A ONE-ACT play inspired by popular ‘The Pitmen Painters’ is being hosted at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre in March.
‘Coal Girls’, performed by Northern Creations, is a funny, fictional insight into the wives and girlfriends of The Ashington Group, featuring three original Geordie folk songs.
You’re married to a coal miner. Manual labour is his life and the dirt under his fingernails is probably five years old. What would you think if he started taking two baths a day and developed a flair for oil painting?
Behind every great man is a greater woman and these women are a force to be reckoned with.
The story is inspired by ‘The Pitmen Painters’ by Lee Hall which is based on the true story of The Ashington Group, Northumberland miners who became a working class phenomenon, praised throughout the country for their artwork in the 1930s.
‘Coal Girls’ will run in the Oldham Coliseum Theatre Studio from March 3-5 following the run of the Coliseum’s production of The Pitmen Painters in the Main Theatre.
Tickets can be booked on 0161 624 2829 or at www.coliseum.org.uk
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