The winners of this year’s Best of Bolton have been announced. On Saturday 11 November 2017, in our main auditorium, the works of the winners will be performed by professional actors.
At the Octagon, we are extremely passionate about developing new writing. Best of Bolton is our way of celebrating outstanding original work by writers of all different ages, backgrounds, and experience.
Poetry, prose, short plays in a variety of languages and music will combine to celebrate Bolton’s cultural heritage, the contemporary community, and the power of spoken word.
Best of Bolton is a showcase of poetry, stories and short plays, selected from open submissions - see below the writers and works being performed, alongside 6 entries from Bolton International Writing Project.
Tickets cost £5 (£3 concessions). For more information, visit our show page.
Afternoon performance
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Carrots |
Rosie Adamson-Clark |
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Miss T and I |
Dorothy Snelson |
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Aftermath |
Christopher Moore |
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When Love Left Town Today |
Dave Jones |
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Accrington Pals |
Aziz Dixon |
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Butterfly Skin |
Emma Stewart |
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We Are Carrion |
Neil A Edwards |
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Mindful |
Ian Hill |
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Verse |
Nick Maynard |
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O Tarva Rime Concerto |
P.A. Livsey |
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Prisoner Of Your Heart |
Jeannie Ashton |
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Vested Interest |
Margaret Gilmour |
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The Roundabout |
Samantha Priestley |
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Journeyman |
Roy David Cole |
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Callus |
Scott Davenport |
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My Honeymoon With Italian Ice-Cream Men |
Tony Topping |
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Drownings |
Christopher Owen |
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Chapter And Verse |
Allan Gray |
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Starter Home |
Stephen Connolly |
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Thinking |
Frances Ardern |
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Devoted |
Annie Power |
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Memories |
Linda Ashworth |
Evening performance
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Still Love |
Bernie Jordan |
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Dreams For Our Daughters |
Pegeen Murphy |
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Then and Now |
Imelda Carroll |
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The Laundromat Cycle |
Stephen Measday |
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Outside |
Elizabeth Logan |
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Lifeguard |
Philip Burton |
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War Games |
Stella Young |
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January 2017 |
Margaret Simpson |
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A Vase of Spilled Flowers |
Amanda Fleming |
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You Can’t Take A Goldfish For A Walk |
Phil Barling |
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Diagnosis |
Emma Hinds |
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The Gap In The Bap |
Declan Grimes |
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Old Woman With Masks |
Jen McGregor |
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Supermarket |
Dave Morgan |
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Cupcakes |
L. Gooding |
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Pilgrimage To The Pike |
Rod Riesco |
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Butterfly |
Evan Guildford-Blake |
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I Look At These Stalwart Boards Wearied By Time |
Paul K Smith |
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Have Faith |
Elaine Patricia Morris |
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The Frogs |
Naomi Westerman |
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Stop |
Gillian Popplewell |
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Constance Failing |
Shauna Mackay |
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The Wallet |
Denise Silcock |