Tag Archives: Colchester Fringe
Colchester Fringe is an annual performing arts festival celebrating theatre, comedy, dance, spoken word, live art, cabaret, circus and new performance across venues throughout Colchester. Showcasing local, national and international artists, the festival brings together established performers and emerging talent each year. Browse Keep Colchester Cool’s latest Colchester Fringe news, interviews, previews and features below.
Final Queen Mixes Drag, Circus and Horror
If Priscilla Queen of the Desert and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre sound like an unlikely [...]
James Domestic Thinks You Might Like Poetry After All
If the word “poetry” makes you think of classrooms, Shakespeare and lessons you’d rather forget, [...]
Alice Keys’ Rocket Fan Heads to Colchester
Following sold-out performances in London, Rocket Fan will be at Coda as part of the [...]
Meet William Dorsey Swann in The Real Black Swann
In 2024, Colchester Fringe audiences voted The Real Black Swann Best International Show. This month, [...]
A Year and a Day is coming to Colchester
Every time Nathan falls asleep, he wakes up a year and a day into the [...]
How Leon the Poet Found His Way Back to Himself
“Born into the Petri dish of fundamentalist belief and waterboarded with fear and religious dogma.” [...]
Adam Larter Pokes Fun at Our Obsession with the 90s
The 1990s have become big business. Theatre shows, reunion tours and television programmes all promise [...]
Stephen Smith Brings Edgar Allan Poe to Life Alone on Stage
One actor. Two Edgar Allan Poe classics. That’s the idea behind One Man Poe, Stephen [...]
Paul Richards Heads to Offgridland
Flight. Mode. “The two most wonderful words,” according to writer and performer Paul Richards. They’re [...]
Choir Brings Rocking the Folly! to The Minories
Rock Choir’s Rocking the Folly! brings singers from 10 choirs across Essex and Suffolk together [...]
Karen Hall Mixes Bach, Clowning and Comedy
“I made this show because classical music is dying and I happen to love it.” [...]
Kate-Lois Elliott Takes on the Tradwife Trend
A fertility-fuelled identity crisis and a week spent scrolling through TikTok might not sound like [...]
Will Davies Asks Whether We Still Need Heroes
Heroes used to be everywhere. They filled history books, stood on pedestals and gave people [...]
The Essex Women Behind Three Wise Women
Agnes Waterhouse, Ursula Kemp and Elsa all lived in Essex. Centuries after they were accused [...]
Jazz Ely Draws on Her Own Experience for Breathe…
For most people, breathing, blinking, and swallowing happen without a second thought. For Colchester playwright [...]
Harrison Kirby Introduces Dr Jansen Majenkas
Harrison Kirby has only been performing comedy for just over a year, but his first [...]
Boudica & Me Comes to Colchester Fringe
“I stumbled across Boudica in Colchester Castle, and it felt like she had been waiting [...]
Thao Cao Brings What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier to Colchester Fringe
Australian comedian Thao Cao has built a career from telling stories that many people would [...]

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