What a blast of fun and fresh air this production is. It is guaranteed to blow away any post-Christmas blues. This was a slick show...

This show is a personal favourite of mine, and I am delighted it is now back available for amateur societies to perform. On entering the...

Credit: Mark Senior Just like a tin of sweeties at Christmas, the Mercury Theatre panto this year gives us our favourite flavours as well...

Guest Reviewer: Christine Davidson I can remember a conversation I had with Stewart Adkins over four years ago, when he told me of his...

Photograph -Pamela Raith When you know a production comes from the halloed halls of ‘The Play that Goes Wrong’ you have a certain...

What a high octane, energetic production CO2 brought to the Mercury Theatre this autumn with Fame. Putting on a show about young...

Having seen Kinky Boots in the West End a few years ago, I was filled with some trepidation as to how any amateur society might do this...

Photographer: Pamela Raith What a blast!!! What a way to celebrate the 50th Birthday of the Mercury Theatre. This is one of Shakespeare’s...

Guest Reviewer: Christine Davidson, 31st April Having seen this musical a few years ago I was, at that time, really not impressed, so it...

I understand this was a youth premier of the show which was originally written for 10 adults, playing all the young roles, so taking the...

This was the first time we had seen this show live, as we had seen it on television over Christmas and although we know both its previous...

This is a rewrite by Mark Ravenhill of an old play by Charles Bennett and probably best known from the 1929 film of the same name...

Guest Reviewer: Christine Davidson, 19th Feb 2022 It is always a delight to be asked to review Witham Operatic Workshop (WOW). This...

It was a joy to be back at the mercury tonight and to witness yet again, another Mercury Pantomime after such a long break. We all know...

I have to admit Little Shop of Horrors is not one of my favourite shows but I have seen it many times, so I am very familiar with it and...

Guest Reviewer - Christine Adams-Davidson I had the pleasure of going to see “Made in Dagenham” on its second night - what a show. The...

It was great to be back in the theatre again watching a live play and what better place to be than the Headgate Theatre, Colchester and...

When someone says it’s a show about 9 guys singing in a pub you might mistakenly think of an East End watering hole with knees up mother...

How wonderful to be back in the theatre again, after such a long break. And delighted to see the Mercury Theatre in all its new glory. We...

Tonight was the first amateur performance of this musical I had the pleasure to see and it was a top-class evening’s entertainment. From...