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  • Simon Carter: From the Landscape

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    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 [...]

  • Against the Tide

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    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 [...]

  • Polly Braden: Against the Tide

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    What does it mean to grow up by the sea today?From ambition and creativity to isolation and inequality, explore intimate photographs and first-hand accounts documenting what life is really like [...]

  • Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent

    The Minories, 74 High Street, Colchester CO1 1UE The Minories, 74 High Street, Colchester CO1 1UE

    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 [...]

    £12.50

  • Jack and the Beanstalk – Mercury Theatre, Colchester

    Mercury Theatre Balkerne Gate, Colchester, United Kingdom

    The Mercury Theatre presents Jack and the Beanstalk, its 2026 Christmas pantomime, with Colchester panto favourites Antony Stuart-Hicks and Dale Superville returning for another festive production. Jack lives at Trott's [...]

    £10.00 – £43.00

  • Needle Felting Workshop with Nicola

    Red Lion Books 25 High Street, Colchester

    First Thursday of the month at 10am Needle felting workshops. Seasonal themes with Nicola October –      pumpkins and bats November – mixed media Robins December –  gingerbread people [...]

    £25.00

  • First Thursdays: Relaxed Opening

    Castle Park, CO1 1TJ Colchester, United Kingdom Castle Park, CO1 1TJ Colchester, United Kingdom

    As part of the First Thursdays Festival, join us at Colchester Castle for a special session designed for visitors with autism or other sensory sensitivities.We turn off sounds and visual [...]

  • Cat Café Christmas Wreath Workshop

    Brews & Whiskers Brews & Whiskers

    Join us on Thursday 3rd December at 6:00pm at Brews & Whiskers, The Cat Café, 23 Sir Isaac’s Walk, Colchester CO1 1JJ for a truly unique and relaxing Christmas Wreath [...]

  • Sluts Read Smut

    Two Brews 11 Church Street, Colchester, GB

    A judgement-free zone to celebrate the books that make you blush! Didn't finish the book? No worries! Show up for the debrief, giggles and drinks.

  • Hansel and Gretel

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    By Alan P. Frayn Headgate Theatre Productions Get ready to embark on a magical journey through the woods. In the village of Munchen Lunchen, discover whether Fairy Bluebell can rescue [...]

  • The Weirds

    Lakeside Theatre University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, GB

    Every family has baggage. The Weirds have an entire circus. The Weirds have always been a little peculiar, but not one of them suspected they’d been cursed by their grandmother. [...]

    £15

  • Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates

    Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Tickets £3Doors 7.30pm, show 8pmThis show is for a seated audienceAn evening of spoken word and poetry hosted by Mary-Ann Ambrose.A mixture of emotions, a roller coaster of fun and [...]