Founded in 1989, Edinburgh University Footlights is a student-run musical theatre group that aims to annually present the largest scale production of the University's theatrical calendar. Over the years, Footlights has gone from strength to strength, with The Edinburgh Evening News dubbing the society "one of the most respected theatre groups in Britain".
Footlights aims to give its entire cast and crew as professional an experience as possible while providing an accessible and affordable performance for the student body as well as the Edinburgh community at large. Footlights' founders identified a gap in the creative output of student theatre at Edinburgh University and a need for a society specifically geared towards performing modern, full scale musicals.
The society's greatest initial artistic success was in its 1994 production of 'Moby Dick'; the only amateur performance of the musical, and licensed by Cameron Mackintosh himself. Since then, Edinburgh audiences have been treated to classics such as 'Chicago' and 'Cabaret', while Footlights also took productions such as 'Little Shop of Horrors' and 'Birth of Man' (a world première) to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
In recent years, the society has continued to achieve striking levels of professionalism throughout all levels of its productions, reflected in hugely successful productions of hit musicals including '42nd Street', 'West Side Story', 'Crazy for You', and, most recently, Cole Porter's classic 'Anything Goes'. Footlights' upcoming production of 'Fame - The Musical', the ultimate dance classic of stage and screen, promises to build on all of these successes and provide a spectacular evening of entertainment.
Archived Show Pages:
West Side Story (2000)
Crazy for You (2001)
Fame (2002)
Hair (2003)
