Footlights Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University. It was founded in 1883.It grew in prominence in the 1960s, as a hotbed of comedy and satire, and continues to produce the regular, and very popular Smokers; informal mixtures of sketches and stand-up.
Notable entertainers who were members of Footlights include:
- Richard Murdoch
- Jimmy Edwards
- Cecil Beaton
- Norman Hartnell
- Pete Atkin
- Humphrey Barclay
- Jonathan Miller
- Peter Cook
- Eleanor Bron
- David Frost
- Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Graham Chapman
- John Cleese
- Stephen Fry
- Clive James
- Hugh Laurie
- Bill Oddie
- Germaine Greer
- Griff Rhys Jones
- Tony Slattery
- Emma Thompson
- Sacha Baron Cohen ("Ali G")
- Douglas Adams
- Rachel Weisz
- Simon Jones
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