Rachel Tackley and Victoria Beechey, Co-Chief Executives of The Arts Theatre Cambridge said:
This season feels like a true awakening… the Theatre is not only waking up its stage but stepping confidently into a new chapter.
The reopening begins with The Arts Theatre Cambridge’s home-grown Christmas pantomime, Sleeping Beauty (27 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026). Cambridge’s favourite panto dame Matt Crosby celebrates his twentieth year on The Arts Theatre stage and will be joined by UK Pantomime Award-winning actor Steven Roberts.
Two highlights of the season include visits from Sir Derek Jacobi and Trevor Nunn, who both have special connections to The Arts Theatre Cambridge. Sir Derek Jacobi in Conversation with Richard Clifford (29 Jan) will be a one-night-only opportunity of incredible insight and joy of Shakespeare, and Trevor Nunn’s production of Noël Coward’s glitteringly risqué comedy Easy Virtue (19 Feb – 7 Mar) will brim with Coward’s mischievous charm and wit.
As part of its first ever UK tour, the phenomenally popular musical Operation Mincemeat (19-24 Oct) dubbed the best-reviewed show in West End history, will visit Cambridge. Musical fans can also enjoy Rock and Roll Man (16-21 Mar), the West End hit The Choir of Man (31 Mar – 4 Apr) and Blood Brothers (15-19 Sep).
Star-studded dramas include The Rivals (3-7 Feb) starring Robert Bathurst and Patricia Hodge, Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts (10-14 Feb) starring Tom Chambers, Single White Female (10-14 Mar) starring Kym Marsh, The Constant Wife (23-28) starring Kara Tointon and Death on the Nile starring Mark Hadfield.
Since January 2025 The Arts Theatre Cambridge has been undergoing a transformation redevelopment project, made possible by a generous £16 million gift from Lord David and Dame Susie Sainsbury via the Gatsby Charitable Trust Foundation. The redevelopment project, designed by architect Ian Chalk, includes a total refurbishment of the current 666 seat auditorium, upgraded audience facilities, improved technical services, sight lines and acoustic performance.
Tickets to all shows are on sale now at www.artstheatre.co.uk.
