A welcome return to home-produced theatre in Oldham. Date published: 13 July 2021
Cast members of The Glee Club.
Oldham Coliseum Theatre has announced its first full season since the pandemic – featuring heart-warming and thought-provoking drama alongside comedy, music, magic and dance - plus the highly anticipated return of the theatre’s much-loved annual pantomime.
With the new season the theatre also reignites its Season Ticket offer with multibuy discounts on eight shows throughout the Autumn and Winter months: Love N Stuff, Who Cares, Sunny Side Up, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Blue/Orange, The Glee Club and The Ballad of Maria Marten.
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Siobhan Finneran (Lin), Sophie Willan (Alma), Lorraine Ashbourne (Joan), and Nicholas Asbury (Jim) (Image: MATT SQUIRE/BBC)
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Stars of Happy Valley, The Crown and Phoenix Nights are set to appear in a new BBC sitcom.
Thanyia Moore, Dave Spikey and Ben Willbond to appear in Sophie Willan’s sitcom
Chortle last week reported how filming had begun on the six-part series in Bolton and Central Manchester, following the success of a pilot last year.
Now the BBC has officially confirmed the show’s return with the core cast all coming back. Willan, who wrote the semi-autobiographical series, plays Alma with Siobhan Finneran as her mum Lin; Lorraine Ashbourne as her Nan Joan, Jayde Adams as Alma’s best friend Leanne, James Baxter as Alma’s ex-boyfriend Anthony and Nicholas Asbury as Jim.
The roles of the new cast members have not been revealed.