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Wed 01 Nov JOAN CLEVILLÉ DANCE: THE NORTH Dance Blending elements of dance, physical theatre and puppetry, The North
features cinematic visuals, original music by Mogwai’s Luke Sutherland and an eclectic soundtrack from Wagner to Frank Sinatra. 11+ 7.30pm / J2 / £12.50 (£8 con) / 11+
Thu 02 Nov GHOSTPOET Music Plus EERA.
Doors 7pm / J1 / £17 adv
Thu 02 Nov HUGH CORNWELL Music 8pm / J2 / £25 adv
Fri 03 Nov THE REVOLUTION WILL BE LIVE! KIM Music JORDAN PLAYS GIL SCOTT-HERON +
MALIK & THE O.G’S FT. RITA CARTER Gil Scott-Heron’s Musical Director and keyboardist Kim Jordan and his protégé Malik Al Nasir pay tribute to the iconic artist in this special tribute concert. Doors 7pm / J1 / £19.50 adv
Fri 03 Nov JESTERLARF COMEDY CLUB Comedy Featuring Hal Cruttenden, Mark Simmon, Chris Kent,
and compere Kevin McCarthy. Doors 7.45pm / J2 / £13.50 / 16+
Sat 04 Nov HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND Music Doors 7pm / J2 (standing) / £17 adv
Sat 04 Nov Tiff Stevenson: BOMBSHELLComedy The critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and star of BAFTA
nominated People Just Do Nothing returns with a new show. 8pm / J3 / £12.50 / 15+
Sun 05 Nov UGLY DUCKLINGFamily tutti frutti and York Theatre Royal bring to life Hans Christian
Andersen’s well known tale. 11.30am & 2.30pm / J2 / £10 adult (£6 child) / 3+
Mon 06 Nov SAZ’ISOMusic Saz’iso are masters of Saze - a polyphonic music from Southern Albania.
Part of Making Tracks. 8pm / J2 / £11.50
Tue 07 Nov FORCED ENTERTAINMENT: REAL MAGIC Theatre Real Magic takes the audience on a hallucinatory journey,
with a compelling performance about optimism, individual agency and the desire for change.
7.30pm / J2 / £12.50 (£8 con) / 16+
Wed 08 Nov BILLY BRAGGMusic Sold out. Plus Sean McGowan.
Doors 7pm / J1 / £24.50 adv
NOVEMBER 2017 Wed 08 Nov MARK THOMAS: A SHOW THAT Comedy GAMBLES ON THE FUTURE
Few predicted the events of 2016. And even fewer seem to know where we are going. Mark Thomas sets out to discover what the future has in store for us by collecting and examining his own predictions and those of his audiences before gambling on their outcome.
8pm / J2 / £18 (£13.50 con) / 15+
Thu 09 Nov SPOON Music Doors 7pm / J1 / £25 adv
Thu 09 Nov LEE NELSON: SERIOUS JOKERComedy The comedy favourite returns with this extra date added
to his hugely popular tour. 7.30pm / J2 / £22.50 / 14+
Fri 10 Nov BIG COUNTRY Music Doors 7pm / J1 / £25 adv
Fri 10 Nov GARY DELANEY: THERE’S SOMETHING Comedy ABOUT GARY
Razor sharp one-liners from the Mock The Week regular. 8pm / J2 / £17 / 16+
Sat 11 Nov JERRY SADOWITZ: COMEDIAN, Comedy MAGICIAN, PSYCHOPATH!
Magic The comedian, magician, and all round scary man returns. 8pm / J2 / £24 / 18+
Sat 11 Nov SYSTEM 7 / MIRROR SYSTEMMusic 8pm-12am / J1 / £18 adv
Sun 12 Nov TIDY UPFamily A witty and uplifting journey discovering if chaos Dance and order can ever live side-by-side.
11.30am & 2.30pm / J3 / £10 adult (£6 child) / 3+
Sun 12 Nov DEAF HAVANAMusic Plus Black Foxxes & Decade.
Doors 7pm / J1 / £18.50 adv
Sun 12 Nov NICK HELMComedy Sold out. 8pm / J2 / £13.50 / 16+
Tue 14 Nov IGOR & MORENO: ANDANTEDance In Andante, the theatre is filled with smoke and scent. Here, you are
taken on a journey into a haze of uncertainty, time and love. 7.30pm / J2 / £12.50 (£8 con) / 14+
Wed 15 Nov AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEMMusic Plus The Dhol Foundation.
Doors 7pm / J1 / £27.50 adv
Wed 15 & SIMON AMSTELL: WHAT IS THIS?Thu 16 Nov Sold out.Comedy 8pm / J2 / £25 / 15+
Fri 17 Nov THE FIVER Music Featuring Hollowstar, False Hearts, The Hot One Two,
Maverick, and Level Up. Doors 6.45pm / J1 / £6
Fri 17 & FESTIVAL OF THE SPOKEN NERD: Sat 18 Nov YOU CAN’T POLISH A NERDComedy Experiments guy Steve Mould, geek songstress Helen Arney and stand-
up mathematician Matt Parker return with a veritable Periodic Table of new science, songs, and spreadsheets that will tickle your ribs and light your Bunsen burner.
Fri 7.30pm, Sat 3.30 & 7.30pm / J2 / £19.50 (£15.50 con) / 14+
Sat 18 Nov BLACK STAR RIDERSMusic Plus Blue Pills, Tax The Heat, and Dirty Thrills.
Doors 6.15pm / J1 / £30.50 adv
Sun 19 Nov WIFI WARSFamily The record breaking live comedy game show where you play along!
Login with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, quizzes and challenges to win the show, and prizes!
2pm / J2 / £10 / 7+
Mon 20 Nov FRIGG (FINLAND)Music Hot fiddles from cool Scandinavia - a blizzard of jigs, reels and
bluegrass inventions. See website for details of Frigg’s Finnish Fiddle Tunes workshop for all string players ahead of the show.
7.30pm / J2 / £18 adv
Tue 21 Nov JINKX MONSOON & MAJOR SCALES: Music THE VAUDEVILLIANS
Comedy RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon presents a bawdy, rowdy musical comedy co-starring composer and musician Major Scales.
8pm / J2 / £18.50 (£15.50 con) / 16+
Wed 22 Nov INUA ELLAMS: AN EVENING Spoken Word
WITH AN IMMIGRANT Award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams tells his ridiculous, Comedy fantastic, poignant immigrant story. 7.30pm / J2 / £12.50 (£8 con) / 12+
Thu 23 Nov lucy rose Music Doors 7pm / J2 (standing) / £17 adv
Fri 24 Nov JASON BYRNE: THE MAN Comedy WITH THREE BRAINS
The fastest thinking comic around and star of Live at the Apollo and Father Figure.
8pm / J2 / £21.50 / 14+
Sat 25 & THE BUILDY-UPPY DANCE SHOWSun 26 Nov From the team that created The Doodle Dance Show, a magical hour of
Family building, music and dancing.Dance 11.30am & 2.30pm / J2 / £10 adult (£6 child) / 4+
Sat 25 Nov roy ayers Music Vibraphonist/vocalist Roy Ayers is among the best-known, most
loved and respected jazz/R&B artists on the music-scene today. Part of Cambridge Jazz Festival Doors 8pm / J1 / £27.50 adv
Mon 27 Nov HARRY AND CHRIS: SHOW 2 Harry Baker and Chris Read bring their unique mix of comedy, melody, poetry and best-matery to Cambridge. 8pm / J2 / £13.50Music
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DECEMBER 2017
noveMBER 2017 Tue 05 – RAPUNZEL Sun 31 Dec A hair-raising family Christmas show.
Dancing Brick, the award-winning company behind Thumbelina’s Great Big Adventure (2013), return with a fun-filled family show packed with live music, physical comedy and their signature bold theatrical style.
See website for full details including school, relaxed and BSL interpreted performances.
Various times / J2 / £15.50 (£10 con) Group of 4: Save 15% (max. 2 adults) / 5+
FAMILY CHRISTMAS SHOW!
Fri 01 Dec BEANS ON TOAST & SKINNY LISTERMusic Doors 7pm / J1 / £15.50 adv
Sat 02 Dec NEW ROUTESMusic An evening of acoustic, folk and roots music featuring Emily Mae
Winters and Mari Joyce. Doors 7pm / J3 / £6
Sun 03 Dec LAUMusic A pioneering contemporary folk trio comprising three of the UK’s finest
traditional musicians: Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O’Rourke. Doors 7pm / J1 (seated) / £19 adv
Wed 06 Dec BAD MANNERSMusic Plus Max Splodge, Big 10 and DJ Jesse James.
Doors 7pm / J1 / £22.50 adv
Wed 06 Dec PUNDEMONIUM! LIVE A festive edition of the hilarious game show full of punishing linguistic
challenges designed to put your (egg)noggin to the test. 8pm / J3 / £10 / 16+
Thu 07 Dec DR FEELGOOD + EDDIE & THE HOT RODS Music Doors 7pm / J1 / £20.50 adv
Sat 09 Dec YIANNI AGISILAOU: THE SIMPSONSComedy TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW
A love letter to the world’s greatest TV show. Stories, facts, impersonations and more form a hilarious and cromulent look at a lifetime spent quoting, referencing and learning from The Simpsons.
8pm / J3 / £13.50 / 14+
Sat 09 Dec WARNINGClub Drum & Bass. See website for full details.
10pm – 6am / J1 / 18+
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Wed 13 Dec A Winter UnionMusic An evening of folk music from Christmas and the Winter
Solstice featuring Hannah Sanders, Gilmore & Roberts and members of The Willows.
8pm / Emmanuel United Reform Church, Trumpington Street / £19 adv
Fri 15 Dec THE FIVERMusic Featuring Searching Grey, The Extons, Tom Lumley,
Deep City, and Violet Flares. 6.45pm / J1 / £6
Fri 15 Dec SH!T THEATRE’S SING-A-LONG-A Theatre MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL The ORIGINAL and BEST Sing-a-long-a Muppet Christmas Carol
returns to Cambridge! Come sing-a-long to the best Christmas film ever! Come support Michael Caine as he does some ‘acting’! Witness laughter, redemption and singing food! Free goody bags, free whiskey, muppet virgins welcome.
7.30pm / J3 / £10 / 18+
Sat 16 Dec EZIOMusic Doors 7pm / J1 / £15.50 adv
Sat 16 Dec SOFIE HAGENComedy Sold out. 8pm / J3 / £12.50 (£9 con) / 14+
Fri 22 Dec THE CRAIG CHARLES FUNK Club & SOUL CLUB
10pm - 3am / J1 / £17 adv / 18+
COMING SOON: The Scummy Mummies, Fern Brady, Martyn Joseph,
James Rowland, Ahir Shah, Pama International, This Is The Kit, Stephen K Amos, Police Dog Hogan, Rob Auton, The Amazons, Jorja Smith, Phil Beer, Hayseed Dixie, Fin Taylor, Martin Harley & more
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Tue 28 Nov MELROSE QUARTETMusic Comprising Nancy Kerr, James Fagan, Jess and Richard Arrowsmith
Melrose Quartet are a truly all-round folk act, with both tight a capella harmony and energy-packed instrumentals.
8pm / J2 / £17 adv
Wed 29 Nov VIEWS FROM THE ‘BRIDGETheatre Cambridge Junction’s showcase of new work by Cambridgeshire
performance makers featuring Hannah Walker and ThisEgg. 7.30pm / J2 / £6
Thu 30 Nov JAMES ACASTER Comedy Sold out. 8pm / J2 / £18 / 15+
Spoken Word