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20 Jul 2010 - Mercury declares first Colchester Buttonhole Day a success
Volunteers and staff at the Mercury Theatre spent the day on Tuesday 20 July handing out hundreds of free floral buttonholes and posies in celebration of Colchester in Bloom. The flowers which had ...
16 Jul 2010 - Mercury supports Colchester’s 1st Buttonhole Day
Handmade floral Buttonholes will be available to make or take at the Mercury Theatre Box Office between 10am and 4pm on Tuesday 20 July. Small donations greatly appreciated for Colchester in Bloom....
9 Jul 2010 - Mercury Company Actors work with local students
School exams are over but the work still continues. For 250 students the last two weeks have seen them get out from behind their desks and work with actors from the Mercury Theatre Company. In adva...
18 Jun 2010 - High energy Show raises money for local Samaritans
Colchester, Tendring and Suffolk Borders Samaritans has been quietly supporting local people for nearly 50 years. In April 2012 the lease expires on their current centre in Vineyard Street and so the...
19 May 2010 - Mercury’s Emily wins top theatre job
Last autumn 24 year old Mercury Theatre technician Emily Holmden made her professional debut as a Lighting designer for Through the Leaves, a Mercury Company production in the Mercury Studio Theatre; ...
31 Mar 2010 - Making Opera for Children
My Mother Told Me Not To Stare Wednesday 7 April 11am & 2pm Mercury Studio Theatre Opera and children are not a usual combination, but Nina Hajiyianni, Director of an exciting new co-production b...
17 Mar 2010 - Mercury Theatre Company shares skills with University Students
Mercury Theatre actors / directors Tony Casement and Adrian Stokes have spent the last six weeks working with 2nd year Theatre Studies students at Essex University. Each year the University Centre...
11 Mar 2010 - It’s All About You!
All About You is a community project run collaboratively by The Mercury Theatre and firstsite. For the past month 8 young parents from across Colchester have enjoyed attending weekly creative sessions...
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