Arts on 5 Events and Education

Are you as light on your feet as a fairy? Or do you shuffle like a donkey when you dance?

Inspired by Lakeside Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this workshop will teach you some easy to learn, dance steps for your very own no pressure performance.

Suitable for all ages.

The Freud Memorial Lecture 2012: Winnicott's last word on the death instinct

The Freud Memorial Lecture is an annual event, open to the public and given by an eminent guest speaker.

For the 2012 lecture Jan Abram will propose that Donald Winnicott’s final formulations advance the psychoanalytic theory of aggression as distinct from Freud’s concept of the death instinct.

Presented by The Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies.

“If you read something horrible in the paper, your usual response is one of horror. Not so if you're a crime writer…Your usual response is 'there's a novel in that’”

Tania Carver is the pseudonym of husband and wife writing team Martyn and Linda Waites, whose grisly, gripping and hugely enjoyable Colchester-based crime novels repeatedly feature in national bestseller lists.

Currently the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at University of Essex, tonight Martyn talks about his influences and reads from a selection of his recent work including his 2011 release Cage of Bones.

Visit Martyn Waites' website

Led by Lakeside Theatre’s Literary Consultant Andrew Burton and playwright Nicola Werenowska, this workshop is open to writers of all levels of experience. Whether you write poetry, fiction, drama or simply keep a journal, this will enable you to explore the often complex relationship between writing and the self.

Please note there are 2 sessions today - choose between 10am and 1.30pm. Work shop lasts 2.5 hr (apprx)

Led by Lakeside Theatre’s Literary Consultant Andrew Burton and playwright
Nicola Werenowska, this workshop is open to writers of all levels of experience. Whether you write poetry, fiction, drama or simply keep a journal, this will enable you to explore the often complex relationship between writing and the self.

Please note there are 2 sessions today - choose between 10am and 1.30pm. Work shop lasts 2.5 hr (apprx)

Join curator Zanna Gilbert on a tour of the Contested Games: Mexico 68's Olympic Design Revolution exhibition at Art Exchange.

The events of the Mexico 68 Olympics tell a fascinating tale of a nation struggling to represent itself to the rest of the world, while unable to quell dissatisfaction among its own population.

This panel discussion considers the gap between the intentions of the Olympic organisers in promoting Britain to the world and the backdrop of the crisis of capitalism, cuts and social unrest.

Speakers include architect John Adams, who worked on the Mexico 68 Olympic design and Professor Valerie Fraser who will discuss the student movement.

Part of the Contested Games: Mexico 68's Olympics Design Revolution exhibition programme.

Inspired by our Mexico 68 exhibition we will be running a flag-making stall at the Sparks Will Fly event in Castle Park. Families are welcome to drop by and
design their own flags to support Olympic athletes.

Suitable for all ages.

Speakers include Chris Campbell, Literary Manager at the Royal Court theatre and Nick Hern, play publisher of Nick Hern Books.

After the discussion there will be an hour recess before Who's There? An evening of new plays by LiFTs Department writers begins.

Taking our Mexico 68 exhibition Contested Games as inspiration, come and design your own logos, posters, banners and flags to support athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympics.

Suitable for all ages.