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Book A Bespoke After-Hours Private Tour Of Colchester Castle! Colchester Castle

Book A Bespoke After-Hours Private Tour Of Colchester Castle! 17 May - 17 May

Colchester Castle

Colch­ester Cas­tle are offer­ing Covid-19 safe and secure ​‘bub­ble’ tours of Colch­ester Ca…

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Escape At The Castle Colchester Castle

Escape At The Castle 17 May - 17 May

Colchester Castle

Colch­ester Cas­tle are once again offer­ing their sell out Escape Expe­ri­ences. The experi…

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Keep Being Amazing Firstsite

Keep Being Amazing 22 Jan - 06 Jun

Firstsite
An Arts Coun­cil Col­lec­tion Nation­al Part­ners Pro­gramme exhibition

Explore the …

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Crown Jewels Replica Lion Walk Shopping Centre

Crown Jewels Replica 01 May - 31 May

Lion Walk Shopping Centre

Vis­it the repli­ca Crown Jew­els used in Net­flix hit show The Crown at this fun pop up in…

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Keep Being Amazing -- An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition Firstsite

Keep Being Amazing -- An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition 17 May - 06 Jun

Firstsite
Inspired by Hol­i­day Fun, a ground-break­ing pro­gramme from First­site which offers families …
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The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion Firstsite

The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion 17 May - 11 Sep

Firstsite
Slaves of Fash­ion, The Singh Twin’s most recent body of work, includes life-size symbolic …
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Tots Mercury Theatre

Tots 17 May - 04 Apr

Mercury Theatre
Tots is an inter­ac­tive, mul­ti-sen­so­ry class for ear­ly years chil­dren and their grown-up friends.
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Musical Theatre Dance Class Mercury Theatre

Musical Theatre Dance Class 17 May - 04 Apr

Mercury Theatre
Come and meet those danc­ing feet!

Each week our expe­ri­enced chore­o­g­ra­ph­er will teach rout…
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The Comedy Of Errors Mercury Theatre

The Comedy Of Errors 17 May - 28 May

Mercury Theatre
**This event is cur­rent­ly on Pri­or­i­ty Sale to Mer­cury mem­bers until Fri 10 Dec at 10am. Click here t…
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Senior Social Club Mercury Theatre

Senior Social Club 19 May - 30 Mar

Mercury Theatre
Our Social Club is an oppor­tu­ni­ty for any­one aged 55 and over to con­nect with oth­er mem­bers of our c…
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Season Launch May Mercury Theatre

Season Launch May 19 May - 19 May

Mercury Theatre
Join us for our next mem­bers-only Sea­son Launch event! An exclu­sive talk through our new sea­son from…
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Ink on Tour Headgate Theatre

Ink on Tour 19 May - 19 May

Headgate Theatre
This selec­tion of the best short plays from the INK Fes­ti­val 2022 pro­vides a thrilling night of East…
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Limber and Stretch Headgate Theatre

Limber and Stretch 20 May - 15 Jul

Headgate Theatre
If you are put off exer­cis­ing then our ​“Lim­ber and Stretch class” is the one for you! Come and join …
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The Drifters Charter Hall

The Drifters 20 May - 20 May

Charter Hall
Fol­low­ing their phe­nom­e­nal­ly suc­cess­ful recent tour, which includ­ed dates at London’s Roy­al Albert H…
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The Drifters Charter Hall

The Drifters 20 May - 20 May

Charter Hall
The Drifters are the longest run­ning singing group in pop his­to­ry still per­form­ing live, hav­ing enjo…
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Songs of Love & Life Headgate Theatre

Songs of Love & Life 20 May - 20 May

Headgate Theatre
The Amoroso Choir

The Amoroso Choir was formed in 2018 to bring togeth­er like-mind­ed loca…
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Handa's Surprise Mercury Theatre

Handa's Surprise 21 May - 21 May

Mercury Theatre
**A Lit­tle Angel The­atre pro­duc­tion**

Based on the best­selling book by Eileen Browne
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Stop Messin About, A Celebration of Kenneth Williams Headgate Theatre

Stop Messin About, A Celebration of Kenneth Williams 21 May - 21 May

Headgate Theatre
Simon Kings­ley 

A night of fun and laugh­ter as the late, great Ken­neth Williams takes to …
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In this week

Click and Collect with Lush at Lush

Click and Collect with Lush

at Lush
Lush Colch­ester are now offer­ing Click and Col­lect to their store! Order via lush​.com before 3pm for same day…
17 May / 2022 - 17 May / 2022
Save money on your parking with Emmaus at Emmaus - High Street

Save money on your parking with Emmaus

at Emmaus - High Street
Save 50p on your park­ing when you spend £25 at Emmaus (high street store) with the MiPer­mit App. Sim­ply downl…
17 May / 2022 - 17 May / 2022
Travel around Colchester with the Borough Card See & Do

Travel around Colchester with the Borough Card

See & Do
Unlim­it­ed bus trav­el in and around Colch­ester, on First Essex, Arri­va Colch­ester, Pan­ther Trav­el, Ipswich Buse…
17 May / 2022 - 17 May / 2022
Student Discount at Fenwicks! at Fenwick

Student Discount at Fenwicks!

at Fenwick
Call­ing all stu­dents, shop­ping just got even bet­ter… Receive 10% off* full price orders with a unique UNiDAY…
12 Apr / 2021 - 17 May / 2022
20% off for Keyworkers! at Attwells Solicitors

20% off for Keyworkers!

at Attwells Solicitors
Attwells are hap­py to offer a 20% dis­count for key­work­ers this includes NHS staff, Car­ers, Blue Light cardhold…
17 May / 2022 - 17 May / 2022
Three Wise Monkey Reward Card at Three Wise Monkeys

Three Wise Monkey Reward Card

at Three Wise Monkeys
Mon­key Rewards is a new loy­al­ty scheme for Three Wise Mon­keys, Colch­ester. Now, just by check­ing in when you a…
17 May / 2022 - 17 May / 2022

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