A BRAND new, free creative service is prescribing contemporary poems as a tool for connection and healing. Founded by poet, playwright and performer Hafsah Aneela Bashir, the Poetry…
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OLDHAM Coliseum Theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Hull Truck Theatre are streaming their landmark 2019 revival of The Hired Man to raise vital funds their project. Together the theatres reach…
View More Theatres team up to stream musical The Hired Man
OLDHAM Coliseum Theatre closed its doors on Monday, March 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak – but they will be ready to take centre stage…
View More Oldham Coliseum’s stage will light up again once crisis is over
Lyceum Theatre Oldham has a reputation for reviving little-known classics and breathing life into old favourites. The 2019-20 season at the town’s oldest theatre takes…
View More Lyceum Theatre Oldham new season takes you around the world
IT is not a business plan you’ll see pitched in Dragons’ Den any time soon, writes Trevor Baxter. But as a get rich scheme for…
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LYCEUM Theatre Oldham ends its 90thanniversary celebrations with a classic birthday party comedy. This season has proved one of the most successful in its history,…
View More 90 years of performances celebrated Lyceum Oldham
A BRAND new, razor sharp drama from award-winning taxi driver-come-playwright Ishy Din is coming to Oldham Coliseum Theatre. Approaching Empty tells how in a scruffy…
View More Award-winning playwright brings new razor sharp drama to Oldham Coliseum
London Classic Theatre’s popular production of My Mother Said I Never Should comes to Oldham Coliseum Theatre this April. Following a fire that destroyed the entire set…
View More Popular production My Mother Said I Never Should comes to Oldham Coliseum
By John Rigby PLAYHOUSE Creatures (Millgate Arts Theatre, until February 9) is a thoughtful and sympathetic exploration into the lives and careers of the first…
View More Little comfort for ground-breaking ‘creatures’ of the Playhouse
WHAT did you watch at Christmas? All the latest depressing shenanigans in Walford and Weatherfield? Dr Who, What, Where, Why and When? Maybe Strictly gone…
View More Heavenly creatures? Saddleworth Players’ production to spotlight new era for women in theatre
