A CRYPTIC yet macabre comedy will thrill audiences at the Oldham Coliseum this May.
London Classic Theatre is bringing Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party to the borough as part of their 37 venue tour.
In a shabby boarding house in a small English seaside town an elderly couple take care of a solitary guest, who rarely ventures out.
The arrival of two enigmatic strangers seems to offer a welcome distraction from their mundane existence, but when an impromptu, seemingly innocent birthday party abruptly turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse, there are horrifying repercussions.
(Photos by Sheila Burnett)
The Birthday Party was Harold Pinter’s first major work and is among the most unusual and absorbing of his plays.
London Classic Theatre presents the first significant touring revival of the twenty-first century, directed by Michael Cabot.
Playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist, Harold Pinter was born on 10 October 1930 in East London. He wrote twenty-nine plays including Betrayal, Old Times, The Homecoming and The Caretaker. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Birthday Party runs at Oldham Coliseum Theatre from Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 May. Tickets can be bought at Oldham Coliseum Theatre, by phone on 0161 624 2829 or online at www.coliseum.org.uk
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