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Wedding Fayre
The Manor Hotel & Restaurant
Plan your big day
Sunday 16th November
Set time aside to visit the manor hotel and restaurant on berwick pond road in r ainham for its grand wedding fayre on Sunday 16th November.2008 >Not only will you be able to view The Manor's extensive wedding facilities and garden but you will have the opportunity to meet dress deigners, photographers, florists, cake designers and a host of other people all there to help make your big day perfect.
For further information please contact The Manor hotel & restaurant Berwick Pond road, rainham, Essex RM13 9EL Tel: 01708 555586
www.themanoressex.co.uk
The manor is one of the only local venues to be licensed for an outdoor cremony in our picturesque gazebo.
Music & dance
5th October
The Essence of Ireland, 7.45pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
This show portrays the best of Irish dancing.
Admission: £5 to £15.50
01245 606505
6th October
Cypher,7.30pm
Thameside Theatre, Grays
Full evening-length work performed by an
all-female company of six Bharatanatyam dancers.
Admission: £5
0845 300 5264
11th October
Forever in Blue Jeans – Jump & Jive, 8pm
Broadway Theatre, Barking
An energetic mix of hit songs and hot dancing.
Admission: £15 to £17
020 85075607
11th October
Traditional Jazz The Hugh Rainey Band, 7pm
Mansion Cellars, Copped Hall
Admission: £10
01992 571657
13th October
Under Milk Wood,
7.30pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Independent Ballet Wales performs an explosive mix of dance and storytelling.
Admission: £16 to £21
01206 573948
14th October
Tales of Hoffmann
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Fabulous melodies including the celebrated arcarolle,
the Doll’s Song and the
Jewel Aria feature.
Admission: £16 to £21
01206 573948
15th October
Gerry cross the Mersey: An evening with Gerry and the Pacemakers
7.30pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Step back to the 60’s at this nostalgic performance.
Admission: £13 to £18
01206 573948
19th October
Jacques Brel – The Rage
to Live, 8pm
Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
Featuring some of Brel’s most famous songs.
Admission: £5 to £12
01245 606505
19th and 20th October
That’ll Be the Day
7.45pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Including classic hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.
Admission: £5 to £20
01245 606505
24th October
A Night at the Movies: Essex Concert Orchestra, 7.30pm
Impulse Leisure,
Civic Hall, Grays
Programme includes
Indiana Jones, James Bond and many more.
Admission: £8, concessions £5
0845 300 5264
24th October
Kylie Mania, 8pm
Broadway Theatre, Barking
A celebration of Kylie’s chart-topping hits.
Admission: £15 to £17
020 85075607
25th October
The Stondon Singers
7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Shenfield
a concert of secular items ranging from Elizabethan madrigals to Britten’s
Ballad of Little Musgrave
and Lady Barnar.
Admission: £3 to £10
01268 775350
25th October
Swan Lake, 5pm
Broadway Theatre, Barking
Performed by Swansea’s
Ballet Russe.
Admission: £10.50 to £12.50
020 85075607
Exhibitions
Until 10th October
i2 ART hosts an exhibition by Mandy Davies-Kent and featuring Mel Fraser.
26-28 Church Street,
Saffron Walden
4th to 25th October
Exhibition of ceramics, monoprints and jewellery
Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead
Closed Wednesday.
4th and 5th October
53rd Annual Model
Railway Exhibition
10am to 5pm Saturday,
10am to 4pm Sunday
St Edwards School, Romford
07730 420283
4th to 12th October
Maldon Art Trail
Maldon Town Centre
A huge array of artists work will be displayed around
the town. This is your chance to view textiles, paintings, photographry and sculpture from some of Maldon’s most talented artists.
01621 859263
4th to 19th October
Autumn Exhibition
11am to 5.30pm
Geedon Gallery, Fingringhoe, Colchester
Displaying ceramics, prints and jewellery by an array
of artists.
01206 728587
11th October
Essex Poetry Festival
Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
Featuring legendary British beat poet Michael Horovitz, Patience Agbabi and Jo Bell.
Admission: £3.50 to £12
01245 606505
11th and 12th October
The Essex Food Fair
10.30am to 5pm
Cressing Temple, Witham
Attractions for all the family.
Admission: Adults £3.50, children £1.50
01376 584903
11th and 12th October
Frinton Literary Festival
Frinton-on-Sea
This year guests include
John Hegley,
Germaine Greer and
Simon Hoggart.
01255 851505
14th to 23rd October
Inspired by
10am to 4pm
The Visual Arts
Centre, Romford
An exhibition by the
Material Girls.
01708 472468
25th October
Winter Food Fair
Saffron Walden
Town Hall
01799 527291
Theatre
1st to 4th October
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, 7.30pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Admission: £9.50 to £15.50
01206 573948
2nd to 4th October
Bouncers, 7.45pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
A comedy that looks back at the 1980s nightclub scene.
Admission: £5 to £13.50, suitable for 13 years and upward
01245 606505
4th October
Yangzhou Puppet Company
11am and 2pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Beautifully crafted traditional Chinese puppetry.
Admission: £7.25,
concessions £5.50
01206 573948
6th to 11th October
Murder with Love
2.30pm and 7.45pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Admission: £5 to £16
01245 606505
8th October
Tiata Delights 08, 8pm
Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
A night of new writing by African playwrights.
Admission: £8,
01245 606505
16th to 18th October
The Boy with the Bomb
in his Crisps, 7.30pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
A new play for new kids.
Admission: £10.50, concessions £8
01206 573948
16th to 18th October
Relative Values by
Noel Coward
The Playhouse, Harlow, 8pm
Performed by Global Theatre Company
01279 431945
20th to 25th October
‘Allo ‘Allo
7.30pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Starring stars from the TV series including Vicki Michelle
and Jeffrey Holland.
Admission: £9.50
01206 573948
30th October to 15th November
David Copperfield
2pm and
7.30pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
This new production is adapted and directed by award-winning theatre
and opera director
Giles Havergal.
Admission: £8.50
01206 573948
Farmers’ Markets
2nd Upminster: Station Road
3rd Colchester: Arts Centre
3rd Epping: High Street
4th Rochford: Market Square
4th Saffron Walden: Wimbish Village Hall
4th Takeley: Silver
Jubilee Hall
5th Chelmsford: Town Centre
5th Lakeside: Car Park 7
5th Loughton: Centric Parade
7th Maldon: Swan Hotel
8th Great Bentley:
Village Hall
8th Hadleigh: Salvation Army Home Farm
11th Blake End: Blake House Craft Centre
11th Dovercourt:
Kingsway Hall
11th Billericay: Barleylands
11th Newport: Village Hall
11th Great Dunmow:
Great Garnetts Farm
11th Southend: High Street
12th Romford: South Street
14th Witham: Grove Shopping Centre
18th Harlow: Market Place
18th Helions Bumpstead: Village Hall
18th Matching Tye:
Village Hall
18th Ugley: Village Hall
18th Wivenhoe: William Loveless Hall
19th Burnham: Carnival Hall
25th Coggeshall:
Marks Hall Estate
25th Barnston:
Village Hall
25th Billericay:
Barleylands
25th Southend: High Street
26th Romford:
South Street
28th Witham: Grove Shopping Centre
30th Brightlingsea: Community Centre
31st Leigh-on-Sea: Community Centre
General Interest
Saturdays in October
Fireworks Spectacular
Southend Seafront
01702 215620
1st October
Action in the Autumn
10am to 3pm
Cressing Temple, Witham
A shopping extravaganza
in aid of Action
Medical Research
Admission: £4
01376 584903
4th and 5th October
Upminster Open Day
2pm to 5pm
St May’s Lane, Upminster
Free conducted tours.
01708 229564
4th, 5th, 11th and 12th October
Chinese Storytelling
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Colchester Castle
Come along to the castle and hear some stories of Chinese legends with the resident storyteller.
Admission: Sessions free after normal entry to the castle.
01206 282939
5th October
Apple Day
11am to 4pm
Copped Hall, Epping
Celebrate this great fruit with a fun packed day.
Admission: £3.50
01992 571657
15th October
National Trust Lecture
1pm
Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
Thomas Gainsborough and Gainsborough’s House, talk by Liam Betton.
Admission: £2 to £4
01245 493876
16th October
Rhona Cameron
7.45pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Comedy stand-up show.
Admission: £15
01245 606505
16th October
RSPB Lecture
8pm
Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
The Lure of Scotland, speaker Mike Read.
Admission: £1 to £3
01245 606505
18th October
Halstead Twinning Association celebrates 25 years of partnership and friednship with the French town, Haubourdin, with a banquet dinner and dance at the Earls Colne Golf Club.
Tickets cost £35.
01787 473333
19th & 26th October
Make Your Own
Terracotta Figure
12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Colchester Castle
Let your imagination run wild in this fun and creative workshop. Suitable for children aged four and over.
Admission: £1 after
normal admission
to the castle
01206 282940
27th to 31st October
Your Own Colchester Piece of Crockery!
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Hollytrees Museum, Colchester
01206 282940
31st October
Scary Halloween Night Walk
Between 6.30pm and 8.50pm
Great Notley, Braintree
Admission: £5, suitable
for ages six plus
01376 347134
Gardens & Flowers
4th October
World Animal Day
from 9.30am
Tropical Wings World
of Wildlife, South Woodham Ferrers
Celebrate animal life and attend World Animal Day, where you can learn about pet care and experience interesting encounters
with the animals.
Admission: £3.75 to £20
01245 425394
11th October
Autumn Amble
2pm to 4pm
Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Join Kris Miners for a
stroll around the reserve
to see all the wonderful autumn colours.
01268 711001
11th October
Fungi Foray
2.30pm
Brookes Reserve Greenstead Green
With local expert
Tony Boniface.
Admission: suggested donation £1.50
01781 476524
18th October
Heybridge Basin
10am
Meet at Daisy Meadow
Car Park
Half-day walk to see
winter migrants.
01277 355541
19th October
Introduction to Birds
10am to 12.30pm
Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Learn to recognise and name birds and their calls.
01268 711001
Children’s events
10th October
Beauty and the Beast
7pm
Broadway Theatre, Barking
This classic story is performed using puppets.
Admission: £5.50 to £8
020 85075607
11th October
Autumn Bird Watch
Marsh Farm Country Park
Admission: £3, suitable for ages three to eight years
01245 321552
13th and 14th October
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
11.30am and 2pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Adapted from the picture book written by
Michael Rosen.
Admission: £5 to £28, suitable for children
aged three and older.
01245 606505
26th October
Ghost Walks for Children
11am to 3pm
Cressing Temple, Witham
Meet the ghosts
of Cressing Temple.
Admission: £4 to £15, for ages two to 12 years.
01376 584903
26th October
Happy Circus – Scaredy Pants
2pm and 6pm
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Admission: £5 to £30, suitable for ages four and over.
01245 606505
27th October
Pumpkin Week
Marsh Farm Country Park
01245 321552
27th to 31st October
Tick Tock Make a Clock
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Christchurch Mansion
Come and have a go at designing your own clock face this half term at
Christchurch Mansion.
Admission: £1.50
01473 433554
27th to 31st October
Chinese Paper Folding
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Colchester Castle
Using lots of bits of paper you can create beautiful and intricate sculptures.
Admission: £1 after normal admission charge to the castle. Suitable for children aged six and over.
01206 282940
28th to 31st October
Time-Machine Drama Fun
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Ipswich Castle
This half term come and take part in a fun and imaginative journey through time and act out the historical characters along the way.
Admission: £1.50, for children aged 4 to 12 years.
01473 433554
28th October to 1st November
Southchurch Storybook
10am to 3pm
Southchurch Hall Museum, Southend
Admission: Free
01702 467671
28th October
The Magical Bamboo
1pm
Thameside Theatre,
Grays
Join Peter and Penny
Panda on this fun and
exciting adventure.
Admission: £6
0845 300 52 64
29th to 30th October
Little Hippo and his Magic Pen
11am and 2pm
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
An interactive version of this enchanting French/African tale told in French and English.
Admission: £7.25, children and concessions £5.50, suitable for children
aged two to five years.
01206 573948