Mercury Theatre Supports Local Artist in National Freelance Task Force
We are delighted to have joined forces with a number of leading cultural organisations, such as Fuel Theatre, Complicité and The National Theatre, and will be supporting Essex-based freelance artist Michelle Payne as she joins a national task force initiative…
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We’ll see you after the interval! – An open letter from Steve Mannix & Tracey Childs
On behalf of everyone here at the Mercury we do hope that you, your family and your friends are managing to stay safe and well in these very strange and challenging times. In the last few weeks and months all…
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VE Day 2020 Celebrations
We are delighted to be able to honour and celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day within our community this Friday, with a range of exciting, safe, socially distanced and online performances. On Friday afternoon, we have arranged for local…
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Supporting Your Community
Our Engagement Producer, Matthew Jewson, has been taking a look at some of the wonderful charitable activities taking place in and around Colchester during these difficult times. “As life continues in lockdown, many charities, voluntary groups and generally lovely people…
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Accessible Resources: Arts Council England Emergency Funding
In response to the COVID19 lock down, the Arts Council England are making £160 million of emergency funding available for creative industry organisations and individuals who will need it during the current crisis. They have also changed the funding requirements for…
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A huge thank you from all of us at the Mercury!
We recently made the difficult decision to cancel all performances of our pop-up production of Borders in response to government advice around COVID19. Since then our operations have moved to staff members’ homes, our Mercury Tickets box office has closed…
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Top Tips: How you can help Theatre Professionals through these challenging 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 undoubtedly left performers, creatives, freelancers, technicians and anyone working behind…
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