Whilst parents are working remotely and children are virtually tasked by schools to learn from home, households across the country are having to adjust. But within these uncertain times…

After the Prime Minister’s advice on Monday to “avoid” mass gatherings, theatre venues and cultural organisations across the country have taken the very difficult decision to close indefinitely. This has…

We are your Mercury, and now that our team is safely working from home, we’ve got you at the forefront of our minds. The team is currently dreaming up exciting…

The health and wellbeing of our audiences, teams and community is always our priority, and we continue to follow the advice of the government and Public Health England in…

To celebrate their up-coming production of Borders – an urgent, provocative play about a British photo-journalist – the Mercury Theatre are launching their first ever photography competition. The winner…

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…

We were delighted to welcome Michelle Payne to the Mercury as Assistant Director for last year’s sparkling pantomime Cinderella; a three month placement with us through the Regional Theatre…

Taking place at The Old Library, Colchester (formerly Memoirs Restaurant and Cocktail Bar) the Mercury are thrilled to present Borders by Henry Naylor from Thursday 19 to Saturday 28…

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…

We hope all of our visitors have a holly jolly festive season! Our magical Mercury pantomime, Cinderella, will run at our Mercury at Abbey Field venue until Sun 5…