Two rooms. One night. Essex's biggest club experience. Society is where Saturday night lives. Big sound, big production and a crowd that's here to party from 10pm til 4am. The Arena: All things House, Dance & Party BOTANIC: RNB, HipHop, Dancehall, Bashment, Afrobeats & more
Explore expressive landscape painting in this hands-on oil painting workshop inspired by the bold colour, movement and energetic brushwork of early Expressionism. Looking at artists including Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch, you’ll discover how colour, shape and brushwork can transform a landscape and communicate mood and emotion. Working from the view at Firstsite, you’ll [...]
Second Thoughts follows Clement Achebe, a once-successful Lagos professional who leaves behind a stable life in pursuit of greater opportunities abroad. What he hopes will be a journey toward a brighter future quickly becomes a confrontation with harsh realities, cultural shocks, and the emotional weight of having to start over. Told as an intimate one-man [...]
Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to rule as emperor in her own name, has been judged by history for centuries. What happens when she finally answers back?Now, she is summoned to stand trial before history.From Mei and Meiniang, names given to shape the woman she was expected to become, to Zhao, a [...]
With stories Gods, Ice Giants and Monsters fighting for power, join in with an interactive storytelling of a difference, will you play Thor and get to wield the mighty Mjölnir, or be Loki with cunning and guile. Find out all about the Gods and Goddesses of Norse myths.Winner of Best Children's Show at Buxton Fringe [...]
Free AdmissionDoors 1.30pm, show 2pmThis event is for a seated audienceA Recitation The Monica Ross Archive and friends are inviting people to join 80 tribute readings across the world to mark the 80th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2028. Colchester Arts Centre is delighted to host this recital. It is a shared process, you [...]
Sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent, Fallen Angels, Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere.Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their pre-marital dalliances – with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit.Old rivalries and [...]
#SHORN presented by the highly talented Elsa McTaggart. Celebrating 15 years of touring and five-star Fringe performances, this show features original song, eclectic musical styles, loop-pedal and spoken anecdotes. Drawing on a lifetime of music-making, Elsa performs with warmth, humour and artistry. #SHORN signifies a coming of age, shedding the old and embracing the new. [...]
In her debut show Miss Ann Thropp guides you through just some of the many causes of the death of originality within the musical theatre. Taking songs from a range of musical theatre shows she presents live vocals combined with critiques of various issues within the Musical Theatre Industry. Colchester Fringe Festival. Performance venue: Coda.Age [...]
We may fall… but can we rise?” From international acclaim to near-total isolation, this 5-star, award-winning solo show is a deeply moving, autobiographical journey of survival and creative rebirth. Written and performed by world-class composer and songwriter Mark Glentworth (celebrated collaborator of Steven Berkoff), the production chronicles a sudden, devastating breakdown that left him mute [...]
From the writer and producers of last year's sell-out show, Wonky Hearts Collective present a brand new collection of monologues Four new women. Four new toilets. Four new stories. In the most private of public spaces the masks drop and from behind the cubicle doors the women reveal their innermost thoughts. Once again, the stories [...]
An ageing woman resists her daughter's mission to get her to declutter her house, against a past that continues to haunt her. A playful, yet poignant, look into the significance of one woman's possessions. Original play by Penny Benedetti with music by singer/songwriter Sally Theobald. Colchester Fringe Festival. Performance venue: Headgate Theatre (Rehearsal Room).Age Suitability: [...]
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