Review: Whole at the Mercury Studio
“My sister smells of wood smoke, warm earth, oranges, and dust… we buried you in [...]
Apr
Review: Impromptu Shakespeare at the Headgate Theatre
Lights, action, codpieces! The Bard has been a bit lazy over the last 400 years [...]
Mar
Review: Sophia at the Mercury Theatre
Sophia Duleep Singh – princess, suffragette, and revolutionary. It is an East Anglian story crying [...]
Mar
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 [...]
Mar
Review: Toxic at the Mercury Theatre
Entering what has turned out to be, perhaps unintentionally, a mini LGBTQ+ festival in Colchester [...]
Mar
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 [...]
Mar
Review: Count Dykula performed at the Mercury Theatre
For the second week in a row, following the highly impressive Liberty Hall, audiences at [...]
Mar
Review: Liberty Hall at the Mercury Studio
LGBTQ+ History Month was well represented in Colchester last week, with The Killing of Sister [...]
Mar
Review: Bull at the Mercury Theatre
With his latest play, Unicorn, having just opened in the West End, now feels like [...]
Feb
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 [...]
Feb
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 [...]
Jan
Review: Elf The Musical at Charter Hall
“A magical addition to the family Christmas experience.”
Dec
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 [...]
Dec
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) [...]
Dec
Keep Colchester Cool Awards for Local Theatre – The Nominations
I am excited to announce the nominations for the 2024 Paulies, now known as the [...]
Dec
Review: The New Adventures of Peter Pan
Paul T. Davies reviews The New Adventures Of Peter Pan at The Mercury Theatre. Ahoy, [...]
Dec
Review: Nine, staged at the Headgate Theatre
Paul T. Davies reviews Nine, presented by Platform Musicals at the Headgate. “Art isn’t easy!” [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
Review: Equus
Paul T. Davies reviews Equus, presented by Headgate Theatre Productions at the Headgate. For my [...]
Nov
Review: It’s a Wonderful Life
Paul T. Davies reviews It’s a Wonderful Life, brought to life by the Colchester Theatre [...]
Nov