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Mercury launches call out for Playwrights, Producers and Directors development programmes

Posted April 9th, 2021

We are thrilled to announce three dedicated talent development programmes for promising and innovative Playwrights, Producers and Directors from the East of England to create and develop work with leading theatre-makers.

Theatre celebrates further Cultural Recovery Fund support that will enable transformed venue to reopen this summer

Posted April 2nd, 2021

We are delighted to confirm that we have received a grant of £125,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help us recover, reopen and welcome audiences, following our £10 million Mercury Rising refurbishment project.

A letter from Mercury Creative Director, Ryan McBryde

Posted February 3rd, 2021

I hope this finds you in the best of health and keeping safe during these difficult times. I’m writing to you today to keep you updated about the progress of the Mercury. As you’re no doubt aware, the global pandemic…

Essex joins forces for LGBTQ+ History Month

Posted February 3rd, 2021

This February it’s all about LGBTQ+ History Month. We’ll be celebrating the works and artistry of our LGBTQ+ creative family through a series of exciting activities coming up .

Ten actors in colourful costumes, posed in an arrowhead formation, each raising a fist in the air.

Mercury Amongst Prestigious National Arts Organisations in Funding Win

Posted February 1st, 2021

The Mercury has been successful in its bid for funding as part of Garfield Weston’s £30 million ‘Weston Culture Fund’.

Rehearsals for Pieces of String at the Mercury Theatre. One participant holds a script and gives direction to a younger participant while a third watches on.

Applications open for Mercury Creatives: Support for freelancers, artists and creative businesses across the South East struggling with the effects of COVID-19.

Posted January 15th, 2021

We are excited to announce that applications to join the final cohort of our business development programme, Mercury Creatives, are now open. True to our commitment to artists and freelancers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercury Creatives offers mentoring, training and networking opportunities to creative businesses, freelancers and self-employed artists across Essex, East Sussex, Kent and Suffolk.

Mercury Theatre awarded £120,000 Wolfson Foundation funding support to safely reopen

Posted December 16th, 2020

The Mercury Theatre is delighted to have secured a grant of £120,000 from the Wolfson Foundation to support the theatre’s Covid-recovery and reopening in 2021.