The economics of modern theatre production are currently on full display at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, with their festive…
Would Snake in the Grass go with a bump, a bang, or a flop? Definitely not the latter. The Octagon…
Connor Goodwin’s production of Anna Jordan’s Yen at the Octagon Theatre is raw, tense, and painfully intimate. The play follows…
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is celebrated for its wit and insight into gender and class. Kate Hamill’s stage adaptation…
At one point over 90% of teenagers taking GCSE English Literature in UK schools studied ‘Of Mice and Men’ and…
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…