Top five things to do in Colchester this weekend

ALINA Ibragimova, one of the world’s leading violinists, brings her period-instrument quartet back to the Roman River Music Festival for a refreshing and revealing take on three canonic works.

That includes Mozart's String Quartet No 14 in G major, Haydn's String Quartet in D major and Beethoven's String Quartet No 14.

Ed Gold: Other Worlds, Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, until Sunday, 10am. Free. 01206 577067.

IT'S your last chance to see the evocative pictures of 'off grid' documentary photographer Ed Gold, who has been to the most far flung places on earth to capture the people and places that occupy them.

Joseph Toonga, Matthew Sharp, St Martin's Church, West Stockwell Street, Colchester, 3pm and 6pm. romanrivermusic.org.uk

CLASSICAL gets cooler with contemporary and hip hop dance moves courtesy of award-winning choreographer Joseph Toonga all to the musical beat of cellist Matthew Sharp, who plays pieces by Back, Britten and Giovanni Sollima.

Jessica Walker: Cabaret Songs, Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, tomorrow, doors 8.30pm. £15, £5 under 30s. 01206 500900.

THE acclaimed singer, along with accompanist Joseph Atkins, presents a forgotten history of some of the great ladies of popular song from the last century, including the ground-breaking Victorian male impersonators Vesta Tilley and Hetty King and Thirties Parisian cabaret queen Suzy Solidor.

Street Walks: Lost Theatres of Colchester with Dorian Kelly, meet The War Memorial, High Street, Colchester, Sunday, 2pm. Free. 01206 500900.

IT'S always a treat to spend a couple of hours in the company of the enthusiastic Dorian Kelly as he guides people around the town to discover the places where the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Dickens and Oscar Wilde once performed. Also find out where Houdini complained about people cracking nuts all night and the old theatre where the second ever performance of Handel’s Messiah took place.