The return of the late John Stewart's much loved Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition.This year's exhibition will look back to the 1960's, a transformative decade for the town that saw the final closure of the Upstream Yard and the arrival of the University.
Playwrights East: Radical Joy with Titilola DawuduPresented by HighTide and Mercury TheatreMaking art right now is an act of radical joy.Theatre gives us the opportunity to exercise empathy, to celebrate difference and voice the voiceless.Join us for this special Playwrights East and Mercury Creatives collaboration, where we’ll explore radical joy and creativity.Hosted on Sat 19 [...]
Raise the curtain… The West End Day Party: Live! is here 🎭✨Expect a feel‑good afternoon packed with live West End vocalists, a party DJ spinning iconic show tunes & movie musical anthems, mass singalongs, confetti moments, and all the hands‑in‑the‑air energy of a Saturday night… but in the daytime.From Mamma Mia! to Grease, Wicked to [...]
A Saturday afternoon showcase featuring:Backroom Stereo??Stu E Skinner (Hosting)Event Info:A weekly event featuring 3 to 5 acts performing live acoustic sets between 3-5:30pm.Hot & cold beverages served from 2:30pm onwards.This is a family friendly event so younglings are welcome providing they're properly managed.Mics, pa and backline are provided but performers are welcome to bring their [...]
Touring East Anglia 13th August – 19th September 2026.Headgate TheatreMatinee 3:00pmEvening 7:30pm“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” When young Leo Colston spends the summer of 1900 in rural Norfolk, he becomes the unwitting messenger between two forbidden lovers. What begins as an innocent errand soon unravels into a dangerous web [...]
Join us at 3pm on Saturday 19th September for the ultimate brewery experience, we will be hosting a guided brewery tour and meet the brewer hosted tasting event featuring beer brewed on site.Listen whilst our brewers take you through the story, flavour and notes of our core range of fantastic Other Monkey Brewing beer poured [...]
The Emo Festival is coming to Colchester! 💀🖤 The greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase… 🖤 🚨 COMPETITION 🚨Click 'Interested' & TAG 3 friends on the event wall for the chance to win 4X VIP TICKETS & £150 BAR TAB!TEENAGE NOSTALGIA featuring all your biggest emo songs in existence [...]
Get ready to experience The Floyd Effect like never before with their Pulse of the Dark Side tour.This mesmerising show brings the timeless brilliance of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon to life, blended with the electrifying energy of their 1995 live album Pulse, recorded during the legendary 1994 Division [...]
Popscene – Performing the Music of Blur comes to Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester, on Saturday 19 September. The tribute act celebrates the music of Blur, one of the defining bands of the Britpop era. Audiences can expect a set featuring many of the group's best-known songs, including Parklife, Girls & Boys, Country House, Beetlebum and [...]
Karilla + Mr B & The Wolf + Frontier City + Y me come to Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester.A night of guitar-driven music featuring four live acts bringing their own sound and style to the stage. Expect big guitars, energetic performances and plenty of live music from Karilla, Mr B & The Wolf, Frontier City [...]
The Last Night of the………. The Rotary Club of Colchester has organised a ‘Charity concert’, beingan evening of Film and Light Classical music with a finale including Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem etc…Proceeds from the concert is in aid of our Youth and Wellbeing fund, which support youngsters in and around the Colchester area.This [...]
Ancient Egypt, 55AD. The Emperor Nero has been invited to Egypt to attend Queen Cleopatra’s Annual Festival of Drunkenness. He’s also hoping to marry her. What he’s not counting on is devilish plot that’s been cooked up by Cleopatra’s High Priest, and her apparently chaste Lady-in-Waiting…So begins a spectacular sequence of backstabbings and double-crosses played [...]
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