FOOTLIGHTS

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'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 and now also the Anglia Ruskin University (formerly Anglia Polytechnic 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'' at the ADC Theatre - an informal mixture of sketches and stand-up.
Footlights also produces regular plays and sketch shows, such as this year's sell-out Spring Revue ''Interconti-mental'' and the current tour show ''WhamBam''.

Contents

Famous Footlights members

Footlights President

List of Presidents

Footlights book

See also

External links

Famous Footlights members

The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in Footlights, including:

'Name'		'Birth'		'Death'		'Career'
Douglas Adams		1952		2001		Writer
Clive Anderson		1952		—		Comedian, television presenter
David Armand		—		—		Comedian, actor
Alexander Armstrong		1970		—		Comedian
Pete Atkin		1945		—		Singer-songwriter
Richard Ayoade		1977		—		Comedian, actor
David Baddiel		1964		—		Comedian, novelist, television presenter
Morwenna Banks		1968		—		Comedian, actor
Humphrey Barclay		1941		—		Comedy executive, producer
Cecil Beaton		1904		1980		Photographer
Leslie Bricusse		1931		—		Lyricist, composer
Eleanor Bron		1938		—		Actress, author
Tim Brooke-Taylor		1940		—		Comedian, actor
Robert Buckman		1948		—		Comedian, author, physician, television presenter, columnist
Jon Canter		—		—		Script-writer
Graham Chapman		1941		1989		Comedian, actor, writer, physician
John Cleese		1939		—		Comedian, actor
Peter Cook		1937		1995		Comedian, writer, satirist
Joe Craig		1980		—		Novelist, musician
Hugh Dennis		1962		—		Comedian, actor,writer, voice-over artist
Jimmy Edwards		1920		1988		Radio and television comedy actor
Alan Fleming-Baird		1972		—		Composer
David Frost		1939		—		Television presenter
Stephen Fry		1957		—		Comedian, writer, actor, novelist
Graeme Garden		1943		—		Comedy writer and performer, physician
Mel Giedroyc		1968		—		Actor, writer, television presenter
Germaine Greer		1939		—		Writer, broadcaster, academic
Nick Hancock		1962		—		Actor, television presenter
David Hatch		1939		2007		Involved in management and production at the BBC
Natalie Haynes		—		—		Comedian, author
Tony Hendra		1941		—		Satirist, writer
Kit Hesketh-Harvey		1957		—		Comic perfromer, scriptwriter
Tom Hollander		1967		—		Actor
Matthew Holness		—		—		Comedian
Claude Hulbert		1900		1964		Comic actor
Jack Hulbert		1892		1978		Actor
Eric Idle		1943		—		Comedian, actor, author, songwriter
Clive James		1939		—		Writer, poet, critic
Simon Jones		1950		—		Actor
Jo Kendall		—		—		Actor
Hugh Laurie		1959		—		Comedian, actor, writer
Jonathan Lynn		1943		—		Comedy writer, actor, director
Miriam Margolyes		1941		—		Actor
Dan Mazer		1971		—		Comedian, producer, screenwriter
Kevin McCloud		1959		—		Writer, designer, television presenter
Rory McGrath		1956		—		Comedian
Ben Miller		1966		—		Comedian, director, actor
Jonathan Miller		1934		—		Neurologist, theatre and opera director, humorist, sculptor
David Mitchell		1974		—		Comedian, actor, writer
Lucy Montgomery		—		—		Comedian, actor, writer
Neil Mullarkey		—		—		Comedian, actor, writer
Jimmy Mulville		1955		—		Comedian, comedy writer, television presenter and producer
Simon Munnery		—		—		Comedian
Richard Murdoch		1907		1990		Radio, film and television performer
Bill Oddie		1941		—		Comedy writer and performer, author, composer, musician
John Oliver		1977		—		Comedian
Sue Perkins		1969		—		Actress, writer, television presenter
Steve Punt		1962		—		Comedian, actor, writer
Jan Ravens		1958		—		Actor, impressionist
Griff Rhys Jones		1953		—		Comedian, actor, writer
Charles Shaughnessy		1955		—		Television and film actor
Julian Slade		1930		2006		Writer
Tony Slattery		1959		—		Comedian, actor
William Sutcliffe		1971		—		Novelist
Emma Thompson		1959		—		Comedian, actress, screenwriter
Sandi Toksvig		1958		—		Comedian, author, radio presenter
Mark Watson		1980		—		Comedian, novelist
Robert Webb		1972		—		Comedian, actor, writer

Footlights President

The elected leader of Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club is known as the 'Footlights President'. There is also a Vice President. Past presidents have included The Goodies members Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, as well as Peter Cook, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, and Monty Python member Eric Idle (who was first to allow women to join the Footlights).
The current Footlights President is Sam Sword and the current Vice-President is Jack Gordon-Brown.

List of Presidents

★ 1886 - F.W. Mortimer ★ 1887 - J.J. Withers ★ 1888 - W.S. Gilbert ★ 1890 - Oscar Browning ★ 1891 - C.M. Rae ★ 1892 - Oscar Browning ★ 1894 - Oscar Browning ★ 1895 - Oscar Browning ★ 1896 - H.C. Pollitt ★ 1897 - H.C. Pollitt ★ 1898 - M.V. Leveaux ★ 1899 - S.W. Burgess ★ 1900 - O.J. Goedecker ★ 1901 - R.J. White ★ 1902 - E.K. Fordham ★ 1904 - G.S. Heathcote ★ 1905 - G.S. Heathcote ★ 1906 - H. Rottenburg ★ 1907 - H. Rottenburg ★ 1908 - J.S. Murray ★ 1909 - L.B. Tillard ★ 1910 - A.R. Inglis ★ 1911 - A.R. Inglis ★ 1912 - P.D. Ravenscroft ★ 1913 - C.A.A. Douglas Hamilton ★ 1914 - M. Cutherston ★ 1919 - B.D. Nicholson ★ 1920 - B.D. Nicholson ★ 1921 - M.D. Lyon ★ 1922 - M.D. Lyon ★ 1923 - F.E. Powell ★ 1924 - J.A.C. Barradale ★ 1925 - H.J. Warrender ★ 1926 - J.D. Houison Craufurd ★ 1927 - H.C. Martineau ★ 1928 - H.E.R. Mitchell ★ 1929 - J. Fell Clark

★ 1930 - J.C. Byrom ★ 1931 - R.S. Hill ★ 1932 - P.E. Lyon ★ 1933 - J.A. Coates ★ 1934 - Lord Killanin ★ 1935 - Harry Lee ★ 1936 - Peter Crane ★ 1937 - Albert E.P. Robison ★ 1938 - P.B. Meyer ★ 1939 - Sir Robert Ricketts ★ 1947 - D.C. Orders ★ 1948 - D.C. Orders ★ 1949 - Simon Phipps ★ 1950 - Adrian Vale ★ 1951 - Ian Kellie ★ 1952 - Andrew Davidson ★ 1953 - Peter Firth ★ 1954 - Leslie Bricusse ★ 1955 - Brian Marber ★ 1956 - Tim Berington ★ 1957 - Allan Mitchell ★ 1958 - Peter Stroud ★ 1959 - Adrian Slade ★ 1960 - Peter Cook ★ 1961 - Peter Bellwood ★ 1962 - Robert Atkins ★ 1963 - Tim Brooke-Taylor ★ 1964 - Graeme Garden ★ 1965 - Eric Idle ★ 1966 - Andrew Mayer ★ 1967 - Clive James ★ 1968 - Jonathan James-Moore ★ 1969 - Barry Brown ★ 1970 - Adrian Edwards ★ 1971 - Richard MacKenna ★ 1972 - Steve Thorn ★ 1973 - Robert Benton

★ 1974 - Jon Canter ★ 1975 - Clive Anderson ★ 1976 - Chris Keightley ★ 1977 - Jimmy Mulville ★ 1978 - Martin Bergman ★ 1979 - Robert Bathurst ★ 1980 - Jan Ravens ★ 1981 - Hugh Laurie ★ 1982 - Tony Slattery ★ 1983 - Neil Mullarkey ★ 1984 - Nick Hancock ★ 1985 - Kathryn Crew ★ 1986 - Nick Golson ★ 1987 - Tim Scott ★ 1988 - Peter Bradshaw ★ 1989 - Roland Kenyon ★ 1990 - Henry Naylor ★ 1991 - Sue Perkins ★ 1992 - Dan Gaster ★ 1993 - Mark Evans ★ 1994 - Robert Thorogood ★ 1995 - Charlie Harthill ★ 1996 - David Mitchell ★ 1997 - Sarah Moule ★ 1998 - Richard Ayoade ★ 1999 - Kevin Baker ★ 2000 - Matt Green ★ 2001 - James Morris ★ 2002 - Ed Weeks ★ 2003 - Stefan Golaszewski ★ 2004 - Ed Riches ★ 2005 - Raph Shirley ★ 2006 - Simon Bird ★ 2007 - Tom Sharpe ★ 2008 - Sam Sword

Footlights book

Information about the Footlights Revues during the first one hundred years of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club (1883—1983), and the people who appeared in them — with a foreword by Eric Idle:

★ Footlights! – a hundred years of Cambridge comedy, Hewison, Robert, , , Methuen London Ltd, ,

See also

★ The Oxford Revue

External links

★ Official website

★ Past members and shows

★ Footlights Alumni Association