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• Monkeywood Production History

  Monkeywood are Martin Gibbons, Sarah McDonald Hughes and Francesca Waite. Monkeywood were formed in 2003 and have been producing plays in Manchester to great acclaim ever since. Once in a House on Fire (Sept 2010 – Ongoing) by Monkeywood Theatre & Sarah McDonald Hughes Monkeywood and their associate writer Sarah McDonald Hughes are currently developing [...]

• Manchester Theatre Awards Nominations

  Monkeywood are absolutely over the moon to have been recognised by the Manchester Theatre Awards in their nominations announced in January 2012. Once in a House on Fire and Last Orders have been nominated for Best New Play, while our Sarah has been nominated for Best Studio Performance. We’d like to thank the panel and [...]

• Have yourselves a Merry Little Christmas

  We would like to wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year from all at Monkeywood Theatre! 2011 was a busy year for us again and 2012 looks set to be even more full-on. We began the year by taking part in The Library Theatre’s Re:Play Festival at The Contact, performing Last Orders [...]

• Maine Road 2010

  Maine Road, by writer Sarah McDonald Hughes, premièred at the 24:7 Theatre Festival 2009 to resounding 4 star reviews and sell out performances. The script has undergone significant development for the 2010 tour, following production by the BBC as a radio 4 afternoon play. Monkeywood are delighted that the Maine Road tour is supported by [...]

• Last Orders (Dec 2009)

  In between the 24:7 Theatre Festival and Maine Road’s 2010 tour, Monkeywood didn’t let the grass grow under their feet, performing another play by McDonald Hughes, Last Orders, at Manchester’s prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre in December. Sarah was commissioned to write the play about ‘everything always being the same and nothing ever changing’ for the [...]

• Seasons Greetings from Monkeywood Theatre

  2010 has been a busy and exciting year for Monkeywood with our Arts Council funded national tour of Maine Road in Spring and, more recently, our development of Once in a House on Fire in association with The Lowry Studio, also funded by the Arts Council. 2011 is already set to be another important year [...]

• Closer (Oct 03)

  On Thursday October 30th and Friday October 31st 2003, Monkeywood presented Patrick Marber’s “Closer”, directed by Steven Hobson. The venue was Platt Chapel (click for location), a 300 year old church building on Wilmslow Road, 5 minutes from Manchester City Centre. It’s the best venue you haven’t seen yet. The play was a great success, [...]

• Coach G (May – June 05)

  Matthew Clarke is trapped on a train with a hitman, a femme fatale, a couple of smart-arses and a homicidal ticket collector. He can only leave on one condition: he gets his story straight. But which story should he tell? Coach G is a surreal, funny, brutal and surprising new play by Stephen Morris. “Hip… [...]

• A Song for the Lovers (Jul 06 & Oct 08)

  Davy’s never had a best mate before, so he’s not going to let anything come between him and Catie – especially not Jenna. A Song for the Lovers is a funny, compelling story about an unlikely friendship and an impossible evening. ‘Monkeywood are described as an ‘emerging’ theatre company. If A Song for the Lovers [...]