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War of the Worlds

This thrilling, audacious and timely brand-new retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic novel War of the Worlds comes to the Arts Theatre Cambridge this April.

  • 29th April 2026 - 2nd May 2026
  • 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Featuring live video and projection

Four performers enter the stage and construct an epic road movie before our eyes.

In an apocalyptic tale of alien invasion and the destruction of the world as we know it, lines of Brits scrabble to flee across the channel while their cities and towns lie in smoldering ruins.

Using miniature environments and projection, imitating the dog create a thrilling, audacious and timely retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic novel.

Following their acclaimed adaptations of literary classics Heart of Darkness (2018), Dracula (2021), Macbeth (2023) and Frankenstein (2024), ‘multimedia daredevils’ (The Times) imitating the dog push their inventive storytelling to new heights.

 

Performances: Wednesday 19 April – Saturday 2 May 2026

Wednesday – Saturday: 7:30pm

Thursday & Saturday: 2:30pm

 

Post-Show Talk: Wed 29 Apr, 7:30pm

Captioned Performances: Thu 30 Apr, 7:30pm; Sat 2 May, 2:30pm

Audio Description Available: Sat 2 May, 2:30pm

Touch Tour Available: Sat 2 May, 2:30pm

Facilities

  • Accessibility Guide
  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Bar
  • Cloakroom facilities
  • Disabled Accessibility
  • Facilities for Disabled Guests
  • wheelchair access
  • wheelchair accessible

Accessibility Facilities

  • Accessibility Guide
  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • facilities for disabled guests
  • Staff available to assist
  • Wheel chair accessible
  • wheelchair access
  • Wheelchair accessible
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Did you know?

One of the most famous figures in English history, Oliver Cromwell, was laid to rest at Westminster Abbey, but his decapitated head is buried in the grounds of Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge. Grisly but true!