Colchester Council's Conservative group leader Darius Laws says the Atik night club would make a great location for a concert hall... if it ever became available.

He revealed the former Odeon cinema in Crouch Street has been too badly damaged and altered inside to ever be turned into a music venue.

Darius was talking to Gazette editor Dom Bowers and Essex University student Jacob Ottaway in the latest Colchester Chat podcast.

Other subjects they discussed included:

  • why Colchester needs a proper cycling strategy
  • his passion for shining a light on the town's heritage
  • his experience of watching a drug deal take place in St Botolph's Priory
  • why he opposes his county council colleagues' plans to close libraries 
  • and that he was not the Human Shrub!

The podcast is also available on Spotify and iTunes.

To listen to the first podcast with Colchester Arts Centre director Anthony Roberts click here.

Colchester Chat with Colchester Council's Labour leader Tim Young is available here.

Our podcast featuring Colchester Council leader Lib Dem Mark Cory is here.