Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University and now also the Anglia Ruskin University (formerly Anglia Polytechnic University). It was founded in 1883.
It grew in prominence in the 1960s, as a hotbed of comedy and satire, and continues to produce the regular and very popular Smokers at the ADC Theatre - an informal mixture of sketches and stand-up.
Footlights also produces regular plays and sketch shows, such as this year's sell-out Spring Revue Interconti-mental and the current tour show WhamBam.

Footlights President

1886 - F.W. Mortimer
1887 - J.J. Withers
1888 - W.S. Gilbert
1890 - Oscar Browning
1891 - C.M. Rae
1892 - Oscar Browning
1894 - Oscar Browning
1895 - Oscar Browning
1896 - H.C. Pollitt
1897 - H.C. Pollitt
1898 - M.V. Leveaux
1899 - S.W. Burgess
1900 - O.J. Goedecker
1901 - R.J. White
1902 - E.K. Fordham
1904 - G.S. Heathcote
1905 - G.S. Heathcote
1906 - H. Rottenburg
1907 - H. Rottenburg
1908 - J.S. Murray
1909 - L.B. Tillard
1910 - A.R. Inglis
1911 - A.R. Inglis
1912 - P.D. Ravenscroft
1913 - C.A.A. Douglas Hamilton
1914 - M. Cutherston
1919 - B.D. Nicholson
1920 - B.D. Nicholson
1921 - M.D. Lyon
1922 - M.D. Lyon
1923 - F.E. Powell
1924 - J.A.C. Barradale
1925 - H.J. Warrender
1926 - J.D. Houison Craufurd
1927 - H.C. Martineau
1928 - H.E.R. Mitchell
1929 - J. Fell Clark
1930 - J.C. Byrom
1931 - R.S. Hill
1932 - P.E. Lyon
1933 - J.A. Coates
1934 - Lord Killanin
1935 - Harry Lee
1936 - Peter Crane
1937 - Albert E.P. Robison
1938 - P.B. Meyer
1939 - Sir Robert Ricketts
1947 - D.C. Orders
1948 - D.C. Orders
1949 - Simon Phipps
1950 - Adrian Vale
1951 - Ian Kellie
1952 - Andrew Davidson
1953 - Peter Firth
1954 - Leslie Bricusse
1955 - Brian Marber
1956 - Tim Berington
1957 - Allan Mitchell
1958 - Peter Stroud
1959 - Adrian Slade
1960 - Peter Cook
1961 - Peter Bellwood
1962 - Robert Atkins
1963 - Tim Brooke-Taylor
1964 - Graeme Garden
1965 - Eric Idle
1966 - Andrew Mayer
1967 - Clive James
1968 - Jonathan James-Moore
1969 - Barry Brown
1970 - Adrian Edwards
1971 - Richard MacKenna
1972 - Steve Thorn
1973 - Robert Benton
1974 - Jon Canter
1975 - Clive Anderson
1976 - Chris Keightley
1977 - Jimmy Mulville
1978 - Martin Bergman
1979 - Robert Bathurst
1980 - Jan Ravens
1981 - Hugh Laurie
1982 - Tony Slattery
1983 - Neil Mullarkey
1984 - Nick Hancock
1985 - Kathryn Crew
1986 - Nick Golson
1987 - Tim Scott
1988 - Peter Bradshaw
1989 - Roland Kenyon
1990 - Henry Naylor
1991 - Sue Perkins
1992 - Dan Gaster
1993 - Mark Evans
1994 - Robert Thorogood
1995 - Charlie Harthill
1996 - David Mitchell
1997 - Sarah Moule
1998 - Richard Ayoade
1999 - Kevin Baker
2000 - Matt Green
2001 - James Morris
2002 - Ed Weeks
2003 - Stefan Golaszewski
2004 - Ed Riches
2005 - Raph Shirley
2006 - Simon Bird
2007 - Tom Sharpe
2008 - Sam Sword Footlights book

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