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Facilitating for Presence: LIPA

The session hasn't started yet, but it has already begun. The way you enter the room, the way you hold silence, the way you give the first instruction - all of this shapes what becomes possible. Presence is the least visible facilitation skill and one of the most consequential. It is what makes a room settle. It is what allows an instruction to land, a pause to hold, and validation to mean something. Without it, even well-planned sessions can feel like they never quite arrive. This day is about developing that capacity deliberately. What "presence" means here Presence is not personality. It is not about being loud, commanding, or performing confidence. Presence is the quality that allows a facilitator to hold a space - so that participants feel the session is being led, that they are seen, and that their engagement matters. It can be quiet or bold, warm or precise, but it is always grounded. It is not about what you project. It is about what the group receives. What you'll develop This workshop develops your capacity to: • establish structure that supports rather than constrains - creating order without rigidity. • use your physical presence, voice, and positioning to signal both authority and care. • give validation that participants actually feel - not empty praise, but genuine recognition. • hold a group through silence, transition, and uncertainty without rushing to fill the gap. • recognise when you are over-holding or under-holding - and adjust in the moment.

Sat 19 Sept11:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

A Sunday with Your Practice: LIPA

Much of professional life is spent responding – to emails, deadlines, expectations, funding cycles, institutional rhythms and group dynamics. Sometimes there is too much going on. Sometimes there is not enough. Either way, it can begin to feel as though the work is always leaning on you. This day is an opportunity to step out of that churn. Not to fix anything. Not to optimise or reset. Not to perform reflection. Just to spend a Sunday alongside your practice, with enough structure to think clearly and enough space to breathe. The reflective framework. We’ll work with four simple lenses: • Purpose – not targets, but the deeper reason your work exists. • Practice – the work that genuinely realises that purpose. • Process – the systems and demands that support, complicate or crowd it. • Potential – the experience and insight you draw on, and how they are renewed. These are not categories to get right. They are ways of sorting experience. The focus is not on improvement, but on seeing more clearly what is central, what is necessary, and what may be draining energy unnecessarily. What it’s like in the room This is not a training day and not a therapy space. Instead, the day uses guided reflection, structured conversation and simple framing exercises to help you: • distinguish between work that is central and work that is merely necessary. • name tensions you may have been carrying without language for them. • understand where your energy is going and why.

Sun 20 Sept11:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

A Sunday with Your Practice: Mountview

Much of professional life is spent responding – to emails, deadlines, expectations, funding cycles, institutional rhythms and group dynamics. Sometimes there is too much going on. Sometimes there is not enough. Either way, it can begin to feel as though the work is always leaning on you. This day is an opportunity to step out of that churn. Not to fix anything. Not to optimise or reset. Not to perform reflection. Just to spend a Sunday alongside your practice, with enough structure to think clearly and enough space to breathe. The reflective framework. We’ll work with four simple lenses: • Purpose – not targets, but the deeper reason your work exists. • Practice – the work that genuinely realises that purpose. • Process – the systems and demands that support, complicate or crowd it. • Potential – the experience and insight you draw on, and how they are renewed. These are not categories to get right. They are ways of sorting experience. The focus is not on improvement, but on seeing more clearly what is central, what is necessary, and what may be draining energy unnecessarily. What it’s like in the room This is not a training day and not a therapy space. Instead, the day uses guided reflection, structured conversation and simple framing exercises to help you: • distinguish between work that is central and work that is merely necessary. • name tensions you may have been carrying without language for them. • understand where your energy is going and why.

Sun 20 Sept11:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Children & Family

Baby Broadway 2026

An interactive concert where the whole family can sing and dance along to tunes from classic musicals and films, performed by West End singers. Little ones can enjoy bubbles, charming puppets, lively actions and dance moves to copy, whilst grown ups can indulge in an uplifting singsong. Concerts last 45 minutes, open to all ages 0+

Sun 20 Sept12:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

A Sunday with Your Practice

Much of professional life is spent responding – to emails, deadlines, expectations, funding cycles, institutional rhythms and group dynamics. Sometimes there is too much going on. Sometimes there is not enough. Either way, it can begin to feel as though the work is always leaning on you. This day is an opportunity to step out of that churn. Not to fix anything. Not to optimise or reset. Not to perform reflection. Just to spend a Sunday alongside your practice, with enough structure to think clearly and enough space to breathe. The reflective framework. We’ll work with four simple lenses: • Purpose – not targets, but the deeper reason your work exists. • Practice – the work that genuinely realises that purpose. • Process – the systems and demands that support, complicate or crowd it. • Potential – the experience and insight you draw on, and how they are renewed. These are not categories to get right. They are ways of sorting experience. The focus is not on improvement, but on seeing more clearly what is central, what is necessary, and what may be draining energy unnecessarily. What it’s like in the room This is not a training day and not a therapy space.

Sun 20 Sept12:30Cramphorn Theatre

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Live Music

EOS: James McNeill Whistler

In an era of great change and great beauty emerged the character of James McNeill Whistler. Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th century art, he was a contemporary of the Impressionists, much admired by Van Gogh and Manet. Boldly experimental and famously witty, Whistler disrupted the strict conventions of Victorian society in pursuit of a new cult of beauty, creating “art for art’s sake” and earning himself a place in the history of great art. He found a parallel between painting and music, and entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies" and "nocturnes", emphasizing the importance of tonal harmony in his work. His most famous painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. It is arguably one of the most famous paintings in history and this film will unveil the artist behind the art. Tate Britain is now holding the first major retrospective of Whistler in three decades. This blockbuster exhibition promises to reawaken the world to just how important Whistler is to art history, uniting world-famous masterpieces with rarely seen works. Exhibition on Screen will bring these stunning works and the incredible story behind them to cinemas around the world while the exhibition is still running, bringing this truly global artist to a global audience.

Sun 20 Sept16:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

Best Space Movies - Live

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, featuring the incredible London Cinema Sinfonia. Iconic tracks from blockbusters including Star Wars, Interstellar, Minority Report, Star Trek and Independence Day are elevated with cutting-edge 3D holographic projections, designed by Gerred Blyth of Public Service Broadcasting fame. Don't miss out on this spectacular event that will leave you mesmerised and craving more. This is your chance to witness the future of live performance in a show that's truly out of this world. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Sun 20 Sept20:00Cramphorn Theatre

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TheatreWorkshops & Classes

Home Education: Matilda Musical Theatre Workshop

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. All participants will have a chance to share what they have learnt at the end with their parents and careers. If you would like us to provide lunch for your young person, please add on our meal deal on the next page.

Mon 21 Sept11:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Theatre

Home Education: Musical Theatre: Matilda (6-11)

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. All participants will have a chance to share what they have learnt at the end with their parents and careers. If you would like us to provide lunch for your young person, please add on our meal deal on the next page.

Mon 21 Sept11:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

NT Live: The Misanthrope

Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her. Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.

Tue 22 Sept20:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Sports & FitnessTheatre

Keep Fit: Musical Theatre 2025

Come and join Bethan for a fun and exciting workout! 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. Easy to follow routines to all those showtunes you know and love with a warmup and cool down. Each session has a fun theme! Wed 15 Apr – Hercules Wed 13 May - Musical Theatre Mix Tape Wed 17 Jun - We Will Rock You Wed 15 Jul - Musical Theatre Mix Tape Wed 23 Sep - Moulin Rouge

Wed 23 Sept20:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

Come From Away

Chelmsford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society proudly present their production of Come From Away. Experience the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town that welcomed them with open arms. 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. This production is presented by CAODS. Filled with soaring music, heartfelt storytelling and moments of genuine humour, Come From Away is a life-affirming musical that celebrates compassion, resilience and the power of human connection.

Wed 23 Sept20:30Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

Ian Stone is "Looking for the Wow"

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? A forest canopy opening onto a huge vista would be enchanting for some but my ancestors wandered in the desert for forty years, I think we’ve been outdoors enough. Others get their fix from the spiritual but I’ve been harbouring a grudge against God since my mother stopped me going to Arsenal after my Barmitzvah. Forty nine years ago. ’God will be watching’ she said. Well, at least he got to see the game. The point is, life could be so much better so I’m on the lookout. Come and join me on the hunt.

Thu 24 Sept20:30Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunit

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? 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! Now in their sixth year, Offie-nominated Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Pinch Punch, are bringing their five-star, sell-out show to Chelmsford Theatre. So, don your deerstalkers and oil your moustaches for a night of shaky alibis, silver-tongued sleuths, thrills, spills, and good old-fashioned kills. Four characters board a train, but not everyone will survive… Luckily, a world-famous detective is onboard, ready to root out the killer. But who is the murderer? Only one person knows—the murderer themselves! Can you put your wits to the test and solve the case? Using real-life audience stories and suggestions, watch Pinch Punch create a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-repeated whodunnit. If you love comedy or murder mysteries, then this is the show for you! Content Warning: Due to the improvised nature of the performance, we cannot issue specific content warnings. General content warnings include scenes of comedic murder and violence, audience participation, innuendo, and occasional bad language.

Fri 25 Sept20:30Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

Tim Key: Loganberry

Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme) again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show. Bit gutted he’s old. Guzzling continental lager. Magnetic lol. Decent reviews for previous shows. Played a pigeon in Bong Joon Ho’s latest movie. Been on Richard Herring’s podcast. Book out: “L.A. Baby!”. Met Steffi Graf in 1998/9. This show has poems in, and he’ll stamp and howl. Won the Perrier Award in 2009!

Sun 27 Sept21:00Cramphorn Theatre

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Community

Backstage Tour: Blood Brothers

Take a peek behind the scenes of the legendary musical Blood Brothers, walk across the stage and see how the production is created. Experience the magic of going behind the scenes at our theatre. You’ll learn about our theatre’s history and how various departments from our box office to theatre technicians come together to make each production a success. Our backstage tours are suitable for all ages to enjoy. Please bear in mind that there is no step free access on theatre tours. If you have any additional needs or access requirements for the tour, please

Sat 3 Oct11:30Cramphorn Theatre

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Live Music

Russell Watson

Get ready for an unforgettable night with one of the world’s most captivating performers. Russell Watson – the original crossover superstar – exploded onto the music scene with The Voice, a debut album that shattered records and won hearts across the globe. Since then, he’s sold millions of albums, performed for royalty, presidents and popes, and shared the stage with musical legends. Now, in his most intimate tour to date, Russell takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of an extraordinary life – from chart-topping success to surviving not one, but two life-threatening illnesses. With warmth, humour, and a voice that soars, he’ll share the personal stories behind the spotlight. Expect powerful renditions of beloved classics, spine-tingling vocals, and behind-the-scenes tales from a man who’s truly lived it all. This is more than a concert – it’s a rare chance to spend an evening up close with The Voice himself.

Sun 4 Oct20:30Cramphorn Theatre

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