Welcome to the Friends Of Oldham Theatre Workshop page. We are a group people committed to supporting and helping develop the work of Oldham Theatre Workshop. We are independent of the theatre company and run solely by volunteers.

Our objectives are:-

To promote, develop and support the work of Oldham Theatre Workshop.

To advance opportunity for all members of Oldham Theatre Workshop interested in a career (or involvement) in theatre or related fields regardless of socioeconomic status.

To develop and maintain a bursary scheme providing the funding for people to participate in Oldham Theatre Workshop activities who, for whatever reason might not otherwise be able to.

To support the professional development of individuals identified by the core OTW team through, mentoring and financial assistance. 

To help meet and exceed peoples ever-growing expectations of Oldham Theatre Workshop.

To help meet the growing artistic ambitions of Oldham Theatre Workshop through the funding of additional creative artists on key projects and productions.

To help ensure the specific technical equipment required to maintain a high quality offer is kept up to date and in line with industry standards.

To advocate the value of  Applied Theatre in a specifically multi-cultural inner urban environment.

To deliver a fundraising strategy, apply for grants and funding that otherwise precludes local authority services in the pursuance of the above objectives.