Mercury launches new Corporate Partnerships to support future of theatre in Colchester
More than fifty leaders from local businesses enjoyed an on-stage reception to launch the Mercury’s new Corporate Partnerships programmes – Footlight, Limelight, and Premiere! Most consumers think businesses should support charities, and nearly half are more likely to buy from…
Read moreInternational festival of women making theatre to inspire change
Six incredible directors from around the world arrive at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester in June as part of a special one-day international festival dedicated to inspirational women theatre makers. The AHRC-supported festival on Saturday 24 June will see two…
Read moreColchester Operatic Society to celebrate 45 year relationship with the Mercury by performing Gala concert to support Mercury Rising
Colchester Operatics Society are to perform a concert with songs depicting the seasons in aid of Mercury Rising, the project to redevelop the Mercury Theatre. The Society started producing musicals and concerts in 1924 with their first performance of Gilbert &…
Read moreCatching up with two Mercury alumni on the road with Ramps on the Moon’s tour of TOMMY
The Ramps on the Moon project is currently touring a production of the rock opera Tommy – and when it stopped off at Nottingham Playhouse the team there caught up with a couple of faces who may be familiar to Mercury…
Read moreMy Work Experience Week
My name is Korben Symmonds and I have just completed a work experience week here at the Mercury Theatre. During my placement I was given the task of writing a review of the Mercury Voices exhibition and of the show Spamalot, enjoy!…
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