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…
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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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Go back to the 1940s this May bank holiday at Royal Gunpowder Mills
Visitors to the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, will be transported back to the 1940s to join the VE celebrations on May bank holiday weekend…
An entertaining and inspiring pop up festival in Purfleet
The Pop Up Festival, in Purfleet on 3rd May, will have children’s writers and storytellers entertaining and inspiring families during a day of free events…