Events

Eight clubs compete with an entry of eight prints, each by a different photographer. Appraisal by Julie Hutson ARPS DPAGBHeader Image: Siblings - Roy Essery (Best Print in the 2024/2025 competition)

TheatreFest brings together students, teachers, and theatre professionals from across Essex for schools and our Mercury Young Company in the Community to devise a themed 10-minute theatre piece to be showcased on the Mercury stage. This year the groups are devising pieces inspired by our Associate Company Frantic Assembly who is celebrating its 30th Anniversary.Participation [...]

The SPACE Peer-to-Peer sessions are a space for sharing work in progress, peer support and feedback and networking.The sessions are open to all creatives and are free to attend.

-HEAD LINE TOUR-This October we shall be striking out under our own steam. Tickets are out now click our link. We hope to see all of you on the road this Autumn.support from the glorious Emilia Quinn (solo acoustic)Love,Jody, Smack, Andy, APD & Eli

Join us for a celebration of the season's finest brews at our Autumn Beer Tap Takeover! Taking place from Thursday 23rd October to Sunday 26th October immerse yourself in the world of craft beer as we showcase an exquisite assortment of both seasonal draught and cask beers, each carefully selected to embrace the essence of [...]

Get ready to sing, dance, and shout 'Bingo!' as we turn your favorite hits into a night of non-stop fun! Music Bingo is your ticket to prizes, laughter, and unforgettable good times. Mark off the songs as you hear them to win amazing prizes. Doors open at 6.30pm, with our bar food menu available to [...]

An Evening of Ghost Stories by M.R. James A one-man performance by Toby Burchell. "Yet, in all this quiet, there was an acute, an acrid consciousness of a restrained hostility very near to us, like a dog on a leash that might be let go at any moment." Join Behind the Door Productions for ‘An [...]

Impious Spirit Productions is proud to present - WREX!Brighton-born duo WREX make electro-charged alternative rock to turbocharge heartbeats, snap necks and fill both dancefloors and mosh pits. Shades of punk, nu-metal, pop and trance collide and coalesce but never clash; a wild explosion of riffs and synths that pulls from influences as diverse as While [...]

We are a local life drawing group in Colchester. We meet up for untutored drawings with professional models from all backgrounds.All abilities are welcome. Just drop in, draw and pay £10 cash for the session.Drawing boards, easels, papers, charcoal and pencils are provided for free or bring your materials.Accessible venue.Location: Straight Road Community Centre329 Straight [...]

Thom Barrett & Rob Saunders from the Men With Two Brains podcast will be playing another classic Fighting Fantasy Gamebook! This time it'll be a Halloween special! They will be playing House of Hell! Will Thom survive the horrors of the evil house!? Come and find out! Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start£6 entry, get your [...]

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has [...]

🎃 SAVE THE DATE! 🎃 Our next Quiz Night is set – and you won’t want to miss it!📍 Hole in the Wall, Colchester, CO3 3AA🗓 Friday, 24th October🕖 Arrive from 7:00pm | Quiz starts at 7:30pmGet ready for a spooktacular evening filled with laughs, themed trivia, and plenty of chances to win!🏆 Prizes for [...]