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  • Ashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Daniel Casey is dead! Or at least his love life is... Join us as we congregate at the hole-y Church of Homosexuality to remember a life gone too soon. With a eulogy befitting of such a degenerate: filthy, vulgar, and camp beyond belief, this is not a funeral you are likely to forget any time [...]

  • Pseudonym

    Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    “Bridget is my pseudonym My thinly-veiled attempt to make sense To add structure, Dramatic structure, A beginning, middle, and end- To a thing that has none” A semi-autobiographical poetic one-woman show by award-winning playwright Deanna Strasse. “Bridget” looks back on her life, contemplating the messy tapestry of experiences that have led her here. She confronts [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Alex McAleer – Mind Reader

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Alex McAleer isn’t psychic or supernatural, but he has an uncanny ability to apparently tap into his audience’s minds and read their thoughts at will.After more than a decade wowing audiences across the UK and North America, including touring the USA with Champions of Magic, sold-out solo shows, West End appearances, and TV spots on [...]

  • Life Drawing with Justine Moss – all levels

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Gain confidence in drawing the figure, with these tutored sessions on some basic principles of life drawing. Artist Justine Moss will offer guidance and advice to help you to learn skills in mark-making, portraying movement and capturing expression.Suitable for all abilities. Basic materials provided. For ages 18+.Come along to each session to experiment with a [...]

  • 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 boundaries. There, he falls deeply in love with Arne Hauptmann, a Danish scholar. As Nazi Germany advances across Europe, Reed refuses to abandon the man [...]

  • The Return of Madama Butterfly

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Religious divide! Orientalism! Radical avant-garde!A Japanese Buddhist soprano trained in Western music struggles with Christian songs, discriminatory stereotypes of Japanese women, and the search for her own unique voice.A comical yet beautiful songbook from Theatre Group GUMBO, exploring identity, culture and the collision of East and West. Journey through a lyrical Japan across all four [...]

  • Mitch Benn is the 37th Beatle

    CODA ,63, High Street, Colchester CODA ,63, High Street, Colchester

    Mitch Benn is the 37th Beatle combines Mitch's Scouse upbringing, his love of music, and a lifelong obsession with Liverpool's most famous sons in one show.Mitch Benn was born in Liverpool in January 1970. Three months later the Beatles broke up. Coincidence? Yes.More than 60 years on from the release of Please Please Me, Mitch [...]

  • Sheep! Μια ιστορία για το πού ανήκουμε

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    A play about flocks and belonging, told by a sheep who doesn't know how to belong after she was sexually assaulted. To find her way back into the herd, she weaves an off-beat comedic tale of sheep who are born, loved, and eaten – asking for it, having such cute lambs - and go to [...]

  • Calm at The Castle

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

    Join us on the first Sunday of every month from 3 PM to 5 PM for a quieter experience at Colchester Castle.These sessions are designed for anyone who would benefit from a calmer environment, including visitors with autism or sensory sensitivities. During this time, we reduce sensory stimulation by turning off sounds and visual displays, [...]

  • Sunday Roast at Fringe!

    The Dragonfly Lounge The Dragonfly Lounge

    Are you feeling evil? Do you love a catfight? Well hot off the success of Sunday Roast @ Colchester Fringe Summer Weekender we’re bringing you a double helping of Sunday Roast across two weekends of the main Colchester Fringe festival! We're gathering some of Colchester's funniest people to tear each other apart in a series [...]

  • 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 a seated audienceAge Suitability: 16+Content Warnings: Audience Participation, Nudity, Strong Language / SwearingBefore Ella, Tina, Billie, or Beyoncé – there was JOSEPHINE Josephine is an international [...]