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Riot Act at Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Contact Information
Oldham
OL1 3SW
T: 0161 624 2829
Description
Riot Act
Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Saturday 27the July 2019, 2:30pm
Riot Act, a powerful verbatim theatre piece exploring the history of the LGBTQ rights movement, comes to Oldham as part of a UK Pride season tour.
Written and performed by Alexis Gregory, Riot Act is a hard-hitting, hilarious and heart-warming solo verbatim piece, taking audiences on a breath-taking journey through six decades of queer history.
Created from the playwright’s interviews with Michael-Anthony Nozzi, one of the only remaining Stonewall survivors; Lavinia Co-op, a 1970s London radical-drag artist; and Paul Burston, a prominent 1990s AIDS activist.
Provocative, tender, truthful, funny, political and personal, these are stories of queerness, sexuality, activism, addiction, family, childhood, love, sex, drag, community, togetherness, conflict, identity, youth, ageing, loss, fierce queens and a Hollywood diva.
It promises to be a riot!
Tickets £8
Concessions £7
Producer Rob Ward said: "With recent developments in Brunei as well as protests outside primary schools in Birmingham, 'Riot Act' provides a timely reminder just how precious these rights are and how passionately they must be defended.
“We are incredibly proud to present Riot Act to audiences across the UK this Pride season."
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR RIOT ACT…
“A career defining performance...Rikki Beadle Blair’s direction; brilliant...this stand-out piece of theatre will become part of LGBT cultural heritage”
Attitude
“Verbatim theatre at its best”
The Stage
“Gregory has done something magical with Riot Act”
A Younger Theatre
“A stunning and deeply emotional performance...deftly directed by Beadle-Blair:”
Remote Goat
“Theatre at its simplest and at its best”
British Theatre Guide
“Gregory’s tour-de-force performance led to the standing ovation he so rightly deserved. Cohesive direction by Beadle-Blair”
Boyz
“Achieves ambitious levels of storytelling. An eye-opening punch to the gut”
Broadway World
Riot Act is recommended for audiences of 16 years+.
Contains themes and language of an adult nature.
Riot Act is created and performed by Alexis Gregory; directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE; and produced by Alexis Gregory, Team Angelica, Arcola Theatre (Arcola dates) and Emmerson & Ward Productions.
Riot Act will also visit Arcola Theatre; Crewe Lyceum; Norwich Theatre Royal; Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol; and The Marlborough in Brighton. The performance at Arcola Theatre on 30 June will mark the 50thanniversary weekend of the Stonewall riots.
The Riot Act play text is published by Oberon Books.
Road Directions
Free town centre parking : You can park for free for up to 3 hours on all Council owned town centre car parks (listed below) every Saturday and Sunday. To qualify for this offer you must take a ticket from the pay and display machine for the length of time you are intending to stay.
Council owned town centre car parks: Civic Centre, Waterloo Street, Southgate Street, Bow Street, Bradshaw Street, Rock Street, Tommyfield (No Return Within 3 Hours) and New Radcliffe Street
What to do:
To take advantage of this offer you must take a ticket from the pay and display machine for the length of time you intend to stay. The ticket must be clearly displayed in the windscreen of your vehicle before you leave the car park. If you want to park for longer than 3 hours you must pay at the pay and display machine for the entire length of your stay. You can also park for up to 30 minutes on-street, seven days a week when you take a ticket from the pay and display machine.
Public Transport Directions
Access to Oldham town has never been easier thanks to Metrolink. The town centre line has three stops – Oldham Mumps, Oldham Central and Oldham King Street – meaning the many shops, attractions, events and leisure offer is all within a short distance. Journeys from Oldham Mumps into Manchester now only take around half an hour.
