WHAT'S ON AT THE OCTAGON THEATRE, BOLTON
What's On at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Most Popular Shows and Events at Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wed 26 Mar - Sat 12 Apr 2025
Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Fri 7 Feb - Sat 8 Mar 2025
Tue 22 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
What's On at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
Saturday 29 June 2024
A hilarious and madcap comedy retelling of the iconic gothic classic It's 1900. Dracula, the best-selling novel by Bram Stoker was released three years ago and Professor Abraham Van Helsing is not happy. He was there. He knows The Truth. Th...
Octagon Backstage Tour
Saturday 29 June 2024
Want to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Octagon? Enjoy a guided tour around Bolton's thriving and busy theatre. Step out on to the auditorium stage where countless actors have trod the boards in your favourite Octagon shows, take a peek...
Bolton Comedy Festival
Saturday 29 June - Saturday 3 August 2024
Join us at the Octagon on selected Saturday mornings for FREE family storytelling sessions, sharing stories in creative ways to spark imaginations! There will be a small soft play area for families with little ones under 4....
Theatre Club: Dracula
Saturday 29 June 2024
Theatre Club is a chance to chat about Octagon productions in a relaxed and informal discussion group. In our June meeting, we'll be discussing Dracula. If you would like any further information please contact participation@octagonbolton. c...
The King's Voice - Gordon Hendricks as Elvis
Sunday 30 June 2024
The King's Voice transports you through time from the '68 special to the Vegas era, breathing soul into ballads and those iconic jumpsuit numbers that set the stage on fire. Crowned the Worlds Ultimate Elvis Tribute by Elvis Presley Enterpr...
Beautiful Evil Things
Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 July 2024
Beautiful Evil Things is a high-energy one-woman show from Ad Infinitum, combining physical storytelling with cut-throat wit. Coming hot on the heels of their multi award-winning hit Odyssey, this acerbically comic, thrilling and poignant ...
Bolton Artists & Creatives Social
Thursday 4 July 2024
We are excited to launch the firstof our Bolton Artists & Creatives Social networkingevents in celebration of Bolton being named the Greater Manchester Town ofCulture. This is an opportunity forartists and creatives, of any art form and age...
Octagon Comedy Club
Friday 5 - Friday 19 July 2024
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs! Join us one Friday a month and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. To see who is performing, more details can be found h...
ArtBeat - Family Workshops
Saturday 6 July 2024
ArtBeat are the Octagon's community drama company for over 50's. ArtBeat presents Elmer the Elephant - 13:00 sessionCome and join us on a journey into the Jungle with a heard of elephants. There are lots of elephants in this jungle, all gre...
Family Saturdays
Saturday 6 July - Saturday 3 August 2024
Join us at the Octagon on selected Saturday mornings for FREE family storytelling sessions, sharing stories in creative ways to spark imaginations! There will be a small soft play area for families with little ones under 4....
Collaborator - A work in progress by Daniel Kitson
Sunday 7 - Monday 8 July 2024
Perrier Comedy Award-winning Yorkshire comedian and Phoenix Nights star Daniel Kitson dislikes audience participation. He thinks it's creatively bankrupt, ethically questionable and if he sees it mentioned in the blurb for a show, he will n...
Angelos Epithemiou
Friday 12 July 2024
Angelos Epithemiou, unwitting star of BBC 2's Shooting Stars, Dave's One Night Stand and Channel 4's The Angelos Epithemiou Show is a cult favourite. ...
Dara Ó Briain
Friday 12 July 2024
Dara O Briain is one of the UK & Ireland's favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara O Briai...
Fingers on Buzzers
Friday 12 July 2024
A live recording of the popular podcast Fingers on Buzzers from comedian and keen amateur quizzer Lucy Porter, alongside The Chase's very own Jenny Ryan. Whether you're a Pointless armchair aficionado, nostalgic for the days of Going for Go...
Sophie Duker
Friday 12 July 2024
The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) is back! The Taskmaster champ is back on tour and dealing with her (sugar) daddy issues in a hilarious new stand-up show. But Daddy I Love Her sees Sophie take the stage with her trademark ...
Chloe Petts
Friday 12 July 2024
Fresh from her smash hit Edinburgh Fringe run and Soho Theatre sell-out debut, rising star and "very funny" (Guardian) "very gay" Kent comedian Chloe Petts returns with her latest tour. Everyone complimented her on how polite she was with b...
Lucy Porter
Friday 12 July 2024
Lucy Porter has been an Edinburgh Fringe favourite for over 20 years. She's appeared on countless TV shows including QI, Live at the Apollo and Would I Lie to You, as well as being a regular on Radio 4's News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth an...
Mixed Bill
Friday 12 July 2024
To finish off the first night of the Festival a special mixed bill, hosted by Phil Ellis(top 20 best reviewed shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2023). With, Oliva Lee (regular on NBC?s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), a special guest from elsewhere...
Emmanuel Sonubi
Saturday 13 July 2024
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee presents a whistle stop tour through the jobs that have led him to become one of the hottest stand-ups on the circuit in the brand-new show, Curriculum Vitae.   Emmanuel will take the audience on a...
Ania Magliano
Saturday 13 July 2024
You know when you're trying to wee on a night out, and you're interrupted by a random girl who insists on telling you all her secrets even though you've never met? Imagine that, but she has a microphone. After two critically acclaimed sell-...
Huge Davies
Saturday 13 July 2024
Huge Davies was nominated for the Edinburgh Best Newcomer Awardfor his first show ?The Carpark? and his second show ?Whodunnit? receivedmultiple five star reviews. He is the creator and star of the Channel 4 sitcom?The Artists? and has been...
Ryan Cullen
Saturday 13 July 2024
If Milton Jones is the Obi wan Kenobi of one-liners then Ryan Cullen is Darth Vader. He delivers with an economy of words, an unapologetic style and surgical precision. An act you?ll be talking about long after seeing him....
The Bolton Mislaid Comedy History Walking Tour
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 July 2024
A textiles boomtown, a royalist stronghold, one of the first market towns of the north and the happiest people in the UK - Bolton is brimming with interesting history. But what of comedy history? Surely the place has turned out too many foo...
Justin Moorhouse
Saturday 13 July 2024
The hilarious Manchester comedian and Phoenix Nights star is back: still funny, yet middle aged. Stretch & Think is his new show, directed by Henry Normal, which may contain: Yoga, getting older, Madonna, shoplifters, Labradoodles, middle-a...
Catherine Bohart
Sunday 14 July 2024
Catherine Bohart's back and older than ever with her new show "Again, With Feelings." And adulthood frankly isn't living up to her expectations. Join this "effortless" (Chortle) "star in the making" (Skinny) for a hilariously twisted second...
Why These Fools?
Sunday 14 July 2024
Why These Fools? is a brand new improvised comedy show exclusive to the Bolton Comedy Festival, starring a cast of award-winning comedic talent. Rufus Hound, Suki Webster, Justin Moorhouse and Sally Hodgkiss will be joining forces fo...
Harry Stachini
Sunday 14 July 2024
Most of us are carrying honesty grenades. Some are small, like farting in a lift and owning up to it. But some are truly massive. Harry?s was medium to large and once he pulled the pin; it destroyed an eight-year relationship, a mortgage an...
Jonny Pelham
Sunday 14 July 2024
Jonny Pelham is one of the most exciting stand-up comedians in the UK. He's appeared on shows such as; Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Russell Howard's Stand-up Central, Live from the BBC and Bobby and Harrie...
Steve Bugeja
Sunday 14 July 2024
The creator and star of ITV2's hit sitcom, Buffering, is back on the road following a sell-out 2022 tour and a critically acclaimed run at the 2023 Edinburgh fringe festival with his new show Self Doubt (I Think). He's appeared on Stand Up...
Dylan Moran
Sunday 14 July 2024
How can it be you have spent a whole ten minutes staring at a banana? Why do you always do stuff like that? Why do you never do the other really great things where it's much, much better - and afterwards you don't want to saw off your own f...
Star Crossed Summer School 2024
Monday 22 July 2024
StarCrossed! Summer School 2024 - a 90s reimagining of Romeo &Juliet Our summer school is back for 2024! Bounce back to the 90s, to a time of Posh and Becks,britpop and Blockbuster. Dust off your tracksuit, double your denim and getready to...
Story Inventors
Monday 12 - Tuesday 13 August 2024
Would you like to invent your very own story?5?10-year-olds are invited to join the Octagon Theare to explore their imagination through drama and creative play to become a Story Inventor!This is an exciting opportunity for children to take ...
Wonderland In Alice
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 August 2024
Ready to fall down the rabbit hole? British Youth Musical Theatre, in collaboration with Christopher Tendai Company present Wonderland In Alice, a brand new musical that re-imagines Lewis Caroll's classic tale of self-discovery and escapism...
Octagon Family Festival 2024
Saturday 24 - Monday 26 August 2024
BOOKING INFORMATIONOur Family Festival is free to attend, but we are asking families to book a free slot for everyone who is visiting. You can then arrive any time between the beginning and end of your slot. You?ll be given a wristband for ...
Sheer Luck Holmes - The Case of the Floating Fiancée
Saturday 24 August 2024
A laugh out loud Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Get ready for an exhilarating night of mystery and mayhem as you join Holmes, Watson and Mrs Hudson as they re-enact their latest mind-boggling case. With hilarious characters, deadly twists, das...
Faulty Towers - The Original Dining Experience
Sunday 25 August 2024
Interactive Theatre's globetrotting show is truly quite legendary, selling out at venues like Edinburgh Fringe, Raffles Singapore and Sydney Opera House. When the audience become diners in the 'Faulty Towers' restaurant and are served by Ba...
James Martin Cookery Demo
Monday 26 August 2024
Mr Food and Drink, James Martin returns to Bolton Food & Drink Festival for his 14th year to teach you some brand new recipes! James Martin made a great impact with his television debut in November '96 and has rarely been off screen since....
Basil Brush Unleashed
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Showbiz legend, national treasure, fox. Children of the 2000's, 1970's (and everything in-between) this one's for you as Basil goes prime time! Join him as he takes to the road following his much-talked about and totally sold out run at l...
Basil Brush: Unleashed
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Showbiz legend, national treasure, fox. Children of the 2000?s, 1970?s (and everything in-between) this one?s for you as Basil goes prime time! Join him as he takes to the road following his much-talked about and totally sold out run at las...
Brassed Off
Thursday 5 - Saturday 28 September 2024
Based on the smash-hit film, Brassed Off, this production of the much-loved modern classic by Octagon Theatre Bolton, Theatre by The Lake and Stephen Joseph Theatre is full of grit, heart and northern humour, and will feature live music fr...
Octagon Comedy Club - 6th September 24
Friday 6 September 2024
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs!Join us and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. It's guaranteed to be the funniest night in Bolton!Line-up to be announce...
Blackpool, What a Shit Place To Die
Tuesday 17 - Thursday 19 September 2024
An award-winning, one-man show, which has toured extensively in the UK and has been featured on the BBC, ITV and in the Manchester Evening News. The dark comedy is inspired by real events in the life of Oldham actor Mark Newsome and is writ...
Octagon Comedy Club - 20th September 24
Friday 20 September 2024
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs!Join us and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. It's guaranteed to be the funniest night in Bolton!Line-up to be announce...
Who the F--k is Shakespeare?
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 September 2024
Following a sell-out run, Liverpool theatre company 20 Stories High present four of Shakespeare's (in)famous characters, who are back for a national tour, ready to tell their side of the story. Join them as they blow the dust off the classi...
Theatre Club - Brassed Off
Saturday 28 September 2024
Theatre Club is a chance to chat about Octagon productions in a relaxed and informal discussion group. In our June meeting, we'll be discussing Brassed Off. If you would like any further information please contact participation@octagonbolto...
Jenny Ryan
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Jenny Ryan - better known as the dream-crushing Bolton brainbox The Vixen on the hit ITV quiz The Chase - breaks away from teatime telly and invites you to an evening of song, storytelling and even some showbiz secrets. Join Jenny on a jour...
The Gruffalo
Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 October 2024
A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood... Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories' magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Searching for h...
Octagon Comedy Club - 4th October 24
Friday 4 October 2024
After sell-out shows, the Octagon Comedy Club is back for even more laughs!Join us and enjoy a hilarious night of live stand-up from some of the best names in comedy. It's guaranteed to be the funniest night in Bolton!Line-up to be announce...
Joy Unspeakable
Saturday 5 October 2024
It?sall about food and nothing to do with food. Chancesare someone you know has an eating disorder. So why don?t you know, and why dowe think they?re about skinny women who can?t eat? Groundedin an ethos of care, Joy Unspeakable presents th...
Stars For A Night 2024
Sunday 6 October 2024
Backup North West ? a much loved charity dedicated to providing supported and emergency accommodation for young people of Bolton are hosting Stars for a Night ? the Live Final of the competition that celebrates and showcases ??BOLTON?S GOT ...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wed 26 Mar - Sat 12 Apr 2025
Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Fri 7 Feb - Sat 8 Mar 2025
Tue 22 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
