During the mid-1970’s a curious phenomenon was taking place in obscure nightclubs of northern Britain; in Cleethorpes and Blackpool and…
Heartfelt, Humorous, Honest The Octagon Theatre Bolton's production of Shirley Valentine offers a refreshing and deeply relatable take on Willy…
George Orwell’s Animal Farm comes to life in a vivid and unsettling adaptation that thrusts the audience into the heart…
When Walt Disney was contemplating adapting Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’ stories, he gave his writing staff a copy with the…
When a Hollywood studio arrives in the quiet, rural backwater of County Kerry in the west of Ireland to film…
The wedding caterers may not have turned up, but Bhangra beats, Snapchat and sabotage are still on the menu of…
The Octagon Theatre in Bolton resounds to the sound of beautiful Brass this Autumn as we open their new season…
Composer Alan Menken is best known nowadays as the man who, together with Writer Howard Ashman, revitalised the Walt Disney…
Since its debut at the 1977 Edinburgh Festival, Bouncers has enjoyed countless revivals and tours. To a first-time viewer, though,…
The first months of 2024 have brought a plethora of fresh writing to our region and following hot on the…