A Song for The Lovers
Waterloo Road actor directs festival hit for The Lowry’s studio…
Monkeywood Theatre present
A Song for The Lovers
By Sarah McDonald Hughes
Directed by Jo Fisher
The Lowry, Thu 9 – Sat 11 October 2008
Press Night: Thu 9 October, 7.45pm
Monkeywood Theatre present their 24:7 Theatre Festival hit, A Song For The Lovers at The Lowry on Thu 9 – Sat 11 October. The play has been redeveloped and redirected since its 24:7 outing in 2006 especially for The Lowry’s first ever Studio Season.
Monkeywood are delighted to have new director Jo Fisher on board for their debut at The Lowry. A graduate of Arden School of Theatre, Jo is Artistic Director of Footlights Theatre School and teaches Performing Arts to degree level. She is also an experienced actor and recently appeared in BBC TV’s Waterloo Road.
Cofounders, Sarah McDonald Hughes, from Flixton, and Francesca Waite, from Didsbury, met as Theatre A level students at Xaverian 6th Form College in Rusholme and formed Monkeywood Theatre Company with fellow actor Martin Gibbons, from Teesside, in 2003. Their previous work includes Closer, by Patrick Marber, and Coach G, which received rave reviews, described by the Manchester Evening News as “Hip...edgy and watchable...compelling and intriguing new play...well-served by a talented young cast.”
A Song for the Lovers is a funny, compelling story about an unlikely friendship and an impossible evening. Over the course of one night in a deserted club in Manchester, three desperate characters search for an escape route that is drifting further and further away from them.
The production is part of The Lowry’s new Studio Season, celebrating some of the best new and emerging performance companies from the North West and beyond. Porl Cooper, Theatres Programmer at The Lowry, said “We're often perceived as being somewhat ‘impenetrable’, especially amongst smaller regionally-based companies because we present world-renowned large-scale companies, such as the Kirov, the RSC and Opera North. The 200 seat Studio theatre gives us the perfect opportunity to take risks and this season we're broadening the spectrum of work being presented in there. We’re offering a platform to showcase work that's smaller in scale, younger in years, or has a less well-established profile.”
The Lowry are offering a season ticket giving the chance to see all 10 Studio shows for £40! Tickets are limited so early booking is advised to avoid disappointment!
Posted on Wednesday, 17 September 2008 under Press Theatre Press