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Popular rugby comedy to entertain at Oldham Coliseum
A HILARIOUS underdog story brings the world of amateur rugby league up close and personal in ‘Up ‘N’ Under’ at Oldham Coliseum in October. The…
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Mother and daughter bring award-winning play to Delph
IT is a family affair in Delph later this year as ex Coronation Street star Sue Jenkins directs her daughter in an award-winning dark comedy…
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Vintage comedy opens season at Lyceum Theatre Oldham
A season of comedies at Lyceum Theatre Oldham is opening this month with Willy Russell’s snapshot of 1980s Britain ‘One For The Road’. The early…
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Green light from planners for new Oldham Coliseum Theatre
PLANS for a new Coliseum Theatre have been approved in a move that will see it occupying a new state-of-the-art facility in Oldham town centre.…
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Could you give a damn? 1930s Hollywood hits Delph
SADDLEWORTH Players’ new season at The Millgate Arts Centre, Delph opens in September with a delightful screwball comedy ‘Moonlight & Magnolias’. Legendary film producer David…
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Wartime musical at Oldham Coliseum to commemorate Passchendaele
PACK UP your troubles with theatre legend Joan Littlewood’s ground-breaking First World War satirical musical in the year Britain remembers the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele.…
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Lyceum Theatre Oldham offers cash prizes for new scripts
THREE TALENTED writers will be the winners of cash prizes and productions thanks to Lyceum Theatre Oldham’s ‘PlotFest’, a One Act Playwriting Competition. With a…
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Help Dick Whittington get to London in Oldham Coliseum’s famous pantomime
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is on the lookout for talented young people aged between 8 and 15 to join the cast on stage for this year’s…
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Key 103 Cash for Kids supports Theatre’s work with Schools
A GENEROUS £1,250 grant from Key 103 Cash for Kids will allow Oldham Coliseum Theatre to extend its exciting work with schools. The Coliseum’s Learning…
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Exciting line-up unveiled for Oldham Coliseum’s Autumn-Winter 2017-18 season
A mixture of comedy, thrills, history and song will beat your winter blues thanks to The Oldham Coliseum’s Autumn-Winter 2017-18 season. The season opens singing…
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Saddleworth Live to bring top shows to Delph
AN EXCITING line-up of award-winning plays, music and comedy is coming to Delph thanks to a theatre-loving duo. Tim Newbold and Michael Powis created a…
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Stunning celebration of Bollywood to come to Oldham Coliseum
A STUNNING celebration of Bollywood is stopping off at Oldham Coliseum Theatre in August as part of a national theatre tour. Bring On The Bollywood…
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Saddleworth Players invite community behind the scenes at Summer Open Day
SADDLEWORTH PLAYERS would like to invite the community back the scenes at their Summer Open Day on Saturday, June 3. The thriving amateur theatre company…
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First Break Festival returns to Oldham Coliseum for 2017
AFTER ITS most successful festival to date in 2016, Oldham Coliseum Theatre’s popular First Break Festival of new writing and emerging talent returns Thursday 22 – Friday…
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Crompton Stage Society celebrates 50 years at Playhouse 2 with Get Involved Open Day
CROMPTON STAGE Society is celebrating 50 years of residence at Playhouse 2 and holding a Get Involved Open Day to look ahead to the next…
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Charles Dickens classic ‘Hard Times’ comes to Oldham Coliseum
DELVE INTO the parallels between Charles Dickens’ themes of the 19th century and the present day as ‘Hard Times’ comes to Oldham Coliseum theatre. First published…
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‘Gypsy Queen’ explores homosexuality in the boxing arena at Oldham Coliseum
WORKING PROGRESS Theatre company comes to the Oldham Coliseum Theatre studio on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April with Rob Ward’s Gypsy Queen Gypsy Queen is an…
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Olivier award-winning comedy to entertain at Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Olivier award-winning comedy Hysteria will entertain audiences at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre this May. Presented by London Classic Theatre, the play is set is 1938 in…
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Award-winning playwright brings new play to Saddleworth
Award-winning playwright Alan Stockdill is bringing a brand new production to Saddleworth this month. ‘Dark Sky’ will be performed upstairs at The Swan, Dobcross on…
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New vision for Oldham Coliseum Theatre unveiled
THE EYE-CATCHING vision for a new Oldham Coliseum Theatre has been unveiled ahead of the submission of a planning application. Oldham Council and Oldham Coliseum…
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Contemporary dance company brings special performance to Coliseum
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED contemporary dance company Phoenix Dance Theatre come to Oldham Coliseum Theatre with a special performance in April. On Tuesday 4 April, they present…
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Young talent tread the boards at Playhouse 2
AS Crompton Stage Society celebrates 50 years at Playhouse 2, they are also looking forward to the next 50 by encouraging emerging talent from their…
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Grease is the word as Saddleworth School pupils prepare to take to stage
‘Grease is the word’ as Saddleworth School pupils prepare to take to the stage for their first production in many years. Since June last year,…
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Stage adaption of 60s cult classic The Graduate coming to The Millgate
SADDLEWORTH PLAYERS will perform the stage adaption of the cult 1960s film and classic novel ‘The Graduate’ at the Millgate Arts Centre, Delph, from March…
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Race, sexuality and power explored in ‘Borderland’ at Oldham Coliseum
Public Burning Theatre come to the Oldham Coliseum Theatre Studio on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 March with ‘Borderland’, a story of race, sexuality and power…
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Awe-inspiring carnival of puppets set to take stage at Oldham Coliseum
AN AWE-INSPIRING carnival of puppets arrives in Oldham on Saturday, March 11 at Oldham Coliseum Theatre Studio. ‘Cardboard Carnival – The Carnival of the Animals’ sees…
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Stage adaption of cult classic ‘The Graduate’ coming to the Millgate
Saddleworth Players are bringing an exciting stage adaption of the cult 1960s film and classic novel ‘The Graduate’ to the Millgate Arts Centre, Delph in…
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Time Gentlemen Please: Popular landlords at The Swan move on after five years
A couple of popular landlords are preparing for their Swan song at an iconic Saddleworth pub. Michael Powis and Tim Newbold are calling time after…
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Strong women, American Dreams and a cut and blow at Lyceum theatre
Lyceum Theatre Oldham opens 2017 with Robert Harling’s classic American comedy drama ‘Steel Magnolias’. Set in the Southern United States in the 1980s, it is…
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Saddleworth Players launch 2017 with entertaining ‘Teechers’ in Delph
SADDLEWORTH PLAYERS are thrilled to be performing John Godber’s ‘Teechers’ as their first production in 2017 at the Millgate Arts Centre, Delph. Fast-moving and highly…
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‘Mr Darcy Loses the Plot’ comedy to kick-start 2017 at Oldham Coliseum
Kick-start 2017 with hilarity at Oldham Coliseum Theatre as ‘Mr Darcy Loses the Plot’ is presented by LipService Theatre Company. Award-winning comedy duo Maggie Fox…
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Crompton Stage Society celebrates 50 years at Playhouse 2
SPECIAL GUESTS were given a night to remember at the Christmas production of Crompton Stage Society, who are celebrating their golden anniversary at the Playhouse…
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Stage set for new mutli-million pound Oldham Coliseum theatre in cultural quarter
OLDHAM IS to build a new Coliseum Theatre in its budding Cultural Quarter after the plans were awarded a multi-million pound funding injection. A successful…
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