Entertainment
Snookered Author Interview
by st editor
Thursday 2nd February 2012
Snookered is playing at the Oldham Coliseum from tonight until next Wednesday the 8th. Here is what the Author Ishy Din has to say about his play and the process of writing. Advice to new writers starting out: Learn your craft, (I’m doing this at the…
Tags: Asian Writer,Author,Ishy Din,Oldham,Oldham Coliseum,Play,Snookered,Stage,Theatre
Read this articleSnookered: A First Production for Middlesborough Writer Ishy Din
by st editor
Tuesday 10th January 2012
“I used to be a taxi driver and now I’m a playwright who drives a taxi. I feel privileged that Tamasha has afforded me the opportunity to express myself, otherwise my voice as a northern British Asian would be muted and my attempts to open a…
Tags: Arts,Asian,Coliseum,Ishy Din,Middlesborough,Norther,Oldham,Play,Theatre
Read this articleNor Any Drop: A Peshkar Premiere
by st editor
Wednesday 30th November 2011
In Peshkar’s “Nor Any Drop” a young man goes to visit his dad in Bangladesh when home in the UK gets flooded and mum is getting things back together. Off he goes, warned by mum that it would be horrible and dirty – that’s what he…
Tags: Cutlure,Nick Ahad,Oldham,Performance,Peshkar,Peshkar Productions,Theatre
Read this articleTrue Love and Rats: Dick Whittington
by st editor
Sunday 27th November 2011
One thing about panto – it’s adaptable and each version reflects currently topical fads and fashions. It’s more flexible than a rubber-band that’s been stretched between the roadworks and the Metrolink’s future arrival on Union Street. In the Coliseum’s 2011 production Dick Whittington still becomes Mayor of…
Tags: Coliseum,Dick Whittington,King Rat,Oldham,Panto,Theatre
Read this articleWe Got Oldham’s Got Britain’s Got Bhangra
by st editor
Wednesday 9th November 2011
The Audience Loved it. We Loved it – It’s on for the rest of the week – go see it! It’s awesome. Fun, Sad, Uplifting, Silly, everything a Musical should be. All the classic elements of the musical are there: Like “An American in Paris”…
Tags: Bangra,Bhangra,Coliseum,comedy,Entertainment,Musical,Oldham,Rifco,Romance,Theatre,Tragedy
Read this articleIt’s Coliseum Panto Time Dick Whittington (Yes It Is)
by st editor
Monday 7th November 2011
Everyone loves a Panto don’t they? Its one of those Great British Traditions like Fish’n’Chips & Chips’n’Curry that come from some forgotten storybook time yet resonate still. Kinda cartoony morality tales for kids and families packed with with sneering villains, tearful heroines and dashing heroes. A…
Tags: Coliseum,Dick Whittington,Entertainment,London,Oldham,Panto,Theatre
Read this articleThe Individualists at University Campus Oldham
by st contributor
Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Two of Oldham Coliseum Theatre’s education groups DigiLAB and TheatreLAB will be performing their latest production – The Individualists – at University Campus Oldham next Wednesday 9 November. The production explores the new starts, new friends and unwanted challenges that come hand in hand with starting…