A Slight Ache

Corpus Playroom is staging Harold Pinter's A Slight Ache from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 January, an amateur production of the one-act play. The story is a brief, unsettling encounter: a man with a slight ache in his eyes and a mysterious figure appearing at his gate. It's a small, focused piece of theatre, and it's being put on by a student company.

The production is part of the ADC Theatre's wider programme. The ADC is run by the University of Cambridge and fills its slots through selection rounds each term, with shows split across the ADC Mainshow, Corpus Playroom Mainshow, ADC Lateshow, and Corpus Playroom Lateshow. This one falls into the Corpus Playroom slot, so it's a student production rather than a professional run.

If you're planning to go, there's one practical detail to keep in mind: while the main ADC Theatre is fully accessible, the Corpus Playroom is not. It's worth checking that before you head over, especially if you're coming with a group. The venue's programming policy leans towards new material, and they generally avoid staging shows that have already run at the ADC or the Corpus Playroom in the last five years, so this isn't a repeat of something that's been on the boards here recently.

A Slight Ache runs for five nights, from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 January, at the Corpus Playroom in Cambridge.