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- Bolton Comedy Festival 2025 - Line Up Annouced
- Full cast and creatives announced for Pride & Prejudice
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- Calling all South Asian Writers, Artists and Creatives!
- Our year in stats
- Do I Love You In Rehearsals
- The 39 Steps Full Cast Announcement
- Of Mice and Men 2025 Production Images
- New South Asian arts programme announced for 2025
- Of Mice and Men Cast Announcement
- Animal Farm in rehearsals
- Sustainability in the Spotlight
- New Year, New Reads: 5 Timeless Novels to Read (and Watch!) in 2025
- A Year of Community impact at the Octagon
- A Spectacular Year On Stage at the Octagon
- Full cast announced for our UK tour of Animal Farm
- 5 Reasons to Watch Live Theatre This Festive Season
- It's an award-winning year for the Octagon
- Introducing our 2024 Graeae Beyond Artists
- Octagon take part in Bolton’s Put Big Light On Festival
- Our exhilarating spring/summer season 2025 announced
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- Winner announced for the 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award
- A trio of events to celebrate Black History Month at the Octagon
- The Jungle Book Cast announcement
- Pali & Jay’s Ultimate Asian Wedding DJ Roadshow comes to Bolton
- Family facilitator call out
- call out for community connectors
- Octagon to collaborate with young people in Farnworth
- Octagon Theatre has warmest welcome in the UK
- Interview with Brassed Off Director Liz Stevenson
- Octagon join Talkin’ Tables initiative - bringing people of Bolton together
- General Auditions announced for 2024
- Entries open for RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2024
- Cast and creatives announced for Stones in His Pockets
- Free family storytelling and creative activities returning to libraries across Bolton this summer
- We are celebrating 4 years of our partnership with Boo Coaching & Consulting!
- Full cast and local brass bands announced for Brassed Off
- Our acclaimed co-production of Animal Farm returns for 2025 ahead of UK tour
- Q+A with Lancashire Women’s Under 18s cricket squad player Shriya Pindoria
- INTERVIEW: Abbey Mort makes headlines as first female to score Cricket century in Bolton
- Artist Development Programme For Deaf, disabled & neurodivergent artists
- Bolton takes centre stage as Greater Manchester Town of Culture
- Our sensational autumn/winter season revealed
- A stitch in time - our wardrobe volunteers reflect on 12-months at the Octagon
- New £4 ticket scheme launched for low-income households in Bolton
- Generous Octagon audiences & supporters raise over £6000 as part of national Arts For Impact campaign
- 3-day Bolton Comedy Festival announced for this summer
- Help us raise £5,000 to support our vital work with people with additional needs
- Cast announced for Dracula: The Bloody Truth
- Why Theatre Tax Relief is a vital resource for regional theatres
- Full casting announced for UK premiere of Kate Attwell’s Testmatch
- Celebrate World Book Day with free family activities at the Octagon
- Octagon audiences raise over £15,000 for creative opportunities for young people
- Eid Facilitators Callout
- Animal Farm in rehearsals
- Little Shop of Horrors cast announcement
- The Show Must Go On – Artistic Director Steps In To Save Christmas!
- 2023 at the Octagon
- Cast announced for Northanger Abbey
- Peter Kay comes home to the Octagon for festive fundraiser!
- Our rip-roaring festive show Around the World in 80 Days opens to rave reviews
- Donate to our festive appeal and help us support even more young people in 2024
- Octagon Scoops Leading Arts & Culture Venue Award
- Cast announced for Animal Farm
- Check out our unmissable spring/summer season programme
- The Octagon one of just five venues awarded Peter Shaffer Commission
- IN REHEARSAL - Around the World in 80 Days
- Around the World in 80 Days cast take trip to Bury Transport Museum
- Introducing our 2023 Graeae Beyond Artists
- Our 2022/23 in numbers
- Cast announced for our brand-new musical adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days
- Personal stories of immigration explored in new Women's Group project
- Octagon announce recipient of 2023 Cameron Mackintosh Resident Musical Theatre Composer placement
- Young people and families take centre stage this summer
- We celebrate local artists and theatre-makers in a new festival!
- Full cast announced for our highly anticipated new co-production of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge
- Celebrate South Asian Heritage Month
- New facility for access users
- Fun for all the family at the Octagon this summer
- Cast announced for Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
- We take storytelling on tour this summer!
- Join us for our Costume Sale
- Call-out for drama facilitators
- General audition call-out for local actors
- Blonde Bombshells Production Images
- Applications open for next cohort of Young Octagon
- Blonde Bombshells of 1943 in rehearsals
- The Book of Will nominated for three Offie Awards
- Cast revealed for Blonde Bombshells of 1943
- Carer’s Coffee morning at the Octagon
- OCTAGON TEAM UP WITH GRAEAE FOR ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
- Autumn/Winter season announced
- Octagon selected to host a resident composer placement
- Young Octagon 2023 Performance Gallery
- How Quality Street gave its name to the UK's most loved chocolates
- The Book of Will in Rehearsals
- Cast revealed for European premiere of The Book of Will
- Octagon receives funding from GM Culture Fund
- Quality Street comes to the Octagon as part of UK tour
- Octagon's own unsung hero wins award at The Stage Awards
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