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  • Half A Laugh Comedy Open Mic

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

    Half a Laugh presents open mic comedy at Coda!

  • Birth Plan

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Birth Plan is C’s experience of birth and parenthood, relayed between increasingly frequent contractions. In her lucid phases, C unfolds the tragi-comic story of how she ended up labouring alone. As the arrival of her newborn draws ever closer, C voices doubts about her family relationships, her fitness to be a parent and questions why [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Wonderful Wednesdays: The Alice Project

    Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    A sonic journey through the Wonderland of Alice. Weaving together original music, Lewis Carroll’s text and voices from 40 contemporary Alices. Plus, interviews exploring transformation, identity and growing older. This is a riff, a homage and a fascinating audio adventure down the rabbit hole from an acclaimed performance company. Colchester Fringe Festival. Performance venue: Colchester [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Blip Blarp: An Alien Love Story

    Headgate Theatre 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Meet Blip Blarp, galactic overachiever and full-time romantic disaster. She lands on Earth with one goal: conquer the planet and produce 1,000 offspring. There’s just one problem: dating humans. Thrown into modern romance chaos of thirst traps, mixed signals and situationships, Blip discovers seduction is harder than invasion. Planetary domination? Easy. Getting a text back? [...]

  • Holiday Fun October 2026: Gardening

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Join us for these hands-on gardening sessions where you will help to plant with wildlife friendly herbs, flowers and vegetables for the season ahead and create some earth inspired art. Learn how to care for plants and our native wild while connecting with the outdoors with nature inspired arts and crafts. Most suitable for 4 [...]

  • Holiday Fun October 2026: Football (All Ages)

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Run, jump and kick this October with Holiday Fun Football for all ages! Meet your footfall coaching heroes from Colchester Villa. 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 [...]

  • Colchester Fringe Festival – Living with Luke

    Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Tickets £81st show: Doors 3.45pm, show 4pm2nd show: Doors 6.45pm, show 7pmThis show is for a seated audienceAge Guidance: 12+Content warnings: Audience Participation, Distressing / Potentially Triggering Themes, Scenes of a Sexual Nature / Sexual Violence / Violence, Strobe Lighting / Flashing Lights, Strong Language / SwearingBack my special request for two final rumbles! Danson Thunderbolt struggles [...]

  • Living with Luke (Cancelled)*

    Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Back my special request for two final rumbles! Danson Thunderbolt struggles to connect with his autistic son, Luke, so he has to wrestle the Autistic Shadow to try and make contact with Luke. Watch real wrestling as the struggle is played out, an emotional roller coaster of what it's like to live with Luke, from [...]

  • Antonio & Diego – desde Utrera

    Patch 24 Trinity Street, Colchester, United Kingdom

    No dancers. No spectacle. No concessions. Direct to Colchester from the ancient town of Utrera, in the beating heart of Andalusia’s flamenco country, come father-and-son virtuoso guitar duo Antonio & Diego. Both conservatoire trained, they represent a rare evolution of the art: the flawless precision of the academy seamlessly combined with the "duende" of a [...]