Festen a stage adaptation by David Eldridge, based on the Dogme film and play

Schedule

Tue May 05 2026 at 07:45 pm to 09:15 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Headgate Theatre | Colchester, EN

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One of the most electrifyingly tense plays you will ever experience in a theatre. A family and their guests gather to celebrate their father’s 60th birthday. The soup is served, and then it all kicks off - truth speeches, traumatic memories and metaphorical carnage ensue.
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Headgate Theatre, 10 Chapel Street North, Colchester, CO2 7, United Kingdom

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