'Hands off Oldham!' The fight to save historic theatre
"Hands off Oldham!" This was the chant led by actress Maxine Peake at a public meeting held to save the historic Oldham Coliseum in Greater Manchester.
The organisation is backing plans by Oldham Council for a new theatre in the town but says that after current funding ends for the Coliseum it has agreed additional support of almost £360,000"to help with decisions about the future". "They've got to pull their finger out, this is not good enough - a three-year wait? No way," Peake said."Art should not be for the elite, it should be for everybody."Other speakers at the event, organised by performing arts union Equity, included playwright Ian Kershaw, Tony Award-nominated actor Paul Hilton and Ackley Bridge actress Zoe Iqbal.
"These include the redundancies faced by Equity members who work there, alongside the fact that until the opening of the new venue - scheduled for 2026, so at least three years from now - there will be no theatre in the borough."A spokesperson for Arts Council England acknowledged in a statement that Oldham Coliseum is a"well-loved fixture" in the town and"understandably many people have strong feelings" about its future.
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