Into the Orchard

04 October 2025 - 22 February 2026

Take a walk through the seasons at Crapes Fruit Farm in Essex in this immersive audio-visual exhibition by artists Hana Loftus and Maddie Persent.

Apple Day: Make Your Own Mini-Clay Apple

18 October 2025

Multiple times available

Celebrate Apple Day in our Make Your Own Mini-Clay Apple, fun and hands-on creative workshop with local clay artist Lizzie Croucher.

Freshers Fortnight at Firstsite

09 - 11 October 2025

Multiple times available

To celebrate your new start, we’re hosting the Freshers Fortnight at Firstsite! Enjoy special student offers, creative events and activities!

Apple Day Celebration

18 October 2025

Multiple times available

Join us for a day of activities exploring the heritage, flavours and creativity of apples in Essex with our Apple Day Celebration!

Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape

18 October 2025 - 18 January 2026

Discover how some of Britain’s most influential artists, like Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, and L.S. Lowry, used colour, shape, and form to capture feelings, emotions, and experiences during a century of change.

Boozy Brushes

10 October 2025 - 13 February 2026

Multiple times available

Join Sirena Hart for Boozy Brushes at Firstsite – our New Multi-Art, Drag entertainment painting class extravaganza!

Exploring Watercolour with Simon Carter

24 October 2025

Multiple times available

Explore the art of watercolour with internationally exhibited contemporary artist Simon Carter in Exploring Watercolour with Simon Carter!

Ghafar Tajmohammad: If you throw a stone in the crowd, someone’s going to get hurt

13 September 2025 - 11 January 2026

Explore Ghafar Tajmohammad’s thought-provoking collection of paintings and hand-woven rugs, called kilims, reflecting on conflict, home, and the search for hope and resilience.

Boozy Brushes – Paint Your Pal

22 November 2025

Multiple times available

Join Sirena Hart at Firstsite for Boozy Brushes a multi-art, Drag entertainment painting class extravaganza where you can your pal!

Life Drawing with Justine Moss – all levels

16 September 2023 - 14 February 2026

Multiple times available

Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, gain confidence in drawing the figure, with these tutored life drawing sessions.

MET Opera Live: La Sonnambula

18 October 2025

5:45 pm

Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire, sleepwalking her way into audiences’ hearts in MET Opera Live: La Sonnambula.

The Royal Ballet: Cinderella

30 November 2025

2:00 pm

Cinderella’s dreary and dull life changes when she helps a mysterious woman out in The Royal Ballet: Cinderella!

EcoArt Collage and Craft

12 September 2025 - 13 February 2026

Multiple times available

Join us for our EcoArt Collage and Craft workshop with Clare Sams where creativity meets sustainability in this unique group experience!

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies

12 October 2025

2:00 pm

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies continues the story of The Phantom of the Opera. Featuring one of the composers finest musical scores!

Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

31 October 2025

8:00 pm

Pairing classic silent movies with epic rock music to bring a unique big screen experience with Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror!

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

14 December 2025

2:00 pm

In The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker, the magician Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker.

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

24 - 25 October 2025

Multiple times available

What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? It could be A Big Bold Beautiful Journey!

The Legend of Ochi (Relaxed)

31 October 2025

11:00 am

The Legend of Ochi follows Yuri on the hunts for the colourful, high-pitched creatures known as Ochi, until she finally meets one…

The Roses (Parent & Baby)

14 October 2025

11:30 am

Ivy and Theo, are The Roses. They live the picture-perfect life with successful careers, great kids, and intimacy but it feels like a façade.

André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert: Merry Christmas

06 - 07 December 2025

Multiple times available

This holiday season, the magic and joyful carols begin on the big screen with André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert: Merry Christmas.

Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical

30 October - 02 November 2025

Multiple times available

Get ready for the ultimate rock experience as Bat Out of Hell – The Musical roars onto the big screen this Halloween!

Black History Month: Black Girl

12 October 2025

11:00 am

Featuring a moving performance by Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Black Girl is a harrowing human drama and one of the essential films of the 1960s.

Depeche Mode: M

06 - 14 November 2025

Multiple times available

Depeche Mode: M is a cinematic journey into the heart of Mexican culture’s relationship with death, framed by iconic performances.

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

17 - 19 October 2025

Multiple times available

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s.

Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

15 - 23 November 2025

Multiple times available

Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder – shine a new light on Caravaggio in this dramatic biography…Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

Getting started with Air Dry Clay

07 November 2025

7:00 pm

Discover the joy of working with clay without kiln in our Getting started with Air Dry Clay workshop led by Lizzie Croucher!

National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession

23 - 26 October 2025

Multiple times available

Imelda Staunton joins forces with Bessie Carter, in the incendiary moral classic National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

ParaNorman (Relaxed)

25 October 2025

11:00 am

From the makers of Coraline, ParaNorman returns to cinemas this Halloween! Bigger, bolder, and spookier than ever!

Apple Day Screening + Q&A: Don’t Fight The Land That Feeds You

18 October 2025

2:00 pm

Explore the relationship between communities and the land in East Anglia in our Apple Day Screening of Don’t Fight The Land That Feeds You.

Mr. Blake At Your Service!

17 - 23 October 2025

Multiple times available

In Mr. Blake at Your Service, Andrew Blake leaves London to go back to France, in the house he met his wife.

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

27 - 29 November 2025

Multiple times available

After years in a 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka in National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step.

Opening Celebration | Autumn Exhibitions 2025

17 October 2025

Multiple times available

Be among the first to experience our new summer show – Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?! Join us for a lively evening opening event and meet some of our artists, hear from our Programme team behind this special exhibition and enjoy the company of like-minded individuals.

TASAF Lecture: The Birth of Modernism in Brazil – Cindy Polemis

21 October 2025

2:30 pm

Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful session by Cindy Polemis in The Arts Society at Firstsite (TASAF) Lecture series!

Urban Sketching and 3D Workshop with Nicola Burrell

07 November 2025 - 13 March 2026

Multiple times available

Join local artist Nicola Burrell for a fun and active full day creative experience in our Urban Sketching and 3D Workshop with Nicola Burrell! 

The Roses

10 - 11 October 2025

Multiple times available

Ivy and Theo, are The Roses. They live the picture-perfect life with successful careers, great kids, and intimacy but it feels like a façade.

The Immortals: The Wonders of the Museo Egizio

16 - 19 October 2025

Multiple times available

Jeremy Irons take us inside the secret world of Egyptian mythology with The Immortals: The Wonders of the Museo Egizio.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

24 - 28 October 2025

Multiple times available

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues sees the return of Spinal Tap! After a 15-year hiatus, the band are back together for one last concert!