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She Stoops to Conquer at Saddleworth Players

Liz Travis and Tony Wright

This Much Loved Comedy of Mistaken Identity opens Saturday May 28 in Delph.

When Marlowe mistakes Kate’s house for an inn and treats her father like an inn keeper, things are not going to go smoothly for him. With her brother causing mischief, her father insulted and her mother […]

World Premiere brings ancient story to a modern audience

This Spring, theatre maker Rose van Leyenhorst and co-director Chris Hill have teamed up to create THE ODDITY, a contemporary exploration of The Odyssey introducing ​Tilly​,​ a girl lost between ancient fiction and modern reality.

The production will tour the North West from Friday 29 April - Tuesday 7 June 2016, playing at Oldham […]

See Of Mice and Men for only £7 at Lyceum Theatre Oldham

Lyceum Theatre Oldham would like to offer Saddleworth News readers an offer on tickets for Of Mice and Men (13 - 21 November) pay only £7 each.

The offer is valid for this Saturday 14 November and next Monday 16 November 7.30pm.

To take advantage of this offer, book online bit.ly/LTOOfMiceandMen using the discount code […]

George Costigan gives his thoughts on play coming to The Swan in Dobcross

Rita Sue and Bob Too - George Costigan (centre) with Michelle Holmes (left) and Saddleworth’s Siobhan Finneran (right)

George Costigan, star of ‘Rita, Sue and Bob too’ and ‘Happy Valley’, gives his thoughts on ‘The Box of Tricks’, a play coming to The Swan in Dobcross on 25 November.

George has appeared in a […]

Late kick-off is worth the wait at Oldham theatre

Following major refurbishment of the auditorium, Lyceum Theatre Oldham returns with John Steinbeck’s adaptation of his classic novella OF MICE AND MEN, playing from 12 - 21 November 2015.

Set during hard times in 1930s California, John Steinbeck creates a microcosm of society in his portrayal of the American Dream. Gentle giant Lennie and his […]

London Classic Theatre come to Oldham with Waiting For Godot

London Classic Theatre Company come to Oldham Coliseum Theatre with their production of Samuel Beckett’s classic Waiting For Godot as part of a 37-venue national tour.

A country road. A tree. Evening. Vladimir and Estragon meet as dusk approaches. Estragon tries to remove his boot. Vladimir examines his hat. A conversation begins, a joke is […]

Educating Rita at the Oldham Coliseum

Willy Russell’s comedy about collision between class and culture comes to the Coliseum this October.

Frank, a disillusioned career academic, becomes a tutor for the Open University, mainly, to help pay for his prodigious booze habit. He doesn’t know what to expect, but he certainly wasn’t expecting Rita.

Rita, whose real name is Susan, is […]