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Thursday 18 Mar 2010
June 2009 / February 2010 Season

NEWS

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...

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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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21 Dec 2009 - Perfect last minute stocking filler for theatre lovers

Even if your stockings are not as long as Flatula’s (have you seen the Mercury pantomime yet?!) you might still need some ideas to help fill them in time for Christmas Eve. For the first time ever ...

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15 Dec 2009 - Steve Scruton meets panto cast

Steve Scruton meets panto cast - listen live from 2pm or on Iplayer for the next 7 days! Having finished his Christmas shopping in Colchester town centre yesterday afternoon, popular BBC Essex pr...

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14 Dec 2009 - Ugly sisters are Col U’s biggest fans this Christmas!

Cinderella’s comical ugly sisters Ratula and Flatula alias Shuna Snow and Christine Absalom, along with the Mercury’s very own snowman, took time out on Wednesday 9 December to meet up with one of the...

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10 Dec 2009 - Panto Prize winners enjoy the show!

Panto Prize winners enjoy the show! Saturday 5 December was Winners Day at the Mercury Theatre. Over the past few months competitions and auctions have been held by numerous town centre locatio...

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25 Nov 2009 - Mercury Pantomime Dame opens new pre-school

Dame Spatula (alias Tim Treslove) from this years Mercury Theatre Company panto extravaganza, Cinderella, officially opened the new St James’ Pre-School on Wednesday 25 November. The new pre-school...

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2 Nov 2009 - New challenges

The latest Mercury Theatre Company production in rehearsal, Through the Leaves which opens in the Mercury Studio Theatre on Thursday 19 November, sees three Mercury women stepping up from their regul...

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2 Oct 2009 - Mercury gets TMA nomination for 3rd year

The Mercury Theatre Company has been nominated for a TMA Theatre Award for Best New Play for The Lifesavers by Fraser Grace. This co-production between the Mercury Theatre Company and London’s Theatre...

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23 Sep 2009 - Assisted performance feedback groups needed

In the coming months the Mercury Theatre is inviting patrons who have attended any of their Captioned or Audio Described performances, or anyone who has an interest in making theatre accessible for Bl...

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15 Sep 2009 - Star on the Mercury Stage this Christmas!

Calling all talented youngsters aged 10 to 15 years… Can you sing, dance and act? If so, we have some exciting news for you: The Mercury Theatre is once again starting its annual search for talented y...

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27 Aug 2009 - Round The Horne

Following their star appearance at our season launch back in July Kenneth Williams (Robin Sebastian) and Kenneth Horne (Jonathan Rigby) arrive back in Colchester next week for a fortnight of Round The...

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22 Jul 2009 - Mercury Associate Artist at Chichester Festival Theatre

Mercury Theatre Company member Gina Isaac can currently be seen starring alongside Sorcha Cusack, Christopher Timothy, Oliver Cotton and Damian O’Hare in Jonathan Church’s production of The Grapes of ...

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2 Jul 2009 - Mercury Company 10th Anniversary Season

2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the Mercury Theatre Company and celebrations continue this autumn with an exciting new production - Depot will be the Company’s 80th production and performed not on ...

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2 Jul 2009 - Visiting Companies at the Mercury Theatre

Alongside the home-grown drama provided by the Mercury Theatre Company, Colchester’s premier theatre also hosts some of the best touring theatre, dance, comedy and music in the country. This season, s...

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2 Jul 2009 - Theatre for Children and their Families

This autumn, the Mercury Theatre has some of the finest theatre productions for children and their families, culminating in a fantastic, festive traditional family pantomime - Cinderella. On Satur...

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15 Jun 2009 - Michelle Collins Toddled in Colchester

Today, Actress and Barnardo’s Ambassador, Michelle Collins, joined Colchester mums, dads and children’s groups at Colchester Zoo for the UK’s number one fundraising event for under 5s; the Barnardo’s ...

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10 Jun 2009 - Town Centre Roads Closed for Tour Series Cycling Event

We have been notified by the Borough Council that due to the Tour Series Cycling Event on the 18th June North Hill will be closed from 9:30am to Midnight. There will be access to the Theatre for Disab...

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1 Jun 2009 - Wanted: local residents, traders, business men, students

Wanted: local residents, traders, business men, students If you are aged over 16 you are invited to join professional actors and artists this summer to uncover the darker hidden secrets behind Col...

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19 May 2009 - TV stars in Colchester summer season of Drama

A handful of well-known TV names will be making their way to Colchester this summer in three top quality dramas at the Mercury Theatre. Soonest to arrive are Eastenders baddie Michelle Collins and ...

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27 Mar 2009 - GIFT FREE Workshops

As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations the Mercury Theatre Company are offering FREE workshops each weekend in May as part of the GIFT project. GIFT is an adventurous new project of discovery...

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27 Mar 2009 - Share your stories of Colchester

Do you have a story you would like to share with us about local people or places in Colchester that mean something to you (really anything goes from where you had your first kiss to an early memory of...

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27 Mar 2009 - Artists of the Future

If you thinking of a career in the performing arts then don’t miss this amazing FREE course! Tue 28 July – Fri 7 August The Mercury Theatre in collaboration with Essex County Council, is offerin...

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25 Mar 2009 - FREE Dance Theatre Workshop

FREE Dance Theatre Workshop with Maresa von Stockert’s Tilted Productions Monday 6th April, 7pm-9pm Mercury Theatre Studio Colchester CO1 1PT After sell-out shows of Glacier in 2008, Tilted re...

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20 Mar 2009 - Another 'Goon' offspring at Mercury

Jane Milligan -the daughter of comedian Spike Milligan – is all set to appear on the Mercury Stage between Monday 23 and Saturday 28 March as Mary in Blonde Bombshells of 1943. Jane’s visit follows s...

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10 Mar 2009 - FREE Tickets given away at Mercury

Almost 300 young people have already signed up to the FREE theatre ticket scheme which the Mercury Theatre is participating in over the next two years. The scheme is called A Night Less Ordinary an...

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10 Mar 2009 - Cindy Beale Caught in an Another Act of Deception

The Mercury Theatre today announced that former EastEnders star Michelle Collins, best known for her conniving TV character Cindy Beale, has been cast in the star role for a gripping new play at the M...

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18 Feb 2009 - Tickets on sale for Colchester Lecture

One of Britain’s best-loved broadcasters and writers, Adam Hart-Davis, will be this years’ keynote speaker at the annual Colchester Lecture at the Mercury Theatre in June. Tickets priced £10 per pe...

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10 Feb 2009 - A Night Less Ordinary

A Night Less Ordinary Mercury offers 2,000 FREE theatre tickets to Under 26’s The Mercury Theatre is delighted to announce that it has been selected to be part of the new Free Theatre Initiative c...

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2 Feb 2009 - A Chorus of Disapproval

Mercury Company actors Roger Delves-Broughton, Christine Absalom and Miranda Bell are busy rehearsing Alan Ayckbourn’s witty comedy A Chorus of Disapproval under the direction of New Wolsey Theatre Ar...

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9 Jan 2009 - Mercury Theatre awarded funds for young people’s free theatre scheme

Arts Council England has announced that the Mercury Theatre has been allocated a £10,000 grant to help more young people come to the theatre for the first time. Attendance at arts events tradition...

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9 Jan 2009 - First show of Company season in rehearsal

The first Company production of the season The Lifesavers started rehearsals this week in London. Starring Company actor and Associate Artist Gina Isaac (Two, Julius Caesar, Small Miracle) The Lifesa...

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4 Aug 2008 - Company actors and what they are up to

Popular MTC actor Shuna Snow, who was seen at the Mercury playing Clytemnestra in IPH… has just taken part in the Hotbed Festival in Cambridge. Hotbed 2008 offers 13 World Premieres of short plays by ...

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