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When Pup Play: A Queer Pseudo-Lecture (of sorts) premiered at Colchester Fringe in October 2024, [...]

Colchester Fringe Summer Weekender takes place from 23rd-26th July 2026, bringing four days of theatre, [...]

Colchester is set to host the World Fringe Congress in 2028 – the first time [...]

With so much happening during a Fringe festival, it’s a real chance to experience something [...]

Winner of the Keep Colchester Cool Critic’s Award I moved to Colchester in the 1990s [...]

Act V are a group of people aged over 50 who come together at the [...]

My final show at this year’s Colchester Fringe was An Evening with Nana Funk at [...]

On the final day of the Colchester Fringe, it was an absolute joy to attend [...]

Described as one of Latin America’s soapiest exports, this improvised Telenovela was a real treat. [...]

I had the pleasure of watching MAN, A One Woman Show at the Mercury Theatre [...]

Audiences are really looking to be entertained at the moment, with the state of the [...]

It’s 1979 in Essex, and two close-knit families with Irish roots are united by marriage. [...]

Created and performed by local theatre artist Tia Winterbottom, this thought-provoking solo show at Colchester [...]

This show is what Fringe Festivals are, or should be, all about. Performed solo by [...]

Let’s get one thing clear from the start. Improvisational comedy, or improv, is really difficult. [...]

Magicians. I was brought up knowing magicians. My dad and uncle were stalwarts of the [...]

Interpretive dance, the butt of many a modern comedian’s jokes over recent years and an [...]

What a privilege it is to have work like this performed at the Colchester Fringe, [...]

A sacred space. That’s what men are led to believe about women’s toilets, a place [...]

My knowledge of Japanese folk tales, folklore and traditional music was bordering on the non-existent [...]