We put on a series of events each year. If you are on our email list you will receive notices for them, but if you aren't, please email cambridgesocietysheffield@gmail.com for details.

Future Society Events

Crucible theatre trip - A Streetcar Named Desire’ - 19th March 2025

*** Only 4 tickets left as of 4 March - £35pp for theatre only, £65pp for theatre and buffet ***

The Society has reserved 50 of the best seats for an evening performance of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play on Wednesday March 19th, 2025, at the Crucible, Sheffield. A Streetcar Named Desire was first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947.

The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans, rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley. A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century and is Williams's most popular work.

A buffet will be available in the Adelphi Room before the show at 6pm, with dessert during the interval. There will be plenty of choices, including vegetarian.

Please email cambridgesocietysheffield@gmail.com to book a place.

Spring Lecture, 30th April 2025, 6:30pm for 7pm

We will hold our annual buffet and lecture at Whirlowbrook Hall, Sheffield.

The lecture topic is "From a 1473 London Livery Company to a 2025 Sheffield cutler.".

Buffet included. Please book by 10th April. Cost is £22 per person

The talk will follow the career of a young navigation officer in the Merchant Navy who inherits a family business in Sheffield and becomes not only a member of the Cutlers Company of Hallamshire but also Master of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers in London. His interest in charitable work leads him to set up the charity Workwise (as opposed to Streetwise) in Sheffield aimed at helping less academic youngsters to get into work.

Chris Hudson MBE, Principal of Chimo Holdings Sheffield (Manufacturing) Ltd; Master of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, London: Senior Freeman of the Cutler’s Company of Hallamshire; Executive Guardian of the Sheffield Assay Office; Chairman of Workwise Trustees (Charity).

The bar will open at 6:30pm, there will be a light buffet served at 7pm, and the lecture will commence at 7:45pm. There will be time for questions and discussion afterwards.

Please email cambridgesocietysheffield@gmail.com to book a place.

Pub Lunch and Morning Walks, 21st June 2025

We will have a pub lunch (venue tbd), with two optional preceding walks (a short stroll, or a 5-6 miles walk)

Details to follow.

About Us

The Cambridge Society of Sheffield exists to connect and support those Cambridge alumni who live and work in and around Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

Each year we arrange several events for our members, including meals, walks, talks and visits.

Membership is free and if you have been to Cambridge University, as an undergraduate, a graduate or in a research or teaching capacity, you are automatically entitled to join the society.

To register please visit our registration page.

Our organising committee is small and is entirely voluntary, and as a result we always welcome ideas for new activities.