November is National Novel Writing Month. Every year, thousands of writers around the world challenge themselves to write a book in thirty days – and this year, you can be one of them! Colchester Library’s Young Writers Novella November is a special series of three creative writing workshops designed to help writers aged 12 to [...]
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 [...]
Ticketing includes a paperback edition of the book as well as the event. There are options to pay for the event only but please note that ticket/book option provides you with the best discount. Last Saturday of the month at 2 pm. To avoid postage charge: Add to Basket, View Basket, Go to Checkout, Choose [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last Saturday of the month at 3pm unless specified Red Lion Books lead the discussions for this age group by gently encouraging members to share their voice but respecting the children who prefer to observe. Dates may be subject to change. The emphasis is firmly on reading for pleasure and sharing the excitement and that [...]
What happens when you grow up believing the world will end, realise you're queer, leave the Jehovah's Witnesses and end up working in A&E?Chris Ford's hilarious and deeply personal work-in-progress stand-up show takes audiences on a wild journey through faith, family, sexuality, rebellion and ultimately finding his own way in the world.Blending sharp storytelling, dark [...]
She’s back!! Dust off your dabbers and put on your sparkliest of sparkles because it’s Nana Funk’s Music/Musicals Bingo!Join the Grand-dame of hi-jinks, Nana Funk for a fun-filled hour of bingo-tastic games and a few songs from Nana for good measure! There’ll be no balls up at this bingo, only boss tunes to sing along [...]
A hauntacular Halloween special edition of the world’s daftest whodunnit. Following a decade of five-star, sell-out performances, festival favourite ‘CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation’ returns to Colchester with the multi-award-winning crime comedy made up entirely on the spot to solve an outlandish murder created by the audience. This time the victim becomes the detective. They call [...]
Get ready for a night of frightful fun at POPINA Halloween 2026! Join us at The Courtyard, Lion Walk Shopping Centre, Colchester, on Saturday 31st October, 4pm–11pm, for House of Pöpina vs S.I.N. Expect spooky surprises, house, tech and classics, plus prizes for the best fancy dress. Costumes essential! Event venue: Lion Walk Courtyard.Event information.
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