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  • Watercolour Workshop

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Explore the materials, techniques and colour theory used to develop watercolour paintings and meet other watercolour lovers in this relaxed social session. During each workshop session a different subject will be provided for you to paint. Your tutor can also guide you to work on a painting you are already working on or a subject [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Comedy Hypnosis Show

    Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Get ready for an unforgettable night of laughter, surprises and seriously funny hypnosis as Jason Simmons brings his Comedy Hypnosis Show to Colchester Fringe. This is not a show where people are picked on or embarrassed. Instead, willing volunteers from the audience become the stars of the night as Jason guides them through a series [...]

  • Wait, What is This?

    Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Wait, What is This? is a fast-paced comedy written entirely in rhyme. Created and performed by Lydia Keating and John Harper, the show began life as a five-minute rhyming sketch performed at cabaret nights in London, Paris and Tallinn. Audiences kept asking for more — so naturally, the pair wrote an entire 50 minutes of [...]

  • (a play in a) DARK ROOM

    Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    "Fuck you. Try all you want. We’re not going anywhere." WORLD PREMIERE: In this visceral, sensory-driven, psychological thriller, Davis the Janitor cleans up all sorts of bodily fluids at his night job in a dark room. Piss, cum, shit, vomit, poppers - no stain can scare off Davis, the self-proclaimed "pig of pigs"… until a [...]

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  • 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’ [...]

  • Hail Mary, None of the Grace

    Three Wise Monkeys 60 High Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Colchester Fringe debut of dark comedy following hit Edinburgh Fringe run! Mary Kennedy, yes one of those Kennedys, third cousins twice removed; all of the tragedy, none of the money stars in Hail Mary, None of the Grace. No Irish Catholic story is complete without a mention of a good Irish funeral! Join Mary as [...]