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Well done to our 6th form cast for producing the hilarious comedy ‘The Day The Internet Died’.

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Show Bio

Get your dice ready and place your bets, as the award-winning Colchester Operatic Society presents Guys and Dolls!

Guys and Dolls follows Nathan Detroit, who runs an illegal dice game, his fiancée of 14 years, Adelaide, big time gambler Sky Masterson, and sweet Sarah Brown, leader of the Save-a-Soul Mission. Will Adelaide ever get her big white wedding? And why is Sarah mixing with gamblers?

Considered to be one of the greatest Broadway musicals, Guys and Dolls is a true classic, featuring well known songs: 'Luck be a Lady' and 'Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat'.

Accessible performances and Content to Consider

There will be a captioned performance of Sun 8 Feb, 3pm.

This performance will contain gunshots and haze.

Buy more and save!

If you book for both CO2: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and COS: Guys and Dolls together, you will get 15% off tickets.

This cannot be applied retrospectively, and the discount will apply automatically when tickets to both shows are purchased at the same time.

Discounts

The first performance is classed as a preview, so all tickets are a reduced price of £16.

We will have under 26s tickets on all performances except the first performance.

Groups of 10 or more can get £2 off on all performances except the first performance.

Our Access For All scheme applies.

Afternoon Teas

Come and enjoy a delicious freshly made afternoon tea of sandwiches, scones, cakes, and filter coffee or tea ahead of your show! Dietary requirements can be added when booking (including vegetarian and vegan).

Simply add to your basket when booking online (see the You might also be interested in... page once you have selected your tickets) or with our friendly Box Office team! Served 90 minutes before the show. Limited spaces per performance so book early to avoid disappointment.

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This version of Miss Julie is also available in the volume Miss Julie & Creditors.

Press Quotes

'Never before have I seen such urgency and conviction that these few hours on a topsy-turvy Midsummer's Eve in late-19th-century Sweden really are a matter of life or death... Howard Brenton's confident adaptation breathes new life into this much-revived classic'

Evening Standard

'A kitchen sink drama of the most intense variety... the tension starts to build from the very first sizzle in the pan'

'Riveting... as real and sensational now as ever and as socially and politically pertinent'

'Strindberg's passion play remains as resonant today in Howard Brenton's new translation as it was when first performed in the Paris of 1893'

The Observer

'Intense and visceral'

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Miss Julie; A brilliant adaptation of Strindberg's groundbreaking masterpiece.

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