YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON DURING WELCOME WEEK 2013
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THE INTERCOMMUNITY CHAMPIONSHIP (TIC) PARTY ARRIVALS PARTY Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
So you are finally here, come and celebrate as your Essex Journey begins.
Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3am
Arrivals Party with Cut + Paste DJs in association with The Intercommunity Championship. Its the first night of Freshers Week and we have a night of great party games to win points in the Intercommunity Championship and lots of mash up music madness from the The Cut + Paste DJs
THE HOOK OPEN MIC
Lakeside Theatre: 8.30pm-11pm The Hook is Lakeside Theatre’s popular Open Mic night. There’s an acoustic guitar, keyboard and two microphones and they welcome song, poetry, comedy and surprises. Turn up and play or just chill out and listen.
LAKESIDE THEATRE LAUNCH PARTY
Lakeside Theatre: 7.30pm-8.30pm Come to Lakeside Theatre’s free launch party hosted by eccentric live artists Hunt and Darton.
Frisky or Risky?
Lecture Theatre Building: 12pm-2pm
A sexual health and alcohol discussion with loads of freebies
VK Beach Party with Hot Dub Time Machine Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3.30am
Grab your beach wear and head for Sub Zero for our VK Beach Party with Special guest video DJ set from international superstar dj Tom Loud as he brings his “Hot Dub Time Machine” show! We’ll also have lots of beach giveaways and a Surfboard simulator for you to win prizes on!
FUSION
Square 4: 12pm-3pm
From streets of the world. Come and try the new Fusion menu.
Just Play Campus Fun Run Square 3: 12pm-2pm
Just Play kicks off with our first ever university campus fun run! Walk, jog or run this is a great way to meet new people, see our lovely campus and win some great Head towards the tennis courts for a brand new workout that is taking the UK by storm. Prizes. Meet at the Sport Centre reception and be greeted by our Fitness Activators who have loads of fun in store for you! 2:00pm – 3:00pm Just Play Cardio Tennis
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm, Sun 30th Sept - Sat 5 Oct They’re back! After the huge popularity of last year, Hunt and Darton will again be transforming Lakeside Theatre café into a social and artistic hub where spontaneity and performance meet great food and drink. Expect surrealist vintage decoration, surprise mini performances, food based costumes, odd provocations and of course their popular signature dish: the Roast Dinner Sandwich! Admission Free.
POST GRAD MIXER Top Bar: 4pm-7pm
The perfect chance for Postgraduate students to mingle with other postgrads. Students will also be able to ask any questions of their Students’ Union and other departments, or simply come to find out about lots of exciting things we offer!
DEEP HOUSE NIGHT
Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
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Veteran street performers Grand Theatre of Lemmings will invade the squares every afternoon with inspired silliness, crazy carnival illusions and their famous ‘Smallest Theatre in the World’. Drop into Lakeside Theatre and ask about their free street theatre workshops!
SPEED MATING
Sub Zero: 12pm-1pm, 1pm-2pm
Why not try speed mating? It’s like speed dating, but for making more friends! Come along and socialise! JUST PLAY CHOOSE DAY Synthetic Turf Pitch: 3pm-5pm
Korfball, Handball and Ultimate Frisbee Korfwhat? Ultimate-who? Going to University is all about trying new things and Chooseday is your chance to do just that. We have taster sessions in Ultimate Frisbee, Korfball and Handball all in one place. Meet at theSports Centre reception and our activators will show you what they are all about!
FUSION
Square 4: 12pm-3pm
From streets of the world. Come and try the new Fusion menu.
UNI-FI FRESHERS PARTY Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
THE NOUGHTIES SKOOL DISCO FRESHERS BALL Sub Zero: 10.30pm-4am
The Noughties Skool Disco Freshers Ball With Wheatus (Live), Goldie Lookin Chain (Live) and Scott from 5ive (DJ Set) Its the biggest party of the Week and its the Freshers Ball with a Skool Disco twist, nothing but Noughties Music and lots of great entertainment for you! We have live sets from two of the biggest bands of the 00’s
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm, Sun 30th Sept - Sat 5 Oct A social and artistic hub where spontaneity and performance meet great food and drink. Expect surrealist vintage decoration, surprise mini performances, food based costumes, odd provocations and of course their popular signature dish: the Roast Dinner Sandwich! Admission Free.
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
Campus Squares: 12pm-2pm Veteran street performers Grand Theatre of Lemmings will invade the squares every afternoon with inspired silliness, crazy carnival illusions and their famous ‘Smallest Theatre in the World’. Drop into Lakeside Theatre and ask about their free street theatre workshops!
ADVICE CENTRE TEA PARTY Square 3: 11am-4pm
Come along and share any worries about University life that you may have. A problem shared is a problem halved, and we can point you in the right direction. Worry Free? Then simply come along for some yummy tea and cake and meet more people from your Students’ Union!
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm Veteran street performers Grand Theatre of Lemmings will invade the squares every afternoon with inspired silliness, crazy carnival illusions and their famous ‘Smallest Theatre in the World’. Drop into Lakeside Theatre and ask about their free street theatre workshops!
BIG BEATS WITH DJ LARIZZLE Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm, Sun 30th Sept - Sat 5 Oct A social and artistic hub where spontaneity and performance meet great food and drink. Expect surrealist vintage decoration, surprise mini performances, food based costumes, odd provocations and of course their popular signature dish: the Roast Dinner Sandwich! Admission Free.
FUSION
Square 4: 12pm-3pm
From streets of the world. Come and try the new Fusion menu.
BANDIOKE
SU Bar: 9pm-12am Ever wanted to be the lead singer of your own band? Love doing Karaoke? Then take part in Bandioke! Your chance to blast out your favourite song accompanied by your own backing band
Full Moon Party with Benga (Radio 1) Sub Zero: 10.30pm-4am
The freshers Full Moon Party will be bringing you great EDM Music, a special guest dj set from Radio 1 and Dupstep legend “Benga” plus plenty of free glow giveaways, UV Facepainting and great offers on Buckets! PLUS we’ll be open until 4am! 10am-6pm, through all squares. Vicki Weiss ran a marathon a day for a month during the Edinburgh Festival - watch our fittest ex-student yet run one more in a day - through the squares.
STUDENT STREET MARKET Square 3: 10.30am-3.30pm
Watch the squares come to life with our own weekly campus market! “Roll up, roll up, come and get your apples!” Yeah! Launch Party with Redlight Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3am
Yeah! are coming to Essex after mega parties at other venues with huge special guest dj sets! They describe themselves as a “Funk fuelled mutant disco”. For their Essex Launch party they will be spinning alongside one of the hottest Djs and Producers: Redlight!
RICHARD DeDOMENICI’S
PORTABLE PET ARCHITECTURE Squares 2/3/4/5: 12pm-6pm So, you think your Uni accommodation is snug! Richard has made his own portable office and will be moving it about campus for all to enjoy.
SKINT - INDIE & ROCK ANTHEMS Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
Just Play ZORB FOOTBALL WITH COLCHESTER UNITED Synthetic Turf Pitch: 2pm-4.30pm
If you thought Football couldn’t get any better, think again. We are the first university to offer Just Play Zorb Football. The concept is simple – football with your mates but within a big bubble. The picture says it all! This one cannot be missed. Meet at the Sport Centre STP for 2pm and we will take care of the rest! 5:00pm – 6:00pm Just Play Circuits Just Play Circuits is one of our most popular exercise classes which is suitable for everyone!
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm Veteran street performers Grand Theatre of Lemmings will invade the squares every afternoon with inspired silliness, crazy carnival illusions and their famous ‘Smallest Theatre in the World’. Drop into Lakeside Theatre and ask about their free street theatre workshops!
MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY Lakeside Theatre Café: 6pm-7am
Eat tea, drink cake and make mad hats with Hunt and Darton at our free pre-show party in the café before of Volcano Theatre company take to the stage with Alice in Wonderland.
MAD HATTER’S WORKSHOP Lakeside Theatre Café: 2pm-4pm Free Entry
Make a mad hat at the Mad Hatter’s Workshop with low-tech milliners Grand Theatre of Lemmings.
VOLCANO THEATRE COMPANY ALICE IN WONDERLAND Lakeside Theatre: 7.30pm-9pm “So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.” Step into an upside-down world where familiar things are made strange, with enchanting and horrifying results. Alice in Wonderland is about crossing the threshold between childhood and adulthood, and about the behaviour of one generation seen through the eyes of another. It is about things not being as they should be. Volcano’s “brave, stupid and beautiful” brand of theatre is an intriguing match for Lewis Carroll’s exquisitely deranged tale of childhood, misunderstanding and adventure. Volcano brings you an older-than-usual Alice, and the strangeness of the world she encounters is not supernatural but deeply rooted in the insanities of our culture and society. Plunge with us down the rabbit-hole into a 21st-century asylum adventure, full of Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Directed by Paul Davies Designed by Gudny Sigurdar.
JEVAN WATKINS JONES Square 3: 12pm-6pm
Our wandering minstrel of an artist will be drawing the first few days of the new term – come and be amazed at his skill – no one can wield a pencil quite like our Jevan!
JUST PLAY: GLOW IN the DARK
Sports Hall & Squash Courts: 4pm-6pm Just Play Glow In the Dark – Squash, Volleyball, Badminton and Zumba! Taking part under UV lights in the Sport Centre and to the beats of our House DJ, we bring you Just Play Glow In The Dark in 3 different sports followed by a Zumba rave to get you in a party mood for the UV party at Flirt later on. Fluorescent lines glowing with UV tape, neon nets, glowsticks and balls and shuttlecocks sprayed in UV tape – this is a truly unique event. Make sure you bring a white t-shirt! We will turn the lights off, turn the music up and get you active!
join the gents SU Bar
One of the Summer Ball’s most popular acts, in the SU bar for an old fashioned Cockney sing a long but with a twist on modern songs!
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm Veteran street performers Grand Theatre of Lemmings will invade the squares every afternoon with inspired silliness, crazy carnival illusions and their famous ‘Smallest Theatre in the World’. Drop into Lakeside Theatre and ask about their free street theatre workshops!
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm, Sun 30th Sept - Sat 5 Oct A social and artistic hub where spontaneity and performance meet great food and drink. Expect surrealist vintage decoration, surprise mini performances, food based costumes, odd provocations and of course their popular signature dish: the Roast Dinner Sandwich! Admission Free.
THE HOOK OPEN MIC Lakeside Theatre: 9pm-11pm
The Hook Open Mic. Hosted by Hunt and Darton Our popular Open Mic night is guest hosted by the inimitable Hunt and Darton. Turn up and play or just chill out and listen.
TOTAL WIPEOUT Square 5: 12pm-4pm Huge inflatables, Candy Floss, Popcorn, Tug Of War, Giant Jenga - bring your friends and get involved.
Flirt! Tight and Bright UV Party Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3am
Flirt! is Essex SU’s busiest night of the week and we’re going TIGHT AND BRIGHT for the Freshers Party! It’ll be a huge UV Party with big UV cannons, Face painting, Giveaways and the best Essex Residents spinning Commercial and Dance anthems all night long!
HYPE: OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
Freshers Fair
Squares 1-5: 12pm-5pm Come down to the squares to check out the vast amount of Clubs and Societies we have to offer! There will also be stalls from the Students’ Union and local businesses including free pizza from Dominos! Don’t miss out on the chance to sign up and get some freebies at the same time!
METAL SOC EVENT Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
JAGUAR SKILLS AND CONTEXT (MC) GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm Veteran street performers Grand Theatre of Lemmings will invade the squares every afternoon with inspired silliness, crazy carnival illusions and their famous ‘Smallest Theatre in the World’. Drop into Lakeside Theatre and ask about their free street theatre workshops!
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm, Sun 30th Sept - Sat 5 Oct A social and artistic hub where spontaneity and performance meet great food and drink. Expect surrealist vintage decoration, surprise mini performances, food based costumes, odd provocations and of course their popular signature dish: the Roast Dinner Sandwich! Admission Free.
Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3.30am This will be a night of fresh talent and supreme DJ skills! Jaguar skills headlines festival stages and events all over the world and is a NINJA DJ of the highest order! He’ll be supported by a fresh up and coming MC who was also the winner of MTV Unsigned 2012 - Context
SUPER SUNDAYS LAUNCH SU Bar: 7pm-11pm
We have a top Sugar Hut resident playing, the cheapest drinks deals and a late night party! Make Sundays “Super” CABARET MAGIC SHOW Sub Zero: 7pm-11pm
Sub Zero is hosting a Magical Cabaret show to end Freshers week! Doors will open at 7pm, and after that prepare to be amazed and astounded as top magicians take to the stage Limited seating
SUNDERLAND v NEWCASTLE UNITED SU Bar: 4pm
CHELSEA v MAN CITY
SU Bar: 1.30pm
LAKESIDE THEATRE LAUNCH PARTY Lakeside Theatre: 7.30pm-8.30pm
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ
Just Play Campus Fun Run
SPEED MATING
ADVICE CENTRE TEA PARTY
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm
Sports Centre Reception: 12pm-2pm
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm
Sub Zero: 12pm-1pm, 1pm-2pm
Lecture Theatre Building: 12pm-2pm
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
FUSION
ARRIVALS PARTY
12pm-3pm
Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
TIC PARTY
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3am
Lakeside Theatre: 8.30pm-11pm
11pm-4pm
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
FRISKY OR RISKY?
THE HOOK OPEN MIC
Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm
FUSION
FUSION
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS
JUST PLAY CHOOSE DAY
POST GRAD MIXER
THE NOUGHTIES SKOOL DISCO FRESHERS BALL
12pm-3pm
Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
Top Bar: 4pm-7pm
VK Beach Party with Hot Dub Time Machine Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3.30am
DEEP HOUSE NIGHT Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
12pm-3pm
BANDIOKE SU Bar: 9pm-12am
FULL MOON PARTY WITH BENGA (RADIO 1) Sub Zero: 10.30pm-4am
Synthetic Turf Pitch: 3pm-5pm
Sub Zero: 10.30pm-4am
UNI-FI FRESHERS PARTY Frango’s: 10.30pm-3am
BIG BEATS WITH DJ LARIZZLE Frango’s: 11pm-3am
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm
STUDENT STREET MARKET Square 3: 10.30am-3.30pm
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
PORTABLE PET ARCHITECTURE Squares 2/3/4/5: 12pm-6pm
Just Play ZORB FOOTBALL
Synthetic Turf Pitch: 2pm-4.30pm
MAD HATTER’S WORKSHOP
Lakeside Theatre Café: 2pm-4pm
MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY
Lakeside Theatre Café: 6pm-7am
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Lakeside Theatre: 7.30pm-9pm
YEAH! LAUNCH PARTY Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3am
INDIE & ROCK ANTHEMS Frango’s: 11pm-3am
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm
TOTAL WIPEOUT 1pm-4pm
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
JEVAN WATKINS JONES Square 3: 12pm-6pm
JUST PLAY GLOW In THE DARK
HUNT & DARTON CAFÉ Lakeside Theatre Café: 9am-5pm
FRESHERS’ FAIR
GRAND THEATRE OF LEMMINGS Campus Squares: 12pm-3pm
JAGUAR SKILLS AND CONTEXT (MC) Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3.30am
THE HOOK OPEN MIC Lakeside Theatre: 9pm-11pm
JOIN THE GENTS
FLIRT! TIGHT AND BRIGHT UV PARTY Sub Zero: 10.30pm-3am
HYPE: OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP Frango’s: 11pm-3am
SU Bar: 7pm-11pm
Squares: 12pm-5pm
Sports Hall/Squash Courts: 4pm-7pm
SU Bar: 10pm
SUPER SUNDAYS LAUNCH
METAL SOC EVENT Frango’s: 11pm-3am
CABARET MAGIC SHOW Sub Zero: 7pm-11pm
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