We are delighted that Andrew Motion and Clive Swift have agreed to be our Patrons

Andrew Motion, the Poet Laureate

Mr Motion was in the audience for the our production of North of Boston during the 2003 Edinburgh Festival.
He was impressed by what he saw and spoke to members of the group after the show.
He said he found their performance “deeply moving”.

Andrew Motion became Poet Laureate in 1999, succeeding Ted Hughes.
He is an acclaimed poet and the distinguished biographer of Larkin and Keats.
His memoir, In the Blood, is now published.
In 2005 he read from this work at the ADC in Cambridge where we present most of our shows.

Clive Swift, Actor & Author

Clive swift is perhaps best-known to television audiences as Richard Bucket, Hyacinth Bucket's long-suffering husband.
After graduating from Cambridge Clive taught at LAMDA and RADA and later became a founder member of
the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has made numerous stage appearances as well as playing
many film and television roles working with directors John Boorman, Jack Gold, Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean.

  His TV roles include Inspector Waugh, Huggins in South Riding, Benbow in Clayhanger, Proudie in Barchester Chronicles, Tupman in The Pickwick Papers and the Reverend Brewer in Born and Bred. He recently appeared in the 2008 Dr Who Christmas Special.

He has published two books for acting students and initiated
the Actors Centre - Britain's only full-time professional training club. As well as acting, he is a talented songwriter.
Many of his songs are included in his show, currently (2007) touring the UK, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift.

Clive Swift is one of the ADC's treasured alumni who was a regular performer at the theatre
during his days as a student at Cambridge.