Events for Fri, July 24, 2026

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Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Love and Hate at Firstsite

Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester

Noble & Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their 24-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. [...]

Curry Night

Other Monkey Brewing - The Taproom 5-6 St Nicholas St, Colchester

Join us on the last Thursday of every month at Other Monkey Brewing – The Taproom for a night of incredible flavours and craft beer. September is all about the [...]

Arpita Shah: Nalini

Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester

Arpita Shah's Nalini explores motherhood, migration, heritage and the connections between generations through the stories of the artist, her mother and her grandmother. Developed across India, East Africa and the [...]

Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire: From Drawing to Cruising to DMs

Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester

Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire brings together artworks, stories and poetry from different generations to explore the ways LGBT+ people have sought friendship, community and intimacy across changing times and [...]

Colchester Fringe – Adam Larter: Who Remembers the 90s?

Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester

Not a lot has been written about the decade ‘the nineties’ and so Adam Larter will FINALLY try to get to the bottom of what happened in this decade. Expect well researched journalism and not a load of surreal nonsense.“One of the most stupidly brilliant things you”ll see this Fringe.” Fest“There’s certainly plenty to look [...]

Nina Wadia: In Conversation

Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester

Tickets £23.50Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm startThis show is for a seated audience.Actress and Comedian Nina Wadia will be coming to Colchester Arts Centre for an exclusive 'In Conversation' event. Our Associate Director, Vijay Patel, will host the conversation, which will also include an audience Q&A.The event will take a deep dive into some of [...]

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven (Summer Weekender)

Mercury Theatre Balkerne Gate, Colchester

An Edinburgh Fringe Preview:Immerse yourself in two timeless Edgar Allen Poe’s classics.Arguably Poe’s darkest tale, The Black Cat depicts an alcoholic’s last confession on the eve of his death. Then, the poem that made Poe famous: The Raven. In the midnight hour, an elderly man laments the loss of his love, when an ominous visitor [...]

Colchester Fringe – Pup Play: A Queer Pseudo-Lecture (of sorts)

Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester

THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING, INTENSELY CONTROVERSIAL, AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED COMEDY (of sorts) RETURNS TO COLCHESTER FRINGE.Colchester Fringe invites the world’s leading lecturers to give talks on the issues that matter. That’s why Professor Handler David is excited to give a lecture on the kink of pup play and teach Colchester how to turn their bitchboys into good boys. [...]

Colchester Fringe – The Cult Kid and Me: My Villain Origin Story

Roots & Grooves Cafe Roots & Grooves Cafe

The Cult Kid and Me: My Villain origin story.Raised in the Petri dish of fundamentalist belief, marinating in guilt and shame and the ever present threat of doomsday our cult poet was once a kid, cut into tiny pieces. Separated entirely from himself and living on a lifeboat. A family caught in the farty fumes [...]