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  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Discover Maria’s Island – storytelling session

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

    Join Lepra historian and author Irene Allen for a storytelling session bringing to life the book Maria's Island. Maria's Island is a children's novel written by Lepra Ambassador and best selling author Victoria Hislop. The story follows a family impacted by leprosy, the challenges they face and how they overcome them. This event ties in [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Reiki Sound Bath Under the Moon

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

    Relax beneath Luke Jerram’s spectacular Museum of the Moon installation at Colchester Castle during this immersive Reiki and sound healing experience on 30th October from 6.30pm to 8.30pm (Doors open [...]

  • Colchester Fringe Festival – Josephine

    Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Tickets £1223rd October: Doors 6.45pm, show 7pm 24th October: Doors 5.15pm, show 5.30pm25th October: Doors 7.15pm, show 7.30pm30th October: Doors 6.45pm, show 7pm31st October: Doors 6.45pm, show 7pm1st November: Doors 4.15pm, show 4.30pmThis show is for [...]

  • The Unforgivable Crime of Love

    Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    This is the true story of Reed Peggram. In 1939 the brilliant young Black scholar from Boston, travels to Paris so that he could live a life beyond America’s racial [...]

  • Timon of Athens

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    After wowing Colchester Fringe with their smash hit adaptation of Shakespeare's WORST play, multi award-winning Rendered Retina return, only this time their bringing his LEAST-KNOWN work, Timon of Athens. Follow [...]