Year 10 student Lara Swan recently completed a Work Experience placement at the theatre. In her own words, here’s what her week entailed: MONDAY:

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…

KS1 and KS2 teachers, history or drama coordinators are invited to our March CPD event, Resorting to the Coast. If you’re teaching …

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…

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…

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…

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…

Misbehavin’ was a week-long summer school, inspired by the musical Ain’t Misbehavin’, for young people aged 11-16. Part of the IGNITE project working…

The Mercury Theatre can today confirms its £9m redevelopment plan, Mercury Rising, will go ahead following an exceptional award of £1.2m from the European Regional Development Fund. Mercury Rising will…

The Mercury Theatre Colchester and Josef Weinberger Ltd today announce the winners of their inaugural Mercury / Weinberger Playwriting Prize. The winner, who picks up a cash prize of £5,000…