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Colchester Fringe returns for its fourth year, opening on Friday 25 October and running to Sunday 3 November at venues throughout Colchester. Our Lakeside Theatre team have previewed the shows featuring University of Essex alumni and students at this year’s festival.
Lakeside Theatre
23 October 2024
Amy Stephenson and Rio Topley met at Essex where they both studied BA Drama and later, MA Theatre Practice. They are now the founding members of Succulent Theatre Company.
Hanna Jones, Lakeside Theatre
31 July 2024
BA Film and Literature student Koushiki Chowdhury talks about her first week as an intern at Disney.
Koushiki Chowdhury
23 July 2024
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Natalie Percival, Joscelyn Cole
28 May 2024
Read our 2024 literature careers guide. We're talking jobs as a drama graduate, careers in the performing arts industry, and how your skills in drama could launch you into various career paths within the theatre industry.
Alexandra Stephens
22 March 2024
Read our 2024 Drama careers guide. We're talking jobs as a drama graduate, careers in the performing arts industry, and how your skills in drama could launch you into various career paths within the theatre industry.
19 March 2024
Read our 2024 film studies careers guide, featuring insights on career paths in film, the advantages of pursuing a film studies degree, average graduate salaries, and other industry career opportunities for film studies graduates.
18 March 2024
Read our 2024 journalism careers guide. Covering the roles of a journalist, how to get into journalism, why a degree in journalism is beneficial, journalism salaries, and different industries graduate journalists can work in.
29 February 2024
Read our 2024 Creative Writing careers guide. We're talking jobs as a creative writing graduate, careers in the creative industry, and how your writing skills could launch you into a career as an entreprenuer.
2023 marks the 100th anniversary since the publication of the first novel by Margery Allingham, and this presents an opportunity to celebrate the life, career, and legacy of a writer with a strong Essex connection.
Jordan Welsh
19 September 2023