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Merry Christmas? David Birrell as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Octagon Theatre Bolton. All pics: Pamela Raith Photography

Merry Christmas? David Birrell as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Octagon Theatre Bolton. All pics: Pamela Raith Photography

A Christmas Carol

Nov 22, 2025

Coming to Keswick in 2026: l-r Lark Rise to Candleford, Nell Gwynn, Calendar Girls and A Christmas Carol

Coming to Keswick in 2026: l-r Lark Rise to Candleford, Nell Gwynn, Calendar Girls and A Christmas Carol

Theatre By The Lake 2026 season revealed

Nov 17, 2025

Poster for Stephen Joseph Theatre's new production of Calendar Girls The Musical

Poster for Stephen Joseph Theatre's new production of Calendar Girls The Musical

Calendar Girls on song for summer and autumn

Nov 11, 2025

Bolton Octagon theatre

Bolton Octagon theatre

£750,000 grants to unleash creative people and places

Oct 21, 2025

Poster for the play The Memory of Water, Bolton Octagon Spring 2026

Poster for the play The Memory of Water, Bolton Octagon Spring 2026

Spring season at Bolton Octagon

Oct 13, 2025

The cast of Private Lives at Bolton Octagon: l-r Chirag Benedict Lobo as Elyot, Pepter Lunkuse (Amanda), Ashley Gerlach (Victor) and Sade Malone as Sybil. All pics: Pamela Raith Photography

The cast of Private Lives at Bolton Octagon: l-r Chirag Benedict Lobo as Elyot, Pepter Lunkuse (Amanda), Ashley Gerlach (Victor) and Sade Malone as Sybil. All pics: Pamela Raith Photography

Private Lives

Steve Griffiths

Sep 10, 2025

Lucy Eve Mann as Jenny in Yen in Bolton and Newcastle

Lucy Eve Mann as Jenny in Yen in Bolton and Newcastle

Playwriting prizewinner Yen comes back north

Aug 25, 2025

Rosa Hesmondhalgh as Lizzie Bennet and James Sheldon as Mr D'Arcy in Pride and Prejudice at the Octagon, Bolton. cr Pamela Raith Photography

Rosa Hesmondhalgh as Lizzie Bennet and James Sheldon as Mr D'Arcy in Pride and Prejudice at the Octagon, Bolton. cr Pamela Raith Photography

Pride and Prejudice

Jun 11, 2025

Sue Cleaver (centre), from Corrie to family drama, with Lisa Zahra (left) and Nicola Stephenson in SNake in the Grass in Mold and Bolton

Sue Cleaver (centre), from Corrie to family drama, with Lisa Zahra (left) and Nicola Stephenson in SNake in the Grass in Mold and Bolton

Corrie's Sue Cleaver on stage in Mold and Bolton

Jun 6, 2025

The cast of Blackeyed Theatre's Dracula

The cast of Blackeyed Theatre's Dracula

Dracula

Steve Griffiths

May 22, 2025

Two women, one Black and affluent, the other white and seeking asylum

Two women, one Black and affluent, the other white and seeking asylum

Turning the tables on seeking asylum

May 12, 2025

Poster for Pride and Prejudice; a couple look at each other on a sunny day outdoors

Poster for Pride and Prejudice; a couple look at each other on a sunny day outdoors

Pride and Prejudice on summer tour

May 1, 2025

A. new production of A Christmas Carol, at the Octagon for Christmas

A. new production of A Christmas Carol, at the Octagon for Christmas

Bolton Octagon new autumn season

Apr 23, 2025

Man looking worried at an incriminating newspaper headline: <ateo Oxley as Richard Hannay in Bolton Octagon's The 39 Steps

Man looking worried at an incriminating newspaper headline: <ateo Oxley as Richard Hannay in Bolton Octagon's The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Steve Griffiths

Apr 18, 2025

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Steve Griffiths

Mar 28, 2025

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