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From Tuesday, December 1 through to Thursday, December 24, Oldham Coliseum Theatre will air a short play responding to a festive theme each day on its social media channels.
Date Published 29/11/2020
Oldhamers are invited to nominate people who have achieved something great or overcome something challenging during the coronavirus crisis for a special message from Oldham...
Date Published 23/11/2020
Oldham Coliseum’s campaign to secure its future has been given a major boost after former Coronation Street actor and star of their 2019 panto threw his weight behind their
Date Published 19/11/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre have created a new kind of panto magic for 2020.
Date Published 17/11/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is continuing to fundraise to support its future as it remains closed to the public until early 2021.
Date Published 12/11/2020
Even for the second lockdown comes into effect on Thursday (5th November) its impact is already being felt in Oldham with one of the town’s flagship venues announcing it will not...
Date Published 04/11/2020
Oldham born Bobby Ball has died after testing positive for coronavirus at the age of 76.
Date Published 29/10/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is reopening to socially distanced audiences from November with a programme of Covid-secure events, including a hard-hitting drama, virtual reality...
Date Published 23/10/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre has been awarded £243,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and...
Date Published 12/10/2020
Greater Manchester Artist Hub has opened two new funding opportunities to support independent artists and creative freelancers across the region.
Date Published 07/10/2020
North-west comedian Dave Spikey has added his support to Oldham Coliseum's Crowdfunder campaign.
Date Published 01/10/2020
On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November Oldham Coliseum Theatre invites audiences back into the historic building for a brand-new experience: 360° live-action and animated virtual...
Date Published 28/09/2020
Tomorrow (Monday) the Oldham Coliseum will launch its first ever Crowdfunder, asking its audiences to 'Get Behind Us', support the iconic theatre’s future and help keep the magic...
Date Published 27/09/2020
Oldham’s Coliseum Theatre has suffered a further blow with the news that it’s popular festive panto has been called off for 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Date Published 20/08/2020
The Oldham Coliseum Theatre Artistic Director Chris Lawson has announced that the scheduled 2020 pantomime, Aladdin, has been postponed to Christmas 2021.
Date Published 12/08/2020
Founded by poet, playwright and performer Hafsah Aneela Bashir, the Poetry Health Service (PHS) is a brand new, free creative service that prescribes contemporary poems as a tool...
Date Published 28/07/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre and TripleC/DANC have joined forces to commission, produce and present three short audio plays by disabled writers, based on the theme of ‘Distance’.
Date Published 20/07/2020
The arts have been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and will be massively impacted for months to come.
Date Published 17/07/2020
Theatres across the UK have been shut since March thanks to the coronavirus crisis, but didn't have any guidance about reopening until last week when the culture secretary...
Date Published 03/07/2020
Individuals and groups across Oldham are invited to join a community project to create a patchwork quilt representing ‘togetherness’.
Date Published 22/06/2020
The Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and Hull Truck Theatre will be streaming their epic and landmark 2019 revival of The Hired Man tonight (Monday).
Date Published 15/06/2020
Royton-born mother of two Wendy Muldowney has been in severe lockdown in Tenerife, but she insists: "We are getting there!"
Date Published 29/05/2020
'The show must go on' as they say, and as far as Oldham Coliseum Artistic Director Chris Lawson is concerned, once he gets the thumbs-up from the Government, the famous old...
Date Published 27/05/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is a commissioning partner with HOME, Manchester as part of the Homemakers project.
Date Published 05/05/2020
A former Oldham nightclub which was once a mainstay of the town’s nightlife is to become a shared house for up to 25 people.
Date Published 17/04/2020
No-one knows how long society will be battling Coronavirus, or how it will look once the crisis is over.
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is taking its artistic and engagement activity online amidst the Coronavirus crisis, bringing the theatre and its creative opportunities into people’s...
Date Published 01/04/2020
Oldham Coliseum Theatre chiefs have pleaded for donations as the iconic Fairbottom Street venue faces an uncertain immediate future.
Date Published 17/03/2020
Following a day when the Council revealed that the number of Oldham Coronavirus cases had jumped up to TEN, the crisis is clearly beginning to bite with roads and public transport...
This Spring Oldham Coliseum presents a musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s famous story The Jungle Book, a perfect treat for the whole family to enjoy.
Date Published 12/03/2020