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...

Guest Reviewer - Christine Adams Davidson ‘Legally Blonde’ is an award winning musical with lyrics and music by Neil Benjamin and...

Guest Reviewer: Christine Adams-Davidson Written in 1976 and first produced as a BBC1 Play for Today in 1977, this cult classic...

Known as probably Oscar Wildes finest work, the popularity of this play rarely seems to have dwindled. It has been re-imagined in many...

The Producers is a musical based on the film by Mel Brooks with much of the Lyrics and book written by Brooks and with a film version...

This was our last panto of this season and as always, we were made to feel extremely welcome by the Blackmore Players as we arrived at...

Guest Reviewer : Michelle Jacobs Who doesn’t love a traditional school nativity play at Christmas? Chelmsford Theatre Workshop certainly...

Guest Reviewer: Philip Spurgeon Dick Whittington is the only pantomime based on a true subject - oh yes it is! Richard Whittington...

The Mercury always gives a first class pantomime but this year in a tent, we really weren’t sure that they would be able to pull it off....

Photography by Mark Sepple On entering the auditorium at the start of the evening we were immediately impressed by the Lincoln green set...

Guest Reviewer - Corrina Wilson Rent, a 90’s rock musical loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, by Jonathan Larson tells the story...