It is welcome news that over £650,000 in funding has been secured from the Arts Council for the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.
It builds on that work to protect a theatre that means so much to Oldham. The Coliseum isn’t just a building, it’s part of our identity. Generations have grown up with it.
The focus must be on bringing it back stronger: a working theatre, rooted in the community, with local talent at its heart.
Work is progressing at its historic home on Fairbottom Street, and before long a new generation will be able to experience the Coliseum 
Jim McMahon OBE MP 