Macbeth added to Coliseum autumn line-up
- Paul Genty
- 3 hours ago
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While Oldham Coliseum continues, without a theatre, to plough a course of more unusual entertainments that match its range of unusual venues, three more conventional plays have been added to the autumn season (see here).
Foremost among them is a one-woman production of Macbeth (November 20) from actress and storyteller Debs Newbold, who enthralled an Oldham audience back in March with a similar "performance retelllng" of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Like Lear, the latest one-woman show - this time in Oldham's historic George Street Chapel - originated at the Hay Literary Festival, and comes with glowing reviews.
Also prominent in the Coliseum autumn season is a new one-woman play from Rochdale-born actor and writer Imogen Greenwood (in collaboration with Shared Experience theatre company), The Other Neville. Rather than football legends Gary and Phil Neville, this one's about their sister, English netball heroine Tracey Neville.
While the boys were carving out massively successful football careers for themselves, Tracey did the same for netball, representing England many times before retiring from playing to become England netball coach (before moving to Australia and managing netball team Melbourne Mavericks).
The show is set in what Imogen calls a "locker room of memories", and is a fictionalised look - she wasn't there, or course - at Neville's career, from the thrills to the pressure. It's at Oldham Library (November 5-6).
Last but not least there is one-man show Helios (George Street Chapel, November 27) from performers Alexander Wright & Phil Grainger (either might perform it on the night), a story that transplants the Ancient Greek story of Helios, god of the sun, into a modern-day myth from the rural by-roads of Britain to everyday life in a large city. Helios is the award-winning follow-up to acclaimed, Greek-inspired productions from W&G of Orpheus, Eurydice and The Gods The Gods The Gods.
More info and tickets here