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Review: Encore Coliseum
Review

Review: Encore Coliseum

It was a show unlike any other. With a cast of stars who began their careers at the Coliseum, with future stars of the stage and screen, with amateurs who have been welcomed onto that stage as they escape the real world with their love of theatre, the show encapsulated the spirit of the Coliseum. This was the last show at Oldham’s Fairbottom Street theatre.
ByByZoe Hodges
“Lipstick on the pig of austerity” – Equity’s view on the Levelling Up agenda that’s decimating the arts
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“Lipstick on the pig of austerity” – Equity’s view on the Levelling Up agenda that’s decimating the arts

On Thursday 9 March, Equity met with the Arts Council for talks to save the Oldham Coliseum and the acting jobs it provides. Following this, the actors’ union held a press conference outside the Arts Council offices on Lever Street.
ByByKaty Preen
This is Greater Manchester: Bolton
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This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This month, we sent photographer Gary Roberts to Bolton, to see if there was anything good happening there. It was a mixed picture.
ByByGary Roberts
“They’re depriving a whole generation of accessible arts, of ambition, of hope and storytelling”
Culture

“They’re depriving a whole generation of accessible arts, of ambition, of hope and storytelling”

ByZoe Hodges
Save Oldham Coliseum: actors and community unite to keep theatre in Oldham
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Save Oldham Coliseum: actors and community unite to keep theatre in Oldham

ByZoe Hodges
Remembering the Munich air disaster, 65 years on
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Remembering the Munich air disaster, 65 years on

ByZoe Hodges

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Features

RainOnMe FC – Playing a Different Way
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RainOnMe FC – Playing a Different Way

Step forward RainOnMe FC, a queer football team that started during Covid to give people the opportunity to have a five-a-side kick about. There are no trials, and as Emily Whyman, the Outreach officer says, “There is no criteria to…

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This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This is Greater Manchester: Bolton

This month, we sent photographer Gary Roberts to Bolton, to see if there was anything good happening there. It was a mixed picture.
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Remembering the Munich air disaster, 65 years on

Remembering the Munich air disaster, 65 years on

Last weekend, Manchester United’s men’s, women’s and youth teams all marked the anniversary of the 1958 crash at games and services both here and in Germany. Zoe Hodges reports on an emotional weekend.
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Rochdale AFC has its own cost-of-living crisis, but still manages to support its community

Rochdale AFC has its own cost-of-living crisis, but still manages to support its community

The cost-of-living crisis is something affecting everyone, from young families that live paycheque-to-paycheque, to businesses whose outgoings have significantly increased whilst their profit margins have declined. Though many find their escape in football, football can’t escape the current financial climate. Although the top Premier League clubs appear unfazed by the situation, it is a different story for lower league sides such as Rochdale AFC.
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Opinion

“Let’s change the world together!”

ByByAnnette Wright
The Meteor spoke with ward councillor for Hulme, Annette Wright, about declaring a climate emergency in 2019, and the council processes that were needed to make it happen.
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Why I joined the Green Party

ByByEkua Bayunu
The Manchester Green Party stands for climate and social justice — unlike Manchester Labour.
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We must declare a biodiversity emergency here in Greater Manchester

ByByJames Walsh
As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and with the ambition to be a world-leading Green City Region, Greater Manchester must declare a Biodiversity Emergency just like it did for the Climate Emergency, says James Walsh.
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Culture

Review: Encore Coliseum

Review: Encore Coliseum

Both Act 1 and Act 2 began with two of its famous pantos; a bright, vibrant beginning to what was a rollercoaster of emotions. First Act comics Justin Moorhouse and…

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“Lipstick on the pig of austerity” – Equity’s view on the Levelling Up agenda that’s decimating the arts

“Lipstick on the pig of austerity” – Equity’s view on the Levelling Up agenda that’s decimating the arts

https://youtu.be/hKL4HyZ01fs It began to snow as press gathered outside Arts Council England’s Manchester base, waiting for an update on the fate of Oldham Coliseum, which has announced it will close…

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Friends of The Meteor

The Friends of The Meteor category contains articles that have been published elsewhere and  selected by The Meteor team as worthy of sharing to our audience. They will generally have a Manchester or Greater Manchester focus and are from publications we trust and respect.

Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
Friends of The Meteor

Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Three recent stories from Co-op News cover the criticisms levelled at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). And why did they report on the social housing provider’s failures? Because the organisation was set up as a type of co-operative.
ByByGuest Writer
Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet
Friends of The Meteor

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet

For this week’s Friends Of The Meteor, we are republishing this article by a University of Salford academic, Neil Entwistle, whose research is in hydromorphology – the way that water interacts within its natural landscape.
ByByGuest Writer
RAPAR open letter to Stockport Council Leader re. concerns about safeguarding and security at Home Office subcontracted SERCO-controlled hotel
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RAPAR open letter to Stockport Council Leader re. concerns about safeguarding and security at Home Office subcontracted SERCO-controlled hotel

For this week’s Friends Of The Meteor, we are republishing the open letter sent by RAPAR to the head of Stockport Council, regarding the squalid conditions at a hotel being used to accommodate asylum seekers.
ByByGuest Writer