Press Release May 2002

The Cambridge Footlights Present 
Their Summer Tour 2002

TODAY OF ALL DAYS





Hot on the heels of last years Far Too Happy, the 2001 Perrier Best Newcomer nominees return with their brand new summer tour show Today Of All Days. 

Pull up a stool in Forrester's pub where 'everything's on tap' and listen to the stories of Hatford Bay. Take that of the luscious Ruby Duvet, whose misfortunes in love are outweighed only by her exceptional beauty. Or hear Marcus, the pretentious performance artist who took his trousers down for NYT and whose longest relationship has been with thoughts of suicide. That Barman can spin a tale that will thrill you to the core, but watch out if he asks you to use his 'special toilet'. And Harry Mann, well. His secrets are too dark to mention here. They say he eats people.

Five of Cambridge's finest comedians delve into the minds of daydreamers, slipping from weird reality into fantasy and back again. The meeting of five strangers in a bar providing a narrative platform for a series of magical 'clown' based sketches, tales which explore life's three great mysteries; sex, death and cannibalism.  

Led by Paul King, director of the 2001 Perrier Award winning Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, the show previewed in Oxford to laughter and applause. The Oxford Times, 17/5/02, suggested that Today Of All Days 'stands a fair chance of being nominated for the Perrier Award', saying it was 'as if The League of Gentlemen had found themselves in a Connor MacPherson play.' 

Featuring as writer/performers:
Ed Weeks - Footlights President, co-writer and composer of the Footlights Pantomime 2001 - "A thinking person's panto?the music was perfect?" The Cambridge Evening News.
Tom Bell - Footlights Vice-President, has performed in over nine new comedy shows in Cambridge and at Edinburgh. 'Dazzling wit on stage' The Oxford Student
Guy Morgan - Writer/performer for the sell-out experimental comedy show Jokes Aren't Funny, at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge, and Smoker Veteran. 'unhyped excellence' Varsity.
Dan Stevens - In his first year he has played the lead in the Footlights Pantomime 'Excellent performance' Varsity, and the title role in Macbeth, at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge.
Ruth Pickett -Ruth has been a favorite at the sell-out Footlights Smokers and has performed in a new writing quartet that marked the reopening of The Playroom. 'fascinating entertainment' Varsity, 'excellently performed' CEN.

The show will be running at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge, from 11 June - 22 June (not 16) and 27 June - 29 June, at 7.45pm. There will be a performance at The Orchard, Grantchester, on 25th June at 7.30pm. The tour comprises of over twenty venues around the country, including a full run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in Pleasance Above. Please contact the Tour Manager for more details.

JAMES WINDELER
TOUR MANAGER
jsw34@cam.ac.uk
07773783488