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KS1 and KS2 teachers, history or drama coordinators are invited to our March CPD event, Resorting to the Coast. If you’re teaching  Essex local history, history of the British seaside and entertainments and would like to practice story making and…

Fri 19 Apr 2019, 7.30PM Led by Seeking God’s Blessing for Colchester with music led by Cantus Firmus. As is traditional at the Mercury Theatre, a Good Friday Service will be held at the theatre led by Seeking God’s Blessing…

During February half term, a group of young, aspiring writers occupied the Mercury Theatre studio for three days. There they wrote, rehearsed and recorded Mercury Theatre’s very first Radio Soap Opera. This project was a culmination of a five-week knowledge…

The Mercury Theatre will be kick-starting their next season in a new Pop-up Performance Theatre at Abbey Field in Colchester! The Mercury Theatre is excited to announce Mercury at Abbey Field, a state of the art pop-up theatre that will…

Mercury Theatre Colchester and Paul Taylor-Mills in association with Tamasha Theatre Company are delighted to announce an all-star creative team for the Made in Colchester production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Ain’t Misbehavin’ will be directed by Tyrone Huntley, making his directorial…

We spoke to Executive Producer Tracey Childs about the joys and challenges of programming at the Mercury Theatre Maybe the first thing to explain about programming is there is a difference between the work we produce ourselves, here in Colchester,…