A message from the Mercury – watch this space
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 new ideas for how we can continue to support, entertain…
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Mercury Theatre statement in response to COVID-19
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 these unprecedented times. Following yesterday’s government announcement regarding COVID-19, we are…
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Funders and Government Officials visit the Mercury Theatre Site as Countdown to the Reopening Continues
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 see its progress so far. The £9.8 million Mercury Rising project…
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Protest Photography Competition Announced!
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 will receive a fully paid photography session taking the publicity images…
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The Panto Diaries: Michelle Payne looks back on Cinderella
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 Young Director Scheme. Below she takes us through her experience… …
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Cast and creatives announced for pop-up production of Borders by Henry Naylor
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 March 2020. Starring as Nameless is Lyna Dubarry, an award-winning actress…
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Mercury Theatre Announced as one of four Stage One Regional Hosts for 2020.
We are thrilled to announce that we have been chosen to be a host venue for the Stage One Regional Development Producer Placement in 2020. Stage One’s Trainee Producer Placement scheme offers unique hands-on training and development opportunities for outstanding…
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