The Company behind Oldham Coliseum has announced that it has agreed to be the anchor tenant for Oldham Council’s new purpose-built theatre, scheduled to open in 2026 on Greaves Street.
The Coliseum which was forced to close earlier this year after losing much of its funding from the Arts Council will also be taking up a seat at the table of the Council’s Performance Space Partnership Board with a view to supporting the development of the new space and its inner workings.
They havealso been working closely with Oldham Council on supporting the development of their proposal to Arts Council England (ACE) for the £1.84m funding to deliver a cultural programme across the borough between now and the opening of the new building, which the Coliseum will lead.
The chair of the theatre Trustees Duncan Craig OBE said
“We’ve started considering how a new venue could operate in Oldham – how we could commission and produce new work and how we could collaborate with other arts organisations and community groups. Watch this space (I think it’s pretty damn exciting as there’s so many opportunities)”
adding:
“There is still the cultural programme to map out and once the funding is confirmed we’re pretty sure that many discussions will be had and we’ll be part of those discussions with other key stakeholders, and when we know then we’ll announce what part we will play in that offer.”
