A Rocket Ship of a musical is coming to Oldham!

Date published: 13 July 2018


As part of the continuing 50th anniversary celebrations, the Oldham Theatre Workshop is gearing up to present a hugely entertaining new musicial - When We Built A Rocket Ship.

Being staged between Wednesday, July 25 and Saturday, July 28, at the Oldham Coliseum, When We Built A Rocket Ship is a new musical about a child who grew to be a child again.

Sarah Nelson (writer and director) and James Atherton (musical director and composer) present a heartfelt evening of nostalgia in this new anniversary production, which will be presented by a selected cast from Oldham Theatre Workshop.

Sarah and James trained together at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where their first collaboration was featured at the National Student Drama Festival.

Since then, they have written numerous shows together.

Sarah’s recent credits include The Lost Story (M6 Theatre) and Letter To Boddah (Hope Mill Theatre).

James’ recent credits include Astley’s Astounding Adventures and Around The World in Eighty Days (New Vic Theatre).

They collaborated on ‘Tis Written in the Stars (OTW, Oldham Coliseum), which was nominated for the Manchester Theatre Awards Youth Panel Award, and this year produced the joyous and moving musical The Visitor’s Book (Hope Mill Theatre).

Tickets for When We Built A Rocket Ship are now available.

They are priced £9 (full) or £6 (concessions). Contact the box office on 0161 624 2839.