NEWS: A quick update from The Octagon Theatre, Bolton.

Hey everyone!

We are not quite back yet, but we have been busy finding new ways to ignite creativity and hope from afar, and keep our local community connected.

We hope you are all keeping safe and well in these strange and uncertain times. Whilst writing this email, like many of you, we are staying home to protect the NHS and save lives.     This is a difficult time in so many ways, and we believe it is more important than ever to keep in touch with our wonderful audiences, and update you about the many ways your local theatre is igniting creativity from afar, and how you can get involved.  We are missing our audiences and our theatre so much, so we wanted to share some promises we are making to all of you until we can be together again. We look forward to opening our doors and welcoming you in the not too distant future. Roddy & Lotte Chief Executive & Artistic Director  A promise to ticket buyers During this time we want to assure you that you can book for future productions with confidence.   We have made our exchange policy more generous than ever before, with no fee to exchange the cost of tickets for another production within 3 months. Our dedicated box office team are working from home to take your calls and would love to hear from you 10am - 4.30pm Mon - Sat, or you can book online on our website .A promise to our community that we will lift your spirits. Theatre and the arts have an extraordinary ability to bring people together and provide hope, and in these uncertain and frightening times we believe this is more important than ever. So here at the Octagon, we are finding new ways to connect with people, offer fun and entertainment, and keep our life affirming community work going from a distance. We launched our Octagon Online series of activities a few weeks ago. Here are some of the ways we have already connected with hundreds of people, and how you can get involved and be part of the Octagon Online family! Finally a promise we will be back! It may be a few months later than planned, but we cannot wait to throw open our doors and once again be the centre of creativity and theatre in our town, producing high quality shows and a thriving engagement programme. However, we can't do this without you, please stand by us at this challenging time as we weather this unexpected storm together. Keep in touch with our online activities, continue to book for shows in the future or consider becoming an Octagon Member- find out more. We hope you are keeping safe and well and look forward to welcoming you to the Octagon when we can.