Footlights

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comedy club student society theatrical club

Footlights is the famed Cambridge University theatrical and comedy club known for launching the careers of many prominent British humorists and performers.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy club → student society → theatrical club →
affiliatedWith	University of Cambridge →
country	England → United Kingdom →
field	comedy → revue → theatre →
foundedIn	1883 →
fullName	Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club →
genre	satire → sketch comedy →
hasActivity	performing stage revues → touring shows → writing comedy sketches →
hasCollaboratedWith	BBC → West End theatres →
hasInfluenceOn	British radio comedy → British stage comedy → British television comedy →
hasMembership	students of the University of Cambridge →
hasNotableAlumni	Armando Iannucci → Emma Thompson → Eric Idle → Graham Chapman → Hugh Laurie → John Cleese → Michael Palin → Mitchell and Webb → Peter Cook → Sacha Baron Cohen → Stephen Fry → Terry Jones →
hasTour	annual touring revue →
hasTradition	Edinburgh Festival Fringe performances →
language	English →
locatedIn	Cambridge →
notableFor	annual comedy revues → launching the careers of many British comedians →
organizationalType	student-run society →
performsAt	ADC Theatre → Cambridge Arts Theatre →
region	Cambridgeshire →
shortName	Cambridge Footlights →
targetAudience	general public → students →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Douglas Adams → Tom Hollander →	memberOf