Events

Calling all poetry lovers!Maybe you like listening to poetry.Maybe you like sharing your poetry.Maybe you’ve never shared it before.Maybe you know a poet.If you fall into one of the above, [...]

🎭 Wivenhoe Pantomime Group Presents: Camelot the Panto! 🏰⚔️ Written & Directed by Elise RobertsGet ready for a magical adventure full of laughs, music, and mischief in this year’s Wivenhoe [...]

We are delighted to welcome Peter F Hamilton to the store to talk about the first novel in his Arkship Trilogy. Peter has been a key figure in British Science [...]

We are a local life drawing group in Colchester. We meet up for untutored drawings with professional models from all backgrounds.All abilities are welcome. Just drop in, draw and pay [...]

It’s winter in a small, isolated town in the Appalachian mountains. Ex-con and recovered addict Evan lives a simple and solitary existence until some old ghosts return to unbury a [...]

With Friday nights back at Ace Comics Gaming Centre, we are pleased to bring back Friday night magic standard onto the calendar too.Standard decks, swiss rounds, fnm prizes and prize [...]

Shakespeare’s words vividly conjured up the sights and sounds of nature for audiences at a time of bare stages and limited special effects. Two aspects of the forces of nature [...]

M&L IIINothing. Existed. DJ set.A night of post-punk, coldwave, new wave, minimal synth and industrial.

Blow Up returns to Colchester at Three Wise Monkeys Paul Tunkin (DJ) plus The Forty Fours (live)Colchester was the first town to hold a Blow Up event outside of the weekly London events in the nineties. After a successful return to Colchester in Jan 2025 we are returning in January 2026.Blow Up, a bona-fide legendary [...]

The previously advertised Blow Up event in Colchester at Three Wise Monkeys has moved from Friday 3rd October 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026 – All advance tickets (for Oct 3rd) are valid for the new event date. We apologise for any inconvenience, but there will be a further announcement regarding the this line up [...]

HAPPY ENDING PANTOMIMES are back to give you an even happier ending with this Award Winning ADULT PANTOMIME!Get ready for the udderly cheeky, naughtiest version of Jack and the Beanstalk you’ve ever dared to see! 🐮Warning: this is not your childhood fairy tale—unless your bedtime stories came with a parental advisory!In this fabulously filthy twist, [...]

Tickets £6 Adults / £3 Children£15 Family (admits 4, must include 1 child)Doors open 1pm, Show starts 1.30pmThis show is for a seated audienceA perfect introduction to the world of music, with musical stories and short pieces that will get your teddy dancing!A chance to conduct the orchestra and join in the percussion section.