Cambridge Drama Festival
The 44th Cambridge Drama Festival
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 April, 7.30pm
A feast of short plays! Tragedy, fantasy, history, drama, comedy, social commentary and even Shakespeare brought to you by adult and junior groups from in and around the region. At least two plays each evening plus intriguing theatrical quizzes and interesting professional adjudications of each play. See programme below
Tickets: £8.00 (£7.00 concessions) per evening
Season ticket for the week £20.00 (£18.00 concessions)
Seat plan
Book online, call the Box Office on 0845 196 2320 or see our booking information page for more options.
Click the thumbnail image on the right to view seating plan.
Click the thumbnail image on the right to view seating plan.
Tuesday 17 April
Waterbeach Community Players
SEARCHING by Tim Boden (*)
A 'fresh' and amusing approach to the dating game
Anglia Ruskin University Theatre Arts Society
PAPER TRAIL by Sean Lang (*)
Family disclosures and moral dilemmas
Swavesey RADSOC
GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS by Vic Mills (!)
Comic rivalry between Shakespeare and Jonson
Wednesday 18 April
Clavering Players
THE DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM by Keith Phillips (*)
Intrigue and drama in the pop industry
Between The Bars
CUBICLE FOUR by Rachel Jarmy(*)
Dramatic scenes behind hospital curtains
Thursday 19 April
Dramawise
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM adapted from Shakespeare by Frances Brownlie
Classic comedy from the youth company
Swavesey Village College Theatre Company
HEROIN LIES by Wayne Denfhy (!)
Provocative drama from young performers
Friday 20 April
Historyonics Theatre Company
A MUSE'S WILL by Chris Hudson (*)
Shakespeare and 'airy nothings' in comic drama
Stagefright
THOSE LEFT BEHIND by Andra Bishop (*)
What happens at home in war time?
Bawds
FALSTAFF'S FOLLY adapted from Shakespeare by Richard Peroni
The Merry Wives of Windsor - fun, frolics and foolishness
Saturday 21 April
Arbury Primary School Past & Present
THE BURIED MOON by Mike Levy (*)
Enigmatic folk story with music and movement
Foxton Vixens
PURVIS by Nick Warburton
Comic Health, Safety and Incompetence
Followed by the 2012 Festival Awards Ceremony
(At the end of each evening the adjudicator, Jan Palmer, will give a short critique of each play)
(*) - eligible for New Play award
(!) - contains strong language and/or adult themes
Find the results of the 2012 Cambridge Drama Festival on the Bawds website.
Waterbeach Community Players
SEARCHING by Tim Boden (*)
A 'fresh' and amusing approach to the dating game
Anglia Ruskin University Theatre Arts Society
PAPER TRAIL by Sean Lang (*)
Family disclosures and moral dilemmas
Swavesey RADSOC
GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS by Vic Mills (!)
Comic rivalry between Shakespeare and Jonson
Wednesday 18 April
Clavering Players
THE DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM by Keith Phillips (*)
Intrigue and drama in the pop industry
Between The Bars
CUBICLE FOUR by Rachel Jarmy(*)
Dramatic scenes behind hospital curtains
Thursday 19 April
Dramawise
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM adapted from Shakespeare by Frances Brownlie
Classic comedy from the youth company
Swavesey Village College Theatre Company
HEROIN LIES by Wayne Denfhy (!)
Provocative drama from young performers
Friday 20 April
Historyonics Theatre Company
A MUSE'S WILL by Chris Hudson (*)
Shakespeare and 'airy nothings' in comic drama
Stagefright
THOSE LEFT BEHIND by Andra Bishop (*)
What happens at home in war time?
Bawds
FALSTAFF'S FOLLY adapted from Shakespeare by Richard Peroni
The Merry Wives of Windsor - fun, frolics and foolishness
Saturday 21 April
Arbury Primary School Past & Present
THE BURIED MOON by Mike Levy (*)
Enigmatic folk story with music and movement
Foxton Vixens
PURVIS by Nick Warburton
Comic Health, Safety and Incompetence
Followed by the 2012 Festival Awards Ceremony
(At the end of each evening the adjudicator, Jan Palmer, will give a short critique of each play)
(*) - eligible for New Play award
(!) - contains strong language and/or adult themes
Find the results of the 2012 Cambridge Drama Festival on the Bawds website.
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