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Comedian Sean makes a welcome return

Joker – Perrier Comedy Award winner Sean Hughes

9:00pm Friday 29th January 2010

THERE’S a barrel-load of laughs planned at Colchester Arts Centre this season, and it all starts this weekend.

Colchester Castle exhibition explores medieval life and times

Museum service learning officer Ali Naylor with a wall beam support, known as a corbel, from St Mary’s Church, Higham

4:00pm Friday 29th January 2010

An exhibition at Colchester Castle aims to lift the lid on medieval times, a period shrouded in darkness and barbarity.

Bring along a teddy for musical fun

Concert time for teddy bears - Gabbie and Sarah Watson at last year’s event

9:00pm Friday 22nd January 2010

THE annual Teddy Bears’ Concert will take place in Colchester’s historic Moot Hall this weekend.

Nyali turns her back on abuse to help others

8:00pm Tuesday 19th January 2010

SPEAKING to Nyali Muir fills you with a sense of calm and empowerment.

Working out in the discomfort zone

2:10pm Saturday 16th January 2010

THERE’S nothing worse than the crushing realisation that, actually, you’re not as physically fit as you thought you were.

Fatal encounter with Hazell star Nicholas

Nicholas Ball, left, on stage in Fatal Encounter

1:40pm Saturday 16th January 2010

IT’S actor Nicholas Ball’s first encounter with a touring stage show since the 1970s and thankfully it’s turning out to be a very enjoyable one, despite the snow.

Mother of all pantos

10:10am Saturday 16th January 2010

THE Headgate Theatre is kicking off 2010 with the mother of all pantomimes – Mother Goose.

Former Government spin doctor Campbell at Essex Book Festival

10:30pm Friday 15th January 2010

TICKETS to this year’s Essex Book Festival are now on sale, and this year former Government spin doctor, Alastair Campbell, will take part.

Jazmine's star is soaring after album release

Jazmine Ava

10:20pm Friday 15th January 2010

COLCHESTER-based singer-songwriter Jazmine Ava is really riding the crest of a creative wave at the moment with the release of her new album.

Blur documentary at the Odeon

On screen – Damon Albarn at the East Anglian Railway Museum

10:00pm Friday 15th January 2010

TWO very different musical genres will be on show at the Odeon cinema in Colchester next week.




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