Scrooge on a scooter: A Christmas Carol, Bolton Octagon
Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t usually travel by scooter. For generations of Christmas Carol retellings,...
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Theatre Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Bolton Octagon
This is extremely silly. And yet, somehow, quite poignant. With three actors playing 15 parts, some degree of silliness is inevitable, and it’s exploited mercilessly during this production of The Hound of the Baskervilles....
Read MoreTheatre Review: Treasure Island, Bolton Octagon at the University of Bolton Stadium
Arrh Jim lad, this is Treasure Island, but not as we know it. No timbers will be shivered, no one will be sent to Davy Jones’s Locker, but a good time will be had by all. Writers Kate Ferguson and Susannah Pearse have taken...
Read MoreTheatre Review: The Last Yankee, Bolton Octagon
David Thacker is an expert on Arthur Miller, and it shows in this beautifully acted, finely directed play. It’s one of Miller’s lesser known works but Thacker directed the British premiere at the Young Vic and it went on to hold...
Read MoreTheatre Review: And Did Those Feet, Bolton Octagon
Every theatre audience contains a small percentage of professionals. For every show you attend, there’s a good chance you’ll bump into somebody you toured with 20 years ago and you won’t remember their name. Most likely you’ve...
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