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list of former Footlights sketch comedy troupe members who have achieved notability after graduating from the University of Cambridge. The careers of
List of former Footlights members
List_of_former_Footlights_members
Student comedy troupe in Cambridge, UK
This is a list of former members of Footlights who achieved notability after graduating from the University of Cambridge. The elected leader of the University
Footlights
British actor and comedian (born 1990)
Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (with Pierre Novellie), learning Mediaeval Gaelic, and was a member of Cambridge Footlights. While in Footlights, he
George_Fouracres
British comedian and actor (born 1977)
Male Comedy Performance. Ayoade was president of the Footlights club whilst a student at the University of Cambridge. He and Matthew Holness debuted their
Richard_Ayoade
English comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)
Footlights Club by the president of the Footlights Club, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Footlights Club member Bill Oddie. I'd never heard of the Footlights when
Eric_Idle
This is a list of notable alumni from the University of Cambridge, featuring members of the University of Cambridge segregated in accordance with their
List of University of Cambridge people
List_of_University_of_Cambridge_people
English actor, comedian, and musician (born 1959)
representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge". In 1980–81, his final year at university, besides rowing, Laurie was president of the Footlights, with Thompson
Hugh_Laurie
English actress and screenwriter (born 1959)
a member of the Footlights troupe, and appeared in the comedy sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End revival of the
Emma_Thompson
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
joined the Cambridge Footlights, where he first began writing with John Cleese. Following graduation, Chapman joined the Footlights show Cambridge Circus
Graham_Chapman
British actor, writer and comedian (born 1990)
number of comedy shows as a member of the famous Cambridge Footlights. In 2012, he co-wrote and performed in Perfect Strangers – the Footlights' 50th annual
Jason_Forbes
British comedian and actor (born 1962)
titled "The Spatial Distribution of Elementary Education in 19th-century Wakefield". He also joined the Footlights, where he first met Steve Punt and
Hugh_Dennis
British sketch comedy television series
A Bit of Fry & Laurie is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
A_Bit_of_Fry_&_Laurie
The following is a list of notable current and former residents of Teaneck, New Jersey. (B) denotes that the person was born in Teaneck. Robert S. Browne
List of people from Teaneck, New Jersey
List_of_people_from_Teaneck,_New_Jersey
following is a list of notable individuals associated with Sarah Lawrence College through attendance as a student, or service as a member of the faculty
List of Sarah Lawrence College people
List_of_Sarah_Lawrence_College_people
British actress (born 1970)
reunited with her former Cambridge Footlights colleague Sue Perkins in the BBC comedy Heading Out. She then appeared in the second series of Prisoners' Wives
Nicola_Walker
British and American comedian and television personality (born 1977)
studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. His Footlights contemporaries included comedians David Mitchell and
John_Oliver
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
screenwriter, producer, and television presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
John_Cleese
British surreal comedy group
University Footlights revue Cambridge Circus (originally entitled A Clump of Plinths). Chapman, Cleese, and Idle were members of the Footlights, which at
Monty_Python
British comedian and actor (born 1974)
where he studied history. There, he began performing with the Cambridge Footlights, of which he became president for the 1995–96 academic year. In his first
David_Mitchell_(comedian)
Robert Thorogood, actor (Cambridge Footlights), writer Death in Paradise (Fircroft) Richard Tice, Reform UK Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness
List_of_Old_Uppinghamians
Public collegiate university in England
comedy club Footlights, whose alumni include many well-known show business personalities. The university's Chamber Orchestra, composed entirely of university
University_of_Cambridge
English presenter (born 1952)
College, Cambridge, where, from 1974 to 1975, he was President of the Cambridge Footlights. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1976 and became
Clive_Anderson
1865 murder in Washington, D.C., U.S.
orchestra pit and footlights and pursued Booth across the stage. The screams of Mary Lincoln and Clara Harris, and Rathbone's cries of, "Stop that man!"
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
British designer (age 60 odd)
philosophy and finally settling on the history of art and architecture. He was a member of the Footlights comedy ensemble at Cambridge alongside Stephen
Kevin_McCloud
English conservationist, entertainer and ornithologist (1941–2026)
Cambridge University, Oddie appeared in several Footlights productions. One of these, a revue titled A Clump of Plinths, was so successful at the Edinburgh
Bill_Oddie
Collegiate university in Durham, England
shows each year. The group performs annually with Cambridge University's Footlights and Oxford University's The Oxford Revue, as well as at the Edinburgh
Durham_University
College of the University of Cambridge
increasing numbers of students required more space.[citation needed] In 1881, former students of Homerton College who were members of Glyn Cricket Club
Homerton_College,_Cambridge
British songwriter, lyricist and musician
Somerset and at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights. In 1966, Stilgoe played Benjamin in the West End musical
Richard_Stilgoe
Ghanaian-born British actor (born 1957)
at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He spent much of his time there performing in the Cambridge Footlights alongside Hugh Laurie, Rory McGrath and Emma Thompson
Robert_Bathurst
English comedian and musician (born 1978)
studied classics and graduated in 2001. While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Footlights, and he wrote for student newspaper Varsity as a sports journalist
Alex_Horne
Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. "Albuquerque Girl Before Footlights". Albuquerque Journal. February 7, 1911. Retrieved September 8, 2020 –
List of people from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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English actor and comedian (born 1957)
North Yorkshire, before taking his place. At Cambridge, he joined the Footlights, appeared on the University Challenge TV quiz, and read English Literature
Stephen_Fry
British actor and television presenter (born 1962)
with Neil Mullarkey, another former member of the Footlights, and they mostly did satirical spoofs of the title sequences of television shows to accompanying
Nick_Hancock
professional Gala Theatre where they perform alongside the Cambridge Footlights and the Oxford Revue. The Durham Revue also travels yearly to Cambridge
List of social activities at Durham University
List_of_social_activities_at_Durham_University
Retrieved November 25, 2007 – via HighBeam Research. Nash, Margo. "Jersey Footlights", The New York Times, November 3, 2002. Accessed September 11, 2017. "When
List of people from Englewood, New Jersey
List_of_people_from_Englewood,_New_Jersey
British actor and comedian (born 1973)
Fielding listed some of his inspirations as Henri Rousseau, René Magritte, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Dexter Dalwood, a former tutor of his from
Noel_Fielding
American rapper and singer (born 1975)
2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013. Sisario, Ben (January 23, 2000). "Jersey Footlights: Manhattan Dreams in Hoboken". The New York Times. Archived from the original
Lauryn_Hill
Australian comedian (born 1962)
law school at Adelaide University and four years beyond, he appeared in Footlights Revues such as The Frogs, 39 Steps, Two Escalators and a Lift, Poodle
Shaun_Micallef
British comedian and actor (1937–1995)
Torquay, he was educated at the University of Cambridge. There he became involved with the Footlights Club, of which he later became president. After graduating
Peter_Cook
British producer and writer (born 1951)
Canterbury. He read law at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a member of the Footlights. He became friends with fellow student Douglas Adams, with whom
John_Lloyd_(producer)
Borough in London, England
from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014. "Over the footlights website, regarding the Secombe Centre Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 4 October
London_Borough_of_Sutton
Oldest theatre in the United States
footlights in 1837. In 1855, it was also the first theatre to feature air conditioning. The theatre switched to electric chandeliers and footlights in
Walnut_Street_Theatre
Public university in Scotland
"About Footlights". The Edinburgh University Footlights. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023. "About Footlights". The
University_of_Edinburgh
English actress and writer
joined the Footlights performance troupe, becoming social secretary during her first year and later vice president. Solemani was a member of the National
Sarah_Solemani
British TV quiz (since 1962)
at Cambridge, and fellow alumni and Footlights members Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie as part of the "Footlights College" team, and Griff Rhys Jones as
University_Challenge
British comedy television series
Manchester. Three of the four members of the League of Gentlemen (Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith) met at Bretton Hall College of Education
The_League_of_Gentlemen
American country music singer (born 1951)
Retrieved 3 January 2020. Demasters, Karen (10 December 2000). "JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS; A Familiar Country Voice". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2020
Crystal_Gayle
1970 studio album by Pete Atkin
out-of-focus woman leaning against it, alluding to the title track. Atkin and James met while attending Cambridge University as members of the Footlights
Beware of the Beautiful Stranger
Beware_of_the_Beautiful_Stranger
City in Union County, New Jersey, US
Wayback Machine, CSTV. Accessed January 2, 2008. Fried, Jonathan. "Jersey Footlights; A Funkmaster Comes Home", The New York Times, October 17, 1999. Accessed
Plainfield,_New_Jersey
Mexican and American actress (born 1966)
(March 2003). "The Beautiful Mind of Salma Hayek". Razor Magazine, p. 48 "Footlights". The New York Times. September 17, 1997. Archived from the original on
Salma_Hayek
International organization of social revolutionaries (1957–72)
polemic entitled "No More Flat Feet!", which concluded: "The footlights have melted the make-up of the supposedly brilliant mime. All we can see now is a lugubrious
Situationist_International
Society on linguistics
Margo (April 9, 2006). "Jersey Footlights". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2008. "Truthiness Voted 2005 Word of the Year". Americandialect.org
American_Dialect_Society
young actress, resident of the theatrical rooming house The Footlights Club – Stage Door Rollin Hand (Martin Landau), "The Man of a Million Faces", IMF
List_of_fictional_actors
American actress and model (1894–1920)
birth certificate appears to list her name as Oliva, but this is widely thought to be an error. In the 1900 census, she is listed as Olive R. Duffy. Thomas
Olive_Thomas
English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer (born 1970)
he dropped at Durham in favour of the "much more masculine" oboe. He joined the Footlights in his final year as part of the writing team for the 1992 revue
Alexander_Armstrong
Annual awards for comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
due to the influence of the alternative comedy scene. The inaugural award and £1,000 prize was presented to the Cambridge Footlights, a cast that included
Edinburgh_Comedy_Awards
Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)
July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2009. van Gelder, Lawrence (14 May 1998). "Footlights". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved
Ravi_Shankar
American actress and singer (born 1948)
Hetrick, Adam. "Peters, Lansbury, Roberts, Benanti Headline Westport's Footlights and Film Gala Sept. 15", Playbill, September 15, 2008. Retrieved October
Bernadette_Peters
British comedy act
series of their sketch comedy. The Cowards met at Cambridge University's Footlights Dramatic Club where they worked together. Basden, Golaszewski, and Woolf
Cowards_(comedy_troupe)
English actress (born 1967)
first met close friend Mel Giedroyc, who was appearing with the Cambridge Footlights, at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988. Later she became a script editor for
Emma_Kennedy
American singer-songwriter (1937–2016)
Unforgettable (2004) Chicago Wind (2005) Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones) (2006) Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) (2007)
Merle_Haggard
British political satire sitcom (1980–1988)
Review of Books. 02 (10). Retrieved 6 May 2020. Comedy Connections. Season 6. 2008-07-25. Jonathan Lynn Comedy Rules: From the Cambridge Footlights to Yes
Yes_Minister
English TV host and journalist (1939–2013)
He was editor of both the university's student paper, Varsity, and the literary magazine Granta. He was also secretary of the Footlights Drama Society
David_Frost
British actor and comedian (born 1953)
father's former university, the University of Wales College of Medicine (now part of Cardiff University). Rhys Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the
Griff_Rhys_Jones
2013. Retrieved June 30, 2010. Lawrence Van Gelder (January 14, 1998). "Footlights". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2010. "Sixth Annual Trumpet Awards
List of accolades received by Whitney Houston
List_of_accolades_received_by_Whitney_Houston
British politician (1943–2012)
he read law, and played hockey for the college and performed with the Footlights. Maples received an MA in 1964, and later studied at the Harvard Business
John_Maples
City in Hudson County, New Jersey, US
at-large council members who represent the entire City. Every two years, the members of the City Council vote among themselves to select one member to serve as
Jersey_City,_New_Jersey
English actor and playwright (born 1934)
Hewison, Footlights – A Hundred Years of Cambridge Comedy, Methuen, 1983 Roger Wilmut, From Fringe to Flying Circus – Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy
Alan_Bennett
British actor (born 1968)
Bachelor of Arts in Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he appeared in 21 plays, although he did not join the Cambridge Footlights. Mangan
Stephen_Mangan
American country musician (1931–2013)
Friends (2006), a second album with Merle Haggard called Kickin' Out The Footlights...Again (2006), and Burn Your Playhouse Down (2008). "White Lightning"
George_Jones
King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2004)
Scott-Maxwell (2008), p. 188. Buckley, Tom (7 July 1974). "Footnotes Before the Footlights". The New York Times. p. 36. Archived from the original on 15 January
Norodom_Sihanouk
Over The Footlights. Retrieved 20 May 2014. Reece, Damian (25 March 2011). "Spark-plug maker Johnson Matthey is a breath of fresh air for all of us". The
Timeline of London (19th century)
Timeline_of_London_(19th_century)
English rock band
became very aware of not being seen, of just being there like ants. Mick is the one who really has to project himself over the footlights. And when the show
The_Rolling_Stones
English actor (1908–1975)
Magazine. No. 602. Panini Comics. pp. 44–47. ISSN 0957-9818. "Behind the Footlights". Croydon Times. No. 8177. 24 July 1939. p. 5 – via British Newspaper
William_Hartnell
University in Devon, England
the year, including Exeter University Theatre Company (EUTCo), Exeter Footlights, Exeter University Shakespeare Company, Shotgun Theatre, UoE Opera Society
University_of_Exeter
Play by Samuel Beckett
reaction of the first-night audience: Waves of hostility came whirling over the footlights, and the mass exodus, which was to form such a feature of the run
Waiting_for_Godot
English actor (1929–2019)
School of Music and Drama graduate, was mostly known as one of the former members of the Theatre Workshop and one of the original cast members of the very
Peter_Bridgmont
Australian rock band
the day I'll join you at the footlights of post-modernism. Besides which, pop songs sell more." Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance (1988) Hot Dogma
TISM
British Conservative politician
mater of his father, qualifying from the veterinary school in 1994. While there he was in the Footlights theatrical group and was in charge of auditions
Neil_Hudson_(politician)
Annual parade and dance in St. Louis, Missouri
with three burners each, the affairs looking not unlike sections of the footlights in a small theater in a town where the gas was uncertain as to brilliancy
Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball
Veiled_Prophet_Parade_and_Ball
English university cricket team
the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. The university played List A cricket in 1972 and 1974 only. It has not played
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club
Footlights. p. 286. "University Intelligence". Morning Post. 18 June 1878. Horowitz Murray, Janet; Stark, Myra (1878). The Englishwoman's Review of Social
List of people educated at Queen's College, London
List_of_people_educated_at_Queen's_College,_London
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
Columbia: University of Missouri Press. OCLC 894511668. —; Robinson, David (2014). Charlie Chaplin: Footlights with The World of Limelight. Bologna: Edizioni
Charlie_Chaplin
American drummer, member of the E Street Band (born 1951)
194. Marsh, Glory Days, p. 114. Nash, Margo (January 8, 2006). "Jersey Footlights: Where the Teacher Hangs Out on Weekends". The New York Times. Bob Grossweiner
Max_Weinberg
1612-1613 play by John Webster
as) Grand Guignol. As Walter Kerr put it, "Blood runs right over the footlights, spreads slowly up the aisle and spills well out into Second Avenue."
The_Duchess_of_Malfi
Scottish annual arts festival
1981 Cambridge Footlights. Atkinson was at Oxford. Notable companies in the 1980s have included Complicite and the National Theatre of Brent. More recent
Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe
Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)
as full members. Christine Wallace (1999): "A former Newnham student had paved the way: the actress Eleanor Bron, who appeared in Footlights in the late
Germaine_Greer
American composer and conductor (born 1932)
2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020. Van Gelder, Lawrence (June 10, 1998). "Footlights". The New York Times. p. E1. Retrieved January 25, 2026. "BMI Film/Awards:1999"
John_Williams
1996 soundtrack album by Whitney Houston
2013. Retrieved June 30, 2010. Lawrence Van Gelder (January 14, 1998). "Footlights". New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2010. Sixth Annual Trumpet Awards
The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)
The_Preacher's_Wife_(soundtrack)
British theatre director (born 1940)
directed Macbeth for The Marlowe Society and he directed that year's Footlights. He also won a director's scholarship, becoming a trainee director at
Trevor_Nunn
British Labour Party politician, academic, businessman and author
Retrieved 8 September 2019. J. Lynn. Comedy Rules: From the Cambridge Footlights to Yes, Prime Minister. Faber & Faber, Aug 18, 2011 ISBN 9780571277971
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue
Bernard_Donoughue,_Baron_Donoughue
Australian writer and broadcaster (1939–2019)
undergraduate periodicals, was a member and later President of the Cambridge Footlights, and appeared on University Challenge as captain of the Pembroke team, beating
Clive_James
English theatre and film director
credits, was the first woman ever to direct the Footlights Pantomime, which was co-written by Footlights president and vice president Richard Ayoade and
Josie_Rourke
Area of London, England
Lloyd. Retrieved 4 November 2016. "Shoreditch Empire" (PDF). Over the Footlights. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November
Shoreditch
British fashion designer (1901–1979)
University, and first came to fashion after designing for the university's Footlights performances whilst an undergraduate, a production which transferred to
Norman_Hartnell
British sketch comedy television series (1969–1974)
The Oxford Revue, while Chapman, Cleese, and Idle were members of Cambridge University's Footlights, and while on tour in the United States, met Gilliam
Monty_Python's_Flying_Circus
Nights, Behind the Footlights). László Ábrahám, 82, Hungarian lawyer. Abu Ali, 79, Nigerian brigadier general and politician, governor of Bauchi State (1990–1992)
Deaths_in_November_2025
Performing arts venue in London, England
Arundell, Dennis, The Story of Sadler's Wells "Theatres Compete in Race to Install Gas Illumination – 1817" (PDF). Over The Footlights. Archived (PDF) from the
Royal_Opera_House
2001 film by Shusuke Kaneko
genuinely dark areas unlit and illuminating the monsters from below with footlights to emphasize their massive scale; he noted that it was difficult to gain
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack
Musical by Willy Russell
Musicals 2012" Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Over the Footlights, pp. 20–24 "Melanie C on her Olivier nomination". The Guardian. Retrieved
Blood_Brothers_(musical)
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