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 [...]
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 [...]
Join us for a cosy and creative morning with our Christmas Lino Print Workshop.Perfect for beginners and creative minds alike, this hands-on workshop will guide you through the process of designing, carving, and printing your very own festive lino artwork. Whether you want to create Christmas cards, wrapping paper, gift tags, framed prints, or seasonal [...]
Colchester’s Record Fair returns to Firstsite, a treat for both enthusiasts and casual collectors alike. Come browse through stallholders’ collections of vinyl and CDs from a vast range of genres. Grab yourself a bargain – or perhaps something a little rarer.
Wait, What is This? is a fast-paced comedy written entirely in rhyme. Created and performed by Lydia Keating and John Harper, the show began life as a five-minute rhyming sketch performed at cabaret nights in London, Paris and Tallinn. Audiences kept asking for more — so naturally, the pair wrote an entire 50 minutes of [...]
Join us at Charter Hall, Colchester for an evening of world-class darts.Players:Gerwyn PriceChris DobeyRaymond van BarneveldKevin PainterLine up subject to late changeThere will be intervals throughout the event between professional darts matches, featuring a stage sporting memorabilia auction, an exciting prize draw, and the opportunity to purchase official player merchandise. Prizes in the stage auction [...]
This will be an incredibly powerful time of Sister's joining together for an evening of women's empowerment tapping into the energy of Samhain. The evening will be full of love, connection, joy, gratitude and magick.We will journey together, creating a sacred space for us as a group and as individuals to connect with our inner [...]
Tickets £8 Doors 5.15pm, show 5.30pm This show is for a seated audience Age Guidance: 16+ Content Warnings: Audience Participation, Distressing or Potentially Triggering Themes, Flashing Lights FREE CRISPS! Now I have your attention. I’d like to talk to you (interspersed with a bit of dancing) about the magic that is the salt [...]
Disney fan? Massive raging queer? Then Happily Ever Poofter is for you! In fact, whether you love or loathe all things Disney, this show is NOT one to be missed. Join Prince Henry (the only gay in the Kingdom) on his hilarious and heart-warming quest for true love! From the acclaimed team behind ‘Reclaiming Harry’ [...]
Event Programme: Best of Rik Mayal Featuring clips from Bad News, Mr Jolly and Fistful of Travellers Cheques. The Supergrass (New Director’s Cut) The hit Comic Strip Movie. Dennis Carter [...]
The sell-out festival favourite returns from an acclaimed tour spanning Wellington, New Zealand to Brighton, England. Now even better, harder, and art-er. It's updated, innovated, and, as always, no two shows are ever the same. Art is pain. Pain is art. Two “definitely not masochistic” artists take on the challenge of a lifetime: to create [...]
Tickets £12 23rd October: Doors 8.15pm, show 8.30pm 24th October: Doors 3.45pm, Show 4pm 31st October: Doors 8.15pm, show 8.30pm This show is for a seated audience Age Guidance: 18+ Content Warnings: Nudity, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Strobe LightingWelcome to the House of Diamonds... where glamour drips through every moment and temptation smoulders beneath the spotlight. Step into an unforgettable evening [...]
Honkus Rompus return to Coda for an all-out ska halloween blowout!! Expect massive energy from them this halloween as we get spookily pumped with the anthems of SKA
Halloween night with great music. 🎵
🤘 BIG LICKERS. WE'RE BACK! 🤘Halloween is here, and THE BIG LICK is being UNLEASHED for one night only!Prepare yourselves for a night of METAL, ROCK, ALTERNATIVE and PARTY ANTHEMS, spread across TWO FLOORS of the Three Wise Monkeys in Colchester.🦇 SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2026🙈🙉🙊 Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester (top and middle floors)🕘 9pm–2am_____🎟️ GET [...]
Get a bottle of house spirit of your choice and table with VIP bottle service! Minimum spend:…Read more Get a bottle of house spirit of your choice and table with [...]
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