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:
IF ALL ELSE FAILS
Wed 03 May – Thu 04 May 2023
The world premiere of Forced Entertainment’s new show.
COMEDY CONNOISSEURS – MAY
ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING: THE INTERDIMENSIONAL ABK
GARRETT MILLERICK: JUST TRYING TO HELP
TREVOR NELSON: SOUL NATION
TIFF STEVENSON: SEXY BRAIN
MAGICAL HONEY
Dance, magic, storytelling and live music.
JOHN ETHERIDGE WITH SPECIAL GUEST KIT HOLMES
RHYS JAMES: SPILT MILK – EXTRA DATE
AN EVENING WITH RON SEXSMITH
AN EVENING AND A LITTLE BIT OF A MORNING WITH MARK STEEL
THE TIGER LILLIES: FROM THE CIRCUS TO THE CEMETERY
ROSIE JONES: TRIPLE THREAT
JAH SHAKA SOUND IN SESSION
PALAVER PARTY
A space where everyone is free to be whoever they want to be!
DROWNTOWN
Tue 16 May – Wed 17 May 2023
A dance theatre show to save the world from drowning
RUTH LYON & ELIZA HULL – ACCESS ALL AREAS
JUST ANNOUNCED
NEW ROUTES – MAX BIANCO AND DAN WILDE
BEN MILLER: STAND-UP SCIENCE
HOT 8 BRASS BAND
The Bossman Tour 2023: A Tribute to Bennie Pete
TROOP: WORK IN PROGRESS DOUBLE BILL
A double bill of work in development by members of our artist network, Troop
DISRUPT FESTIVAL PASSES
Fri 26 May – Sat 27 May 2023
Life-affirming, imagination-firing performance from the UK’s most exciting artists
CLIVE ANDERSON: ME, MACBETH & I
GROOVE BABY PRESENTS GROOVING WITH PIRATES
VITTORIO ANGELONE: TRANSLATIONS
Cambridge Corn Exchange:
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:
Sun 28 May 2023
PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!
See Town and Gown events here.
The Portland Arms:
See the music events for May at the Portland Arms here.
Storeys Field Centre:
W om en of Not e: Son gs For a M a y M or n in g
13 May 2023 — 11:00 am
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Biodiver sit y Sk il l s: A n im a l M on it or in g a n d M a n a gem en t
18 May 2023 — 9:30 am
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Lu cy Ca ven dish Sin ger s: Hor iz on
21 May 2023 — 6:00 pm
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Toy Swa p Sh op
28 May 2023 — 2:00 pm
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Stapleford Granary:
Experience the Dawn Chorus
Sunday 7 May | 5am-7am
At Lark Rise Farm, Barton Cambridgeshire, CB23 7AY
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.