Archive: Month: March 2017

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Choreographer to the stars, Arlene Phillips in Colchester

Arlene Phillips visits the Mercury as part of our Autumn 2017 season. Tickets will go on sale in late 2017. In the meantime, click here to add yourself to the waiting list and be the first to receive updates! Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour.…

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Mercury announces Summer New Talent Festival

Our summer New Work Festival will be running across 3 weeks from Monday 19 June – Sunday 9 July. Watch this space for a full schedule of events and how to book! Week One: To start off the festivities, the 2016-17…

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Summer season now on sale!

Mercury Theatre launches its 2017 Summer season Daniel Buckroyd and Matt Cullum join forces to direct Peter Pan, our magical summer show about the boy who never grew up • The Mercury & English Touring Theatre team up for the…

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Groundbreaking Producer scheme

Applications are now closed for Regional Associate Producers Programme The Regional Associate Producers Programme is an exciting new programme providing full-time, paid placements for four regional Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Associate Producers wishing to develop their producing skills…

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Mercury Youth Theatre – Rags to Riches – 22 Jan 2017

On Sun 22 Jan, we welcomed all of our Mercury Theatre Youth Theatres to the main stage for a spectacular night of theatre. Rags to Riches was the stimulus and the title all of the groups had been given to…

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How do you tame wildness? Professor Alice Roberts visits the Mercury this Autumn

TAMED: with Professor Alice Roberts will be staged as part of our Autumn 2017 season. Tickets will go on sale in late 2017. In the meantime, click here to add yourself to the waiting list and be the first to receive updates! How do…

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‘Curtain up’ on the past – could YOU help us discover the hidden histories of the Mercury Theatre?

The Mercury Theatre is recruiting a band of volunteers to help discover the hidden gems in our eighty-year history! About Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was born out of the Colchester Repertory Theatre founded in 1937 and has been a significant…

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