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A Sunday with Your Practice

Sun 20 Sep 2026

Step outside of the daily churn and spend time alongside your practice, with enough structure to think clearly and enough space to breathe.

Coval Lane Studios

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Cinema

EOS: James McNeill Whistler

Sun 20 Sep 2026

This blockbuster exhibition screening promises to reawaken the world to just how important Whistler is to art history, uniting world-famous masterpieces with rarely seen works.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Music

Best Space Movies - Live!

Sun 20 Sep 2026

Step into a world where music, light, and technology collide in an unforgettable and immersive show. Supernova Spectaculars present an extraordinary journey through the vast expanse of sci-fi and space-themed film music.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Home Education: Musical Theatre: Matilda (6-14)

Mon 21 Sep 2026

Perfect for aspiring performers and musical theatre fans alike, this interactive experience invites participants to sing, act, and dance their way through the magical world of Matilda.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Comedy Stand Up

Bring Your Own Baby Comedy

Tue 22 Sep - Thu 3 Dec 2026

Come along for an afternoon of side splitting comedy, where you can relax and have a good laugh at some hilarious comedians without needing childcare!

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Cinema

NT Live: The Misanthrope

Tue 22 Sep 2026

Sandra Oh leads the cast in Martin Crimp’s witty dark comedy The Misanthrope, filmed live from the National Theatre.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Keep Fit: Musical Theatre

Wed 23 Sep 2026

Full of show tunes you know and love, it’s time to get those jazz hands at the ready. All levels welcome. This will be a super fun, packed full of musicals, aerobic workout.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Amateur And Local Groups

Come From Away

Wed 23 Sep - Sat 26 Sep 2026

When 38 planes are unexpectedly grounded in the wake of 9/11, the tight-knit community of Gander, Newfoundland finds itself host to the world. Strangers become friends, cultures collide, and simple acts of kindness grow into extraordinary connections.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Comedy Stand Up

Ian Stone is "Looking for the Wow"

Thu 24 Sep 2026

Life can’t just be the humdrum, the mundane and the routine before the inevitable slide to disease, decay and death. Why can’t we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing and maybe a smidge of wonderful?

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

Limited Tickets

Comedy Improv

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunit

Fri 25 Sep - Sat 26 Sep 2026

Welcome aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, the totally improvised, totally hilarious murder mystery, where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands!

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Comedy Stand Up

Tim Key: Loganberry

Sun 27 Sep 2026

Tim Key again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show. This show has poems in, and he’ll stamp and howl.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Musicals

Blood Brothers

Tue 29 Sep - Sat 3 Oct 2026

The captivating and moving tale of twins separated at birth, who grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Backstage Tour: Blood Brothers

Sat 3 Oct 2026

Take a peek behind the scenes of the legendary musical Blood Brothers, walk across the stage and see how the production is created.

Backstage Tour

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Talks

Russell Watson

Sun 4 Oct 2026

Russell Watson takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of his extraordinary life – from chart-topping success to surviving not one, but two life-threatening illnesses.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Cinema

John Shuttleworth: It's Nice Up North

Sun 4 Oct 2026

This 20th anniversary screening of It’s Nice Up North follows the legendary comic character John Shuttleworth - on a gently absurd journey through the Shetland Islands to test the theory that the further north you go, the nicer people become.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Talks

Enter THE CASTLE with Jon Ronson: Mystery, Crime and Unmoored Men

Mon 5 Oct 2026

In this brand-new live show, Jon brings the book’s extraordinary stories to life on stage with astonishing footage and online clips, including jaw-dropping material that has long since vanished from the internet.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Comedy Stand Up

Jeff Innocent: Work In Progress

Mon 5 Oct 2026

After his sellout Smart Casual tour in 2024 and his hit comedy special of the same name, British Comedian of the Year alumni Jeff Innocent returns with a work-in-progress for his new show!

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Theatre

Jane Eyre

Tue 6 Oct 2026

Jane Eyre’s fight for freedom, happiness and a sense of belonging, blazes from the cruelty of her childhood to the creepy corridors of Thornfield Hall, where she discovers passion, dark secrets, and a love that overcomes every obstacle.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Comedy Stand Up

Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Finlay Christie humblebrags for an hour about his f**kboy era and his new search for meaningful, authentic connection.

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

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Comedy Theatre

Rainer Hersch: All Classical Music Explained, Live!

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Whether you are a music professor or can’t tell string quartets from a string vest, relax: All Classical Music Explained will teach you nothing but it will make you laugh. Really laugh.

Chelmsford Theatre

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Talks

Dr Richard Shepherd: Time of Death

Thu 8 Oct 2026

Dr. Shepherd invites audiences into the world of forensic investigation, where time is crucial in uncovering the truth behind accidents, murders, and unexplained deaths.

Chelmsford Theatre

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