ADC Theatre
The ADC Theatre is one of the smallest departments of the University of Cambridge, and is the oldest University playhouse in the country. Plays have been presented on the site since 1855. The ADC Theatre is the centre of University drama in Cambridge, led almost entirely by students with no Faculty involvement.
We aim to provide opportunities to experience and learn about all aspects of theatre, while presenting professional standard productions. The ADC Theatre has helped to launch the careers of many theatre luminaries, including Sir Ian McKellen, Rachel Weisz and Emma Thompson.
There are several student companies resident to the ADC Theatre including Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, the Cambridge Footlights, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society and the Fletcher Players.
Find out more and see what's on by visiting our website at https://www.adctheatre.com/.
Current & upcoming
Past shows (1429)
2026/27
- The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals M26 Week 1 · Thu 15 – Sat 17 Oct 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Midnight Train to Nowhere @ the ADC M26 Week 1 · Wed 14 – Sat 17 Oct 2026 · ADC Theatre
2025/26
- We Will Rock You Sun 27 Sep – Sat 3 Oct 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Murder Most Unexpected Wed 29 Jul – Sat 1 Aug 2026 · ADC Theatre
- National Performing Academy - Matilda Jr Wed 22 – Sat 25 Jul 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Nell Gwynn Tue 14 – Sat 18 Jul 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Quiz Tue 7 – Sat 11 Jul 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Cambridge Festival of Drama E26 Week 8 · Fri 26 Jun – Sat 26 Sep 2026 · ADC Theatre
- The Footlights Tour Show 2026: Prize Cow (for my best son) E26 Week 8 · Tue 23 Jun – Sat 10 Oct 2026 · ADC Theatre, Hen & Chickens, The Museum of Comedy
- The House at Pooh Corner E26 Week 7 · Wed 17 – Sat 20 Jun 2026 · ADC Theatre
- CAST 2026: King Lear E26 Week 7 · Mon 15 Jun – Sat 10 Oct 2026 · 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
- Come From Away E26 Week 5 · Thu 4 – Sat 13 Jun 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Chasing Pigeons E26 Week 4 · Fri 29 May 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Like Rabbits E26 Week 3 · Wed 20 – Sat 23 May 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Toad Chendy E26 Week 2 · Fri 15 May 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Scenes from the Climate Era E26 Week 2 · Tue 12 – Sat 16 May 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights ADC Smokers: Easter 2026 E26 Week 1 · Fri 8 May – Fri 19 Jun 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Medea E26 Week 1 · Tue 5 – Sat 9 May 2026 · ADC Theatre
- The Ferryman E26 Week 0 · Tue 28 Apr – Sat 2 May 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Next to Normal Tue 21 – Sat 25 Apr 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Chekhov's Four Farces Tue 14 – Sat 18 Apr 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Olympus Unscripted Wed 1 – Sat 4 Apr 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Into the Woods L26 Week 8 · Wed 18 – Sat 28 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Four Sketches and a Funeral L26 Week 7 · Wed 11 – Fri 13 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- The Orphan of Zhao L26 Week 7 · Tue 10 – Sat 14 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- The Marlowe Graduating Actors’ Showcase 2026 L26 Week 6 · Fri 6 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Skint As Hell L26 Week 6 · Wed 4 – Fri 6 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Little Women L26 Week 6 · Tue 3 – Sat 7 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Gala 2026: Be Our Guest L26 Week 5 · Fri 27 – Sat 28 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights Spring Revue 2026: Don't Mind If I Do L26 Week 5 · Tue 24 – Sat 28 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights Presents: A Work of Fiction L26 Week 4 · Wed 18 – Fri 20 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- The Great Gatsby L26 Week 4 · Tue 17 – Sat 21 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Dragtime! Presents: One Night Only (But For Two Nights) L26 Week 3 · Fri 13 – Sat 14 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Private Lives L26 Week 3 · Wed 11 – Sat 14 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights ADC Smokers: Lent 2026 L26 Week 3 · Wed 11 Feb – Tue 10 Mar 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Oxbridge Onstage L26 Week 2 · Sat 7 Feb 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Noises Off L26 Week 1 · Tue 27 – Sat 31 Jan 2026 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical L26 Week 0 · Tue 20 Jan 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Hadestown: Teen Edition Wed 14 – Sat 17 Jan 2026 · ADC Theatre
- Peter Pan Tue 16 – Sat 20 Dec 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Railway Children M25 Week 9 · Tue 9 – Sat 13 Dec 2025 · ADC Theatre
- ETG 2025: The Comedy of Errors M25 Week 9 · 8 Dec 2025 – 24 Jan 2026 · ADC Theatre, Hiberniaschool, Antwerp (BEL), De Koelisse, Leuven (BEL), Gymnasium Lerbermatt, Bern (CHE), Gymnase de Burier, Montreux (CHE)
- CU Show Choir: A Night to Remember M25 Week 8 · Thu 4 – Fri 5 Dec 2025 · ADC Theatre
- CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk M25 Week 7 · Wed 26 Nov – Sat 6 Dec 2025 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Freshers Musical 2025: RUSH! M25 Week 6 · Wed 19 – Sat 22 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Spider's Web M25 Week 6 · Tue 18 – Sat 22 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- A Streetcar Named Desire M25 Week 5 · Tue 11 – Sat 15 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- A Comprehensive Understanding (2025) M25 Week 4 · Wed 5 – Fri 7 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- A Bright Room Called Day M25 Week 4 · Tue 4 – Sat 8 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Dragtime! Presents: Ghosted M25 Week 3 · Wed 29 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Addams Family M25 Week 3 · Tue 28 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Haddock! M25 Week 2 · Fri 24 Oct 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Brassed Off M25 Week 2 · Tue 21 – Sat 25 Oct 2025 · ADC Theatre
- This Side of Life M25 Week 1 · Wed 15 – Sat 18 Oct 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights ADC Smokers: Michaelmas 25 M25 Week 1 · Tue 14 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Dial M for Murder M25 Week 1 · Tue 14 – Sat 18 Oct 2025 · ADC Theatre
2024/25
- Gypsy Tue 23 – Sat 27 Sep 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Tue 16 – Sat 20 Sep 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Unfolding Wed 10 – Sat 13 Sep 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged) Thu 17 – Sat 19 Jul 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Cold Comfort Farm Tue 8 – Sat 12 Jul 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Footlights International Tour Show 2025: Fragile Contents E25 Week 8 · Tue 24 Jun – Sat 11 Oct 2025 · ADC Theatre, ADC Theatre, Cambridge, The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar, London, Museum of Comedy, London, Pleasance Dome, KingDome, Edinburgh, The Black Box, Belfast, Accidental Theatre, Belfast, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Hope St. Theatre, Liverpool, 53Two, Manchester, Improv Theatre, Bristol, Lantern Theatre, Brighton, Komedia Brighton
- CAST 2025: Macbeth E25 Week 7 · Thu 19 Jun – Mon 8 Dec 2025 · 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 E25 Week 7 · Tue 17 – Sat 21 Jun 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Jesus Christ Superstar E25 Week 5 · Thu 5 – Sat 14 Jun 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Half-Baked E25 Week 4 · Fri 30 May 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights ADC Smokers: Easter 25 E25 Week 4 · Tue 27 May – Fri 20 Jun 2025 · ADC Theatre
- And Then There Were None E25 Week 4 · Tue 27 – Sat 31 May 2025 · ADC Theatre
- [title of show] E25 Week 3 · Wed 21 – Sat 24 May 2025 · ADC Theatre
- MESSIAH E25 Week 3 · Tue 20 – Sat 24 May 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Doctor Faustus E25 Week 1 · Tue 6 – Sat 10 May 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Pippin E25 Week 0 · Tue 29 Apr – Sat 3 May 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Glass Menagerie Tue 15 – Sat 19 Apr 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Watsons Tue 8 – Sat 12 Apr 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Amélie: The Musical Tue 1 – Sat 5 Apr 2025 · ADC Theatre
- CU Show Choir: Silly Love Songs L25 Week 8 · Thu 20 – Fri 21 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie L25 Week 8 · Wed 19 – Sat 29 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Master Tasker L25 Week 7 · Fri 14 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- True Historical Fact L25 Week 7 · Wed 12 – Thu 13 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Stempenyu! L25 Week 7 · Tue 11 – Sat 15 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Tortured Autist L25 Week 6 · Fri 7 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Marlowe Graduating Actors Showcase 2025 L25 Week 6 · Wed 5 – Thu 13 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre, Union Theatre, London
- By the Way, Meet Vera Stark L25 Week 6 · Tue 4 – Sat 8 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Gala 2025: One Singular Sensation L25 Week 5 · Thu 27 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights Spring Revue 2025: Chaos Theory L25 Week 5 · Tue 25 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Dragtime! Presents: Here We Go Again L25 Week 4 · Wed 19 – Sat 22 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- BME Marlowe 2025: Lady Windermere's Fan L25 Week 4 · Tue 18 – Sat 22 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Second Gen: Taking Back Control L25 Week 3 · Wed 12 – Fri 14 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Sweet Charity L25 Week 3 · Tue 11 – Sat 15 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights ADC Smokers: Lent 25 L25 Week 3 · Tue 11 Feb – Tue 11 Mar 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights Presents: WANTED L25 Week 2 · Wed 5 – Sat 8 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Skellig L25 Week 2 · Tue 4 – Sat 8 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- One Shell of a Guy L25 Week 1 · Fri 31 Jan 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Bloody Poetry L25 Week 1 · Tue 28 Jan – Sat 1 Feb 2025 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Presents: The 24 Hour Musical L25 Week 0 · Tue 21 Jan 2025 · ADC Theatre
- Little Shop of Horrors Tue 14 – Sat 18 Jan 2025 · ADC Theatre
- The Winter's Tale Tue 17 – Sat 21 Dec 2024 · ADC Theatre
- A Christmas Carol M24 Week 9 · Tue 10 – Sat 14 Dec 2024 · ADC Theatre
- ETG 2024: A Midsummer Night's Dream M24 Week 9 · 9 Dec 2024 – 25 Jan 2025 · ADC Theatre, Hiberniaschool, Antwerp (BEL), De Koelisse, Leuven (BEL), Wilhelma Theatre, Stuttgart (DEU), Gymnase de Burier, Montreux (CHE), Gymnasium Lerbermatt, Bern (CHE), École Jeannine Manuel, Lille (FRA), King's School Ely
- CU Show Choir: To Glee or Not to Glee M24 Week 8 · Thu 5 – Fri 6 Dec 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Comic Sans: The Magnificent Serif M24 Week 8 · Mon 2 – Wed 4 Dec 2024 · ADC Theatre
- CUADC/Footlights Pantomime 2024: Snow White M24 Week 7 · Wed 27 Nov – Sat 7 Dec 2024 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Freshers Musical 2024: The Back-Ups M24 Week 6 · Wed 20 – Sat 23 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- 10 out of 12 M24 Week 6 · Tue 19 – Sat 23 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Notstalgic M24 Week 5 · Wed 13 – Sat 16 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- The Crucible M24 Week 5 · Tue 12 – Sat 16 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Margaret Saunderson Might Be God M24 Week 4 · Fri 8 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Sister Act M24 Week 4 · Tue 5 – Sat 9 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Dragtime! Presents: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun M24 Week 3 · Wed 30 Oct – Sat 2 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Dancing at Lughnasa M24 Week 3 · Tue 29 Oct – Sat 2 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights ADC Smokers: Michaelmas 24 M24 Week 2 · Fri 25 Oct – Fri 29 Nov 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Fences M24 Week 2 · Tue 22 – Sat 26 Oct 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Attachment: The Leech Show M24 Week 1 · Wed 16 – Sat 19 Oct 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Uncle Vanya M24 Week 1 · Tue 15 – Sat 19 Oct 2024 · ADC Theatre
2023/24
- The Man Who Argued Himself to Death Tue 1 – Sat 5 Oct 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Fun Home Tue 24 – Sat 28 Sep 2024 · ADC Theatre
- The Vicar of Dibley Tue 17 – Sat 21 Sep 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Cambridge Festival of Drama Thu 12 – Sat 14 Sep 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Murder Most Unexpected Wed 17 – Sat 20 Jul 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Canterbury Tales Tue 9 – Sat 13 Jul 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Hangmen Tue 2 – Sat 6 Jul 2024 · ADC Theatre
- CAST 2024: Julius Caesar E24 Week 8 · Wed 19 Jun – Sat 12 Oct 2024 · Trinity College Chapel, ADC Theatre, The Ballroom, University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Little Washington Theatre, VA, Frostburg State University, MD, Harrisburg Academy, PA, Gannon University, PA, Cinema Salem, MA, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, MA
- The Footlights International Tour Show 2024: This Time We Have a Dog E24 Week 8 · Tue 18 Jun – Sat 12 Oct 2024 · ADC Theatre, West End Comedy Club, London, Etcetera Theatre, London, Museum of Comedy, London, Bristol Improv Theatre, The Empty Space, Manchester, Plesance One, Plesance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe, Accidental Theatre, Belfast, Dot Theatre, Dublin, Komedia Brighton, Cosmic Comedy Club, Berlin
- CUMTS x Big Band Roulette: All That Jazz E24 Week 7 · Fri 14 Jun 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Underscore E24 Week 7 · Thu 13 Jun 2024 · ADC Theatre
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee E24 Week 7 · Tue 11 – Sat 15 Jun 2024 · ADC Theatre
- The Producers E24 Week 5 · Thu 30 May – Sat 8 Jun 2024 · ADC Theatre
- We Only Clap on Thursdays! E24 Week 4 · Fri 24 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- A Working Progress E24 Week 4 · Wed 22 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Oedipus Tyrannus E24 Week 4 · Tue 21 – Sat 25 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Penelope Quadrangle and the Meaning of Friendship E24 Week 3 · Wed 15 – Sat 18 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Thunderstorm E24 Week 3 · Tue 14 – Sat 18 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Carrie: The Musical E24 Week 2 · Tue 7 – Sat 11 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Cloud Eight and a Half E24 Week 1 · Fri 3 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Epicoene E24 Week 1 · Tue 30 Apr – Sat 4 May 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Made in Dagenham E24 Week 0 · Tue 23 – Sat 27 Apr 2024 · ADC Theatre
- The Ghostly Gift of Miss Constance Couper Tue 16 – Sat 20 Apr 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Busman's Honeymoon Tue 9 – Sat 13 Apr 2024 · ADC Theatre
- A Few Good Men Tue 26 – Sat 30 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- CU Show Choir: Walking on Sunshine L24 Week 8 · Fri 15 – Sat 16 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Pragga Wagga Cowboy L24 Week 8 · Thu 14 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street L24 Week 8 · Wed 13 – Sat 23 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- This is the Big One L24 Week 7 · Wed 6 – Fri 8 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Neighbourhood Watch L24 Week 7 · Tue 5 – Sat 9 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Second Gen: As GenZ becomes Aunties L24 Week 6 · Wed 28 Feb – Fri 1 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- BME Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra L24 Week 6 · Tue 27 Feb – Sat 2 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre
- CUMTS Gala 2024: Let’s Be Bad L24 Week 5 · Fri 23 – Sat 24 Feb 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Dragtime! Presents: Simply The Rest L24 Week 4 · Wed 14 – Sat 17 Feb 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Fairview L24 Week 4 · Tue 13 – Sat 17 Feb 2024 · ADC Theatre
- Footlights Spring Revue 2024: Washed Up L24 Week 3 · Sat 10 Feb – Sun 17 Mar 2024 · ADC Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Gala Theatre, Durham