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- Reveal Festival - DEAR NOMAD
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Talk
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Special Event
- The Big Octagon Birthday Party
- Voices & Lyrics: Starring Kerry Ellis
- Thank You For the Music presents ABBA
- Buddy Holly - A Legend Reborn
- Out of Africa
- Out of Africa Creative Workshops - Basket weaving and Papercrafts
- Official Opening Ceremony for Black History Month
- Out of Africa Creative Workshops: Drumming Workshop with Nat Biney
- Out of Africa Creative Workshops: Traditional Resist Printing Techniques
- African Market place
- MAGIC of MEHNDI and MOSAICS
- Bolton's Got Talent
- Cartwright Cabaret
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- Ideas Cafe
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- The Golden Years Caravan
- Rockit! Presents
- See It In Our Words
- Arrivals and Departures: A Short Performance by our Octagon Women's Group
- Spotlight On: One Man, Two Guvnors
- Voices and Lyrics - In Isolation
- Let's Get Quizzical - Streamed Live
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Members Post Show Discussion
- Live Reading of A Christmas Carol
- The Octagon Festive Quiz!
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Take Part
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- Little Bridges - Summer 2019
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- Octagon Connect - Summer 2019
- Grimm Tales Summer School: 13-18 Year Olds
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- TREASURE ISLAND - SCHOOLS WORKSHOPS
- Bridges Company - Autumn 2019
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- Introduction to Gig Theatre Workshop.
- Bridges Company - Spring 2020
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- Bridges Youth Theatre - Spring 2020
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- Little Bridges - Spring 2020
- Online Arts Award: Discover (7-11 Year Olds)
- Introduction to Drama School Workshop
- Bridges' Summer Party
- ReAct Theatre Club (Over 50s)
- Wonderland: A Virtual Adventure (Ages 8-18)
- Let's Get Quizzical: Musicals Edition
- Get Creative Challenge
- Musical Theatre Dance Workshop (Age 11-15)
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- Musical Theatre Singing Workshop (Age 11-15)
- Musical Theatre Singing Workshop (Age 16-21)
- A Mad Hatter's (Virtual) Tea-Party Experience
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- ReAct: Feeling Moved (Age 50+)
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- Writing the Future Workshop (Age 11-17)
- ReAct: Placing Ourselves (Over 50s)
- Theatre Freelancers' Town Hall
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- Writing History: Online Workshop
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- Pride Online Writing Workshop
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- Academy: Devising Theatre Workshops
- Youth Theatre: Spring 2021 (Ages 14-17)
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- Bridges Company Spring 2021 - Term 1
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- Academy Writers 2021 (14-21 Year Olds)
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- How to Audition: Online Workshop
- Introduction to Technical Theatre and Production - Online Workshop (14-21 Year Olds)
- Youth Theatre: Ages 7-11 - Summer 2021
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- Bridges Company Summer 2021 - Term 2
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Family
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- Storyplay - Gorilla and the Tiger who came to tea
- Storyplay - The Cat in the Hat: A Dr Seuss Celebration
- Storyplay -Goldilocks and the Three Bears, & The Little Mermaid
- Storyplay -Bill Naughton Celebration
- Storyplay -The Velveteen Rabbit
- Storyplay -The Owl and the Pussycat, & Little Beaver and The Echo
- StoryMakers: Hansel and Gretel
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- The Great Pirate Adventure
- StoryMakers Online: A Kidnapped Santa Claus
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- Our 2016/17 Season has been announced
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- To Kill a Mockingbird cast is announced
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- Octagon Theatre opens call-out for their annual REVEAL Festival and Top 5 Readings
- Octagon Theatre Bolton and University of Bolton hold Shakespeare Celebration
- The Octagon Academy is recruiting
- Cinderella is our 2016/17 festive show
- Octagon Theatre Bolton presents A Christmas Carol
- Winners announced!
- Cast announced for Educating Rita
- We're seeking new duologues for 50th anniversary season
- Box Office festive opening times 2016/17
- Cast announced for Ashes
- 2017 Manchester Theatre Awards
- Auditions for a dog and a young boy in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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- Cast announcement for Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Michael runs the London Marathon for the Octagon
- I Capture the Castle is now in rehearsals
- Octagon Theatre Bolton announces 50th Anniversary Season 2017 - 2018
- Cast announced for Alan Bennett's 'Talking Heaads'
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
- A New Vision for Octagon Theatre Bolton
- A Statement from Manchester’s Arts and Cultural Organisations
- Cast announced for our First Words season
- Octagon Theatre Bolton's funding set to continue (1)
- Cast announced for Max Stafford-Clark's revival of 'Rita, Sue and Bob Too'
- Young Company casting call for Dickens classic
- Cast update for summer project 'The Railway Children'
- All aboard for adventure on Platform 50
- Octagon Theatre Bolton nominated UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre
- Cast announced for 'The Threepenny Opera'
- Auditions for Jane Eyre young company
- Out of Africa - a celebration of African culture in Bolton
- Best of Bolton is back - who has won?
- Octagon Theatre Bolton awarded RTYDS support for ‘Introduction to Directing’ course
- Phone system down
- Theatre. Made in Bolton
- REVEAL online submissions open
- A Christmas Carol cast
- Get involved in our REVEAL Festival 2018
- Actors announced for Best of Bolton
- Cast announced for brand new adaptation of Jane Eyre
- Octagon Theatre creates Dementia Friendly performances
- Help continue the Octagon Theatre’s story for another 50 years!
- CALL OUT: Young Company for East is East
- Sir Ian McKellen joins the Octagon's anniversary celebrations
- Cast announced for Hamlet, directed by David Thacker
- UK Healthcare supports Octagon Theatre Bolton’s dementia friendly theatre work
- Auditions for East is East young company
- Cast announced for East is East
- World premiere of new play Sherbet
- To run or not to run…Hamlet gets on his running shoes for the Octagon
- John Blackmore - 1941-2018
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Culture and Social Impact Fund
- REVEAL Festival 2018 line-up announced
- Octagon Theatre Bolton bring The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to the Macron
- Casting Announcement The Big Corner
- Casting Announcement All I See Is You
- Octagon Theatre Bolton | Summer Holiday
- Octagon awarded a further £425k towards redevelopment project
- Flight Casting Announcement
- Kathrine Smith on writing All I See Is You
- Trial | #REVEAL18 | Octagon Bolton
- When We Were Brothers | #REVEAL18 | Octagon Bolton
- Cast Announced for Summer Holiday
- Summer Holiday - Venue Update
- Dear Nomad
- New Season Announcement 201819
- #SaveStageLighting
- Rehearsal Images Summer Holiday
- Octagon Theatre Bolton awarded Theatre of Sanctuary
- Elizabeth Newman and a team from the Octagon take on the Manchester 10k
- Elizabeth Newman to leave the Octagon Theatre
- ENTRIES FOR BEST OF BOLTON 2018 NOW OPEN!
- Unexpected flooding
- The Octagon Theatre building work commences
- We've moved!
- GIGANTIC Casting Announcement
- Cafe Eight now open in the Market Place
- Octagon Theatre Bolton nominated for Bolton Business Community Award
- And Did Those Feet Cast Announced
- Young company auditions announced for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Vote for us!
- The Octagon Theatre call in the troops for GIANT community production
- Construction begins on multimillion pound redevelopment
- Best of Bolton 18
- And Did Those Feet Press Release
- Summer Holiday nominated for Best Musical at UK Theatre Awards
- Dog Auditions for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Octagon Theatre staff walk the distance to Wembley in a week
- Cast Announced for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Demolition begins as part of multi-million pound redvelopment
- The Academy is recruiting at the Octagon Theatre
- Actors announced for Best of Bolton 2018
- Lotte Wakeham announced as new Artistic Director
- Summer Holiday wins Northern Soul Award for Best Production 2018
- Introducing the cast of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
- Meet Toto
- Christmas Give Campaign
- Open Doors: A Greater Manchester Theatres Guide for Artists
- The Academy at the Octagon Theatre Bolton awarded £140,000 for 3 year project
- David Thacker directs Arthur Miller’s The Last Yankee at the Bolton Library Lecture Theatre
- Octagon Theatre Bolton awarded funding to support over 50s in the d/Deaf community
- Young People in Bolton to produce an event with the Octagon Theatre
- Theatres Trust Awards 100th Grant to Greater Manchester Theatres Consortium
- Suba Das to direct The Importance of Being Earnest in Bolton
- Founding members visit Octagon Theatre construction site
- Show us your talent!
- Treasure Island sailing into the University of Bolton Stadium this Christmas!
- Octagon Theatre funded to continue ground breaking project for women in Bolton
- High society cast for Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the Albert Halls, Bolton
- Octagon Theatre Digs list
- Full cast announced for The Importance of Being Earnest
- Next stage of construction begins
- Welcome to our autumn 2019 season
- X marks the spot at Bolton Museum
- Creative Engagement Volunteer Recruitment Evening
- New young company launched!
- New images released for multi-million pound redevelopment
- Pirates take over at Bolton Museum this summer!
- Three new performances at Bolton Museum
- The major redevelopment of the Octagon Theatre marks a key milestone
- Cast announced for Maxine Peake's Beryl
- New project to work with older people in Bolton to combat loneliness
- CALL OUT: GM CRITICS SCHEME IS BACK!
- New Performance Bursaries
- Cast Announced for exciting new musical
- Call Out for Boltonians to Showcase their Spoken Word Talents!
- Cast Announced for Festive Treat Treasure Island
- Exciting Student Night Launched for Seagulls Musical
- See It In Our Words Entrants Announcement
- First Bites Cast Announcement
- ReAct Ideas Cafe
- Mina Anwar to Star in New Production Shirley Valentine
- The Present
- Box Office and Cafe Christmas Opening Times
- Local Call Out
- ReAct Cafe Farnworth
- Autumn 2020 - Spring 2021
- Octagon Win at Music and Drama Education Awards
- Coronavirus update
- We Need Your Support
- Octagon Online is here to keep you entertained
- Reopening of the Octagon delayed due to impact of Covid-19
- Octagon Bolton and other arts organisations across Greater Manchester are joining forces to support local freelance artists during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Octagon launches new opportunities for over 50s
- Octagon launches Bolton-wide creative writing competition
- Octagon Theatre announces match funder for donation appeal
- Ralf Little joins judging panel of Creative Writing Competition
- Octagon announces participation in Freelance Task Force
- Octagon Theatre announces winners for Creative Writing Competition
- BAFTA-nominated actress leads the cast for One Night In Bolton Monologues
- Get creative with the Octagon this summer
- The Octagon is part of Sphinx Theatre female playwright programme
- New ‘Octagon Theatre Podcast’ launched with 4 part mini-series
- Message of support from Bolton Mayor for the Octagon Theatre
- Octagon to partner with Graeae on new initiative - BEYOND
- Octagon Theatre announce reopening dates
- Shakespeare’s best loved comedy comes to audiences in a new live online adaptation
- Boo Coaching & Consulting join the Octagon Family
- Bestselling author Jodi Picoult supports the Octagon Theatre
- Greater Manchester’s arts organisations launch new funding streams for region’s artists
- Octagon Theatre celebrate Black History Month with launch of new project
- We want to hear from you!
- Octagon Theatre welcome vital funding
- Octagon ReAct Community Creators
- Octagon awarded £50,000 National Lottery Community Fund grant
- Octagon Online Festive Events 2020
- Local artist call out for incubation residencies
- 12 Ways to Support the Octagon
- Cast announced for Christmas Carol reading
- Box Office Christmas Opening Times
- Dorian Gray Announcement
- Developing Bolton Artists
- Octagon Theatre welcomes investment in future
- The Octagon open their doors as vaccine observation centre
- The Picture of Dorian Gray Full Cast Announcement
- Board Members Announcement
- Youth Theatre Take Part in Company Three Project
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Blog
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Posts
- Backstage On Stage: The Noises Off Set Change
- Cast readings of To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Secret Garden - Fun Facts!
- 5 Reasons why NOT to go and see The Winter's Tale
- We are #CAPaware17: In conversation with Captioner Claire McIntyre
- We are the rats in Cinderella
- A look back at the Octagon's 2016
- The remarkable Anne Brontë
- Artistic Assistant discusses Top 5
- What is 'Dirty Face' about?
- Theatre from a student's point of view
- Visiting the Brontës - our trip to Haworth
- In the rehearsal room - Winter Hill
- An interview with Alan Bennett
- Graham, Talking Heads and Tea - a chat with David Birrell
- What 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' means to Sue
- Charlotte Josephine shares her inspiration #FirstWords
- An interview with Ian Townsend #FirstWords
- Shauna Mackay discusses stories, writing and Marmite #FirstWords
- Bringing 'The Railway Children' to life with 100 young people
- Infographic - Andrea Dunbar
- What the Dickens
- Stories from our Volunteers
- Setting the scene: 'The Threepenny Opera'
- FACT FILE: Bertolt Brecht
- Decades of the Octagon
- Working on The Threepenny Opera
- A little bit about... 'A Christmas Carol'
- 50 faces of the Octagon part 1
- Hear from our first 'Buy a Brick' supporter
- Decades of the Octagon 1977 87
- Experience our Relaxed performances
- A look back at the Octagon's 2017
- FACT FILE: Charlotte Brontë
- Jane Eyre: a novel that still speaks today
- Snapshot Insight: inside Hamlet rehearsals
- Interview: Octagon National Prizewinners
- The Andrea Project: four young, female writers from Bolton present plays developed at The Royal Court Theatre
- Decades of the Octagon 1987 - 1997
- Ben Tagoe writer of When We Were Brothers
- Alex interviews: Monkeywood Theatre
- Nuzhat Ali - FLIGHT
- Assistant Director - FLIGHT
- Summer Holiday Launch
- Summer Holiday Reviews
- A Week at the Octagon
- The Puppets Progress
- The Puppets Progress Part 2
- Fact File: Jonathan Swift
- Elizabeth Newman at the Octagon Theatre - Part 2
- And Did Those Feet In Rehearsals
- Reviews for And Did Those Feet
- Competition: design your own magic trainer!
- Behind the scenes: Tales from Over the Rainbow
- #LoveTheatreDay 2018
- Images from Best of Bolton
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in rehearsals
- Octagon Reimagined - Photo update
- Which Oz character are you?
- First steps: Costume
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in rehearsals part 2
- Magic trainer competition
- Tales From Over The Rainbow
- Production Photos The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Great Expectations at Bolton School
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Reviews
- Octagon Red Shoe Day
- Look back on the year: 2018
- The cast of Little Voice on karaoke
- Octagon Reimagined - Photo Update - January
- The Rise and Fall of Little Voice in rehearsals
- Participation practitioners building the future for young people in Bolton
- Standby tickets for 16 - 25 year olds
- Bolton's Jim Cartwright
- Production Pictures: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
- Reviews: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
- Youth Takeover: Ideas Submission Form
- The Last Yankee in rehearsals
- The Last Yankee Production Images
- Octagon Reimagined Photo Update March
- Fact File: Oscar Wilde
- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: THE DESIGN
- The Importance of Being Earnest: Meet the Director
- The Importance of Being Earnest in rehearsals
- Octagon Reimagined: Photo update June 2019
- Aged 16-25? We need your opinions!
- Octagon Reimagined: Photo Update Sept 2019
- What is Gig Theatre?
- Interview: Beth Hyland talks about her new musical SEAGULLS
- EXCLUSIVE LISTEN: Seagulls Soundtrack
- Behind The Scenes: Seagulls Costume Mood Board
- Seagulls: Behind The Scenes Trailers
- OCTAGON REIMAGINED: PHOTO UPDATE NOV 2019
- Treasure Island Timeline
- Treasure Island - Meet the Young Company
- Treasure Island - Meet the cast
- Interview with Treasure Island Writers
- Willy Russell Fact File
- Octagon Reimagined: Photo Update Jan 2020
- Shirley Valentine - Behind the scenes: Interview with Set and Costume Designer
- Shirley Valentine Rehearsal Images
- Shirley Valentine Production Images
- What I Do Series: Catt Belcher - Producer
- Setting the Scene for StoryMakers
- What I Do Series: Su Newell - Wardrobe Manager
- What I Do Series: Jess Wild - Wardrobe Assistant
- What I Do Series: Abi Smith – Assistant Stage Manager
- What I Do Series: Sarah Jackson - Customer Experience Manager
- Our top tips for theatre in lockdown!
- What I Do Series: Caitlin Gleeson
- Sewing Scrubs in Lockdown
- What I do - Victoria Hubbard
- One Night In Bolton - Writing Tips
- Monica Ali's Writing Tips
- Octagon Box Office at home
- Becky Prestwich writing tips
- Meet the Virtual Academy…
- Discovering the Arts – At Home
- What I do - Alex Joynes
- Our top 5 tips for theatre in at home this week
- Octagon at Home - insights from our CEO
- What I do - Nicola Starkie
- An open letter to theatre and performance makers
- Refugee week at the octagon
- Octagon Reimagined - Photo Update June 2020
- 5 events to inspire Young People this summer
- Not the Summer We Were Expecting…
- 5 Creative Events for Under 11’s
- Wonderland: A Virtual Adventure
- Update from Octagon Chief Executive Roddy Gauld
- William Shakespeare Fact File
- Shakespeare’s Sonnets - And How to Write Your Own
- Festive Show Quiz
- Artist Inubation Residency - Week 1
- Octagon Theatre Workshops return online
- Artist Incubation Residency - Week 2
- Artist Incubation Residency - Week 3
- Interview with The Picture of Dorain Gray writer, Henry Filloux-Bennett
- Interview with The Picture of Dorian Gray director, Tamara Harvey
- The Picture of Dorian Gray Production Images
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