre.
It's going to be an amazing night so please don't miss out! Buy your tickets now!
- February 2024
- January 2024
- November 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
for the first time ever members of CUMTS have been given the chance to vote on the theme for a bar night, so make sure you come along and see what the musical theatre stars of Cambridge have voted on !
- November 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
This time round we have the joy of welcoming the newest performers in Cambridge Theatre to the ADC Bar stage ! make sure you come along to support the newest members of CUMTS !
- October 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
- October 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
Shake off the shackles of the library and come on down to the ADC bar for some exam term stress relief with your favourite drag performers! Join Dragtime!'s kings, queens and inbetweens as they gossip, giggle, and kiki your Easter blues away... Featuring lip sync, singing, spoken word, live music and so much more, don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to get to know some of Cambridge's freshest new drag talent.
- May 2023
“Shadowhunters have a saying: all the stories are true.” 15-year-old Clary Fray is embroiled in a world of angels, demons and mythical creatures on a journey to discover who she truly is. After her mother is kidnapped, she is forced to open her eyes to what lies beneath the mundane façade of New York City and find light within the Shadow World. Teaming up with a group of half-human, half-angel ‘Shadowhunters’, she learns to wield angelic weapons, fight demons and even find love, all with her dorky best friend Simon by her side. A fan-made musical based on the best-selling series by Cassandra Clare, ‘The Mortal Instruments’.
- May 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
This week it's time to bid farewell to our graduating performers- auditions will be open to finalists only!
- May 2023
Big-shot ad writer Colin wakes up to discover he can only speak in jingles. Desperate to lift the curse, he meets green campaigner Jasmine, who seems to be the antidote. The only problem is, she finds him a revolting sellout. Can he change for her? Mad Men meets Groundhog Day in this rib-tickling new musical.
- May 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality. The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
- April 2023
Let the Impronauts entertain you with Quickfire: an hour of improvised comedy, sure to set the house on fire!
Every fortnight, Cambridge's best-loved improvised comedy troupe set the ADC Bar ablaze with a variety of hilarious scenes, games, and songs all completely made up on the spot. Each Quickfire is based on audience suggestions so no two shows are ever the same.
So get ready to ignite your humour and put our improvisers in the hot-seat with your suggestions.
No script. No rehearsals. No problem.
- March 2023
Every term the Marlowe Society runs HATCH which is an amazing opportunity for first time writers, actors and directors to team up to put on a ten-minute play.
The writer submits their work, a director is attached and any actor who wants to participate can! No submissions or auditions, just fun pieces of new writing! They are then performed in a very low pressure friendly bar environment.
- March 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
- February 2023
A group of rebels, young and old, unite the outcasts of society, pick up their placards, and demand justice!
In the midst of Roman occupation, three Marys: a Mother, a Leader, and a Runaway, live out their lives. But who are these women, and why did the things they say and do cause such a stir?
Come along to watch this re-telling of the biblical narrative, from her perspective. See the cast sing and fight their way through first century Judea, refusing to accept their designated positions as women on the side-lines of history.
- February 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
- February 2023
we choose who we invite / through the front door of our life
Sky, a precocious but quiet teenager, gets caught smoking a zoot and is sentenced to live with their teacher, Miss Court. Between Miss Court's caution to maintain boundaries and Sky's disinterest in interacting at all, neither of them is expecting the other to be anything except a housemate. But a badly-timed Covid-19 infection forces the two to spend a fortnight with no social options except one another.
What emerges from the ashes of this explosion of misfortune could either be a beautiful gift, or a disaster...
An original musical about friendship, trust, identity and weed.
- January 2023
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
- January 2023
- November 2022
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
This time round, we want to hear you step out of your comfort zone and sing something you ordinarily wouldn’t choose to sing- in the words of the great Cole Porter… anything goes!
- November 2022
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
This time auditions are open exclusively to freshers. Good luck!
- October 2022
'I feel something in the air / inside my mind / but I can't find / the words quite yet'
In a fictionalised version of Edwardian academic England, Rosa, a fiery student with a drive to make things better, gets sent to Saint Frederick's School for Troublesome Girls. An imminent visit from the School Inspector leaves Professor Oakshot on edge as he struggles to control the newly radical student population. While tensions rise, the appointment of a new English teacher threatens to mark the end of the order they know so well...
A sung-through, student-written musical, FULL MARX is a story of queer love and BME joy, a refreshing new take in the musical theatre scene, presented in front of a live audience for the first time as a rehearsed reading. With an irreverent political sensibility, a multi-ethnic, folk-inspired score, and a scathing critique of 'academic' culture, FULL MARX promises to be a show like no other.
- October 2022
Three times a term, we host a night where people can come along and sing a musical theatre song for a smaller audience in a less intimidating venue (the ADC bar). The atmosphere is always friendly and uplifting, and the performances are always of a top quality.
The most wonderful thing about these shows is that the more intimate setting allows for those less confident performers to feel more comfortable in their singing and eventually move onto principal roles in bigger shows. You never know, any Bar Night participant might just go on to be the next big star of the stage! Not only that, but also the range of performers means that there is always a range of songs and dynamics to fit every audience member's needs. Whether you're into comedy or you're a hopeless romantic, there'll be something for you!
- October 2022
Following tragedy in a South London community, a group of disgruntled teens spiral down their own paths of radicalisation and begin to hatch a plot inspired by Islamic extremism to strike back at their oppressors.
Struggle is a brand new musical in British hip hop telling the story of extremism and radicalisation in the climate of austerity and gentrification.
