Octagon Theatre Bolton News Feed

The Manchester Theatre Awards

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The Manchester Theatre Award nominations were announced last week and we are proud to have...

First Dates Director Announced

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre Bolton is pleased to announce Julia Samuels, Co-Artistic Director of...

The Best of Bolton - Results Announced!

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon New Writing department, led by Associate Director Elizabeth Newman, has...

Chief Executive Appointment Announced

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre Bolton has announced today that Roddy Gauld (pictured) has been...

activ8 Youth and Community Theatre Gala

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon’s learning and participation department, activ8 finished off the year on a...

Vicky Binns Joins Alfie Cast

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre Bolton celebrates the work of Bolton’s greatest ever playwright,...

Young Playwrights Group Launched

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon New Writing department, led by Associate Director Elizabeth Newman, is...

National Award for Octagon Associate Director

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The annual Writers’ Guild of Great Britain have acknowledged Elizabeth Newman, Associate...

Calling all Bolton Writers!

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon New Writing department, led by Associate Director Elizabeth Newman, is...

BBC Writersroom Talent Search Launched

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The University of Salford and BBC Writersroom North are pleased to announce the launch of...

Executive Director John Blackmore to Leave Octagon

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

After eleven outstanding years at the Octagon Theatre Bolton, Executive Director John...

Open Call: Young Actors Needed for Octagon Roles

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre Bolton is looking for local boys who would like to audition for two...

Top Awards like The Price!

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Actor Kenneth Alan Taylor (pictured right) is up for a national award for his performance...

Octagon auditions for Oz!

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100

We are looking for local young people, aged 10-15 years, who would like to audition for...

Top Honours for Amy!

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Graduating students and staff came together to celebrate last week as two days of degree...

Playing to a Pack't House

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre has teamed up with Pack’t House Theatre Company to present a...

Students Have Designs on the Octagon

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre and principal sponsor, The University of Bolton, have teamed up to...

Octagon Founder Honoured

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Original staff members of the Octagon Theatre reunited for the first time in over 40...

A Close Shave for Sweeney Cast!

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Following on from our CSI-style forensic exploits last week the cast of Sweeney Todd have...

Bloody Good Times at the Octagon!

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre Bolton is ‘raz-ing’ the bar with their latest production of the...

Sweeney starts to take shape!

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Rehearsals for Sweeney Todd are now in full swing with the cast of professional...

New Season Launch 2011-2012

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100

We're barely at the end of this year's fantastic season and it's already time to unveil...

Casting News: Secret Thoughts

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon presents the World Premiere of David Lodge’s Secret Thoughts: described by...

Arts Council England Funding Announcement

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

We are pleased that the Arts Council have acknowledged our contribution to the region and...

Community Company Casting Call

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

We're currently looking for local people to take part in the Octagon production of Sweeney...

Casting News: Colin Connor steps into Dibnah role

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The role of Fred Dibnah in forthcoming production The Demolition Man will now be played...

MEN Theatre Awards - Results!

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Manchester Evening News Theatre Award winners were announced today and we are pleased...

MEN Theatre Award Nominations

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

...as this year the Octagon are up for a total of 9 Awards! So excited for all of the...

Dibnah Cast visit Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The cast of The Demolition Man, the new play about the life of Fred Dibnah, took time out...

A literary treat from the Octagon!

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

This festive season we've organised a FREE storytelling event in the Bolton branch of...

Dibnah Casting News!

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Next year the world premiere of The Demolition Man will be coming to the Octagon Theatre...

Octagon Brings Home National Award

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday the Theatrical Management Association (TMA) Theatre Awards took place at the...

Octagon Receives National Award Nomination

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Octagon Theatre Bolton is up for a national award following the announcement of the...

Writers' Guild Awards Pick Best of North West

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The annual Writers’ Guild of Great Britain will be acknowledging David Thacker in...

Dibnah Casting News!

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Next year the Octagon brings you a World Premiere production - The Demolition Man. Looking...

Local firm launches Confederation of Corporate Patrons

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Warings, one of Bolton's leading firms of Chartered Accountants, has become the founding...

Ex-Eastender comes to the Octagon

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Best known for her roles in television, and most famously for playing soap favourite Cindy...

Audition Date Announced!

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

We're looking for local young people, aged 10-15 years, who would like to audition for the...

Casting News - A Streetcar Named Desire

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Rehearsals have kicked off this week for A Streetcar Named Desire, the curtain goes up in...

The Octagon is now on Facebook!

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

All of this social media technology is just too exciting for us to resist any longer, so...