Featuring the best of professionally touring fringe theatre, cabaret, musical theatre & home produced productions. We love the marvellously unique and quirky! Our flexible studio allows the performance to play in any layout, with a maximum capacity of 100, which always delivers an up close and personal experience. You can expect a delightfully diverse programme of theatre and events at the Town and Gown Theatre throughout the year. Booking in advance is recommended!
Important information:
Due to the intimate nature of the theatre space we operate a strict no latecomers policy on most shows. Our bars are open throughout the day so please arrive with plenty of time to grab a drink for the show.
3rd – 13th August | 8pm (+ 3pm on Sat) | £15
It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled “widows” await the announcement of the society’s prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! How will the “widows” respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks? Winner of the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival as Best Overall Production, 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche is a tasty recipe of hysterical laughs, sexual innuendoes, unsuccessful repressions, and delicious discoveries.
Produced by the Town and Gown Theatre and directed by theatre Manager Karl Steele.
13th August | 9:30pm till late | £5 (free if purchased with a ticket to 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche on 13th August 8pm)
18th Aug, 29th Sept, 4th Nov, 2nd Dec | REGULAR EVENT | 7:30pm | Tickets £16
Daaarlings!
Calling all dream makers, heart breakers and bingo lovers!
Join award winning character comedian Tracey Collins (Tina T’urner Tea Lady) as she hosts Bingo at Tiffany’s with Audrey Heartburn! An evening of hilarious bingo games, raucous singalongs and glamorous dancing!
Whether you like your bingo classy or trashy award winning character comedian Tracey Collins has got you covered!
Hosted by either the lady delightful ‘Audrey Heartburn’ or leisure wearing, chain smoking ‘Shell Suit Cher’ this evening is the most hilarious, fun, ridiculous night going outside of Mecca!
19th Aug | 3pm | Tickets £12.50 Adult £7.50 Child
Isola is a Princess, locked up in a Tower waiting for someone to ‘rescue’ her and win her hand in marriage – instead she makes friends with the local Dragon. Together they release Isola from her Tower and the restrictions of royal life. But what is the cost of her new found friendship? And is she really free? A brand-new, music-full, modern fairytale about freedom, friendship and finding boundaries in a world where knowing yourself can be the happiest ending of all.
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Following the success of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Betwixt-and- Between are delighted to bring The Princess and The Dragon to the stage. With original music from Kimon Pallikaropoulos and a new twist on old stories from Charloae Ellen it is a 60-minute treat for families and the young at heart of all ages.
20th August | 8pm | £15
When did you last feel alive?
Fifty, and full of inhibitions, divorced Julie is hurling herself into the modern dating scene. Julie shares her experiences, introducing us to the range of characters who help (hinder) her attempted transition into an empowered 21st Century woman.
Expect tears, truth and revelations aplenty in this warm and witty solo play which made a sparkling Edinburgh Festival debut in 2019, and now tours in this specially-extended version.
24th August | 17th Nov | 7:30pm | Tickets £15
Hosted by queen of balls and statement earrings, Fatt Butcher, Disco Bingo is the most outrageous bingo on the market. This isn’t your ordinary bingo, Disco Bingo is a FULL ON PRODUCTION BABES.
Fatt Butcher is bringing the drama as we celebrate diva classics and power anthems.
Expect an unforgettable night of outrageous performance, powerhouse vocals, games, pastry, & comedy, some unmissable prizes (including the Millennial Meat Raffle – suitable for vegans), with an unforgettable disco soundtrack.
25th Aug | 15th Sept | 13th Oct | 3rd Nov | 1st Dec
REGULAR MONTHLY EVENT | 7:30pm | £15
We’ve joined forces with BIG DEAL COMEDY to bring you a regular comedy night to the Town and Gown.
Big Deal Comedy are a Cambridge born company who specialise in running intimate comedy nights, bringing together the best new and experienced comics on the circuit.
Grab a drink, take a seat, and relax with a giggle in our relaxed fringe theatre.
3rd September | 7:30pm | Tickets £15
Christine Bovill’s award winning “Paris” established her reputation as one of Europe’s finest interpreters of French Song. In her new show, she travels into the 60’s and the Americanisation of French music: le yé-yé. A time of great cultural change in France, would the high art of chanson survive….?
This new show offers a sexy and delicious celebration of the Golden age of French Song and how it evolved during the Swinging Sixties. Singing in both French and English she honours many stars including Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg and Francoise Hardy. “There is something exhilarating about seeing a performance of this calibre.” Culture N.Ireland
Sept 10th | Nov 19th | 7:30pm | Tickets £55
We have joined forces with the Cambridge Gin Laboratory to bring you a theatrical gin tasting delight.
Take centre stage in your own molecular masterclass, applying tricks and techniques developed by trail-blazing bartenders (all under the watchful eye of our qualified PhD Chemist) to create dizzying, dazzling and delicious drinks suitable for the star of any show!
Join us for an explosive extravaganza where distillation meets drama in an interactive tasting experience unlike anything you’ve seen before, including live performance and musical theatre madness.
Sept 30th | 8pm | Tickets £13
Dunstan Bruce, ex-frontman with chart-topping band Chumbawamba, performs his new 1-hour play; a rollercoaster of despair, anger, love and ultimately hope.
In this personal and irreverent 1-man show Dunstan takes the audience on an existential voyage told through poetry, prose, music and projection.
Feeling increasingly invisible, impotent and apoplectic in today’s world, wondering if we’re all going to hell in a handcart, Dunstan gives us a piece of performance poetry and physical theatre that rages and ranges across angst and despair, comedy and delight, middle-aged dissolution and disillusion.
Join him on this riotous journey that will resonate with anyone who once thought they could change the world, and is still determined to get back up again.
1st Oct | 7:30pm | £15
Adored by millions, Dame Julie Andrews is a genuine showbiz icon. This charming yet cheeky cabaret takes an engaging look at fame and fandom, through the eyes and voice of award-winning performer Sarah-Louise Young (Fascinating Aida, An Evening Without Kate Bush, La Soirée, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical). Julie’s songs from musicals including Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady are intertwined with stories and anecdotes about Andrews’ own life, from her beginnings as a child star to the more recent challenges of losing her famous singing voice. What emerges is a delightfully funny and candid love letter to a true show business survivor.
12th October | 7.30pm | £12
Forgotten Voices tells the remarkable real-life story of Eva Moorhead Kadalie, the wife of South Africa’s first national black trade union leader, Clements Kadalie. For over three decades, the couple fought for freedom and paved the way for Mandela. Forgotten Voices is a one woman show written by her grandson, David Moorhead, directed by Margaret Connell and stars the brilliant Shareesa Valentine as Eva.
October is Black History Month in UK and is all about sharing black heritage and uncovering those stories which have so often been overlooked. Up until now, Eva’s story has been forgotten by history – which is so often the fate of women – and especially those of colour.
15th October | 8pm | £15
The NEW Roaring Twenties is here!
An evening of original compositions from composer Jordan Paul Clarke (Public Domain; P.S. I’m A Terrible Person) and Paulus The Cabaret Geek (All Together Now; Looking For Me Friend), as they share songs of love, loss, satire and comedy in this intimate evening of superlative storytelling merging the best of musical theatre and cabaret.
14th October | 7:30pm | £16
Tracey Collins AKA Tina T’urner Tea Lady & Audrey Heartburn brings you her brand new character SHELL SUIT CHER!!
Imagine if Cher left showbiz behind, swapped leather for leisure wear and became a shell suit wearing, chain smoking, bingo host…
Well, imagine no longer as award-winning performer Tracey Collins brings her brand new weird and wonderful character to the stage for SHELL SUIT CHER: I Believe in Bingo!
She’s flammable and her balls are on fire!
17th October | 7:30pm | £12
In just two years from 2017 to 2019, more than 800 people died living and sleeping rough on the streets of the UK a significant number of them have never been identified or named.
Unknown is a verbatim play that dramatizes the tragic but true story of one young person’s journey from an abusive childhood to a life on the streets of Bath – one of the most affluent cities in the UK.
Supported by The Arts Council and The Big Issue, Unknown has been written by Dougie Blaxland with the assistance of six people who have recent experience of homelessness: Sammy Clark, Nathan Dempster, Ian Duff, Paul Jones, Lloyd Rusdale and Anthony Williams.
18-20th October | 7.30pm | £13
A one-woman show about being a sibling to someone who is autistic.
Hannah lives by the seaside with Mum, Dad, and two brothers, Ben and Joshua. The brothers are very different. Ben lets Hannah in his room, they play spies together, and, sometimes, he even gives her a hug. These things aren’t possible with Joshua.
“We have to learn about each other’s worlds”, says Mum.
Mission accepted.
2nd Nov | 8pm | £12
Age Guidance: 13+
Felix is uptight and unlucky in love. He’s the mate of honour at his best friend’s wedding – one they’ve been planning since childhood – and he’s going to make sure it’s absolutely perfect. That is, as long as there are no distractions along the way…
A queer rom-com from Will Jackson (“Rising Comic Star”-Attitude). Confetti follows wedding planner Felix, as he embarks on a romance of his own – and you’re invited!
5th Nov | 8pm | Tickets £20
Join viral star Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq. and London cabaret virtuoso Tom Carradine for an evening of sing-a-long fun and musical humour! You can expect plenty of laughter, raucous audience participation and, if you’re lucky, they may even play a song or two together!
9th – 12th November | 8pm (+3pm Saturday) | £15
Worshipped Opera Singer… Renowned Swordswoman… Flaming Bisexual
JULIE: The Musical is a brand new, original musical telling the life and adventures of historical LGBTQ+ icon Julie D’Aubigny.
Julie D’Aubigny is down in history as one of the most chaotic characters to have ever lived – one of the first public figures to live as an openly bisexual woman, she seduced nuns, duelled multiple men at once, burnt down convents, was bribed by princes, innovated opera – all before she turned 30
Using live music, comedy, and even a sword fighting tap number, JULIE: The Musical celebrates this extraordinary life, queerness and carving a place for yourself in a world not built for you
7th – 24th December | £20 | Wed – Sat 7:30pm , Sat & Sun 2:30pm, Xmas Eve 1pm & 5pm
This inventive twist on Frank Capra’s classic film brings the ever-timely story of disaster, redemption and holiday magic to life on stage before your eyes and ears.
It’s Christmas Eve, 1946, and five actors have gathered in a New York studio for a live radio broadcast, ready to take on dozens of characters and recreate Bedford Falls with live foley sound effects and virtuosic, high-energy performances. Even the cynics among us will cheer as George Bailey, standing on the brink of despair, famously learns that “no man is a failure who has friends.”
Regularly voted as the nations favourite Christmas film this creative and inventive twist on telling this heartwarming story will kick off your family Christmas with perfection.
27th – 30th December | 3pm | £7.50 Child £12.50 Adult
This beautiful wintry Russian fairy-tale is retold through a funny and heart-warming new musical for all the family.
With a spiteful stepmother and a spoilt stepsister constantly bossing her around, life isn’t always easy for Alina, with Max the dog as her only companion. Still, Alina does what she can to remain cheerful, and to help those she sees in need all around her.
But just when she needs a friend more than ever before, she meets a kind and mysterious old man – Morozko, and his cheeky boy – Jack. Suddenly everything about Alina’s life looks set to change forever…
