Mercury Theatre secures vital support for plans to safely reopen From Government Culture Recovery Fund
We are delighted to share that we have secured vital support with £250,000 from the Government Culture Recovery Fund. Arts organisations across England were able to apply to Arts Council England to receive a lifeline from the £257m survival…
Read more#SaveOurTheatres – Mercury Theatre joins national campaign to save the UK’s theatres
We are delighted to be joining forces with performing arts venues across the country as part of the national #SaveOurTheatres campaign. Launched by the Theatres Trust, the campaign aims to prevent the permanent closure of hundreds of UK theatres through…
Read moreOur Response To the Government’s Support Package for the Arts
Yesterday evening, the Government announced a £1.57 billion support package to help the UKs Arts Sector, including theatres, museums and galleries, to weather the effects of the Covid pandemic. The Mercury Theatre is just one of the thousands of arts…
Read moreWe’ll see you after the interval! – An open letter from Steve Mannix & Tracey Childs
On behalf of everyone here at the Mercury we do hope that you, your family and your friends are managing to stay safe and well in these very strange and challenging times. In the last few weeks and months all…
Read moreA huge thank you from all of us at the Mercury!
We recently made the difficult decision to cancel all performances of our pop-up production of Borders in response to government advice around COVID19. Since then our operations have moved to staff members’ homes, our Mercury Tickets box office has closed…
Read moreFunders and Government Officials visit the Mercury Theatre Site as Countdown to the Reopening Continues
As the reopening of our theatre draws ever closer, representatives from major funders of the redevelopment project and local and national government took a tour of the site to see its progress so far. The £9.8 million Mercury Rising project…
Read moreBecome a Mercury Rising Patron today!
We’re looking for individuals, couples and families to become Mercury Rising Patrons to help us complete the final stage of Mercury Rising! With our exciting new Mercury building due to open this Autumn, we can now happily say that the…
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