SPRING & SUMMER 2019 AT OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY… Thu 31 Jan – Sat 9 Feb An Oldham Coliseum Theatre production
A DIFFERENT WAY HOME By Jimmie Chinn In this deeply moving, funny and astutely observed play, two monologues from a brother and sister living on the outskirts of Manchester tell a powerful story from two wildly different perspectives.
Thu 18 Apr – Sat 4 May An Oldham Coliseum Theatre production
Wed 13 Feb, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sing-a-Long-a The Greatest Showman
VISITORS By Barney Norris In a rural farmhouse, a family is falling apart. Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care. Arthur can’t afford to stop working and look after his wife. Tender, acute and wryly funny, Visitors is a story about ageing, care and families, but most of all an ode to life-long love.
Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm Romance at the Opera Fri 15 Feb, 8.00pm Justin Moorhouse: Northern Joker Sat 16 Feb, 7.30pm Beyond the Barricade
Fri 22 Feb – Sat 9 Mar An Oldham Coliseum Theatre production
A SKULL IN CONNEMARA By Martin McDonagh A black comedy which unveils the murky mysteries of an Irish village by BAFTA and Academy Award-winning writer Martin McDonagh, best known for his films In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Tue 14 May – Sat 1 Jun An Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Wiltshire Creative and York Theatre Royal production
HANDBAGGED By Moira Buffini With great theatricality, Handbagged imagines what may have happened at the Queen’s infamous weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher. A funny, sharp and mischievous play which was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2015 Olivier Awards.
Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm Fastlove: A Tribute to George Michael Sat 23 Mar, 7.30pm Thank You For the Music: The Ultimate Tribute to ABBA Wed 8 May, 7.30pm The Cavern Beatles Tue 4 Jun, 7.30pm Hello Again: The Story of Neil Diamond
Tue 2 – Sat 6 Apr A London Classic Theatre production
MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD By Charlotte Keatley A poignant, bittersweet story about love, jealousy and the price of freedom, My Mother Said I Never Should details the lives of four generations of women from the same family through the immense social changes of the 21st century.
Thu 20 Jun – Sat 6 July A Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Hull Truck Theatre production in association with Oldham Coliseum Theatre
THE HIRED MAN Book by Melvyn Bragg. Music and Lyrics by Howard Goodall The best British musical in 40 years. Set in Cumbria in 1898, The Hired Man is an epic and heroic tale of love, betrayal and loyalty, set against a backdrop of English country traditions being swept away as a new century faces the gathering storm of war.
www.coliseum.org.uk Box Office: 0161 624 2829
Thu 6 Jun, 7.30pm Big Girls Don’t Cry Fri 7 Jun, 7.30pm Sing-a-Long-a Grease Sat 8 Jun, 7.30pm The Lancashire Hotpots: The Love Tour
Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Fairbottom Street, Oldham OL1 3SW