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Oldham Coliseum’s Homecoming Season 2012-13

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We are delighted to announce our season or fantastic productions as we return to our newly refurbished building.

We will open the season on Friday 26 October with a special welcome back fundraiser evening titled Curtain Up at the Coliseum as well as a free Open Day on Saturday 27 October to give our audiences a chance to take a look around the new building.

Take a look at our entire season below:

30 Oct – 3 Nov 2012
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde’s much loved classic comedy of manners.

24 Nov 2012 – 12 Jan 2013
Cinderella
By Fine Time Fontayne and Kevin Shaw
Oldham Coliseum’s award winning traditional family pantomime.

30 Jan – 2 Feb 2013
Inspector Norse
By LipService
Scandi crime gets a hilarious treatment from the makers of Desperate to be Doris, Withering Looks and Move Over Moriarty.

8 – 23 Feb 2013
David Copperfield
By Charles Dickens
An enthralling adaptation of Charles Dickens’s autobiographical novel.

5 – 9 Mar 2013
Losing the Plot
By John Godber
A world première from John Godber, writer of Teechers, Bouncers, On the Piste and Lucky Sods.

12 – 30 Mar 2013
Sugar Daddies
By Alan Ayckbourn
A dark comedy by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights.

12 Apr - 4 May 2013
Blonde Bombshells of 1943
By Alan Plater
A funny, feel-good musical featuring live swing band performances of 1940’s classics.

 

4 - 8 Sep 2012
Jane Eyre
@Various Venues
A classic love story for all ages. This production will tour to community venues around Oldham.

22 Oct 2012
Handa’s Surprise
@Oldham Central Library
A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song for ages 3+.

6 - 10 Nov 2012
Oliver!
Congress Players present Dickens’s much loved British musical of a poor boy who runs away and finds himself on the streets of London.

12 Nov 2012
Big Bold and Brassy
Come and celebrate a night of exquisite live music when the stage will be filled with the traditional sound of brass bands.

13 Nov 2012
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
A new version of Stephen Lowe’s original adaptation of Robert Tressell’s seminal book, with Fine Time Fontayne and Neil Gore.

15 & 16 Nov 2012
Macbeth
@Oldham Central Library
One of the country’s freshest physical theatre companies takes you on a roller-coaster ride through Macbeth.

23 Jan 2013
Roll Out The Beryl
A night of some of Beryl Reed’s best-loved characters including Marlene from the Midlands.

 

24 Jan 2013
Motown’s Greatest Hits - How Sweet It Is
Featuring songs from Lionel Richie, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye.

25 Jan 2013
Jeremy Hardy
Comedian best known for his work on BBC Radio 4, notably on The News Quiz, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation.

26 Jan 2013
Peter’s Friends
Once again Peter Wakefield and his talented friends return to the Coliseum stage for a fourth musical celebration.

26 Feb - 2 Mar 2013
Mack & Mabel
Ashton Operatic Society present this amateur production, a poignant love story, set in a bygone era.

4 April 2013
Dave Spikey
Dave’s critically acclaimed show examines many of life’s situations where words really don’t come easy.

 

To book for any of these events call our box office on 0161 624 2829 or click on the event title.