DARE TO KNOW THEATRE INVITES
Dare to Know Theatre launched in 2020, inviting the people of Oldham to see new work by local theatre companies. From there, Dare to Know Theatre Invites was born!​
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We have produced 5 evenings of new work, all created by exciting, local, up and coming artists. Invites offers creatives the opportunity to platform, begin or test new projects in front of a live audience, giving them feedback to use as they wish. It is always incredibly exciting to see new pieces of work take to the stage for the first time, and to work alongside some of our favourite theatre makers. We are proud to have showcased so many pieces of work from the beginning.​
'Smoking Shelter' from our Launch Evening
​We're not only offering companies this opportunity, but also inviting the people of Oldham into the theatre to see such a variety of pieces in one evening. We always aim to make our work as accessible as possible, and Invites gives us this chance to share one night where there is guaranteed to be something for everyone!
Our most recent Dare to Know Theatre Invites - 2025
ALL OUR LINEUPS
24th & 25th June 2025 - Playhouse 2
OLDHAM THEATRE WORKSHOP
Chasing the Wind
LOUISE MACHEN
Poetry from her chapbook 'The Words of Others are all we Have' & her Debut Collection 'I Am Not Light'
AARON CARIS
Weekend Dad
JOYCE BRANAGH & JO DAKIN
Openshaw & Legohead Sort Shit Out
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE
Smoke & Mirrors
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE MENTORSHIPS - NELL GREENHALGH
The Rum Runners
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE MENTORSHIPS - KAT EVANS
Crush
29th & 30th May 2024 - Oldham Coliseum Roundabout Theatre
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE - COMMUNITY
What You Sayin'?
KIMBERLEY HART-SIMPSON
How Many Syns in a Hobnob?
JOE WALSH
He's Coming Home
OCEANA JULIA NZENE-CAGE
Shot
NELL GREENHALGH
Le Lutte de Survie
IN PARALLEL PRODUCTIONS
You Can't Have it all... Can You?
SONYA NISA
Dolly Daydream
21st July 2022 - Oldham Coliseum Theatre
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE - COMMUNITY
Leap of Faith
LIBBY HALL
431 Liverpool Street
PARIS ROGERS & GRACE MAIR
The Train
URUSSA MALIK
Making a Myth
BLUE BALLOON THEATRE
See It, Say It, Sorted
NICK MAYNARD
Passing Time
IN PARALLEL
Make-Up
IN PARALLEL
Make-Up
20th July - Grange Theatre
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE
Seven-Two Off Suit
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE MENTORSHIPS - NOAH TOMLIN
Staring at the Sun
ZOE IQBAL
Live, Laugh, Love
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE MENTORSHIPS - CAITLIN CRIBBIN
Common People
THE FILM SHED
Homecoming
NANA-KOFI KUFUOR
An Unnamed Estate
LIBERTY REP
The Last One Standing
JOE WALSH
More
27th February 2020 - The Launch!
Grange Theatre, with...
LINDSEY WILLIAMS & SONYA NISA
This is Oldham
KITCHEN SINK COMPANY
A Brew, A Terrace, and the 84
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE
Smoking Shelter
DARE TO KNOW THEATRE
Drowning Trailer
UP ERE PRODUCTIONS
Ten
CATHY CRABB
It Could Be You