The Cambridge Footlights, commonly referred to simply as Footlights, is a student

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troupe located in

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. Footlights was founded in 1883, and is one of Britain's oldest student sketch comedy troupes. The comedy society is run by the students of the

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History

Footlights' inaugural performance took place in June 1883. For some months before the name "Footlights" was chosen, the group had performed to local audiences in the

area (once, with a cricket match included, at the "pauper lunatic asylum"). They wished to go wider than the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (ADC), founded in 1855, with its membership drawn largely from

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, and its theatre seating only 100. They were to perform every

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at the

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, the shows soon open to the public. A local paper commended the club's appeal to the "general public, the many different classes of which life in Cambridge is made up". The club grew in prominence in the 1960s as a hotbed of comedy and satire, and established a permanent home in the basement of the

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. Having established a tradition of performing at the annual

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, the club entered the mainstream when its members formed half of ''

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'', the hugely popular stage revue which toured Britain and America in 1960. The 1963 revue then followed in the footsteps of ''Beyond the Fringe'', appearing in Edinburgh and London's West End, before travelling to

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and the United States, where it made appearances on Broadway and ''

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'' and received a full-page review in ''

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''. The first woman to be given full membership was

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. She joined in October 1964 on the same day as

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. There had been women before that time who had been allowed to join in, including

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in the late 1950s, but Greer was the first to be billed as a full member. Apparently

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was instrumental in having women admitted. She was part of the Footlights' 1965 revue ''My Girl Herbert''. Over the next decade, Footlights members came to dominate British comedy in the 1970s, creating and starring in shows such as '' Not Only... But Also'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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and

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'', forming comedy groups such as

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and

The Goodies The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their The Goodies (TV series), ...

, and generally fuelling the

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. During the 1980s, Footlights reinforced its position at the heart of British comedy. The 1981 revue, featuring

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and Paul Shearer, won the inaugural

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at the

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and spawned Fry and Laurie, the first in a long line of popular and successful

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s formed at the club including

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and

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. Their revue,

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, at St Mary Street Hall was billed as "the annual revue: one of the strongest casts for several years, has already toured in southern England with great success." Former members have gone on to win

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s and other awards and enjoy success in the entertainment industry.

Activities

During term, Footlights produce the regular "Smokers"—an informal mixture of sketches and stand-up—at the

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. The club also produces the annual Pantomime (in collaboration with ADC and the Spring Revue, as well as staging the winning entry of the Footlights Harry Porter Prize; a competition in which any student at the university may enter a one-hour comic play. The Footlights International Tour Show takes place from June until October, and travels to Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and venues across the United States. For information about individual Footlights revues, see

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Membership

Potential members apply to the organization at two times during the year, once at the end of the university's

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and the other at the beginning of the university's

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. Students who study at the

and

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are able to apply for membership. Students must be at least in the third year or above in their undergraduate studies to apply for membership. Postgraduate students are also eligible to apply to be members of the Footlights comedy society.

Former members

This is a list of former members of Footlights who achieved notability after graduating from the

Presidents

The elected leader of the University of Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club is known as the president, who is assisted by a vice-president, treasurer, archivist and several other posts to form the committee. Notable past presidents have included the following: *

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(of ''

'', ''

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'' and '' Not Only... But Also'') *

(of ''

'', ''

'' and ''

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'') *

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(of ''The Goodies'', ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'' and ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'') *

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(of

) *

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(of ''

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'') *

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(of '' Dead Ringers''), the first woman president *

(of '' Fry and Laurie'', ''

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'' and ''

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'') *

(of ''

'') *

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(of

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) *

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(of ''

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'' and ''

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'') * David Mitchell (of ''

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'' and ''

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'') *

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(creator of

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's ''

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'') *

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(of ''

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'' and ''

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'') *

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(of ''

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'' and ''

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'')

List of presidents

* 1886 – F. W. Mortimer * 1887 – J. J. Withers * 1890 –

Oscar Browning Oscar Browning (17 January 1837 – 6 October 1923) was a British educationalist, historian and ''bon viveur'', a well-known Cambridge personality during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. An innovator in the early development of prof ...

* 1891 – C. M. Rae * 1892 – Oscar Browning * 1894 – Oscar Browning * 1895 – Oscar Browning * 1896 – H. C. Pollitt * 1897 – H. C. Pollitt * 1898 – M. V. Leveaux * 1899 – S. W. Burgess * 1900 – O. J. Goedecker * 1901 – R. J. White * 1902 – E. K. Fordham * 1904 – G. S. Heathcote * 1905 – G. S. Heathcote * 1906 – H. Rottenburg * 1907 – H. Rottenburg * 1908 – J. S. Murray * 1909 – L. B. Tillard * 1910 – A. R. Inglis * 1911 – A. R. Inglis * 1912 – P. D. Ravenscroft * 1913 – C. A. A. Douglas Hamilton * 1914 – M. Cutherston * 1919 – B. D. Nicholson * 1920 – B. D. Nicholson * 1921 – M. D. Lyon * 1922 – M. D. Lyon * 1923 – F. E. Powell * 1924 – J. A. C. Barradale * 1925 – H. J. Warrender * 1926 – J. D. Houison Craufurd * 1927 – H. C. Martineau * 1928 – H. E. R. Mitchell * 1929 – J. Fell Clark * 1930 – J. C. Byrom * 1931 – R. S. Hill * 1932 – P. E. Lyon * 1933 – J. A. Coates * 1934 – Lord Killanin * 1935 – Harry Lee * 1936 – Peter Crane * 1937 – Albert E. P. Robison * 1938 – P. B. Meyer * 1939 – Sir Robert Ricketts, Bt. * 1947 – D. C. Orders * 1948 – D. C. Orders * 1949 – Simon Phipps * 1950 – Adrian Vale * 1951 – Ian Kellie * 1952 – Andrew Davidson * 1953 – Peter Firth * 1954 –

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* 1955 – Brian Marber * 1956 – Tim Berington * 1957 – Allan Mitchell * 1958 – Peter Stroud * 1959 –

Adrian Slade Adrian Carnegie Slade (25 May 1936 – 24 January 2025) was a British Liberal and Liberal Democrat politician and advertising agency founder. Life and career Born in 1936 to George Penkivil Slade (a kinsman of Sir Benjamin Slade), he was e ...

* 1960 –

* 1961 – Peter Bellwood * 1962 – Robert Atkins * 1963 –

* 1964 –

* 1965 –

* 1966 – Andrew Mayer * 1967 –

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.Jonathan James-Moore * 1969 – Barry Brown * 1970 – Adrian Edwards * 1971 – Richard MacKenna * 1972 – Steve Thorn * 1973 – Robert Benton * 1974 – Jon Canter * 1975 –

* 1976 – Chris Keightley * 1977 –

Jimmy Mulville James Thomas Mulville (born 5 January 1955) is an English comedian, comedy writer, producer and television presenter. He is best known for co-founding (in 1986) the British independent television production company Hat Trick Productions with D ...

* 1978 – Martin Bergman * 1979 –

Robert Bathurst Robert Guy Bathurst (born 22 February 1957) is a British actor. Bathurst was born in The Gold Coast (British colony), The Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. In 1959, his family moved to Ball ...

* 1980 –

* 1981 –

* 1982 –

* 1983 –

* 1984 –

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* 1985 – Kathryn Crew * 1986 – Nick Golson * 1987 – Tim Scott * 1988 –

Peter Bradshaw Peter Nicholas Bradshaw (born 19 June 1962) is a British writer and film critic. He has been chief film critic at ''The Guardian'' since 1999, and is a contributing editor at ''Esquire'' magazine. Early life and education Bradshaw was educat ...

* 1989 – Roland Kenyon * 1990 –

Henry Naylor Henry James Naylor is a British comedy writer, director and performer. He is also a playwright. Early life Naylor read history and history of art at Downing College, Cambridge. Career Naylor was head writer for ''Spitting Image'', and has wr ...

* 1991 –

* 1992 – Dan Gaster * 1993 – Mark Evans * 1994 –

* 1995 – Charlie Hartill * 1996 – David Mitchell * 1997 – Sarah Moule * 1998 –

* 1999 – Kevin Baker * 2000 –

Matt Green Matthew Green may refer to: *Matthew Green (British politician) (born 1970), British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Ludlow and subsequently for Shropshire South *Matthew Green (Canadian politician) (born 1980) NDP Member of Parliament f ...

* 2001 – James Morris * 2002 –

Ed Weeks Edward Charles Egerton Weeks (born 25 October 1980) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Dr. Jeremy Reed in the Fox/Hulu comedy series '' The Mindy Project'' (2012–2017). He also starred as Colin in the Fox comedy series '' ...

* 2003 – Stefan Golaszewski * 2004 – Ed Riches * 2005 – Raph Shirley * 2006 –

* 2007 –

Will Sharpe William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 1986) is an English actor, writer, and director. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama ''Casualty'' (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with '' Black Pond'' (2011 ...

* 2008 – Sam Sword * 2009 – Alastair Roberts * 2010 – Abi Tedder * 2011 – Mark Fiddaman * 2012 –

Phil Wang Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vòng Hîn-kùi''; born 22 January 1990) is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 ser ...

* 2013 – Harry Michell * 2014 – Ben Pope * 2015 – Thomas Roper Fraser * 2016 – Oliver Taylor * 2017 – Dillon Mapletoft * 2018 – Ruby Keane * 2019 – No president; committee-led * 2020 – Jade Franks * 2021 – Adédàmọ́lá Láoyè * 2022 – Ayush Prasad * 2023 – Niamh Howat * 2024 – Margaret Saunderson * 2025 – James Allen

References

External links

Official website

Official International Tour website

Past members and shows

Footlights Alumni Association

The Cambridge Footlights Review, 1982
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History

Activities

Membership

Former members

Presidents

List of presidents

See also

References

External links