Presidents
The elected leader of Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club is known as the president, who is assisted by a vice-president, treasurer, archivist and several other posts to form the committee.
Past presidents have included the following:
- Peter Cook (of Pete and Dud)
- Tim Brooke-Taylor & Graeme Garden (of The Goodies and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again)
- Eric Idle (of Monty Python)
- Tony Slattery (of Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- Hugh Laurie (of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and House)
- David Mitchell (of That Mitchell and Webb Look and Peep Show)
The current Footlights President is Phil Wang, and the current Vice President is Pierre Novellie.
- List of presidents
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