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Ctrl+Alt+Deceit!

This brand new musical from Ariella Gordon follows the kind, lonely and technologically naïve Aunt June, desperate to connect with her niece Andy. Andy suggests that June fill her time instead by finding friendships online.

Matters take a strange turn when June unwittingly finds herself on the Dark Web and befriending a low-level drug ring, the members of whom June mistakes for cooking and gardening enthusiasts.

Set to an upbeat funk/pop score, the story, at its heart, follows the relationship between Andy and June, who share a mother/daughter-like bond.



Dates: Aug 12-24 | Time: 18:20 | Venue: theSpace @ Niddry St

This Time We Have A Dog

The International Tour Show from the world-famous student comedy society is back bigger and better than ever (and with a furry friend to boot). This year's show will take in London, Manchester and Bristol as well as Edinburgh before heading abroad.

'This Time We Have A Dog', see the stand-up comedy troupe hit the road with their friend Lloyd ̽»¨Ö±²¥Dog, performing their best sketch show yet before sinister forces try to stop their comedy altogether.

Dates: Jul 31, Aug 1-6, 8-18, 20-26 | Time: 16:30 | Venue: Pleasance Courtyard

For those seeking a mix of stand-up, songs, sketches and more, there's also the 'Free Footlights' show to see. With a different line-up every night, this hour-long performance provides an opportunity for current students and alumni to shine on stage. ̽»¨Ö±²¥best part? It's completely free, allowing Fringe-goers to indulge in a diverse range of comedic talent every day without breaking the bank.

Dates: Aug 1-11, 13-25 | Time: 12:30 | Venue: Just the Tonic Nucleus - Just the Sub-Atomic Room

VEGAS

In this new dramedy by Louis Hadfield and Alice Roberts, good Kentish girl Poppy wakes to find herself naked next to her ex, who isn't really her ex, Scouser Freddie. Struggling to piece together the night before, they gradually reach the horrifying revelation that they are married.

Sounds pretty rock'n'roll, right? But this isn't Vegas, this is a B&B in Slough. Stuck together in the honeymoon suite, Poppy and Freddie are forced to confront what once went wrong and, crucially, decide whether to get an annulment. Oh, and they have an hour until they need to check out. What happens next? You'll have to wait and see...

Dates: Aug 12-17, 19-24 | Time: 17:25 | Venue: theSpace @ Venue45

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Impronauts

This short-form improvisation show includes famous games, such as Party Quirks, led by audience prompts. Celebrating their 21st birthday and sold-out shows in 2023,  return after seven years resident at the Gilded Balloon. 

This year, to celebrate their coming of age, they are hosting a range of celebrity improv guests including Showstoppers, CSI and a member of Paul Merton's Comedy Store team.

̽»¨Ö±²¥cast includes former and current Footlights, alongside a director from the National Theatre who just wrote a book on applying improv in drama with Katie Mitchell. Warm ups will be from a group of stand ups who have been training this year with Cambridge alum Jimmy Carr's director. 

Dates: Jul 31 - Aug 26 | Time: 11:40 | Venue: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

Cadenza

Join , Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥’s premier a cappella group, for their fourth consecutive series of shows at the Fringe.

This year, Cadenza’s unique style of a cappella will take audiences through a day at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥, featuring a packed set of show-stoppers and chart-toppers with everything from club to classical.

From quirky spins on a choral evensong to spicy pop and jazz arrangements, including golden oldies and groovy contemporary numbers too.

Dates: Aug 19-24 | Time: 14:20 | Venue: theSpace @ Niddry St

Squires

This new show, by Hannah Brecher, is an historical workplace comedy turned comedy of errors, as a group of unlikely friends come together under a common goal: to not be accused of murder.

Before there were knights, there were idiots who thought swinging a sword and being a hero were pretty much interchangeable. Squires looks at pressing issues like 'how crappy is a first job exactly' and 'can you speed run inventing the concept of gravity in a single afternoon'. ̽»¨Ö±²¥answer to both is 'yes'. Holy Grail meets Twelfth Night in a story of pigs, bisexual panic, bricks and accusations of heresy.

Squires will be coming to Fringe following sold-out shows at the Corpus Playroom.   called Squires "an amazing play" and "an absolute delight to watch"..

Dates & times:
Aug 2-10 at 11:45am | Aug 12-24 at 11:40am
Venue: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

It's OK, I Still Think You're Great

Written by Raffaella Sero, this new theatrical comedy introduces audiences to Tibby, on her 25th birthday when she is throwing a big party: after years, her friends from uni are coming together — and they are all doing better than her.

This sparkling three-hander is about friendship, friendship breakups, breakup breakups, drama, drama kids, queerness, being an immigrant, rejection and William Shakespeare. Also, about the emotional roller-coaster of being in your mid-twenties and having no clue about pretty much anything ever.

Dates, times & venues:

• Aug 2-10 | 23:00 | theSpace @ Symposium Hall
• Aug 12-17 | 22:55 | theSpace on the Mile
  
  

̽»¨Ö±²¥Man Who Wouldn't Be Murdered

̽»¨Ö±²¥Man Who Wouldn’t Be Murdered by Cambridge Footlights' Lily Blundell is a dark comedy musical, full of murder, jazz and drink, based on the true story of Michael Malloy and his infamous life, and death.

It’s 1932, prohibition has swept New York and Tony Morino owns a failing underground speakeasy in the Bronx. Business is so terrible, he hatches a plan – take out life insurance on the drunken, good-for-nothing new employee, Michael Malloy. However, it seems some people are far more difficult to kill than others…

A story of a descent into maddening obsession all told via a haunting and twisted 20s inspired jazz score.

Dates & times: : Aug 2-10 at 21:30 | Aug 12-17 at 21:50 | Aug 19-24 at 21:30 |
Venue: theSpace @ Niddry St