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96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don't leave it to someone else. For further details about becoming a blood donor please visit the National Blood Service site.

Are you still unconvinced by the notion of an Afterlife? Then come and listen to the case given by acclaimed medium Ronnie Buckingham – his aim is to reunite members of the audience with friends and loved ones in the spirit world – and then decide.

This event is for entertainment purposes only. Witham Public Hall Trust accepts no responsibility for any claims made.

The talented musicians of The ELO Encounter are making a welcome return to the Public Hall with their brilliant recreation of the distinctive sound of The Electric Light Orchestra. Expect all the big hits such as Telephone Line, Strange Magic, Rockaria and, of course, Mr Blue Sky plus a few lesser-known items from the band's vast back catalogue.

Do Something Amazing....
96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don't leave it to someone else. For further details about becoming a blood donor please visit the National Blood Service site.

This special fundraising dance is to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the fateful last gig of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens on 2nd February 1959. J.S. & The Lockerbillies will be the band for the night and Maurice's Rockin' Machine will be filling the dance floor.

A night of music from one of the world’s most prolific songwriters starting with his solo career, working right back through to the early years of his Beatles hits.
A celebration of the Legend that is Lennon.

New York,1922. Millie Dillmount arrives from Kansas in search of a new life. Her plan is to find a job as a secretary for a wealthy man and marry him. However, her plan goes completely awry. The owner of her dingy hotel kidnaps young girls to sell to the Far East, her wealthy boss is slow in proposing marriage and the man she actually falls in love with doesn’t have a dime to his name... or so he tells her.
Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon lady of a villainess, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.

In 1940 the East End of London is taking a terrible pounding from Hitler's bombs. Life, however, goes on, centring around the matriarchal Mrs. Blitztein and her large family, especially her petty-criminal son Harry and her beautiful daughter Carol. They all fight their own particular battles with neighbours and authorities alike through many situations – some humorous, some tragic – and eventually find their own individual peace.
Providing scope for a large cast, it features many hit songs, including The Day After Tomorrow, Who's This Geezer Hitler? and Mums and Dads.

In 1940 the East End of London is taking a terrible pounding from Hitler's bombs. Life, however, goes on, centring around the matriarchal Mrs. Blitztein and her large family, especially her petty-criminal son Harry and her beautiful daughter Carol. They all fight their own particular battles with neighbours and authorities alike through many situations – some humorous, some tragic – and eventually find their own individual peace.
Providing scope for a large cast, it features many hit songs, including The Day After Tomorrow, Who's This Geezer Hitler? and Mums and Dads.

Strut your stuff to DJ Andy AV8 at another of Essex Wildlife Trust’s popular Badger Boogies, with all proceeds going to protect threatened wildlife on nature reserves in Essex.Come at 7.00 for an hour’s free dance class for the ‘Badger Boogie Stroll’.
Free tea and coffee, but no bar so please bring your own drinks.

Do Something Amazing....
96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don't leave it to someone else. For further details about becoming a blood donor please visit the National Blood Service site.

The Business Showcase will promote local businesses and services in the town. This will be the Chamber’s second event and will build on the success of the first, held in 2017. The 2019 event will attract over 30 exhibitors. Admission to the event is free for visitors, while those interested in exhibiting can book a space via the Chamber’s website below.

The hazardous and colourful story of Tom Hart Dyke, the plant hunter, who first shot to international prominence in the year 2000, when he was kidnapped in the Colombian jungle on a plant hunting expedition that went dangerously wrong. On the day the guerillas told him he would die, he planned a world garden for his ancestral home, Lullingstone Castle, Kent. Today that garden opens its doors to hundreds of visitors from all over the world.
This is his story..........

It’s good to meet up with old friends . . . or perhaps not!
When Nigel arranges a reunion in the back room of a pub, he is optimistic of a good turnout. Whilst the numbers disappoint him, he soon has his hands full when a motley middle-aged threesome turn up, bringing with them assorted wives, girlfriends, prejudices, and resentments that have simmered for the last twenty-five years. Comedy and confusion combine in this hilarious but poignant story of ‘small people’ in a ‘big world’.

Do Something Amazing....
96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don't leave it to someone else. For further details about becoming a blood donor please visit the National Blood Service site.

Bootleg Blondie are the only official Blondie tribute band in the world and are fully endorsed by Debbie Harry herself. The band brings all the greatest Blondie hits to life with an authentic sound and a lead singer who bears an uncanny resmblance, both physically and vocally, to Debbie Harry herself. Just check out the You Tube clip if you're not convinced.

Witham Choral, the Colchester Philharmonic and conductor Patrick McCarthy present A Night at the Opera! A dazzling cornucopia of operatic delights including such favourites as the Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Verdi’s Nabucco and the Grand March from Aida. Among the soloists, soprano Gill Wilson will sing Mozart’s Queen of the Night’s aria.

A talk by Jacqueline Aviolet

All the ingredients that made Annie so successful are here once again, with an old-fashioned romance thrown in for good measure. The action picks up right where Annie leaves off, when Child Welfare Commissioner Harriet Doyle arrives on the scene to inform Daddy Warbucks he must marry in sixty days so the newly adopted Annie can have a proper mother. In the end, Daddy Warbucks' whirlwind search for a fitting bride uncovers not only a plot by Doyle and her daughter to strip him of his fortune, but also his true feelings for Grace Farrell.

The superstars of WrestleForce return to the Witham Public Hall for another evening of high flying action that the whole family can enjoy! Cheer on your favourite heroes as they do battle against the rule breaking villains! Featuring breathtaking stunts, larger than life characters and incredible interaction, WrestleForce delivers a 2 hour spectacular unlike anything you've ever experienced!

Do Something Amazing....
96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don't leave it to someone else. For further details about becoming a blood donor please visit the National Blood Service site.

This modern twist on a Gilbert & Sullivan classic is set against the dreary Arcadia Club, forced to change to a glitzy chrome cocktail bar by Strephon, the half mortal. He fancies the apron off Phyllis the barmaid but must compete for her attentions with the club's members (the Lords) as well as the aging roué who runs the club – the Lord Chancellor himself.

Do Something Amazing....
96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood.
Please don't leave it to someone else. For further details about becoming a blood donor please visit the National Blood Service site.