Review: Whole at the Mercury Studio

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

Review: Tartuffe at the Headgate Theatre

Moliere’s ‘wickedly brilliant’ farce, Tartuffe, hilariously barges its way into The Headgate Theatre to provide [...]

Battle of the Bands 2025: Celebrating Colchester’s Emerging Talent

On Tuesday night, Colchester’s Battle of the Bands 2025 took place at Three Wise Monkeys. [...]

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 [...]

Colchester’s Sound: Celebrating Local Talent

Any rumours that we booked Male Model just because ET starred in their debut video [...]

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: The Killing of Sister George

It is 60 years since The Killing of Sister George opened to critical acclaim and [...]

Interview with Chris Anderson on acting and his upcoming workshop

Chris Anderson has been a familiar face – and voice – on our screens for [...]

Review: Bull at the Mercury Theatre

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

Interview with Paul T. Davies on The Killing of Sister George

Taking over as director mid-production is no small task, but for Paul T. Davies, it [...]

Interview with Lesley Watson of #hmvlivendlocal

Lesley Watson has played an important role in supporting Colchester’s local music scene, particularly through [...]

The Smashing Pumpkins to play Colchester

The Colchester Castle Summer Series has unveiled its latest headliner – legendary alternative rock band [...]

David Rodigan to play Colchester Castle Summer Series

David Rodigan joins UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Aswad, Don Letts, Bitty McLean, Dawn Penn, and [...]

Interview with Tyler Baker of Gasoline Green

By Ben Howard, Keep Colchester Cool It was an unexpected but nice surprise when I [...]

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 [...]