Mercury Theatre and Barn Theatre announce full cast and creative team for Midsummer
Full cast and creative team announced for mercury theatre and barn theatre’s english premiere production of David Greig and Gordon Mcintyre’s play with songs Midsummer
Read moreCelebrating International Women’s Day: An interview with Emilie Leger
Stage Management is a pivotal role in a theatre performance and it’s International Women’s Day, so we recently sat down to interview Mercury Theatre’s very own Emilie Leger, who has worked on many Mercury productions and gives us an insight…
Read moreOfficially Earnest: Rehearsals Week One & Two
Rehearsals Week One and Two Welcome welcome one and all to our Officially Earnest rehearsal blog for The Importance of Being Earnest! My name is Chani and I’m the assistant director (on a 6 month placement through the Birkbeck, University…
Read moreMercury Theatre announces 2024/25 Pantomime: The New Adventures of Peter Pan
The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has today announced their 2024/5 pantomime, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, which will run from 23 November 2024 – 19 January 2025. The pantomime will be directed by and starring “the best Dame in the…
Read moreThe Play Lottery: A Clarification
At the Mercury we support and champion writers and new writing. Each year within our eclectic programming mix, we commit to staging three new plays, known as ‘Mercury Originals’ in our Studio space. These are cutting edge stories from local artists.
Read moreMercury Theatre receives Capital Grant of £500k from The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP)
The funding will support an extension to the theatre for new rehearsal and meeting room spaces, purchase of new theatrical led lighting equipment and the installation of digital equipment.
Read moreMercury Theatre announce full cast for The Importance Of Being Earnest
The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has today announced that they will be reviving Oscar Wilde’s beloved comedy The Importance of Being Earnest from 1-16 March 2024. The Mercury Production, which will be directed by the Mercury’s Creative Director Ryan McBryde…
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