Anarchy in the Corpus PlayroomADC Theatre

Drama

Despite the several-week lull of revision time, student theatre will still be booming before and after exams. Start off the term with some intrigue and ‘explosive political farce’ with Accidental Death of an Anarchist (7pm, Tues 28th April - Sat 2nd May 2015, Corpus Playroom). If you want to feed your ‘election fever’, then splash out on some professional theatre with party political comedy drama The Absence of War (7.45pm, Tues 28th April - Sat 2nd May, matinées 2.30pm Thurs and Sat, Cambridge Arts Theatre). The most ambitious play of term will probably be Henry IV Part I (7.45pm, Tues 5th - Sat 9th May, ADC). With a complex historical narrative and large cast of characters, you’d better go alert.

Finally, take a night off your post-exam partying with some vaguely post-apocalyptic Beckett drama! Endgame (7pm, Tues 9th - Sat 13th June, Corpus Playroom) will make you look into the bleak void of human existence, and then laugh at it. And maybe cry.

The most thrilling poster we could find for the Footlights International Tour ShowFOOTLIGHTS

Comedy

Once exam term is in full swing, don’t be that annoying person who refuses to take a single night off work! Head to one-off show Lunchtime of Champions (11pm, Tues 19th May, ADC) for some clever comedy from Footlights alums Alex MacKeith and Jamie Fraser.

Later, celebrate your freedom and catch the Footlights International Tour Show 2015: Love Handles (7.45pm Tues 9th - Sat 20th June, matinées 2.30pm,13th and 20th June, ADC) before it heads off around the world to over twenty thousand people across three continents.

MOONSTRIPS: Eduardo Paolozzi and the printed collageFitzwilliam Museum

Art

This term is your last chance to catch MOONSTRIPS (until 7th June) and Modern Heroism (until 28th June) at the Fitzwilliam Museum. While you’re at the Fitz, take a look at A Young Man’s Progress (until 6th September), an impressively original display of five modern photographic recreations - printed to large scale - telling the fictional story of Matthew Smith, a young man from North London, who is obsessed with clothes.

The last ever exhibition at Kettle’s Yard closing for a major redevelopment is New Rhythms: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Art, Dance and movement 1911–15 (until Sunday 21st June). Marking the 100th anniversary of his death, aged 23 in the First World War, New Rhythms includes sculpture, drawings and paintings by Gaudier-Brzeska and his contemporaries which capture through art the energy he saw in life.

Belle and Sebastian: Musical nostalgia and new disco beatsFlickr mehan jayasuriya

Music

After the release of her new album ‘Short Movie’ Laura Marling will be gracing the stage of the Cambridge Corn Exchange (Wed 22nd April). Marling has been nominated for the Mercury Prize three times and has yet to turn 25. We’ll see you there. There is still (limited) availability to catch Belle & Sebastian at the Corn Exchange too (Thur 7th May).

Glass Animals will be hitting the Junction (Mon 27th April). Although tickets are said to be sold out so you might have to wrangle your way in.

Need a hero this exam term?Marvel Studios

Film

Easter term marks the beginning of the BLOCKBUSTER season. Expect to O.D. on superhero movies and Hollywood reboots, like The Avengers: Age of Ultron opening in cinemas May 1st, Mad Max: Fury Road (cinemas: 15th May) and Jurassic World (12th June).

For the more intrepid cinema viewers then keep an eye out for Jane Shore at the Arts Picturehouse (Wed 15th June). This 80min silent film from 1915 uses a cast of thousands to tell the story of a goldsmith’s wife who became mistress to Edward IV. It’s presented with a new score performed live. Catch the Picturehouse’s amazing ‘Vintage Sunday’ screenings of films like 81/2 (Sun 17th May) Freaks (Sun 24th May) and Au Revoir Les Enfants (Sun 16th April).