Aired Tuesday 1 – Thursday 24 December
Directed by Chris Lawson
Filmed and Edited by Grant Archer
24 plays – 14 writers – 25 actors.
The Advent Plays were a little sprinkle of Christmas, released daily across our Social Media channels, perfect to watch whilst you eat the chocolate out of your calendar at home.
Writers were given a Christmas themed title to respond to, and all of the short plays were filmed on stage at the Coliseum on our cosy living room set, with props and furniture from shows you may have seen. We meet a range of characters who share their funny, sweet and sometimes obscure Christmas tales.
Subscribers to the Coliseum YouTube Channel received a notification each morning when the day’s Advent Play became available. The plays were also available to view on the Coliseum’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.
Click here to view all of the writers and actors
Click here to view the Advent Plays playlist on YouTube.
Directed by Artistic Director Chris Lawson
Filmed and Edited by Digital Associate Artist Grant Archer
| Writers: | ||||||
| Hafsah Aneela Bashir | Cathy Crabb | Adam Fenton | Chris Hoyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoe Iqbal | Tom Kinney | Nana-Kofi Kufuor | Steph Lacey | |||
| Sorcha McCaffrey | Emma Rogerson | Matthew Smith | Jake Talbot | |||
| Ian Townsend | Rob Ward | |||||
| Actors: | ||||||||
| Wendy Albiston | John Askew | Joyce Branagh | Victoria Brazier | Shaban Dar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupele Dorgu | Sophie Ellicott | Isabel Ford | Akshay Gulati | Danielle Henry | ||||
| Eleanor Hawthorne | Karen Henthorn | Neil Hurst | Zoe Iqbal | Lewis Jones-Dunn | ||||
| Steph Lacey | Becky Lindsay | Sorcha McCaffrey | Saba Nikoufekr | Jenny Platt | ||||
| Jamie Rhall | Mitesh Soni | Jake Talbot | Will Travis | Elizabeth Twells |
Thanks to the Coliseum Production and Wardrobe departments for enabling these projects to happen during lockdown
Head of Production Lesley Chenery
Company Stage Manager Jane Jones
Deputy Production Manager Adam Gent
Stage Technician Kev Leach
Wardrobe Supervisor Bridget Bartley
Advent Plays is an Oldham Coliseum Theatre Digital Series.
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