Colchester Fringe Review: King John

Paul T. Davies reviews King John, staged at the Headgate Theatre. Now in its fourth [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: Forest Of Truth

Paul T. Davies reviews Forest Of Truth, staged at the Headgate Theatre. Following their triumph [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen

Paul T. Davies reviews The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen, [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: Flowers

Paul T. Davies reviews Flowers at the Headgate Theatre. What is femininity? From Sakai, Japan [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: So-Fa, So Good

Paul T. Davies reviews So-Fa, So Good at Firstsite. Brighton and Essex-based Tomfoolery Dance Theatre [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: Hide My Porn

Paul T. Davies reviews Hide My Porn, staged at the Headgate Theatre. A Fringe Festival [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: Spit It Out

Paul T. Davies reviews Spit It Out, staged at the Headgate. It’s a welcome home [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: Fresh Knickers and a Gin and Tonic

Paul T. Davies reviews Fresh Knickers and a Gin and Tonic, staged at the Headgate. [...]

Colchester Fringe Review: 4.48 Psychosis 

Paul T. Davies reviews 4.48 Psychosis, staged at the Headgate. Colchester Fringe, now in its fourth [...]

Reviewed: The Two Gentlemen of Verona at The Headgate

Among tribes of Macbeths, endless Midsummer Dreams, and more Romeo and Juliets than a school [...]

Reviewed: Ghost of The Toll Point Light at The Headgate

Paul T. Davies reviews Common Ground Theatre Company’s latest production at the Headgate Theatre. Known [...]

Top Picks from Colchester Fringe: Spotlight on Visiting Companies

With 67 productions over ten days, Colchester Fringe has something for everyone! Here’s my selection [...]

Top Picks from Colchester Fringe: Local Theatre

Paul T. Davies makes his picks of Colchester Fringe, starting with local theatre. With over [...]

Review: Macbeth, presented by Castle Park Theatre

This year, a production of Macbeth feels like the old adage about buses: you wait [...]

Review: Macbeth at the Headgate Theatre

Paul T. Davies reviews Macbeth, presented by Colchester Theatre Group, at the Headgate Theatre. These [...]

Review: Educating Rita at the Headgate Theatre

Finding the Authentic Self: Educating Rita at the Headgate Theatre. Launching R Bland Productions comes [...]

Review: Ghosts at the Headgate Theatre

In Ibsen’s 1882 classic, the sins of the father inherited by the son are explored [...]

Wilde About Alfie: A Man of No Importance

This beautiful, small-scale musical is given a perfectly judged staging by Headgate Theatre Productions. A [...]

Review: Snake in The Grass at The Headgate Theatre

For their first production of the year, Headgate Theatre Productions present a late Ayckbourn, written [...]

Review: My Fair Lady at The Mercury Theatre

Paul T. Davies reviews My Fair Lady at the Mercury Theatre, presented by Colchester Operatic [...]