Bolton Octagon

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Opened in November 1967 as a Bolton Council initiative, with financial support from businesses as well as money from highly popular community schemes Buy A Seat and Buy A Brick, Bolton’s Octagon Theatre broke the mould of regional theatre design with an innovative, fully flexible auditorium where audiences are never more than 30 feet from the stage and actors.

At a time when many regional theatres struggle for audiences, the Octagon is seeing an upward trend in visitor numbers. Over 135,000 people come to the Octagon each year as audience members, as partakers of the Theatre’s café bar and other facilities, or as participants of the Octagon’s highly regarded community and education programme, activ8. The Octagon’s audience is an inspiring example of a theatre reflecting - and responding to - its community. Today, 25% of the Octagon’s audience are young people aged 16-25, with 12% of the audience coming from culturally diverse backgrounds - slightly above the latest census statistics for Bolton.

In the forty glorious years since it opened, the Octagon has made a significant contribution to in the UK’s creative landscape. Octagon productions continue to break box office targets, win audience and critical acclaim, receive awards and plaudits, and tour nationally. Most recently, Alan Plater’s Blonde Bombshells Of 1943, a co-production with Hampstead Theatre, won the coveted Best Production award at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2006 (the second year in a row that the Octagon won this prestigious award), and is currently enjoying a sell-out national UK tour.


Connected mandy members:

Rory Howson
Technical Manager / Director
2017, Threepenny Opera, Sound Engineer
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
2017, The Threepenny Opera, Ensemble
Ashleigh German
Deputy Stage Manager
2017, The Threepenny Opera, Deputy Stage Manager
Bolton Octagon
Lorna Munden
Sound Designer
2017, The Threepenny Opera, Sound Designer
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Gareth Newcombe
Deputy Stage Manager
2017, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, DSM
Octagon Theatre Bolton
Keiran Meadowcroft
Lighting Tech
2017, Talking Heads, Lighting Programmer
Bolton Octagon
Megan Sheeran
Company Stage Manager
2017, Talking Heads, Deputy Stage Manager
2017, ROOST, Jake
Bolton Octagon
Jacob Mason-Dixon
Chief Electrician
2017, Full time, Chief LX
Octagon Theatre
Katie Balmforth
Assistant Stage Manager
2017, Educating Rita, Deputy Stage Manager
Octagon Theatre Bolton
Keiran Meadowcroft
Lighting Tech
2017, Educating Rita, Lighting Programmer
Bolton Octagon
Tarek Slater
Actor
2017, Down Ashton, Jimmy
Bolton Octagon
Keiran Meadowcroft
Lighting Tech
2017, Cinderella, Lighting Programmer
Bolton Octagon
Abigail Hood
Actor
2017, Bleeding Hearts, Laura
Stanley Orwin-Fraser
Video Designer
2017, Ashes, Video Designer
Bolton Octagon
Imogen Beech
Director
2017, Ashes, Assistant Director
Octagon Theatre Bolton
Fiona Mulvihill
Deputy Stage Manager
2016, Various Productions including A View from the Bridge, Noises Off, Private Lives and The BFG, Deputy Stage Manager
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Katie Balmforth
Assistant Stage Manager
2016, Two 2, Assistant Stage Manager on the Book
Octagon Theatre Bolton
2016, To Kill A Mockingbird, Mr Gilmer, Boo Radley
Octagon Theatre Bolton
Abigail Smith
Assistant Stage Manager
2016, The Winters Tale, Assistant Stage Manager
Octagon Theatre

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Alternative Company Names

Bolton Octagan, Bolton Octagon Theatre, Octagon Bolton, Octagon Theatre, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Octagon Theatre Company, The Octagon Theatre / Stephen Joseph Theatre / Hull Truck Theatre