Category Archives: News

Banksy Exhibition Announced for Colchester at The Minories

A major Banksy exhibition in Colchester will open at The Minories this October, featuring 28 [...]

Essex Book Festival 2026 – Colchester Events

Essex Book Festival returns from 28th May to 30th June 2026, bringing a month of [...]

Love and Information at Mercury Theatre Studio – Review

Review by Keep Colchester Cool Theatre Editor, Paul T. Davies. Love and Information, presented by [...]

Wind in the Willows – Mercury Theatre Colchester Review

Review by Keep Colchester Cool Theatre Editor, Paul T. Davies The Wind in the Willows, [...]

Charles Debenham – The Man Who Painted Colchester

Colchester has lost one of its quiet constants in Charles Debenham, the artist whose work [...]

The SKBs Interview – The Second Act

In this interview, Al Sharp of The SKBs says he’s nearly 60. “Surely I should [...]

John Robins at Open Your Heart for Open Road – Colchester Arts Centre Review

Review by Paul T. Davies Open Your Heart, Open Road 2026, in conversation with John [...]

Art at the Headgate Theatre – Review

Review by Paul T. Davies, Keep Colchester Cool Theatre Editor. Art, presented by Black Brook [...]

The Five Parishes Show in Peldon celebrates 90 years

The Five Parishes Show, a long-running traditional country show just outside Colchester, returns on Sunday [...]

Spaceman’s Guided Tour of Colchester

Colchester never really leaves Stephen Munson. The Colchester-born musician and writer – also known as [...]

Practically Imperfect at the Headgate Theatre – Review

Practically Imperfect, presented by Telling Tales and Blue Fire Theatre, played at the Headgate Theatre [...]

Sub Titles Over – Lakeside Theatre Review

Sub Titles Over, written and performed by Marina Cusi Sanchez, played at the Lakeside Theatre, [...]

The Invincibles meet Colchester United Women

Theatre and Football Join Forces as The Invincibles Meet Colchester United Women’s Team In a [...]

Open Road brings John Robins to Colchester Arts Centre

John Robins will appear at Colchester Arts Centre in March as Open Road brings the [...]

On Golden Pond at the Headgate Theatre – Review

Review by Keep Colchester Cool Theatre Editor Paul T. Davies Probably best known to a [...]

Dr Cameron Abbott-Betts – Headgate Theatre and Global Spotlight

Colchester is set to host the World Fringe Congress in 2028 – the first time [...]

Tree of Life at the Mercury Theatre – Review

Science and spirituality save the day in this new dance piece from the wonderful Sanskruti [...]

Rodney Appleyard on Colchester, Community and the Mayor’s Variety Show

Rodney Appleyard has always loved a stage. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, [...]

Dagenham’s Invincibles – The Original Lionesses Return to the Stage

Long before packed stadiums and Euros glory, women’s football was already drawing crowds, and one [...]

Why Steve Green and Tim Young Started Alternative Colchester

If you’d told people a few years ago that Steve Green and Tim Young would [...]