footlights
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Franks was desperate to get into Footlights, the famous university drama group, but kept being rejected.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Basden and Key have been performing together since they were on the Cambridge Footlights sketch team in 2001.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
Born in the London suburb of Pinner in 1931, Bricusse studied at Cambridge University, where he was president of the Footlights performance club, a springboard for musical and comic talent.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021
He honed his craft at the University of Cambridge, where he wrote and performed in musical comedies in the Footlights Dramatic Club before graduating in 1954.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021
I looked up from Footlights for Jean, which was about a young girl who got to be an apprentice at a playhouse.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
Vocabulary lists containing footlights
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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