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Real life stories from health workers explored Date published: 13 May 2021
Actor Kimberley Hart-Simpson
Real-life stories of healthcare workers are explored in Dare to Know Theatre’s digital verbatim play A Broken Family, Together.
The play was created with support from Oldham Coliseum Theatre as one of the Coliseum’s Micro Commissions 2021.
A Broken Family, Together is the culmination of words said by healthcare professionals working at The Royal Oldham Hospital looking back over the coronavirus pandemic.
With the help of Wendy Clapham, Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Critical Care at the hospital – who received a BEM for Services to Nursing in the Queen’s New Year Honours list, Dare to Know interviewed the team at the hospital with a view to celebrate and document the dedication and heroism that nurses, doctors, porters, managers, volunteers and more have shown throughout the crisis.
Short film explores emotional effect of pandemic on performers Date published: 17 April 2021
Angel of History is a moving short film by digital artist Grant Archer
Oldham Coliseum Theatre has released the first of its Micro Commissions 2021, Angel of History, a moving short film by digital artist Grant Archer.
In 1940 the philosopher Walter Benjamin described a Paul Klee painting, Angelus Novus, as showing an angel of history transfixed by a past he perceives as catastrophe but which is propelling him forward into the future.
Angel of History is a collaboration with ballerina Nicky Henshall, actress Shobna Gulati and composer Akshay Gulati, exploring what it has meant to be a performer during the Covid-19 pandemic, when all regular creative outputs had been restricted.
Spring digital season on sale at the Coliseum Date published: 26 February 2021
Whodunnit at the Coliseum? is part theatre, part film and part video game, all taking place online
This Spring, Oldham Coliseum Theatre is set to present a season of online events and experiences for audiences of all ages to enjoy, using interactivity and digital technology to transport audiences to different worlds and put them at the heart of the story.
As previously announced, the Coliseum presents ThickSkin’s virtual reality experience Petrichor from March 1- 7.
Petrichor is a dystopian reality where everything is routine, every moment is muted, managed and monochrome.