Tag Archives: Oldham Coliseum Theatre

Writer: Adelle Stripe Adaptor: Lisa Holdsworth Director: Kash Arshad Reviewer: Sam Lowe Andrea Dunbar was known for writing the plays, Rita, Sue and Bob Too, The Arbor, and Shirley.Dunbar’s written plays about other people; now it’s time for a play to be written about her. This is a production by Freedom Studios. It is a work of fiction; it’s not ...

Writer: Compton Mackenzie Adaptor: Philip Goulding Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Donna Kelly As Britain marks 100 years since women first gained the right to vote, Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre and New Vic Theatre present a brand new, all-female adaptation of Compton Mackenzie’s comedy classic Whisky Galore. Set in 1955, Whiskey Galore tells the story of the islanders of ...

Book & Music: Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton, Gerry Raffles,  and members of the original cast Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Jo Beggs When Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop conceived what was to become their most lasting piece of theatre, the Second World War was still a vivid memory for most of the cast. Littlewood herself had lived through two, having ...

Music and Lyrics: Carol Donaldson Writers: Cathy Crabb and Lindsay Williams Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Donna Kelly The Lancashire town of Oldham is known for many things, cotton mills, the invention of the tubular bandage and birth place of scientist Professor Brian Cox to name but a few. But in the late 1980s and early 1990s it was town's football ...

Writer: Philip Goulding Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Donna Kelly 37 years after her death, Dame Gracie Fields’ extraordinary life story is brought to life in a brand-new stage production written for Oldham Coliseum and New Vic Theatre. The former mill girl from Rochdale rose to international fame in 1931 with Sally In Our Alley, the film which featured her signature ...

Music: Dave Bintley Writer: Fine Time Fontayne and Kevin Shaw Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Ruth Gerrard Oldham Coliseum is renowned for kicking off the pantomime season and doing it in style. This year’s production of Mother Goose does not disappoint. The story tells of how Mother Goose (Fine Time Fontayne) is about to be thrown out of her cake shop ...

  devisers: Paul Kerryson and Maggie Norris Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Steve Davies   Walking into the auditorium at the Oldham Coliseum the audience is greeted by a lavish, gold, sparkling Hell’s Mouth framed by a stage full of opulence. This is the Faustian tale of a simple lad, Joe Soap, played by Benjamin Stratton who is tempted by the ...

Music: Carol Donaldson Book: Cathy Crabb and Lindsay Williams Director: Kevin Shaw Reviewer: Ruth Gerrard Dreamers is most definitely a trip down memory lane. As the 1990s slip every increasingly in to the past, this show sets about reminding the audience of a time where nightclubbing was about cheap drinks, great music and living for the weekend. No mobile phones, ...