Monkeywood Theatre has announced full casting for their latest production By Far The Greatest Team, which will premiere at The Lowry Salford from the 17-20 September.
By Far The Greatest Team's exciting cast will feature Mark Jordon (PC Phil Bellamy in Hearbeat and Daz Spencer in Emmerdale), Samantha Siddall (Mandy Maguire in Shameless); David Judge (Hollyoaks and Scuttlers, Royal Exchange), Meriel Schofield (Beverley in Last Tango in Halifax, BBC) Francesca Waite (Flesh, Monkeywood Theatre), Chris Jack (The Funfair, HOME) as well as two of the play's writers Andrew Sheridan (Clocking Off, Blindsided, Royal Exchange Theatre and The Skriker, Royal Exchange and Manchester International Festival) and Sarah McDonald Hughes (Maine Road, Monkeywood Theatre and BBC Radio 4).
Told in a game of two halves, By Far The Greatest Team tells four new stories about Manchester City, Manchester United, identity, community, and belonging and gets to the heart of why the beautiful game has such an impact on our lives, season after season.
The imaginative new production will see the Quays Theatre at The Lowry, where Monkeywood Theatre are Associate Artists, transformed into a football stadium, recreating the atmosphere of a match day in the city.
Each new play will be rooted in the truth about people's lives and will challenge the usual stereotypes about football.
The four new plays will be written by Manchester City fans Ian Kershaw (Mist in the Mirror, Oldham Coliseum and Channel 4's Shameless) and Sarah McDonald Hughes (Flesh, Royal Exchange and Once in a House on Fire, The Lowry, Maine Road, BBC Radio 4) and Manchester United fans Andrew Sheridan (Award winning Winterlong, Royal Exchange and Soho Theatre) and Lindsay Williams (Dreamers, Oldham Coliseum, Eastenders and Emmerdale). The production will be directed by Monkeywood Theatre's Co-Artistic Director Martin Gibbons.
By Far The Greatest Team will run at The Lowry from Thursday 17th - Sunday 20th September 2015
Tickets are priced at £17 (Concessions £2 off) and can be purchased at the Box Office on 0843 2086010 or online at http://www.thelowry.com/event/by-far-the-greatest-team
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