Share your school memories at special Coliseum event

A scene from popular 2017 show 'Meat Pie, Sausage Roll'

Get yourself down to the Oldham Coliseum on Monday (September 17) as theatre staff are hosting a free event for mothers, fathers, sons and daughters to share their stories about School Discos and Proms.

Did your child's prom cost a bomb? Did the search for the perfect dress or suit turn everyone's life into a mess? Was it worth the cost of the limo to see them all grown up?

Writers Cathy Crabb and Lindsay Williams, the team behind the Coliseum’s hit Oldham-based musicals Meat Pie, Sausage Roll, and Dreamers, are currently working on a new musical about the end of high School Dances and now the era of Proms.

In June 2015, Cathy and Lindsay premiered a new musical partially set in the infamous former Oldham town centre nightclub, Dreamers.

Their story about ordinary women from Oldham, set to a soundtrack of 1990s indie hits, received four-out-of-five stars from The Guardian and had audiences flocking to the theatre for a thoroughly enjoyable evening of nostalgia and music.

In March 2017, the writing duo followed up with a story set against the backdrop of Oldham Athletic Football Club’s unforgettable 1990/91 season.

With commentary by Stuart Pyke – who gave voice to Latics’ pinnacle moment on Piccadilly Radio, a special guest appearance by Andy Ritchie on opening night and our very own Chaddy the Owl costume, created by the Coliseum’s Wardrobe department from the designs of the real 1990 Chaddy costume, Meat Pie, Sausage Roll was a heartfelt celebration of one of Oldham’s finest moments.

As with both Dreamers and Meat Pie, Sausage Roll, Cathy and Lindsay are holding an event at the Coliseum to speak to real people from Oldham about their experiences to help shape their new musical.  

The sharing event takes place on Monday from 7pm.

The event is free and those attending are welcome to a complementary drink.

Formal dress is not required but Cathy and Lindsay have asked people to bring their photographs so they can see how amazing they looked.

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