FIRST words is an apt description for the next show to grace the Octagon Theatre.

Not only does it feature never heard before work, but is also Coronation Street actress Tupele Dorgu's first time gracing the Bolton stage.

She joins fellow cast members Michael Peavoy and Jessica Baglow, who have already appeared in Octagon productions this season.

The talented trio each be bringing to life a series of new monologues as part of a new season of writing.

Michael said: "We hope people come to support the production and new writing.

"Jim Cartwright wouldn't have written two and Two Two if it wasn't for the Octagon and it wouldn't be where it is now with the support of the Octagon and its audiences.

"The Bolton audience, they are amazing, they listen and they are quite honest

"It feels like an important time for theatre, it's nice to be out there offering people a bit of entertainment."

Micheal, who helps out on the theatre's arts courses and starred in Tenant of Wildfell Hall this April, is starring as Leon in Being Amazing by Ian Townsend.

The story of the young boy trying to cheer up his mother while coping with the affect of social services has already had a profound affect on the actor.

He adds: "I cried reading it, it really gets to me and I connected with the character.

"It's story that many young people would have and do go through."

Jessica Baglow is Amber in Blue by Charlotte Josephine while Tupele will be Yolanda in Nobody Can Never Get Us Back – a woman who finds herself being questioned by police.

She says: "You never get to the crux of the story but you find out a lot about her. It's very interesting.

"it is really cleverly written."

In the run-up to the production which starts in the Theatre Studio on Friday, the actors have been working individually on their pieces – with the mammoth task of trying to learn their parts before curtains up.

Tupele, who is best known to soap audiences as Kelly Crabtree in Coronation Street , explains: "Jessica has the most incredible cast she is still here when we go home and the first one there the next day.

"It's exciting to get it before an audience and be able to see their reaction.

"To be able to perform new writing is really nice, it's lovely to be part of the whole production.

"I have wanted top work here for ages, I've lived in Manchester quite a while and wanted to do local things.

"It's nice to feel you are doing something which is part of the community for the community.

"Bolton has a great reputation for embracing new artists and work and encouraging people to write and work in Manchester."

The brand new monologues were chosen as the winners of the Octagon Theatre Bolton’s first National Prize and are being performed alongside the Octagon’s main auditorium production of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads.

First Words: A Season of New Writing runs until July 8.