Footlights is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University. It dates back to the last decade of the 19th century.

It grew in prominence in the 1960s, as a hotbed of comedy and satire.

Notable entertainers who were members of Footlights include:

• Pete Atkin
• Humphrey Barclay
• Tim Brooke-Taylor
• Graham Chapman
• John Cleese
• Stephen Fry
• Clive James
• Hugh Laurie
• Bill Oddie
• Tony Slattery
• Emma Thompson

External link

• http://www.footlights.org/ - the official website