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Monkeywood performed Maine Road at 2009′s 24:7 Theatre Festival in Manchester to great acclaim. The audience were invited to feedback what they thought of the show and the press also had their say. Some of the comments below… “Very moving and very well performed. Highly recommended. Quite touching and melancholic (Being a blue!). Very authentic and [...]

Monkeywood have had some fantastic news this week! Not only have we been granted funding for the Maine Road tour through the Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts initiative, but we have sold out 3 nights at The Lowry so have had to add TWO extra dates! The Maine Road tour 2010 now kicks [...]

The kind folks at Manchester City FC website have been tweeting about Maine Road for the past couple of weeks and have run a competition for their followers to win tickets to see the show. They’ve also kindly previewed the show and are coming to see it for themselves on Thursday night.

Monkeywood Theatre produced Maine Road, a play written by co-founder Sarah McDonald Hughes. The play, shortlisted for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2009, the most prestigious radio drama prize in the country, was premiered at the 2009 24:7 Theatre Festival in Manchester. Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone… Leo loves football. Loves City. Saturdays [...]

  What are your memories of Maine Road? Did you spend every home game in the Kippax Stand? Did you mind people’s cars to make some extra money? Were you at the last ever match in May 2003? Maine Road is a play that will evoke fond memories for fans of Manchester City and we’d [...]

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 [...]

The Monkeywood press wagon wheels have been rolling in time for the 24:7 Theatre festival.It’s been hard to keep us all quiet, if it’s not twitter, it’s facebook, or the newspapers. Keep an eye out for the reviews of Maine Road as we get them… Dan talks to Warrington Guardian Sarah talks to Sale Messenger [...]

Maine Road will be broadcast live as the afternoon play on BBC Radio 4 on Friday 15 January 2010 at 2.15pm, 2 months in advance of the theatre tour beginning at The Lowry. Sarah McDonald Hughes had a radio script commissioned of the play which was recorded at the end of last year. Not only [...]