A Christmas Fair
Think big laughs, big characters and stalls full of mischief and magic.
This December, Oldham Coliseum are teaming up with the legendary Jim Cartwright and Not Too Tame’s Jimmy Fairhurst to unwrap a brand-new festive cracker: A Christmas Fair from 17 December – 2 January.
Cartwright’s trademark comedy-with-a-kick collides with Not Too Tame’s no-barriers raucous spirit, creating a Christmas night out that’s equal parts belly-laughs and heart-wrenching heart-tugs. It’s brash, bold, and properly northern - where the mulled wine warms your hands, the candyfloss sticks to your Chrimbo jumper, and the stories sneak up on you with all the pathos of a snowball to the chest.
It tells the hilarious and heart wrenching stories of five characters amidst the buzz, bustle and festive mayhem of setting up the annual fair in the days before Christmas. Starring Kelise Gordon-Harrison as Lucy, John Henshaw as Caretaker, Samantha Robinson as Veronica, Paddy Stafford as Johnny and Dickon Tyrrell as the Vicar.
Young love might be in the air, the vicar’s distracted, Veronica is rallying her troops to keep things on track, and the caretaker just wants to go home. Will romance blossom? Will secrets be revealed? Or will the Christmas fair go with a bang…?
This isn’t sit-back-and-watch theatre. This is shoulder-to-shoulder, up-close-and-personal storytelling - the kind that makes you feel like you’re part of the action. Because at A Christmas Fair, everyone’s invited: the punters, the dreamers, the grafters and the chancers. And maybe, just maybe, the magic of Christmas will shine a little brighter for all of us.
So wrap up warm, grab your mates, and come find us under the twinkling lights. The fair’s in town. And it’s got your name all over it.
Venue details
- Address:
- Chadderton Town Hall
- Garforth St
- Manchester
- OL9 6PY