
So Long, Farewell: A Love Letter to Cambridge Theatre
Em Sparkes
Em Sparkes
Six years ago, while thinking about A-levels and moving to university, Em wrote a letter to her future self. While getting ready to move to London, she rediscovered and opened it. Suffice to say, it was equally nostalgic and cringey. Fast forward six years, Em’s had the time of their life, surviving A-levels, going to Cambridge, and embracing what they love most: theatre. There have been triumphs, successes and failures, a load of mistakes and a whole lot learnt. So, before she bids So Long, Farewell to Cambridge, come reflect on the beautiful chaos growing up through an evening of musical theatre classics.
This year the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society has been transforming our 32-seater Larkum Studio into the CUMTS Cabaret - a chance to explore the enchanting possibilities when music & theatre intertwine. These shows have showcased a fantastic mix of performers, songs, and stories, and had critics raving about the ‘intimate and moving form of storytelling’, and ‘emotional highs and lows, humour, and deeply personal content’.
This production is suitable for ages 12 and over.
The ADC Theatre is Britain's oldest University playhouse, today administered and maintained by the University of Cambridge. Plays have been presented on the site since 1855, when the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (CUADC) was founded, and the society met and performed in the back room of the Hoop Inn, which stood almost exactly where the ADC Theatre stands today. Today, the ADC Theatre is the centre of University drama in Cambridge, run almost entirely by students with no Faculty involvement.
The Larkum Studio is accessed through the far side of the ADC Bar.
This venue is wheelchair accessible. More information can be viewed here.
22 May 8:00pm | 8:00pm | Book now |