Manifesto

Our Mini
Manifesto

We start here, in Oldham

With our feet on familiar streets and our eyes on the horizon. Our work is rooted in this place, but our stories travel anywhere imagination can take them.

We Take Risks

Not for the sake of it, but because great stories don’t live in comfort zones. We push, we stretch, we surprise – ourselves as much as our audiences.

We believe in openness

Doors wide, minds wider. Collaboration isn’t an add-on, it’s how we breathe. Artists, audiences, neighbours, friends – we make it together.

We’re in the joy business

The laugh you didn’t see coming. The shared moment you’ll remember for years. The spark that changes your day; we’re in the joy business.

We lead with empathy

Listening, caring, giving space for every voice. Our team, our communities. We support. We nurture. We grow together.

And we’re doers

Not just talkers. We fix, build, make, solve – whatever it takes to get the story told.

Beyond the performance

This is our theatre. This is Oldham’s theatre. And we’ll keep making it matter.

”There’s a real
commitment to
seldom heard
voices.”

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