Category Archives: News

Colchester Film Festival programme announced

Colchester Film Festival is back, taking place at Firstsite 7-12 November 2022. Colchester Film Festival [...]

Community Spot at Culver Square Shopping Centre

Roman River Festival 2022

Reasons you should love this show: Neil D’Arcy-Jones meets award winning Essex playwright and performer Amy Trigg

Castle Parks Fireworks 2022

Colchester in the 80s

Local poet John F Connor shared this poem with me six years ago. I was [...]

Steve Lamacq returns to Colchester Arts Centre

Following a successful run of shows in 2017, Colchester’s very own Steve Lamacq heads back [...]

Richard Wilson to host Mercury Theatre Gala Dinner

The Mercury Theatre is taking over Colchester Town Hall on Friday, 2nd March 2018, for [...]

Help raise funds for a memorial to the victims of the Essex Witch Trials

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Essex saw more people accused of witchcraft than any [...]

Colchester African Music Weekend

Joyful Noise presents Unreported Music Tours’ Colchester African Music Weekend – three sounds over three [...]

End of an era for The Bull Colchester

Dave and Fiona Richards of The Bull have announced that they will not be renewing [...]

Help Fund Colne Radio

Colne Radio is aiming to raise £3,000 in a two-week crowdfunding campaign to bring the [...]

Review: Clybourne Park

Paul T. Davies reviews Clybourne Park at Mercury Theatre for Keep Colchester Cool. REVIEW: CLYBOURNE [...]

Review: Ross Sutherland: Stand By For Tape Back Up

Part of the fantastic Wonderful Wednesdays series at Colchester Arts Centre – where audiences pay [...]

Review: I Know all the Secrets in My World

I Know All the Secrets in My World – Tiata Fahodzi at the Mercury Studio [...]

Review: End Of The Rainbow

Peter Quilter’s play with music about the final months of Judy Garland’s life enjoyed major [...]

Ben Howard’s Colchester United v Spurs Playlist

Colchester United invited me to provide a mix of tunes to be played inside Weston [...]

Review! A Streetcar Named Desire

Paul T. Davies reviews Gallery Players’ A Streetcar Named Desire at The Headgate Theatre for Keep [...]

Review: In Search Of England

Paul T. Davies headed of to London to review In Search of England for Keep [...]

Free studio time to bands that want to cover Eagles of Death Metal’s “I Love You All The Time”.

Colchester’s music community continues to rally following the tragic death of Nick Alexander. Following Anthony [...]