Category Archives: Colchester Fringe

Final Queen Mixes Drag, Circus and Horror

If Priscilla Queen of the Desert and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre sound like an unlikely [...]

James Domestic Thinks You Might Like Poetry After All

If the word “poetry” makes you think of classrooms, Shakespeare and lessons you’d rather forget, [...]

Alice Keys’ Rocket Fan Heads to Colchester

Following sold-out performances in London, Rocket Fan will be at Coda as part of the [...]

Meet William Dorsey Swann in The Real Black Swann

In 2024, Colchester Fringe audiences voted The Real Black Swann Best International Show. This month, [...]

A Year and a Day is coming to Colchester

Every time Nathan falls asleep, he wakes up a year and a day into the [...]

How Leon the Poet Found His Way Back to Himself

“Born into the Petri dish of fundamentalist belief and waterboarded with fear and religious dogma.” [...]

Adam Larter Pokes Fun at Our Obsession with the 90s

The 1990s have become big business. Theatre shows, reunion tours and television programmes all promise [...]

Stephen Smith Brings Edgar Allan Poe to Life Alone on Stage

One actor. Two Edgar Allan Poe classics. That’s the idea behind One Man Poe, Stephen [...]

Paul Richards Heads to Offgridland

Flight. Mode. “The two most wonderful words,” according to writer and performer Paul Richards. They’re [...]

Choir Brings Rocking the Folly! to The Minories

Rock Choir’s Rocking the Folly! brings singers from 10 choirs across Essex and Suffolk together [...]

Karen Hall Mixes Bach, Clowning and Comedy

“I made this show because classical music is dying and I happen to love it.” [...]

Kate-Lois Elliott Takes on the Tradwife Trend

A fertility-fuelled identity crisis and a week spent scrolling through TikTok might not sound like [...]

Will Davies Asks Whether We Still Need Heroes

Heroes used to be everywhere. They filled history books, stood on pedestals and gave people [...]

The Essex Women Behind Three Wise Women

Agnes Waterhouse, Ursula Kemp and Elsa all lived in Essex. Centuries after they were accused [...]

Jazz Ely Draws on Her Own Experience for Breathe…

For most people, breathing, blinking, and swallowing happen without a second thought. For Colchester playwright [...]

Harrison Kirby Introduces Dr Jansen Majenkas

Harrison Kirby has only been performing comedy for just over a year, but his first [...]

Boudica & Me Comes to Colchester Fringe

“I stumbled across Boudica in Colchester Castle, and it felt like she had been waiting [...]

Thao Cao Brings What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier to Colchester Fringe

Australian comedian Thao Cao has built a career from telling stories that many people would [...]

Pup Play Returns to Colchester Fringe

When Pup Play: A Queer Pseudo-Lecture (of sorts) premiered at Colchester Fringe in October 2024, [...]

Colchester Fringe Summer Weekender 2026 Guide

Colchester Fringe Summer Weekender takes place from 23rd-26th July 2026, bringing four days of theatre, [...]