Helen Lyster
Career timeline
Cast 5Crew 15Mixed 2
MichaelmasLentEaster
2025/26
The Addams FamilyA Streetcar Named Desire
Marlowe Arts Show 2026: Twelfth NightThe Great Gatsby
CUMTS Finalists' Bar NightCAST 2026: King Lear
2024/25
Dancing at LughnasaSister ActCUMTS Freshers Musical 2024: The Back-Ups
CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour MusicalBloody PoetryWhat Do You Get For It?CUMTS Gala 2025: One Singular SensationEverybody’s Talking About Jamie
Pride and PrejudiceCAST 2025: Macbeth1816: The Year Without A Summer @ Camden Fringe
2025/26
| CAST 2026: King Lear
Cambridge American Stage Tour, Pembroke Players |
Lead Costume Designer | Mon 15 Jun – Sat 10 Oct 2026 E26 Week 7 |
ADC Theatre, Pembroke College Auditorium, Kentucky Wesleyan College, KY, Schuster Theatre @ Gannon University, PA, Washington International School, Washington, D. C., Harrisburg Academy, PA, Cinema Salem, MA |
| CUMTS Finalists' Bar Night
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Performer | Mon 18 May 2026 E26 Week 3 |
ADC Theatre (Bar) |
| The Great Gatsby
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
EnsembleLead Costume Designer | Tue 17 – Sat 21 Feb 2026 L26 Week 4 |
ADC Theatre |
| Marlowe Arts Show 2026: Twelfth Night
The Marlowe Society |
Wardrobe Assistant | Wed 21 – Sat 24 Jan 2026 L26 Week 0 |
Cambridge Arts Theatre |
| A Streetcar Named Desire
Bread Theatre & Film Company, Pembroke Players |
Assistant Costume Designer | Tue 11 – Sat 15 Nov 2025 M25 Week 5 |
ADC Theatre |
| The Addams Family
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Ensemble | Tue 28 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025 M25 Week 3 |
ADC Theatre |
2024/25
| 1816: The Year Without A Summer @ Camden Fringe
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Casting Consultant | Mon 23 Jun – Sat 18 Oct 2025 E25 Week 8 |
ADC Theatre (Bar), Corpus Playroom, Theatro Technis @ Camden Fringe, Lion & Unicorn Theatre |
| CAST 2025: Macbeth
Cambridge American Stage Tour |
Co-Costume Designer | Thu 19 Jun – Mon 8 Dec 2025 E25 Week 7 |
Town and Gown Theatre, ADC Theatre, The Ballroom, University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Cinema Salem, MA, Harrisburg Academy, PA, Little Washington Theatre, VA, Frostburg State University, MD, Kentucky Wesleyan, KY, The Paideia School, GA, The London Oratory School |
| Pride and Prejudice
Pembroke Players, Curtain Call Collaborative |
Mr GardinerLead Costume Designer | Tue 17 – Sat 21 Jun 2025 E25 Week 7 |
ADC Theatre |
| Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club |
Set Painter | Wed 19 – Sat 29 Mar 2025 L25 Week 8 |
ADC Theatre |
| CUMTS Gala 2025: One Singular Sensation
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Welfare Officer | Thu 27 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2025 L25 Week 5 |
ADC Theatre |
| What Do You Get For It?
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
CUMTS Show Contact | Thu 20 Feb 2025 L25 Week 4 |
ADC Theatre (Larkum Studio) |
| Bloody Poetry
The Dryden Society, Pembroke Players, The Marlowe Society, Brickhouse Theatre Company |
Costume Designer | Tue 28 Jan – Sat 1 Feb 2025 L25 Week 1 |
ADC Theatre |
| CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
ProducerCasting ConsultantDirector | Tue 21 Jan 2025 L25 Week 0 |
ADC Theatre |
| CUMTS Freshers Musical 2024: The Back-Ups
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Script EditorWelfare Officer | Wed 20 – Sat 23 Nov 2024 M24 Week 6 |
ADC Theatre |
| Sister Act
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Nun ensemble | Tue 5 – Sat 9 Nov 2024 M24 Week 4 |
ADC Theatre |
| Dancing at Lughnasa
Bread Theatre & Film Company |
Costume Designer | Tue 29 Oct – Sat 2 Nov 2024 M24 Week 3 |
ADC Theatre |
2023/24
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
CUMTS Show Contact | Tue 11 – Sat 15 Jun 2024 E24 Week 7 |
ADC Theatre |
| Carrie: The Musical
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Assistant Costume Designer | Tue 7 – Sat 11 May 2024 E24 Week 2 |
ADC Theatre |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club |
ASM | Wed 13 – Sat 23 Mar 2024 L24 Week 8 |
ADC Theatre |
| CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Cast | Tue 16 Jan 2024 L24 Week 0 |
ADC Theatre |
| CUMTS Freshers Musical 2023: Beyond Today
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society |
Frances | Wed 15 – Sat 18 Nov 2023 M23 Week 6 |
ADC Theatre |