Review: Whole at the Mercury Studio

“My sister smells of wood smoke, warm earth, oranges, and dust… we buried you in [...]

Review: Impromptu Shakespeare at the Headgate Theatre

Lights, action, codpieces! The Bard has been a bit lazy over the last 400 years [...]

Review: Sophia at the Mercury Theatre

Sophia Duleep Singh – princess, suffragette, and revolutionary. It is an East Anglian story crying [...]

Interview with Natasha Rickman, Artistic Director of the Mercury Theatre

Keep Colchester Cool’s Theatre Editor, Paul T. Davies, sat down with Natasha Rickman, the new [...]

Review: Toxic at the Mercury Theatre

Entering what has turned out to be, perhaps unintentionally, a mini LGBTQ+ festival in Colchester [...]

Review: The 39 Steps at the Mercury Theatre

There can’t be much more than thirty-nine steps from the stage to the audience in [...]

Review: Count Dykula performed at the Mercury Theatre

For the second week in a row, following the highly impressive Liberty Hall, audiences at [...]

Review: Liberty Hall at the Mercury Studio

LGBTQ+ History Month was well represented in Colchester last week, with The Killing of Sister [...]

Review: Bull at the Mercury Theatre

With his latest play, Unicorn, having just opened in the West End, now feels like [...]

Review: The Little Mermaid at the Mercury Theatre

One of Disney’s best-known features and musicals is brought vividly and confidently to life at [...]

Review: Father Brown and the Curse of the Christmas Fairy

Paul. T Davies reviews Father Brown and the Curse of the Christmas Fairy, presented by [...]

Review: Elf The Musical at Charter Hall

“A magical addition to the family Christmas experience.”

Paul T. Davies reviews Tick, Tick…BOOM! at the Headgate

Presented by St. Helena School, what an end-of-term treat this is for theatregoers. Jonathan Larson’s [...]

Keep Colchester Cool Awards for Local Theatre – The Winners

The excitement surrounding this year’s Keep Colchester Cool Awards for Local Theatre (formerly the Paulies) [...]

Keep Colchester Cool Awards for Local Theatre – The Nominations

I am excited to announce the nominations for the 2024 Paulies, now known as the [...]

Review: The New Adventures of Peter Pan

Paul T. Davies reviews The New Adventures Of Peter Pan at The Mercury Theatre. Ahoy, [...]

Review: Nine, staged at the Headgate Theatre

Paul T. Davies reviews Nine, presented by Platform Musicals at the Headgate. “Art isn’t easy!” [...]

Fringe City: Reflecting on Colchester’s Most Successful Fringe Festival Yet!

For ten days, from 25 October to 3 November 2024, Colchester became Fringe City, as [...]

Review: Equus

Paul T. Davies reviews Equus, presented by Headgate Theatre Productions at the Headgate. For my [...]

Review: It’s a Wonderful Life

Paul T. Davies reviews It’s a Wonderful Life, brought to life by the Colchester Theatre [...]