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Oldham Coliseum Theatre present Bread & Roses

22 June 2018 - 07 July 2018

Friday 22 June 2018 - Saturday 07 July 2018
7.30pm

Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Fairbottom Street
Oldham
OL1 3SW

Details:

An Oldham Coliseum Theatre production Bread & Roses.

An exciting uplifting new play stuffed full of songs and laughs, heart and soul; telling the gripping real life story of the huge mill-workers strike in Laurence, Massachusetts, USA in 1912.

20,000 workers originating from all corners of the globe, led mainly by the female workforce who fought not just for the bread for their daily existence, but also for the roses in order to live a full life - a fight that resonates and continues to this day.

Written by Ian Kershaw (award winning television and theatre writer, whose plays include Star-Cross’d for the Coliseum), Bread & Roses features a mix of real and imagined characters. The story of Lucy-Rose Atkins as she navigates the strike, facing love, loss, lies and deceit, using her quick wit, impassioned heart and fierce intelligence to undertake a journey from unskilled worker to impassioned leader.

The strike was also famously known as ‘The Singing Strike’ and Bread & Roses uses songs from the time of the strike – mainly from the influential songwriter Joe Hill (who inspired countless other rebel voices from Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez to Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg). These are the songs that rouse rabbles, shake houses and lift roofs as Lucy-Rose Atkins leads her workers in their fight of their lives - a fight, not just for bread, but for roses too!

This production is part of the Coliseum's season ticket offer - Four plays for just £68 or less. Contact the Box Office for more information.

If you have specific access requirements please contact the Box Office directly on the links below.

You can book tickets via the link below.

Entry fee: Full tickets £16 - £23 / Concessions £16 - £21 / Under 26 or NUS £7


Contact: Oldham Coliseum Theatre
0161 624 2829

http://www.coliseum.org.uk/plays/bread-roses/

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