Cambridge Arts Theatre Announces Spectacular Autumn Season

Cambridge Arts Theatre's autumn season is now on sale, boasting an exceptional line-up of distinguished dramas, acclaimed post and pre-West End productions, famous faces and one-night events. Catering for all artistic tastes, the autumn season showcases the very best of the West End and beyond.

Cambridge Arts Theatre are thrilled to announce their major new co-production of The Real Thing (6-16 Sept), with Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Rose Theatre Kingston. This new revival of Tom Stoppard's award-winning masterpiece stars Laurence Fox (Lewis, A Room with a View, Gosford Park) and opens in Cambridge ahead of a national tour.

First-class captivating drama features throughout the Arts Theatre's autumn season, offering audiences compelling and moving experiences. From the author of Dial M for Murder, Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark (19-23 Sept) is the spine-chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller starring Jack Ellis (Prime Suspect), Oliver Mellor (Coronation Street) and Tim Treloar (Doctors); the stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's internationally best-selling novel The Kite Runner (25-30 Sept) is a theatrical tour-de-force, and comes to Cambridge following a fantastic West End run; Tom Kempinski's Duet for One (9-14 Oct) is a gripping, witty and ultimately life-enhancing tribute to the human spirit starring Jemma Redgrave (Holby City) and Oliver Cotton (National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company); Martin Shaw stars in the timely UK premiere of Gore Vidal's The Best Man (16-21 Oct), an award-winning play about two opposing presidential party candidates and their race to the White House; Siân Phillips and Derek Griffiths star in Driving Miss Daisy (6-11 Nov), the heart-warming tale of the life-altering friendship between elderly widow Daisy Werthan and her chauffeur Hoke Colburn and following a critically, sold-out season at the National Theatre and the West End, People, Places & Things (21-25 Nov) comes to Cambridge, an intoxicating play about surviving in the modern world.

A BRAND-NEW AUTUMN SEASON

AT CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE

If you're looking for a great night out this autumn, there's plenty of superb comedy to enjoy. Back by phenomenal demand, Mischief Theatre return to Cambridge with the multi award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong (7-12 Aug); the brilliant and darkly funny smash-hit comedy Rules for Living (3-7 Oct) takes to the stage following a critically acclaimed run at the National Theatre in 2015 and Alan Ayckbourn's celebrated comedy of matrimonial mishaps, How The Other Half Loves (30 Oct-4 Nov), embarks on a national tour following a West End revival. Younger theatregoers will be delighted by three joyful productions full of fun and imagination. After the sell-out success of Gangsta Granny comes David Walliams' brilliant children's tale Awful Auntie (25-29 Oct) - the perfect October half-term treat for children aged 5+; join Phileas Fogg and his loyal valet Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days (14-18 Nov) as they circumnavigate the globe in a thrilling adventure comedy for kids aged 7+ and Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning picture book The Gruffalo's Child (15-18

Nov) is brought to life on stage, jam-packed with music and magic for children aged 3+ (and their grown-ups!).

There are some special one-night events to suit any taste this autumn, with a variety of acclaimed world-class artists gracing our stage. Award-winning jazz vocalist and BBC Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal celebrates the work of Ella Fitzgerald alongside a band of the finest jazz musicians in Clare Teal and her Mini Big Band: The Ella Fitzgerald Legacy (8 Oct); following the success of 2016's Miles & Coltrane @ 90 event, Cambridge based saxophonist Dan Forshaw returns with his sextet for a stunning evening of jazz in Celebrating Blue Note Jazz (15 Oct); celebrated across the world for their stunning live performances, the award-winning all-male dance company BalletBoyz return to Cambridge with BalletBoyz: Fourteen Days (22-23 Oct) and Cambridge educated historian, presenter and debater David Starkey draws on his knowledge of Henry VIII's reign to examine his turbulent personal life in Henry VIII: The First Brexiteer? (12 Nov).

Looking ahead to spring 2018, the Arts Theatre welcomes back Cambridge Operatic Society with their production of the tasty theatrical treat Sweeney Todd (17-20 Jan); David Haig stars in Cambridge Arts Theatre's co-production of Pressure (1-10 Feb), the extraordinary and little-known story of one man who changed the course of World War II; Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson and Stephen Tompkinson star in one of the most successful comedies of all time Art (14-24 Feb); Conor McPherson's Olivier Award-winning chilling, modern classic The Weir (6-10 Mar); James Graham's extraordinarily prescient insight into British politics in This House (13-17 Mar); Rudyard Kipling's family classic The Jungle Book (20-24 Mar) is transformed for the stage; Terence Rattigan's gripping masterpiece The Winslow Boy (26-31 Mar) and Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams star as both Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart in the critically acclaimed political tragedy Mary Stuart (23-28 Apr), coming to Cambridge direct from sold-out seasons at the Almeida and West End.

And last but by no means least, Cambridge Arts Theatre is proud to present this year's spectacular family pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk (30 Nov 2017 - 7 Jan 2018), starring Cambridge's #1 Dame, Matt Crosby, as Dame Trott. Featuring the Arts Theatre's trademark blend of songs, laughter, joy and magic, make it a Christmas to remember with a visit to the home of festive family entertainment. Book your tickets early to avoid disappointment!