• Pygmalion, Headgate Theatre, Chapel Street North, Colchester, Sunday, 3pm and 7pm. £10, £8 concessions. 01206 500900.

COLCHESTER'S Chameleon's Web Theatre Company round off their mini-tour of the area with a double-dose of George Bernard Shaw's comedy of class and manners at the home of community theatre.

Once again director Suzanne Bailey has got together a sumptuous cast including Joseph Sales and Phoebe Stringer in the leads for what promises to be another smash hit.

  • Until Tomorrow A Streetcar Named Desire, Headgate Theatre, Chapel Street North, Colchester, 7.30pm. £12. 01206 366000.

THE very excellent Paper Lantern from across the Suffolk border makes another welcome trip to Colchester for their acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams' heart-rending play.

  • Essex Book Festival's Final Fling, Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, today, doors 7.30pm. £10. 01206 500900.

THE organisers of this year's Essex Book Festival can give themselves another hearty slap on the back for a job well done. What better way to celebrate, in a let your hair down kind of way, than by watching a man dressed up as a prima ballerina and dancing a jig or two to the Hosepipe Band.

  • Quire: American Dream, Wilson Marriage Centre, Magdalen Street, Colchester, today, 7.30pm. £10, £8 concessions. 01206 572783.

IT'S the world music group's first concert of the year and so expect plenty of new treats, this time from the American Gospel and Blues traditions.

  • Town and Country Fair, Castle Park, Colchester, tomorrow and Sunday, 10am to 5pm. £6 adults, £3 children, £5 concessions, on the gate.

YAY it's the first event in Colchester's Castle Park and so that means summer is definitely on the way. Now in its 8th year attractions include Savage Bike Skills Display Team, Birds of Prey flying displays and the popular Dog and Duck Show. There's also arts, crafts, food and drink as well as The Companion Dog Show on the Sunday.