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Perfoming Arts Collections Study Day – Wed 13 Sep

With speakers from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the National Theatre, Southbank Centre, Tyne Theatre & Opera House, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and more, the Study Day brings together individuals from arts and heritage organisations to share experiences, best practice,…

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Here’s what our Youth Theatre think about our summer show, Peter Pan!

We currently offer our 14-18 Youth Theatres the chance to complete the nationally recognised Arts Award. As part of the qualification we give young people the opportunity to be audience members of our productions and to write reviews of the…

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Digitising the past: A day in the Essex Record Office

In the second post from Mercury Voices volunteers about our visit to the Essex Record Office (read the first post here), volunteer Holly lets us know what surprised her most about what she saw: Early in July, our merry band…

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Mercury Theatre re-appointed to National Portfolio of leading arts organisations by Arts Council

Arts Council England today announce that the Mercury Theatre has been re-appointed to the UK-wide National Portfolio of leading arts organisations for 2018 – 2022 The Mercury Theatre will continue to reach more than 150,000 audience members and visitors a…

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Mercury hosts Cultural Feast at local Food & Drink Festival

On 24 & 25 June, the Mercury Theatre hosted a celebration of diverse arts and culture as part of Colchester’s Food & Drink Festival. The event, which took place in lower Castle Park, was funded by Big Lottery’s Celebrate England…

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The Mercury goes International – see what our Spamalot team have been up to in South Korea!

Our Made in Colchester production of Spamalot has clip-clopped down to South Korea as part of the Daegu International Musical Festival with laker girls and killer bunnies in tow! Nathan Hamilton, Joey Hawken, Kiaran-Lee Kesby, Emily Louise Palmer and Abbie Pillet (members…

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The Gruffalo is coming to Colchester! We speak to Lauren Scott-Berry who plays Mouse

Tall Stories production of The Gruffalo lands at the Mercury at the end of this month! The classic adventure will be brought to life on stage featuring the much-loved characters from the children’s book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler. We caught…

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