Camille O’Sullivan
Date: 3 September
Venue: Colchester Arts Centre
Raunchy and dangerously fragile with an exceptional voice, Camille O’Sullivan is a courageous and singular performer, one of the most gifted interpreters of narrative songs about loss, love, joy, light, and darkness. Known as the “Queen of the Edinburgh Festival” (BBC) and the original star of Olivier Award-winning LaClique, Camille enjoys a formidable reputation for her intensely dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie, Edith Piaf, and more.
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Only Fools and Horses
Date: 30 September – 5 October
Venue: Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Comedy giant Paul Whitehouse reprises his West End starring role as the lovable Grandad in the UK and Ireland tour of the smash-hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical. Take a trip back in time to Peckham, where love is in the air as Del Boy sets out to find his soul mate. Rodney and Cassandra prepare to say ‘I do’, and even Trigger gears up for a date. Meanwhile, Boycie and Marlene give parenthood one final shot, and Grandad decides the time has come to get his piles sorted.
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Graham Norton
Date: 16 September
Venue: Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Graham Norton, the nation’s favourite talk show host and author, celebrates the release of his latest novel, Frankie, with a brand-new tour this autumn. An Evening with Graham Norton sees Graham discuss Frankie and share hilarious tales from his star-studded sofa and turns the tables on himself to answer the audience’s questions. Frankie is an immersive, decade-sweeping story filled with Graham’s trademark heart, intelligence, and compellingly written characters.
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Ben Elton
Date: 19 September
Venue: Charter Hall
Following the huge success of Ben Elton’s critically acclaimed sold-out UK tour in 2019, the godfather of modern stand-up returns with a brand new live show – Authentic Stupidity. The world has changed a lot since Ben last toured five years ago, bringing new existential threats like Artificial Intelligence. Apparently, AI is going to render all human life meaningless, but Ben warns that the greatest threat we face is Authentic Stupidity.
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Date: 3 October
Venue: Charter Hall
Spend an evening with Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE, ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’. Sir Ranulph goes beyond his record-breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth. From circumnavigating the globe to becoming the first person to cross the Arctic and Antarctica on foot, Sir Ranulph has countless world records of endurance. His extraordinary accomplishments have come at significant personal cost, including losing half his fingers to frostbite and surviving a heart attack.
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Cluedo 2
Date: 17-21 September
Venue: Southend Palace Theatre
After a successful launch, the world premiere production of Cluedo 2 adds a second autumn leg to its popular UK tour. Starring Casualty’s Jason Durr as Colonel Mustard and Ellie Leach, the reigning Strictly Come Dancing champion, as Miss Scarlett, the show is based on the classic Hasbro board game, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. As the bodies pile up, the colourful characters move from room to room, trying to escape the murderer and survive the night.
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Christopher Hall
Date: 19 September
Venue: Dixon Studio, Southend
Social media star Christopher Hall makes his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this August and then takes his show on the road. Girl For All Seasons is a personal introduction to the Christopher Hall fans who are yet to meet. The show tells his life story as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly,’ from unhealthy obsessions with pop princesses to gaining life lessons from the cast of ‘Bad Girls.’ Why wouldn’t everyone strive to be girlier?
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Enjoy a diverse and exciting array of performances and events in Essex this September!
