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Martin Gibbons

cesca — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:27:53 +0000

Maine Road was Martin’s directorial debut for Monkeywood and his performance credits for the company include Steve in Last Orders, Davy in A Song for the Lovers, Matthew in Coach G and Dan in Closer. Martin directed numerous productions including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Other acting credits include a villager for The Kirov Ballet at The Lowry, A Taste of Honey for Northface Theatre Company and extensive touring for Team Players Theatre in Education Company. He has appeared on BBC 3 in the short film The Curse of Jeff.

martin@monkeywoodtheatre.co.uk

Sarah McDonald Hughes

cesca — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:27:16 +0000

Sarah’s credits for Monkeywood include Jade in Maine Road, Michelle in Last Orders, Caty in A Song for the Lovers which was produced at the 2006 24:7 festival and subsequently at The Lowry in October 2008. Sarah also appeared in Closer and Coach G for Monkeywood. Her recent acting credits include Be My Baby and A Taste of Honey for Northface Theatre, Love Shaped Thing and Caligari for BBC Radio, Night Train and A Million Shades of Pink for Action Transport Theatre Company. Sarah performed at the Sheffield Lyceum in Somebody’s Son, in which she appeared again at the Library Theatre in September 09 as part of the Decibel Showcase.

In addition to Last Orders for the Royal Exchange’s PUB season, Sarah’s writing credits include Maine Road for the theatre as well as BBC Radio 4′s afternoon play and A Song For The Lovers. Sarah wrote The Tree, a short play for children, which was shortlisted for Theatre Centre’s Adrienne Benham award in 2008. She has also collectively written a number of plays for Action Transport Theatre Company. Sarah has recently been commissioned by Paines Plough to write a play for their national project Come to Where I’m From, which will be produced at the Royal Exchange Theatre in November 2010.

Contact: sarah@monkeywoodtheatre.co.uk

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Francesca Waite

cesca — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:26:12 +0000

Francesca’s credits for Monkeywood include Donna in Maine Road, Crystal in Last Orders, Jenna in A Song for the Lovers and Janet and the infamous Rabbit in Coach G. She performed in National Express by Steph Ridings in The Library Theatre’s Re:Play Festival 2011 held at The Contact; in Verbally Challenged at The Contact and as a villager in The Kirov Ballet’s production of Don Quixote at The Lowry. Francesca spent 6 months touring primary schools in the north east with Team Players Theatre in Education Company. She has appeared in Dying To Be in Control, a short film by Them Wifies, and several short films by Shameless Films, including the title roles in Nona Transvaal and Avril Tungsten.

Francesca’s writing work includes On Standby for Verbally Challenged at The Contact, which she is currently adapting for film. She co-wrote the short film, The Artful Dodger, with Louise Lynch and David Barnes, produced by Libra Television & Two Sugars for BBC2 Education. In 2010 the film was nominated for a Children’s BAFTA and was selected by North West Vision and Media to be shown at the Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival 2010.

Contact: francesca@monkeywoodtheatre.co.uk

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