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  • The Void – Mercury Theatre, Colchester

    Mercury Theatre Balkerne Gate, Colchester, United Kingdom

    The Void brings sci-fi horror to the stage in a production combining theatre, illusion and atmospheric projections. Eight million miles from Earth, a mysterious distress call draws haunted space ranger [...]

    £25.00 – £27.50

  • These Violent Delights + Q&A

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Having established a name for creating innovative dance on stage, Scottish Ballet’s These Violent Delights is their first major feature-length film. Juliet awakens from a fever dream. How did we get here? The lines between hallucination and memory blur as cinema and dance collide in a kaleidoscopic journey of belonging, defiance, and self-discovery. In this [...]

  • Blip Blarp: An Alien Love Story

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Meet Blip Blarp, galactic overachiever and full-time romantic disaster. She lands on Earth with one goal: conquer the planet and produce 1,000 offspring. There’s just one problem: dating humans. Thrown into modern romance chaos of thirst traps, mixed signals and situationships, Blip discovers seduction is harder than invasion. Planetary domination? Easy. Getting a text back? [...]

  • Happily Ever Poofter

    The Dragonfly Lounge The Dragonfly Lounge

    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’ [...]

  • Chris Young: World War Me, the boy who starts wars with himself

    Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    BOOK TICKET World War Me: The Boy Who Starts Wars With Himself Some people spend their lives fighting the world. Chris Young decided to cut out the middleman and fight himself instead. Chris returns to Colchester with a hilarious and honest exploration of life lived between ambition and avoidance, confidence and panic, growth. World War [...]

  • Casanova

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Lover! Hero! Clown! Join award-winning physical comedian Jon Tilley (“Magnetic” The Scotsman) for his hilarious new show, an anarchic, comic retelling of the myth of real-life ultimate lover and original rom com leading man, Casanova! A young and penniless nobody begins an audacious flirtation with the world of nobility, charming his way around 17th century [...]

  • Fright Night Essex 2026 Halloween Special

    Trilogy Colchester Trilogy Colchester

    🎃 ITS BAAAAAAACK!! 🎃Colchester’s most infamous Halloween party returns... and this year, the sh*t is about to get spooky!#FrightNightEssex 🩸 SOLD OUT 7 YEARS RUNNING! 🩸 💀 WHAT TO EXPECT: [...]

  • Maria’s Island Children’s Storytelling Session

    Colchester Library and Community Hub 21 Trinity Square, Colchester, GB

    Children and families are invited to a special storytelling session at Colchester Library during the October half-term. Lepra historian Irene Allen will host a session focusing on Maria's Island, written by award-winning author and Lepra Ambassador Victoria Hislop and illustrated by Gill Smith. Published by Walker Books, the story is set in 1940s Crete and [...]

  • Halloween Animation, Neurodivergent-Friendly: ages: 7 – 11

    Signals Media Arts Centre Victoria Chambers St. Runwald St, Colchester, GB

    Participants will create their own short Halloween-inspired animated film using stop motion software. With guidance from our expert tutors, they will use themed materials, props and backgrounds to design characters such as ghosts, pumpkins, monsters or haunted scenes, building their films frame by frame. In this Halloween-themed session, participants will work in a smaller group [...]

    £5

  • Holiday Fun October 2026: Drumming

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Children can participate in this fun and relaxed session this October with Drumming at Firstsite Holiday Fun in Colchester! Most suitable for 4 – 11 years, but all ages welcome. Caregivers are required to stay on site throughout the activities. Activities take place outside. Please make sure those taking part in activities are dressed appropriately [...]

  • Make Your Own Willow Lantern

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Create your own handcrafted willow lantern in this practical making workshop, where you’ll learn traditional willow construction techniques to design a unique lantern for your home or garden. Discover how to prepare and shape willow before building a strong three-dimensional framework using simple weaving and construction methods suitable for beginners. Once your structure is complete, [...]