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: For performances after 19th July.
We are working hard to make sure our theatre performances are as safe as possible. We will be following all current government guidance for COVID safety. Our theatre has had an excellent air extraction system fitted recently & hand sanitiser is available throughout the venue. Face coverings are no longer mandatory in our theatre, but please do feel free to wear one if you wish.
Due to the inimate nature of the theatre space we operate a strict no latecomers policy. If you are late you may not be able to be admitted to the theatre and refunds will not be available.
Please note: All tickets will be fully refundable or transferable if any COVID 19 related issues arise.
23rd – 25th September 2021 | Various Times | Tickets £15
Two actors, two microphones, over twenty-five characters – and lots of sound effects! The nation’s favourite sitcom returns new-minted in this highly-acclaimed production.
Perry and Croft’s classic BBC sitcom brought gloriously to life. Three episodes of the hugely popular television series hilariously and lovingly enacted by two master performers. David Benson (Goodnight Sweetheart and One Man, Two Guvnors) and Jack Lane (Wisdom of a Fool and 7 Days) transport the audience right back to Walmington, working from original radio scripts – complete with sound effects, vintage music and all of Perry and Croft’s beloved characters and catchphrases. Highly acclaimed by critics and by audiences of all ages.
“Benson & lane carry it all off beautifully” DAILY TELEGRAPH
★★★★
27th – 29th September | 7:30pm | £12
Standing on the side of a road, clutching a plastic bag in one hand and £46 in the other, staring at the future.
Like many prison leavers, Sam has just been released into the middle of nowhere. Miles from home, with no place to go and no way of getting there, there is nothing to do except walk.
In this brand new devised piece, Roadside Theatre offers a frank look at the reality of leaving prison in the UK through Sam’s eyes. Drawing on real-life testimony to tell unheard stories with humour and compassion, Paper Boats explores what it means to start again.
1st & 2nd October | 8pm | £13
Your sassy King of the Shoes, Jesus L’Oreal, returns once again to complete the Holy Trinity with another high-octane show of song, dance and Jehovah’s Fitness.
7th October 7:30pm | 27th November 7:30pm | Tickets £45
We have joined forces with the Cambridge Gin Laboratory to bring you a theatrical gin tasting delight.
Join us for an explosive extravaganza where distillation meets drama in a 90 minute interactive tasting experience unlike anything you’ve seen before.
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.
9th October | 7:30pm | FREE EVENT
We’ve coupled with WEST END BEST FRIEND to bring you a regular night of musical theatre presented by YOU!
Come along to the Town and Gown Pub & Theatre and strut your stuff to anything and everything Musical Theatre! Hosted by one of the top UK Cabaret comperes STAGE DOOR JOHNNY and accompanied by musical director Ian Stephenson.
It’s totally free to perform or just to be in the audience.
13th – 17th October | 7:30pm & 2:30pm matinee (Sat/Sun) | Tickets £15
A Town and Gown Theatre Production.
20th – 23rd October 2021 | 8pm | Tickets £15
From the makers of Boris the Musical 1 and… well, 2 (duh) comes the next tragicomic instalment in Britain’s political nervous breakdown.
★★★★★ ‘Satire at its biting best’ Our Favourite Places
★★★★★ ‘Take no prisoners satire… extraordinary’ The Outlier
★★★★★ ‘Thrilling lampoonery’ The Upcoming
★★★★ ‘Searing satire’ British Theatre Guide
24th October | 3pm | Tickets £12.50 adult £7.50 child
Entertaining crowds from Trinidad to Mumbai.
Flying in for just ONE EXCLUSIVE Cambridge show ! DO NOT MISS ! A turbo-charged chaotic comedy magic show for all ages. Kids laugh out loud , dads fart out loud and mums faint at his feet!
recommended for ages 5+
27th October | Regular Event | 7:30pm | £15
28th October | 8pm | Tickets £15
✶✶✶✶✶ “Sheer delight… what a marvel” – British Theatre
Following an “unprecedented break” from live performance, Tori Scott returns to the UK this Autumn with a hilarious brand new show! She may have taken up meditation & perfected her zoom skills during lockdown, but Tori still refuses to learn from her mistakes, so not that much has changed. This Garland for the Grindr era is infamous for celebrating poor life choices and an unconditional love of vodka, whilst blowing you away with her powerhouse vocals. She is “a force to be reckoned with” (Broadway World), desperate to leave the pandemic behind and enjoy a wild night out in Cambridge!
30th October | 7:30pm | £20
Time to throw away your cares and worries and climb the curious mountain of talent and joy that is our intimate little cabaret club, uniting top quality entertainers in vivacious variety entertainment and cheeky charm.
A killer line up is planned and all snuggled together by our resident hostess Gloria Squeezers. She’s admittedly been around the block, and there’s not a lot she hasn’t seen, but she brings sexy sassiness and luscious love to everyone she touches (socially distanced of course), as she holds her audiences tight to her bosom and close to her heart.
3rd-6th November | 8pm | Tickets £15
“We have chosen to live lives less ordinary…”
Crossing the state border in a stolen Ford V-8 with a trunk of sawn-off shotguns and bootleg whiskey, Bonnie and Clyde have found one last place to hide. Time is ticking – they’re on the run from the law and from reality, but which one will catch them first?
Based on the true story, and set in 1934 in an unnamed southern state of America, Bonnie & Clyde is an intimate and compelling insight into the final hours of one of the world’s most infamous criminal couples.
Professionally produced by the Town and Gown Theatre, Cambridge.
Written by Adam Peck
Directed by Karl Steele
11th – 13th November | 8pm | Tickets £12
A new musical of love, labour and leftover pizza
Delivering food you don’t get to eat is hungry work. Outside a chicken shop, a group of delivery riders wait for orders, trying to figure out life and love while they do. Threatened by nosy landlords, angry exes and even their own employer, Eatsaroo, they realise they have to group together and take the battle to the bosses. But fighting a billion-dollar algorithm isn’t that easy.
15th – 17th November | 8pm | £13
A Town and Gown and Old Joint Stock Production.
Written by Lisa MacGregor.
When Tabitha receives a liver transplant, she immediately writes to thank her donor family. With her letters left unanswered, she takes matters into her own hands, creating an algorithm to track down the family who saved her life.
Will Tim return to sender, or is he ready to be delivered?
Delivered is a brand new dark comedy following the lives of two strangers thrown together by science, chance and a fish finger sandwich.
18th – 20th November | 8pm | Tickets £12
It’s 1989, the girls are having a sleepover and you’re like, totally invited!
Scream meets Clueless in this hilarious spoof horror musical!
Directed by Pappy’s Tom Parry, and based on the retro classic game Dream Phone, Scream Phone will take you on a killer journey back to the 80’s with an infectious original* soundtrack.
2nd – 24th December | Various Times | Tickets £20 – £23
When a department store Santa claims he’s the real Kris Kringle, his case gets taken all the way to the Supreme Court and a little girl’s belief makes the difference in the ‘miracle.’
To make your visit extra festive why not add on Christmas pre-theatre dining to your booking and enjoy our festive menu before the show!
3rd December | REGULAR EVENT | 7:30pm | Tickets £15
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!
27th – 30th December | 3pm | £12.50 Adult £7.50 child
This beautiful wintry Russian fairy-tale is retold through a funny and heart-warming new musical for all the family.
Recommended for ages 6+
14th & 15th Jan 2022 | 7:30pm | £12
Frenzied, silly and silent comedy from cabaret clown Jack Stark.
Dinosaurs. Romance. Ferrero Rocher. Shakespeare. An hour of ridiculous escapism about procrastination – with an awesome soundtrack. But what’s it all actually about? That’s TBC.
27th- 29th Jan 2022 | 7:30pm + 2:30pm Sat Matinee | £13
Confidant to the stars, Vivienne de Vil celebrates some of the leading ladies of musical theatre, spilling some of their deepest secrets and singing their iconic songs!
Join Vivienne de Vil, Broadway veteran and confidant to the stars, as she celebrates some of the most iconic women of Musical Theatre, from Streisand to Minnelli or Paige to LuPone. With One Look is an intimate evening of untold stories and the songs these women made famous, featuring live musicians.
