The Penguin Club works with many amateur musical and dramatic groups around the Cambridge area.
Listed below are some of the groups that we work with most frequently. Click on a group name for more information.
Bawds is an acting group formed in 1981, typically producing two or three plays a year in the ADC Theatre (at the end of each University term). The company regularly enters plays in local Drama Festivals, and has even been spotted taking the odd play to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Cambridge Operatic Society (CaOS) is Cambridge's oldest amateur drama group, having been formed in 1910. The group performs one musical production a year just before Christmas, under a professional director. Most of its productions have been Gilbert & Sullivan shows, but it has occasionally branched out into other musical theatre forms in recent times.
Combined Actors of Cambridge was founded in 1965, and produces two or three plays each year (one at the end of each University term), mainly at the ADC Theatre.
Festival Players was formed in 1973, and typically produces one major musical a year around the start of June. The company sometimes produces a smaller scale show (either a play or a musical) in autumn.
Fledgling Productions was formed in 2003, and produces two musicals a year. One of these is a children's show, normally in the first week of January. The other is for adults, and is usually produced in late September/early October.
A drama group largely made up from employees of John Lewis, Cambridge. They perform annually at the ADC Theatre, usually in May.
Pied Pipers is a musical group formed in 1951, producing one major musical a year, typically in early spring.
