Kathrine Smith on writing All I See Is You
Kathrine Smith, writer of All I See Is You, National Octagon Prize winner, talks about her writing process.
Casting announced for FLIGHT as part of REVEAL Festival 2018
We're excited to announce the cast of Flight, an enthralling new play by Nuzhat Ali about a man and his daughter who, with everything to lose, make a desperate and dangerous flight from Syria to Europe.
Octagon Theatre Bolton awarded a further £425k towards redevelopment project
The Octagon take a step closer to their fundraising target of £9.87 million with help from The Foyle Foundation, the Wolfson Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation along with other charitable trusts pledging their support.
We're all going on a...
Octagon Theatre Bolton set to take audiences on a magical journey with spectacular site-specific staging of 1960’s musical film Summer Holiday.
World premiere of new comedy by former Octagon Artistic Director Lawrence Till, adapted from the stories of Bill Naughton
The Big Corner is an uplifting coming of age comedy, travelling through time and the streets of Bolton showing at the Octagon Thu 19 April - Sat 5 May.
Casting announced for All I See Is You
A brand new play about forbidden love in Bolton in the Sixties by Octagon National Playwriting Prize winner Kathrine Smith.
Follow the yellow brick road to the Macron this Christmas to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Octagon Theatre Bolton is delighted to take their festive production on the road this Christmas presenting The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at the Premier Suite, Macron Stadium Tuesday 4 – Monday 31 December 2018.
REVEAL Festival 2018 line-up announced by Octagon Theatre Bolton
This is the third REVEAL Festival presented by the Octagon and will be showcasing new and exciting theatre outside and online from Mon 23 April until Sat 4 May 2018.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Culture and Social Impact Fund
We are thrilled to announce that the Octagon Theatre Bolton is one of 28 recipients of the new Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Culture and Social Impact Fund. The fund invests in organisations who are committed to providing excellent cultural experiences or work that has significant social impact across the ten boroughs in Greater Manchester.
John Blackmore - 1941-2018
John Blackmore, one of the UK’s foremost Champions of Regional Theatre and longest serving Chief Executive of the Octagon Theatre died peacefully on 20th February following an illness illness at the age of 77.