1. Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice, Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, tomorrow, 7.30pm. £28. 01206 573948.

Yes, you read that right, Hollywood royalty is coming to the Mercury as the star of Body Heat and Romancing the Stone, among many other hit films, lends her trademark husky alto to classic tunes from the great American songbook.

2. London Astrobeat Orchestra performs Talking Heads, Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, tonight, doors 7.30pm. £13, £11 concessions. 01206 500900.

Focusing on tracks from the cult classic Talking Heads albums Remain In The Light and Speaking in Tongues, this funky, rhythmic and hypnotic, group are affectionately nicknamed the African Talking Heads - and you’ll see why.

3. Eugene Onegin, Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, tonight, 7.30pm. £27 to £12. 01206 573948.

Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose return with their new English version of Tchaikovsky’s sweeping opera with a narrative that is both romantic and thought-provoking. This new chamber version will transpose the story of Tatyana’s sexual awakening to the early Sixties, a world on the cusp of the women’s liberation movement when new thinking fought against the old ways.

4. An Evening With Gary Lucas: From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond, Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, doors 7pm. £14. 01206 500900.

Still a pivotal figure in New York’s leading avant-garde scene Gary’s 30 solo LP output, plus countless collaborations and live performances now hold the American composer, author, guitarist in worldwide praise as one of music’s true greats.

5. Brighton Fringe Festival Previews, Headgate Theatre, Chapel Street North, Colchester, Tuesday, 7pm. £4 to £10. 01206 366000.

The University Centre Colchester BA Acting and Creative Performance departments are off to one of the most exciting festivals in the country and so naturally want to make sure their material is just right.

That means the chance to see previews of such shows as Think Outside The Box, which explored the limits at each end of the spectrum, from the mundane to the absurd, and Press Start To Play, which combines the medium of video games with interactive theatre in a live game show setting - just don’t break the controllers.