Archive: Month: May 2018

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LYN GARDNER ANNOUNCED AS JUDGE OF MAJOR PLAYWRITING PRIZE

With the 2017 winner of the Mercury Playwriting Prize, Europe After The Rain, opening today, the Mercury Theatre Colchester announces Lyn Gardner as a judge of the inaugural Mercury/Weinberger Playwriting Prize. Lyn joins Mercury Artistic Director Daniel Buckroyd and Josef…

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An internship with the Marketing team

We spoke to Marketing Project Office Kitti Henzsel about her experience of working at the Mercury Theatre I am a third and final year student at the University of Essex studying Bsc in Business Management. I am currently undertaking an…

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Successful First Gala Dinner for Mercury Rising

The Mercury Rising Gala Dinner was deemed a fundraising success after one-hundred guests attended the event, hosted in the grand Moot Hall, Colchester, on Friday 11th May. The purpose of the evening was to raise funds for the forthcoming redevelopment…

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Daniel Buckroyd to leave Mercury Theatre in August

Photo: Daniel Buckroyd, Tracey Childs and Steve Mannix Daniel Buckroyd will leave the Mercury Theatre Colchester in August 2018, to lead the Exeter Northcott Theatre Tracey Childs is appointed Interim Executive Producer and Joint Chief Executive After six years as…

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A BID to make new history

Local businesses are invited to the Our Colchester BID Business Plan Launch Event Tuesday 15th May 5.30pm – 7.00pm ATIK, High Street, Colchester Your opportunity to see the Our Colchester BID Business Plan, hear what the BID will deliver for…

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