It comes after an online petition to save the theatre passed more than 15,000 signatures.
At an event this week involving local politicians and campaigners, actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, who recently starred in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, said the Coliseum’s closure “left a huge hole in the cultural landscape of Greater Manchester”.
“The Coliseum was a destination venue bringing people into the town centre and was a big employer for artists and technicians, staff and creatives – off and on stage – and a training ground for many,” she said.
She said “a dogged, passionate, devoted, ragtag bunch of theatre lovers” had been meeting regularly to help work on plans to reinstate the venue.
