Oldham Coliseum Theatre transforms into 1950s Salford with a new production of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey.
Recognised as a precursor to Coronation Street and one of Morrissey’s lyrical inspirations, it’s a gritty play about a mother and daughter trapped in a destructive and resentful love-hate relationship.
Delaney was Britain’s first working-class female playwright. She wrote A Taste of Honey when she was just 18 in 1958. The play premièred at Theatre Workshop, Stratford East and transferred to the West End the following year. In 1961 it was adapted into a film starring Rita Tushingham and Dora Bryan.
The cast here features Gemma Dobson as Jo, who was nominated for Best Newcomer in this year's Manchester Theatre awards for her professional stage debut as Sue in Rita, Sue and Bob Too for Out of Joint, and Kerrie Taylor, best known as Beth Enright / Beresford in ITV’s Where The Heart Is, as Helen.
It runs from May 25 to June 9.