Classic Horror Nights: Torture Garden
Tickets £6. 7.30pm, starts 8pm. Monthly nights of retro horror screenings from the mainly Brit school of Hammer, Amicus etc. Presented by Classic Horror buff and local musician Jason Frederick. Popcorn, a monthly themed cocktail, plenty of dry ice and often very daft over-blown intros. Join us! Torture Garden Amicus Anthology Film – with Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance and Peter Cushing. Four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.
Venue: Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF.
Event type: FILM.
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Events at Colchester Arts Centre
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Church Street Colchester CO1 1NF
CO1 1NF
Upcoming Events at Colchester Arts Centre
Milton Jones & Guests – Matinee
📅 13 June 2026 • 16:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Milton Jones & Guests
📅 13 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Milton Jones with Shappi Khorsandi and Joseph Emslie
📅 13 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Blood Incantation + Elder
📅 14 June 2026 • 19:30
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Mitch Benn: The Lehrer Effect
📅 16 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature
📅 18 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
The Monochrome Set + X Kaminski
📅 19 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Frock Swap
📅 20 June 2026 • 10:45
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Chai Makes
📅 21 June 2026 • 12:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Chai Makes: The Painted Wild
📅 21 June 2026 • 12:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Heartlake + Doll Face + Project Osiris + Hot Rats + Special Guests
📅 23 June 2026 • 19:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Rudebone
📅 24 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Wendy Erskine – A Red Lion Books Book Club Event
📅 25 June 2026 • 11:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Sara Pascoe & Special Guests (8.30pm Doors)
📅 25 June 2026 • 21:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Keep Colchester Cool presents: Gasoline Green + Simon Craze + Tom Corbyn
📅 26 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Dave Rowntree: No One You Know: Early Blur Photos Book Tour
📅 28 June 2026 • 19:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Rory Bremner & Guests
📅 29 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Ady Johnson: Under Gainsborough Skies Album Launch – 15 Years of Tell the Worry Dolls
📅 30 June 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
The Laughter Zone Comedy Club
📅 3 July 2026 • 20:30
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Artists Against AI Rad Pitt + Butterfly Handshake + Filip Rodak + Disjunction + Kinozolte + Henry Bowen
📅 4 July 2026 • 19:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Eternal Triangle
📅 5 July 2026 • 19:30
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Philippa Perry in Conversation – Hosted by Waterstones
📅 6 July 2026 • 19:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Σύν
📅 7 July 2026 • 20:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
Phil Wang & Guests (8:30 pm Doors)
📅 8 July 2026 • 21:00
📍 Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF
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