Cambridge in May

Whether you are visiting the city of live here and just want to know what’s on in Cambridge in May, this guide of events will help you plan ahead for fun gigs, quality plays, and more. We try and keep the guide as up to date as possible but things change. Therefore do click through to the venues for bang up-to-date timings, dates and availability. On to the May guide!

The Junction:

THEATRE

IF ALL ELSE FAILS

The world premiere of Forced Entertainment’s new show.
MUSIC

THE SELECTER

MUSIC

THE BLOCKHEADS

COMEDY

COMEDY CONNOISSEURS – MAY

COMEDY

ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING: THE INTERDIMENSIONAL ABK

COMEDY

GARRETT MILLERICK: JUST TRYING TO HELP

CLUB
MUSIC

TREVOR NELSON: SOUL NATION

BUY TICKETS

LAST FEW TICKETS
COMEDY

TIFF STEVENSON: SEXY BRAIN

FAMILY

MAGICAL HONEY

Dance, magic, storytelling and live music.
MUSIC

JOHN ETHERIDGE WITH SPECIAL GUEST KIT HOLMES

COMEDY

RHYS JAMES: SPILT MILK – EXTRA DATE

MUSIC

GRYPHON

MUSIC

AN EVENING WITH RON SEXSMITH

COMEDY

AN EVENING AND A LITTLE BIT OF A MORNING WITH MARK STEEL

MORE INFO

SOLD OUT
MUSIC

EAST 17

COMEDY
CABARET

THE TIGER LILLIES: FROM THE CIRCUS TO THE CEMETERY

COMEDY

ROSIE JONES: TRIPLE THREAT

MORE INFO

SOLD OUT
CLUB
MUSIC

JAH SHAKA SOUND IN SESSION

FAMILY

PALAVER PARTY

A space where everyone is free to be whoever they want to be!
MUSIC

BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD

MORE INFO

SOLD OUT
THEATRE

DROWNTOWN

A dance theatre show to save the world from drowning
MUSIC

WALTER TROUT

MUSIC

RUTH LYON & ELIZA HULL – ACCESS ALL AREAS

MUSIC

THE FIVER – MAY

MUSIC

TALISK

MUSIC

THE TESKEY BROTHERS

MORE INFO

SOLD OUT
JUST ANNOUNCED

MUSIC

NEW ROUTES – MAX BIANCO AND DAN WILDE

MUSIC

LADY MAISERY

FAMILY

COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS

MUSIC

JIM JONES ALL STARS

COMEDY

BEN MILLER: STAND-UP SCIENCE

MUSIC

HOT 8 BRASS BAND

The Bossman Tour 2023: A Tribute to Bennie Pete
THEATRE
ARTIST

TROOP: WORK IN PROGRESS DOUBLE BILL

A double bill of work in development by members of our artist network, Troop
DISRUPT
THEATRE

DISRUPT FESTIVAL PASSES

Life-affirming, imagination-firing performance from the UK’s most exciting artists
COMEDY

CLIVE ANDERSON: ME, MACBETH & I

DISRUPT
CLUB
THEATRE

CLUB URANIA – MAY

FAMILY
MUSIC

GROOVE BABY PRESENTS GROOVING WITH PIRATES

COMEDY

VITTORIO ANGELONE: TRANSLATIONS

Cambridge Corn Exchange:

Ticketed event
3 MAY 2023 to 4 MAY 2023

Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame

More info

Ticketed event
6 MAY 2023

Boyzlife

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ADC Theatre:

Tue 2 – Sat 6 May

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

Oscar Wilde
ADC THEATRE
Tue 2 – Sat 6 May

MNEMONIC

Complicité, devised by Simon McBurney
CORPUS PLAYROOM
Wed 3 – Sat 6 May

HEART OF A DOG

Miles Hitchens, inspired by the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
ADC THEATRE
Wed 3 – Sat 6 May

ELECTRA: HAIMARA

Irisa Kwok
CORPUS PLAYROOM
Tue 9 – Sat 13 May
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

1984

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan
ADC THEATRE
Tue 9 – Sat 13 May
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society

SPRING AWAKENING: THE MUSICAL

Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, based on the Play by Frank Wedekind
CORPUS PLAYROOM
Wed 10 – Sat 13 May

SECRETING

Maya Marie
CORPUS PLAYROOM
Tue 16 – Sat 20 May
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society

THE HERB GARDEN

Felix Elliott
ADC THEATRE
Tue 16 – Sat 20 May
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

THE SEAGULL

Anton Chekhov, adapted by Mike Poulton
CORPUS PLAYROOM
Wed 17 – Sat 20 May

SICK OF IT

Lily Blundell
ADC THEATRE
Wed 17 – Sat 20 May

GIRL TORQUE

Nicola Irvine
ADC THEATRE
Tue 23 – Sat 27 May

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
CORPUS PLAYROOM
Wed 24 – Sat 27 May

UNEARTHED

Gregory Miller

 

Cambridge Arts Theatre:

A 1950s housewife in an apron holding a cup of tea and a saucer

HOME, I’M DARLING

Tue 2 – Sat 6 May 2023

A chihuahua standing on a stack of legal books

LEGALLY BLONDE

Wed 10 – Sat 13 May 2023

  • BSL Interpreted
Two hands are held with palms facing the sky, in the background a honeycomb shape and bees are flying

THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO

Tue 16 – Sat 20 May 2023

  • BSL Interpreted
Gyles Brandreth raises his hands in a questioning manner, Susie Dent stands behind

SOMETHING RHYMES WITH PURPLE

Sun 28 May 2023

PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!

Town and Gown:cocktails

See Town and Gown events here.

The Portland Arms:

See the music events for May at the Portland Arms here.

Storeys Field Centre:

 

Stapleford Granary:

 

Monday 1 May | 7:45pm

 

Sunday 7 May | 12:00pm

 

Friday 19 May | 7:45pm

 

Sunday 21 May | 12:00pm

 

Friday 26 May | 7:45pm

 

Experience the Dawn ChorusMay events

Sunday 7 May | 5am-7am
At Lark Rise Farm, Barton Cambridgeshire, CB23 7AY
Book your place today: www.thecrt.co.uk/events
Ticket prices: £6 adult | £4 CRT Friend or volunteer | £3 child!!!

 

Don’t forget to check out Cambridge festivals here.  See more ideas for night out in Cambridge here. Our ultimate Cambridge restaurant guide here.