DIGBY GALLERY

1972 - ?

The Corn Exchange was built with a public hall, St George’s Hall, at rear, used as a lecture hall. In 1925, the main space, now known as the Albert Hall, was converted to an assembly room for concerts, etc., and an art gallery in the High Street. When Robert Digby founded the local repertory company, the hall was converted to a small theatre, incorporating the rear hall for stage space, etc. This arrangement lasted until 1972 when the Mercury Theatre opened. The Digby Gallery at the Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, Essex is a theatre which contains a studio for exhibition hire. Suffolk artists who have exhibited at the Mercury Gallery/Digby Gallery include Anthony Claude Atkinson, Valerie Bonnett, Hugh Verschoyle Cronyn, Charles Debenham, Andrew Wilson Dodds, Diane Griffiths, Maurice Alfred Kelly, Eleonora Knowland, Wyndham Lloyd, Joy Pirkle, Stella Rankin, Michelle Ranson, Hazel Theobald, Borin Van Loon, Harold Warner and Bryan Whiteley.
Website: https://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

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