We've moved!
As the building work begins on our major redevelopment our box office, café and theatre groups have a new home in the town centre at the Market Place Shopping Centre.
The Octagon Theatre building work commences
The Octagon’s capital project which has been in plans for over two years, will now move into the next stage of the crucial redevelopment as building works begin for a new Octagon to open early 2020.
Summer Holiday back on the road after unexpected flooding
Torrential rain on Saturday saw a flash flood in the building causing the matinee to be cut short and the evening performance to be cancelled.
ENTRIES FOR BEST OF BOLTON 2018 NOW OPEN!
Best of Bolton is a fantastic celebratory festival of talent from ‘Bolton and beyond’ and next takes place on Sat 10 November 2018. Why not have a go at taking part?
Artistic Director, Elizabeth Newman to leave the Octagon Theatre
After nearly a decade at the Octagon Elizabeth Newman is leaving to take up a new challenge as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland.
Team Octagon 10k
This Sunday a team of 27 runners from the Octagon Theatre Bolton are taking part in the Manchester 10k to raise money for the redevelopment campaign.
Octagon Theatre Bolton awarded Theatre of Sanctuary
We are delighted to announce that the Octagon has been awarded Theatre of Sanctuary status. The Octagon has become one in only a handful of theatres across the UK to be awarded Theatre of Sanctuary status and has been recognized for its commitment to becoming a welcoming and safe place.
Rehearsal images released for Summer Holiday
Images from the rehearsals of the forthcoming production of Summer Holiday show the ensemble musical production underway. This will be the first time the musical has been staged as a promenade production on a bus.
#SaveStageLighting
You may have seen #SaveStageLighting popping up on social media over the weekend and wondered what the big deal was, well, hopefully without getting too technical here goes...
The Octagon is taking theatre out and about for 2018/19
The Octagon Theatre Bolton is excited to announce a new season of off-site productions set in iconic Bolton locations.