He first came to attention in the 1981 cambridge footlights revue presentation the cellar tapes, which also included hugh laurie, emma thompson and. Drury lane, february 4th april 10th 10 week season. It is directed and designed by john dryden, the company being henry naylor, sue perkins, nick ball, andy parsons, nicola walker, james hickish, ben biller and. From what i know, the committee dont have to audition for smokers and tend to take the main parts in the shows which tends to make smokers rather samey. This years tour travels to london, edinburgh, california, las vegas, boston. Founded in 1883, this university club specialises in drawing original comic talent out of undergraduates, with a summer show. Eric idle born 29 march 1943 is an english comedian, actor, author, and musician. Cambridge university footlights dramatic club referred to as the footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in cambridge, founded in 1883 and run by the students of cambridge university. Cambridge footlights revue scores 0 out of 10 on the movie database. The cambridge footlights are the worldfamous comedy troupe who first aired the talents of some of the foremost british comedians and actors of this century.
How olivia colman was destined for stardom long before she. The following term, the oxford revue invited the durham revue and the cambridge footlights for the trios annual show, the oxford revue and friends at the oxford playhouse. For some months before the name footlights was chosen, the group had performed to local audiences in the cambridge area. Cambridge university 1974 footlights revue bbc two england, 26 august 1974 21.
As a footlights virgin, i did not quite know what to expect from the footlights spring revue 2017. Footlights inaugural performance took place in june 1883. Imdb reports weekend in wallop was stephen frys first tv appearance in 1984. It details their record in every major competition entered, as well as the top goalscorers for each season. Bron began her career in the cambridge footlights revue of 1959, entitled the last laugh, in which peter cook also appeared. Cambridge footlights are the worldfamous comedy troupe who first aired the talents of some of the foremost british comedians and actors of this century. A guide to cambridge footlights revue, the 1982 bbc two tv sketch show. In the comments beneath the post, he pointed out footlights allwhite audition panel and the fact that the clubs largest show of the year, the spring revue, had had an allwhite lineup. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 cambridge footlights. Founded in 1880, this university drama society boasts an impressive alumni including stephen fry, hugh laurie. Still holds up well today owing to a focus on silliness rather than satire. A tv version of the cambridge footlights revue the cellar tapes, winner.
Tony stars alongside fellow footlighters stephen fry, hugh laurie, emma thompson, paul shearer and the late penny dwyer in a series of sketches. Martin bergman is presenting on both occasions, with hugh laurie and emma. Adc is not only a theatre but a department at cambridge, owned by the cambridge university amateur dramatic club. With hugh laurie, penny dwyer, stephen fry, paul shearer.
The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in footlights while prominent figures in other industries also took part in footlights. In the present, footlights is still going strong at cambridge, performing out of the adc theatre on park street. Founded in the early 1950s, the oxford revue has produced many prominent comedians and satirists. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 come join us in the noblest of causes the battle for national improvement the creaking of leather and uniforms is. Cambridge footlights celebrate 100 years of comedy student revue group helped launch careers of peter cook, stephen fry and emma thompson richard boston.
This is a listing of those former members who have achieved notability after graduating from cambridge university. The second episode is linked by eltons character wally wally, an early. Dec 04, 2007 hugh laurie i already did his thread, but it got lost during the crash so here we are again facts taken from and. James hugh calum laurie, obe born june 11, 1959 in oxford, england is a. Jan 12, 2019 the cast of the cambridge footlights revue in 1994, a bang and a whimper. The most renowned sketch troupe of them all the independent. The cambridge footlights are the worldfamous student comedy troupe who first aired the talents of some of britains foremost comedians. Apr 27, 2001 the footlights was entering its heyday. With stephen fry, hugh laurie, phyllida law, stephen moore. Behind the scenes of the spring revue with only a few days to go until cambridge footlights are on our stage, performer harry balden spills all on the creation of last months footlights spring revue. In 1980, she codirected and performed in womans hour, cambridge s first allfemale revue.
Graeme is seen reading the book the goodies file in the background. In a parody of the oprah winfrey show a woman confesses her problems with low selfesteem and receives a pointless round of applause. The club currently play in league two, where they have competed since 2014, following their promotion back to the football league. It ran for four series and totalled 26 episodes, including a 36minute pilot episode in 1987. Stephen john fry born 24 august 1957 is an english actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of norwich city football club. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 backdrops the movie. New beginnings video documentary short 2008 self up close with carrie keagan tv series 2008. By 1964, it was performing its may week revue not just at the cambridge arts theatre but also at the edinburgh fringe. Hugh laurie was a member of cambridge footlights from 1979 1981, serving as a writer and cast member for two years 1979,1980 and president during his last year 1981. The show sold out all 600 seats and was well received.
This is a recording of the hugely successful 1982 cambridge footlights revue which went on to the west end and broadway. How old was emma thompson in cambridge footlights revue. Three of the more notable revues are detailed below. Bathurst was born in the gold coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. Frys career in television began with the 1982 broadcasting of the cellar tapes, the 1981 cambridge footlights revue which was written by fry, hugh laurie. During term, footlights produce the regular smokersan informal mixture of sketches and standupat the adc theatre. Guests stephen moore and phyllida law join in some of the sketches including a dilemma with a wasps nest. Programme featuring sketches from the 1982 cambridge university stage show, with penny dwyer, stephen fry, hugh laurie, paul shearer, tony slattery and. For some months before the name footlights was chosen, the group had performed to local audiences in the cambridge area once, with a cricket match included, at the pauper lunatic asylum. Cambridge footlights revue clip 3 nonsense youtube. Presented by the arts from 19361940 and from 19481992.
For information about individual footlights revues, see cambridge footlights revue. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 come join us in the noblest of causes the battle for national improvement the creaking of leather and uniforms is the hymn of our british movement we. Playing shakespeare language and character tv episode. Oldfashioned sketch comedy has a very white sensibility. Cambridge footlights celebrate 100 years of comedy. For some months before the name footlights was chosen, the group had performed to local audiences. In 1959 his family moved to ballybrack, dublin, ireland and bathurst attended school in killiney and later was enrolled at an anglican boarding school. Selected sketches from the two editions of bbc 2s eclectic magazine programme, as taken over by cambridge footlights.
During term, we produce fortnightly smokers at the adc. We will retain information submitted to us for possible future use, to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring the bbcs broadcast history to life, but we will not be publishing. A tv version of the cambridge footlights revue the cellar tapes, winner of the firstever perrier award at the edinburgh fringe festival in 1981. The 1981 revue, entitled the cellar tapes, was broadcast on television in 1982. Cambridge footlights revue pelicula completa, ver online y. Robert guy bathurst born 22 february 1957 is an english actor. Shows like this are why cambridge theatre is so great. The cambridge footlights revue is an annual revue by the footlights club a group of comedy writerperformers at the university of cambridge. This is a list of all seasons played by cambridge united in english football since the 197071 season, when the club were elected to the football league. The club also produces the annual pantomime in collaboration with cuadc and the spring revue, as well as staging the winning entry of the footlights harry porter prize. They wished to go wider than the university amateur dramatic club adc, founded in 1855, with its membership drawn largely from. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 british comedy guide.
Starring stephen fry, hugh laurie, emma thompson, tony slattery, paul shearer, and penny dwyer. The cambridge footlights are the worldfamous student comedy society who first aired the talents of some of the foremost british comedians and actors. At present this site reflects the contents of the published radio times bbc listings. The 1963 revue, entitled a clump of plinths later retitled cambridge circus, played at the edinburgh festival fringein 1963 before opening at west endin london on 10 july 1963. The cambridge footlights revue bbc two england 20 may. Following the sellout success of 2018, cambridge footlights are back by popular demand with two nights of hilarious new comedy. You can then audition for the smokers, the panto, other footlights shows and whatever else. Their inaugural performance took place in june 1883. In the tradition of cambridge revues, this one was felt. Lights placed in a row along the front of a stage floor. Get to know the 63year old actor stephen fry, before he got famous e. The addition of a female performer to the footlights was a departure.
The 1963 revue, entitled a clump of plinths later retitled cambridge circus, played at the edinburgh festival fringe in 1963 before opening at. Cambridge footlights synonyms, cambridge footlights pronunciation, cambridge footlights translation, english dictionary definition of cambridge footlights. Cambridge footlights revue tv special 1982 various characters the don lane show tv series 1981. Top left in the brown coat is deborah sher, an architect at the firm sher and whites, which specialises in listed buildings. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 the movie database tmdb. He first came to attention in the 1981 cambridge footlights revue presentation. Cambridge footlights definition of cambridge footlights by. Footlights presidents presidents the elected leader of cambridge university footlights dramatic club is known as the president, who is assisted by a vicepresident, treasurer, archivist and several other posts to form the committee. The oxford revue is a comedy group featuring students from oxford university, england. Getting onto the committee, on the other hand, is rather harder. Cambridge footlights revue 1982 cambridge footlights revue 1982 skip navigation sign in.
A guide to footlights 64, the 1964 itv tv sketch show. The cambridge footlights international tour show is the biggest show of the year. The footlights international tour show takes place from june until october, and travels to cambridge, london, edinburgh and venues across the usa. A bit of fry and laurie was witty and sophisticated entertainment of consistently high quality, with an oldfashioned revue type atmosphere and oddly british sketches that rejoiced in literary turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay.
A local paper commended the footlights on their appeal to the many different classes of which life in cambridge is made up. In 1982 he starred as various characters in his first movie cambridge footlights revue. The bridge us season 1 bdripdemand, 720pdemand, 1080p. Many of our former members have gone on to win oscars, baftas and other awards and enjoy success in the entertainment and media industry. The cambridge footlights revue is an annual revue by the footlights club a group of comedy. Footlights definition in the cambridge english dictionary. The cambridge footlights are one britains oldest student sketch comedy troupes. Join the most renowned sketch troupe of them all the independent as they embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over twenty thousand people across two continents. The cambridge footlights december 15, 2016 weve moved to a brand new footlights facebook page chocka full of new content and news about our shows and auditions point your browser over there to check it out. The revue writes, produces and performs several shows each term in the pubs and theatres around oxford, as well as touring to cities in the uk and performing a monthlong run at the edinburgh fringe festival. A special halfhour televised performance of 1964s cambridge footlights revue, stuff what dreams are made of. The cambridge footlights revue 1982 fodi 20110316 angol the cambridge footlights revue 1982.
The delicate innuendos, coupled with frys ability to suggest hidden meanings in everyday phrases, gave the impression that bubbling below the innocent surface. Cambridge footlights revue tv special 1982 various characters. Emma thompsons first acting role was as various in cambridge footlights revue, released in 1982 when she was 23. Stephen fry frys television career began with footlights, when the cellar tapes was aired in 1982. John barton and the cast discuss how shakespeare defines his character by the language they speak, and how the characters attempt to achieve their aims by means of what they say and how they say it. Cook, who had studied modern languages at cambridge, had been part of the famous cambridge theatrical, the footlights revue in 1959, had subsequently gone to london to star in a west end revue for kenneth williams, pieces of eight.
Footlights pantomime aladdin as widow twankey during the 197879 season. The cambridge footlights are one of britains oldest student sketch comedy troupes. Cambridge footlights international tour show is the biggest show of the year. Footlights 64 itv sketch show british comedy guide. Idle is a former member of the british surreal comedy group monty python, a member of the parody rock band the rutles, and the writer, for the music and lyrics, of the broadway musical spamalot based on monty python and the holy grail.
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