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 [...]
Essex artist Simon Carter transforms Firstsite's gallery with From the Landscape, an immersive exhibition inspired by the Essex coast and countryside. Carter has spent more than 40 years walking, drawing [...]
This October, the New Face for Leprosy exhibition comes to Colchester Library for a free, month-long public exhibition exploring the lives and experiences of people affected by leprosy. The project [...]
Bridging Dreams By Sakai International Community Arts 2 to 29 October 2026 Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester This October, Level Best Art Gallery welcomes Bridging Dreams, a special international exhibition [...]
What does it mean to grow up by the sea today? From ambition and creativity to isolation and inequality, explore intimate photographs and firsthand accounts that document what life is [...]
Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent brings a major exhibition of street and urban contemporary art to The Minories in Colchester. The exhibition features 28 original artworks [...]
An electrifying lunchtime programme featuring Mozart, Ravel, Rebecca Clarke, and Halvorsen’s dazzling Passacaglia.Roman River Festival 2026. Booking information.
Join us for a talk by the Chair of the Dorothy L Sayers Society, Seona Ford, “Under-rated”: Dorothy L Sayers and other women war poets in World War 1 and [...]
About YAK: Develop your approach to and understanding of art with other young people. Young Art Kommunity (YAK) is Firstsite’s young-people peer-led group which organises events and activities within the gallery and in the wider community. Learn about our latest exhibition YAK: Culture of Curiosities Our aims are: To develop young people’s artistic practice through [...]
“It’s the strangest feeling to be laughing out loud but feeling a burning rage bubbling inside me.” ★★★★ Perth Happenings The most thrilling play you’ll see, and it’s just a lectern and a slide show. This multi-award-winning lecture-performance takes you on a wild ride as it investigates consent in the digital age with wit, dark [...]
Colchester Fringe debut of dark comedy following hit Edinburgh Fringe run! Mary Kennedy, yes one of those Kennedys, third cousins twice removed; all of the tragedy, none of the money stars in Hail Mary, None of the Grace. No Irish Catholic story is complete without a mention of a good Irish funeral! Join Mary as [...]
Paging all comedy lovers! Sister Brandy Bex is scrubbing in for three wild nights at Colchester Fringe. Expect riotous tales from the hospital floor – dating doctors, dodging disaster, and a generous dose of chaos. Outrageous stories, parody songs, and shameless camp spectacle. It's a cheeky, over-the-top peek behind the curtain – totally daft, delightfully [...]
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