Corpus Playroom: Welcome

The Dumb Waiter
Harold Pinter
Tuesday 24th January - Saturday 28th January
£6/£5

Ben and Gus are waiting for an assignment. The stoic Ben reads the paper. The twitchy Gus fails to flush the toilet.

When the dumb waiter in the corner suddenly shudders into life, what they expected to be their instructions from above appear in the form of a strangely precise menu. As the two men scrabble around to get food ready, the play’s enigmatic power comes into play.

A masterclass in taut dialogue and shifty, shifting dynamics, the Corpus Playroom is proud to present Pinter’s acclaimed black comedy, The Dumb Waiter.

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club / Fletcher Players presents
Zombie Haiku
Chloe Mashiter (adapted from book by Ryan Mecum)
Tuesday 24th January - Saturday 28th January
£6/£5

You are so lucky That we cannot remember
How to use doorknobs.

An original adaptation of Ryan Mecum's book, Zombie Haiku follows one lone survivor's journey through ruined houses, decimated cities and abandoned airports as they contend with exploding petrol stations and reanimated work colleagues. Bringing the humour, emotion and darkness of the book to the stage, this production blends physical theatre, music and (of course) haiku for an entertaining exploration of what happens when the living clash with the undead.

The city is dead.
Streets are filled with people

Who aren't quite people.

ICE presents
Of ICE and Men
Monday 30th January
£6/£5

Tired of being driven from your home by careless Scots poets? Schemes gang very much agley? Turned down for that comedy bit-part alongside Michael Caine?

Fear not; this hilarious hour of improvised comedy will gladden the heart and bristle the whiskers!

Improvised Comedy Ents presents an unforgettable hour of japes, tomfoolery and questionable spelling from the days of yore (specific yore TBC). No scripts, no rehearsals, no problem!

Elektra
Sophokles (trans. Ezra Pound and Rudd Fleming)
Tuesday 31st January - Saturday 4th February
£6/£5

Elektra's father has been murdered, and now she wants justice. Down in the fields outside the house she plots revenge upon the killer - her own mother. The final piece of the puzzle is the return of her brother Orestes. But when he finally arrives on a sweltering summer's day, can he be the hero she wants him to be?

REDS presents the first-ever UK performance of Ezra Pound and Rudd Fleming's original translation, which relocates the tragedy from Ancient Greece to the Deep South. Tragic song takes on new form in the blues and spiritual songs, which incorporate Ancient Greek, slang and verse. Elektra is an explosive drama of justice and revenge that will grip you until the bloody end.

Rookie
Various
Tuesday 31st January - Saturday 4th February
£6/£5

Rookie is a ballsy new sketch show brimming with contradictions and those bloody women you love to hate. It features six of Cambridge's favourite female comedians, whom you may have seen in smokers, watching smokers, in the library and walking to the shop. Members of Rookie have previously been described as 'Funny,' 'Odd' and 'Stalkerish' (The Tab). So hang up your man gardens, dust off your lady boots and join us for an evening of lovely lady lol-fodder to get your cockles warm.

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