We felt a bit frazzled by the time we got to Colchester Arts Centre to see the show: jostling with crowds of people around Colchester all trying to find the perfect Christmas gift can make anyone feel a bit grumpy. But Goblin Theatre’s Peter and the Wolf was the perfect antidote. With its gentle humour… Read More Goblin’s Peter and The Wolf – 21/12/17 – Review
An “insider’s” view… I decided to keep the review short. So here are 2 Haikus. Arts Centre buzzing Amusing poet Luke Wright Wonderful Wedn’sday The best of the rhymes I.D.S. – just one vowel Ev’ryone loved it! Wendy Hildreth
GOING OUT ON A HIGH – A MAGICAL SWAN SONG As I write, it’s exactly one month until Christmas eve. This year has whizzed by and I can’t help but feel that time is slipping through my fingers in the run up to Christmas. As I walk to my bar shift at the Arts Centre,… Read More The Magic Band Play the Music of Captain Beefheart: Farewell Tour – 26/11/17 – Review
As far as tribute acts go, they’re either done to a very high professional standard, or are done on an unsatisfactory level. Keef Le Reef, the main singer of ‘Not The Rolling Stones’, defiantly rose to the occasion. Not only did he sound awfully like Mick Jagger himself, he was also one of the most… Read More Not The Rolling Stones – 11/11/17 – Review
What do you get if you cross a practical joker, a 34 year old child, and an Easter egg-obsessed film nut with 200 rowdy kids (and grown-ups) at Colchester Arts Centre on a Saturday afternoon? Answer: one ear-splitting hour of brilliant comedy mayhem. With absolutely no expectations we were really excited to find out what… Read More Comedy Club 4 Kids – 14/10/17 – Review
This was a back-to-front show with the end being at the beginning. It felt a bit strange to applaud something which hadn’t actually happened. We entered the performance space to see 5 people lying on the stage in Shakespearean-style costumes. They then got up and bowed, once and then again, and then again, and …..… Read More Figs In Wigs – 11/10/17 – Review
I could hardly believe it when I saw this announced earlier this year. I know they’ve played before, many years ago, but it seemed to me that 65Daysofstatic weren’t playing many live shows this year, I presume to work on something new, and it seemed a bit unusual that they’d have a sole date in… Read More 65DaysOfStatic – 24/8/17 – Review