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Hope is a thing with wings (and a stage, and an audience)
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (225+ words) Millie Wooler asks if hope is essential to the theatrical experience Sunday June 14 2026, 8: 10pm "It is hope that keeps us waking up in the morning" Daniel Blake is a loveable and immediately recognisable figure. He is an everyman, a figure we…...
Hejira: a jazzed tribute to Joni Mitchell
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (189+ words) The tribute act bring Joni Mitchell's genius back to life, says Leila Isa" Saturday June 13 2026, 3: 44pm "The free-wheeling movement of their rhythms brought her music to life" "Oxley set the tone of the evening by his brilliantly flared orange corduroys straight…...
Lights, camera, Cambridge
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1572+ words) varsity. co. uk I'm certain that students all over Cambridge would agree: film and TV is the necessary fuel to our fire. Nothing else will ever quite match the state of inner peace that a late-night encounter with Netflix brings....
The year in film according to the experts
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (336+ words) Dylan Ingram and Georgia Gooding interview the pros on the biggest films of the year" by Georgia Gooding & Dylan Ingram Friday June 12 2026 The last year has been great for the movies, from high-concept science fiction in Project Hail Mary to…...
It's feminine intuition': predictions for OR3
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (83+ words) Ell Heeps predicts what we can expect from Olivia Rodrigo's latest album" Friday June 12 2026 "She perfectly captures the experience of that first rush of feelings" "She also utilises the language of water to emphasise the depth of her sorrow" "Rodrigo…...
Confessions of a May Ball crasher
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (401+ words) An anonymous confessant admits their Easter term antics to Varsity Friday June 12 2026, 12: 00pm "Twas the night before Downing May Ball 2025. My mates and I were about a dozen drinks deep at Jesus May Ball when we hatched a plan: we would…...
All of Cambridge is a stage
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (220+ words) Lucy Farmer looks back on student theatre's most creative stage spaces and innovative scenery Friday June 12 2026, 12: 00pm "The Great Gatsby appreciated the importance of this quintessential prop" Some productions ensure that music greets the audience's ears through a live recording from…...
Bound for success? | Varsity
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (141+ words) Ollie Liversedge talks to student novelists aspiring to be the next literary greats" Friday June 12 2026 "Cambridge has such a literary history, he says, that it would be a shame not to take part in it" "In most cases it is…...
Spotlighting student designers
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (494+ words) Joanne Yau and Flossie Bullion interview Cambridge's young fashion creatives by Flossie Bullion & Joanne Yau Friday June 12 2026 For Jessica Hammond, a Politics finalist at Murray Edwards College and founder of "Zwuanli', fashion is rooted in movement. Inspired by her Tanzanian…...
Varsity's favourite productions of 2026 | Varsity
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (48+ words) Our Theatre writers review their favourite shows from the recent theatre scene in Cambridge in 100 words by Lucy Farmer, Ella Hardy, Nikita Vajrala & Eleanor Baldwin Friday June 12 2026, 9: 00am The recipe to success this Easter term All content " 1996-2026 Varsity Publications Ltd....