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Forever Young – Oldham Coliseum
★★★★★ “Welcome to the Oldham Coliseum home for ageing Thespians”. You are in for a superb musical comedy, courtesy of the six residents and Sister George. In Forever Young, a co-production between...
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First Break Festival: Time – The Studio, Oldham Coliseum
★★★ Oldham Coliseum Theatre is again curating the First Break Festival, an opportunity for emerging theatrical talent to gain some higher profile exposure. From actors with some experience on the...
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First Break Festival: Electro Portico – Oldham Coliseum Studio Theatre
★★★★ Reviewer: Richard Hall Actor and writer Gareth George’s play, Anonymity, was one of the highlights of last year’s 24:7 Theatre Festival. A dark, brooding, menacing play, it featured two men...
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The Good Review – Manchester Autumn Season
Autumn Season We’ve been pretty quiet up here at the Good Review but as summer draws to a close we’re dusting off our notepads and sharpening our pencils ready for the best Greater Manchester can throw...
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Kiss Me Quickstep – Oldham Coliseum
Luka’s eyes light up as he enters the ‘Holy Grail’ of dancing, Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom. He is soon joined by Nancy, his new partner. She found him on line and her dad Mick has organised and paid...
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Pygmalion – Oldham Coliseum
★★★★ Having only ever seen My Fair Lady, not Pygmalion on which it was based, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but this performance was head and shoulders above the film. Despite occasionally expecting...
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The Ladykillers – Oldham Colisuem
★★★★ In theory a dear little old lady is pitted against gang of ruthless criminals – but in this case it is more how a quick witted impresario can talk his way around his adversaries, or can he? This...
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Dare Devil Rides to Jarama – Oldham Coliseum
★★★★ This is another excellent two hander from Townsend Productions. It follows Clem -Dare Devil – Beckett, an Oldham lad, from apprentice engineer to champion dirt track and speedway biker to fighting...
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French Without Tears – Oldham Coliseum
★★★★ I had a very entertaining evening watching French Without Tears at Oldham Coliseum. Though written by Terence Rattigan in 1936, and play ‘of its time’ the humour still worked well and it does not...
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Sleeping Beauty – Oldham Coliseum
★★★★ The Christmas Panto season is well underway at Oldham. As usual theirs is a rollicking family panto with plenty of local jokes . ‘He’s gone to a barren place where life has no meaning –Rochdale!’...
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