This summer, Cambridge Arts Theatre is the place to be for those craving a rich tapestry of storytelling, drama, and high-energy performances. With a line-up that spans whimsical family tales, intense dramas, and thrilling musicals, there's something for everyone at King's College, Cambridge.

A Theatrical Summer at Cambridge Arts Theatre: Celebrating Stories, Drama, and History

It’s London’s biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews making it the best-reviewed show in West End history, hailed by Peter Marks in The Washington Post as “the year’s funniest musical”.

Operation Mincemeat

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Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the multi-award-winning BLOOD BROTHERS. The production ran for more than 10,000 performances in London’s West End and has been affectionately christened the ‘Standing Ovation Musical’ as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail).

Blood Brothers

Meet Toto. She might look like an ordinary cat, but she’s no ordinary feline. Almost completely blind, Toto has incredible ninja skills, a big heart, and a nose for adventure. By day, she naps like any other pet… but by night, she’s out on daring missions with her cheeky brother, Silver.

Toto the Ninja Cat

Matt Rawle (Cabaret, Evita, Les Misérables) will take centre stage as the legendary 19th century showman P.T. Barnum. This spectacular production directed by Jonathan O’Boyle and choreographed by Oti Mabuse will feature an extraordinary ensemble cast of over 20 actor-musicians, acrobats and amazing circus acts. Audiences are certain to delight at every sight, wonder and miracle that the name Barnum stands for!

Barnum

Starring Ralf Little (The Royle Family, Death In Paradise), The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is a riveting journey through the fog-shrouded terrain of Cold War espionage, deception, and moral compromise.

Spy Who Came In From The Cold

So it’s time to prepare yourselves for two amazing shows with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips!

Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors

Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians

When a widowed count tries to marry off his daughter to the son of his best friend, it seems like a perfectly sensible plan. But with both young lovers secretly pining for others, their entangled affections cause chaos.

The Marquise

Darrell Rivers is starting school with an eager mind and fierce heart. Unfortunately she also has a quick temper! Can she learn to tolerate the infuriating Gwendoline Lacey, or value the kind-hearted Sally Hope? Can she save the school play and rescue terrified Mary Lou from the grip of a raging storm? If she can do these things anywhere, she will do them at Malory Towers!

Malory Towers

Tall Stories’ much-loved magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler returns by popular demand, celebrating the show’s 25th anniversary.

The Gruffalo

Once upon a time, a little old lady lived all by herself in her cosy cottage, but she wasn’t happy – her house felt just too small. Whatever could she do? Will the wise old man’s solution of bringing in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals work?

A Squash and a Squeeze

With their signature irreverence and discerning eye for beautiful dance, BalletBoyz return in 2026 with their brand-new production Still Pointless, marking the 25th Anniversary of the Company’s critically acclaimed debut, Pointless (yes, it’s really been that long!).

Still Pointless: BalletBoyz at 25

From the BAFTA Award-winning co-creator of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn, comes the long-awaited final chapter of British political satire - and it is as cunning, cutting, and catastrophically funny as ever.

I'm Sorry Prime Minister

On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple’s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder. As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally resurface, can the world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, untangle the web of lies and solve another crime?

Death on the Nile

When Canio, leader of a theatre troupe, sees his life reflected in rehearsals, he becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair.

English Touring Opera: Pagliacci

In the pursuit of the truth, a bewildering series of events threaten both their marriages and their claims to the throne.

English Touring Opera: The Gondoliers

In an apocalyptic tale of alien invasion and the destruction of the world as we know it, lines of Brits scrabble to flee across the channel while their cities and towns lie in smoldering ruins.

War of the Worlds

Jung returns to the Cambridge Literary Festival with her sequel Fly, Wild Swans, which brings the story of Jung’s family – along with that of China – up to date. Join Jung for a deeply moving and unforgettable account of life under a communist dictatorship and the threat modern China poses to the world.

Cambridge Literary Festival: Jung Chang

From literary memorials for writers we’ve lost, to trips to the movies, Glastonbury and Kilburn High Road, this is a collection about everything that makes life fizz – love, loss, culture and politics. Comprising 32 essays, 12 of them previously unpublished. Throughout this thrilling collection, Zadie Smith shows us once again her unrivaled ability to think through, critically and humanely,  some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times.

Cambridge Literary Festival: Zadie Smith

... and find out which books have influenced and engaged one of our greatest international writers. A British-Turkish novelist and storyteller, Elif is also an advocate for women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and freedom of expression. Her latest novel There Are Rivers in the Sky spans centuries and continents, and was shortlisted for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.

Cambridge Literary Festival: Elif Shafak

When spinster Emily Simpson is found dead in the picturesque village of Badger’s Drift, her friend Lucy refuses to accept it was an accident. DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Gavin Troy are called in to investigate, uncovering hidden passions, long-buried secrets and deadly rivalries.

Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift

Sephy is a Cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides.

Noughts & Crosses

The concert features all Miller’s most iconic hits: from Moonlight Serenade, and American Patrol - through to Tuxedo Junction, Pennsylvania 6-5000, and In the Mood… and much more.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

As we hear their story, we’re transported back to a time when female pioneers defied expectations and soared through the skies.

Spitfire Girls

Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award-nominated, worldwide smash hit is now on its first ever UK tour.

The Choir of Man

We’re excited to invite teachers and school leaders to a free CPD session inspired by The Sixth Sense Collective’s powerful production of What I (Don’t) Know About Autism. This session is designed to support reflective, inclusive practice and meaningful engagement with neurodiversity in schools.

What I (Don't) Know About Autism CPD

An evening featuring some of the best loved songs of our movie-musical lives. The Wizard of Oz to Wicked, West Side Story to La La Land, and many, many more.

Pulman and Stilgoe: Hooray for Hollywood

Alan Freed was a Cleveland DJ who heard the future and knew he had to let it sing. He named the genre “Rock & Roll”, bringing music to the masses. Along the way, he became an icon to the nation’s youth, and a target for the nation’s establishment.

Rock & Roll Man

Puccini’s classic in a new English version by Hannah Kumari, re-orchestrated by Vahan Salorian. Featuring some of the most famous music in opera and inspired by popular modern-day ‘whodunnits’ such as The White Lotus and Knives Out, Gianni Schicchi (or Where There’s A Will) brings Puccini roaring into the 21st Century.

Gianni Schicchi (or Where There's A Will)

Kym Marsh (Coronation Street, Waterloo Road, Abigail’s Party) and Lisa Faulkner (Holby City, Murder In Suburbia, John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen) star in the world premiere production of Single White Female - the gripping new stage thriller inspired by the best-selling book and hit 90’s movie, that led a generation to fear a stiletto heel!

Single White Female

Noël Coward’s glitteringly risqué comedy Easy Virtue is brought to life by renowned director Trevor Nunn, who knows The Arts Theatre well having directed plays here while he was a Cambridge student.

Noël Coward's Easy Virtue

The renowned Cambridge Arts Theatre is crossing the pond to bring a spectacular performance to Sacramento! Join us on May 3rd, 2025, at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center for an unforgettable evening. The event starts at 3:00 PM, promising a showcase of talent that will leave you in awe. This is your chance to experience the magic of the UK's performing arts scene right in the heart of California. Don't miss out on this extraordinary event. Secure your tickets now at Ticketmaster. For more information, visit our official website.

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D'Aydrian Harding will be performing at Revolution Live on Saturday, April 19th. This event is All Ages. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Show starts at 8:00 PM. All support acts are subject to change without notice. A fun, insane, action-packed evening with D'Aydrian Harding & friends, featuring live performances, active audience interactions, special guests, and all kinds of crazy stuff! The Stay Sober Spring Tour is an experience with your favorite YouTuber you'll never forget!

D'Aydrian Harding: The Stay Sober Spring Tour

Revolution Live

Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true.

Heathers The Musical

Seven Dials

Amidst the heat of a Neapolitan summer, Filumena (Felicity Kendal) lies on her deathbed, waiting to marry Domenico, the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years.

Filumena

Covent Garden

Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full of suspects. An impossible case. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on-board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination?

Murder On The Orient Express

On 4th April 1984, Winston Smith, comrade 6079, starts a diary. In a world where every action is painstakingly monitored and controlled, this simple act puts Winston’s life in jeopardy. A clandestine love affair with co-worker Julia further enrages the authorities, but can they truly trust each other?

1984

In this maddest of times let two of Britain’s barmiest storytellers, Gilbert and Sullivan, take you on an adventure with their much-loved tale of The Pirates of Penzance. Sasha Regan’s ability to bring out the inherent humour and fun creates an award-winning, all-male and exquisitely funny new take on the classic. Pure joy!

The Pirates Of Penzance

Since then, it’s won 30 major theatre awards, had West End and Broadway runs, national and international productions, been adapted into a film and was voted The Nation’s Favourite Play. In short, The History Boys made history.

The History Boys

Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage in a brand-new production, marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel.

Birdsong

Throughout his glittering career, Robert Lindsay has been asked, "What made you want to be an actor?". The question he asked himself was what kind of actor he wanted to be. While filming Citizen Smith, BBC producer Dennis Main-Wilson asked him, "Are you an actor or a performer?". In his new solo show, the BAFTA, Olivier, and Tony award-winning actor playfully seeks to answer these questions.

An Audience With Robert Lindsay

Was Shakespeare an instinctive ‘conservative’ or, rather, gently subversive? How collaborative was he? Did he add a line to Hamlet in order to accommodate his ageing and increasingly chubby principal actor, Richard Burbage? Did he suffer from insomnia and experience sexual jealousy?

An Evening With Simon Russell Beale

A splendid dinner party in an Edinburgh mansion concludes with a murder mystery game created by the hostess. A murder needs to be solved. But the guests have secrets of their own, threatened by the very game they are playing. And among them is Inspector John Rebus. True crime is his calling. Is he playing an alternative game, one to which only he knows the rules? There are suspects, clues and danger with every twist and turn – and a shocking discovery will send this game called ‘Malice’ hurtling towards a gasp-inducing conclusion.

Rebus: A Game Called Malice

The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child's favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus!

Dinosaur World Live

What happens when the lights go out? It’s New Year’s Eve, when a car crash on a deserted road brings famous but troubled singer Danny Sierra and his dysfunctional family to an isolated holiday cottage in rural England.

Murder in the Dark

“I created life. You don’t believe me but it’s true. I didn’t start from scratch of course but out of portions and odd ends I made something –alive. But what I created... it wasn’t a superhuman. It was a monster.”

Frankenstein

Book ahead for next Christmas to avoid disappointment, as The Arts Theatre returns with another ‘uproariously funny’ (Velvet Magazine, Sleeping Beauty) pantomime for Cambridgeshire and beyond.

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Nov 27, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027

Jack and the Beanstalk

19 - 24 Oct, 2026

Operation Mincemeat

15 - 19 Sep, 2026

Blood Brothers

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