Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter I joined the Footlights pretty much by accident. By then, I’d been a student at Cambridge for more than four years; I’d finished my ...

The Footlights society has launched a thousand famous faces. We look back at some of the biggest names and speak to a former member about what it was like to be in the comedy troupe Chances are you’ll ...

Considering how successful Cambridge has been as a theatrical training ground for writers and performers, outsiders may be surprised to find that the university has no drama school. The whole thing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Reach Publishing Services Limited (Reach Publishing Services Limited) For more than 50 years the Cambridge Footlights has ...

The world's most famous student revue company is preparing for its 40th anniversary in the uncomfortable knowledge that it might not have gone on but for a donation from British American Tobacco.

Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are just a few of the huge stars to were previously part of the Cambridge Footlights. The Cambridge University student comedy troupe is known as a breeding ...

A photo of Dame Emma Thompson, Sandi Toksvig and Jan Ravens performing together in a student comedy show is on display as part of a new exhibition in Cambridge. The exhibition, called The Rising Tide: ...

The Kent-born actor, 28, kept the baseball theme going as they paired the blue and white jacket with a green Ralph Lauren baseball cap. Emma, who was cradling a bottle under their arm, wore bright ...

Chortle had 148,000 unique visitors in May 2025. We are currently listing 28,427 upcoming comedy events.

Well-educated comics are benefitting from the 'Footlights factor' and are scooping up all the top jobs. That is the view of comedian Bob Mortimer, who says Oxbridge-educated entertainers have a lot ...