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Maldon Mud Race - Essex

Mucky stuff at Maldon Mud Race

If you fancy watching something a bit different this weekend, then how about cheering on the brave competitors at the Maldon Mud Race?

Cast of Platform 4's Triffids (Image: Andi Sapey)

Go on a gig-theatre adventure with Triffids!

Take time out this month to go on an gig-theatre adventure with music, sound and pictures…

The Ballad of Maria Marten UK tour 2021 and 2022

Love, loss, joy and power in The Ballad of Maria Marten

The critically-acclaimed production of The Ballad of Maria Marten heads back on tour this autumn. It’s a complex tale based on a true crime…

Victor Esses in Where to Belong (Image: Alex Brenner)

Tender story asks, what makes a home for you?

Where to Belong is a tender autobiographical story, that’s about to tour the UK. It’s the tale of artist and performer Victor Esses’ journey to find home…

Squad Goals, Caspa Productions, by Zac Cooke Photography

Dance and drama at Dagenham & Redbridge Football Ground

Ready to kick-off your theatre-going experiences again? Then a new immersive show in a stadium might just give you the dose of drama you’re looking for…

A Haunted Existence

A Haunted Existence tours the UK

Tom Marshman’s true life show, A Haunted Existence, about a West Country town rocked by homophobia in the 1950s, will tour the UK…

Maldon Mud Race - Essex

Watch the world famous Maldon Mud Race

The Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash (or sticky wade) through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex…

Curiosity of the Week - Mistley Towers ©Historic England, English Heritage

Mistley Towers

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a pair of unusual towers, located in Mistley, Essex.  The towers wouldn’t look out of place at St Paul’s Cathedral, but they can in fact be found standing out amongst some unassuming gravestones…

Maldon Mud Race - Essex

Get ready for a wade through the mud at Maldon’s famous race

This year’s Maldon Mud Race will take place on Sunday 7th May and will see competitors wading through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex…

Maldon Mud Race - Essex

Brave competitors make a mad dash to Maldon Mud Race

Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex. This year it will take place on Sunday 1st May 2016…

Maldon Mud Race - Essex

Prepare for a dirty dash with the Maldon Mud Race

Get filthy at this year’s Maldon Mud Race in Essex on Sunday 26th April 2015, as 300 competitors run and wade over the bed of the River Blackwater…

Royal Gunpowder Mills - Sparking Experiments

Half Term Horrors at the Royal Gunpowder Mills

This half term (14th – 22nd February), enjoy science as you’ve never seen it before at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey, Essex…

Big Bang Weekend - Royal Gunpowder Mills

Have a blast at the Big Bang Weekend

Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey have a pyrotechnical-tastic programme of activities planned for their The Big Bang Weekend this bank holiday…

Wild West Weekend - Royal Gunpowder Mills - Bank Holiday

Head to the Wild West of Essex this bank holiday

Go back in time to see what life was like in a Wild West frontier mining town at the Wild West Weekend at Royal Gunpowder Mills in Essex this bank holiday…

Essex events - Maldon Mud Race

Get filthy in fancy dress at the Maldon Mud Race

The Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex. This year’s event takes place on 25th May…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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