Sarah McDonald Hughes

Sarah’s Monkeywood credits Closer, Coach G, A Song for The Lovers, Maine Road, Last Orders and Once in a House on Fire. Other theatre includes Night Train and A Million Shades Of Pink (Action Transport Theatre), Be My Baby and A Taste Of Honey (Northface Theatre), Somebody’s Son (Hidden Gems Productions) Come To Where I’m From (Royal Exchange). TV includes Come Back (Vita Nova Films), Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures) and Crimewatch (BBC). Sarah works regularly for BBC Radio and most recently recorded Ink Deep by Vivienne Franzmann, which was broadcast on Radio 4 in May 2012. Sarah was nominated for Best Studio Performance in the 2011 Manchester Theatre Awards.

Sarah’s writing includes Flesh, Once in a House on Fire, Last Orders, Maine Road, A Song For The Lovers (Monkeywood Theatre), Wondrous Place (Northern Spirit), The Tower (Paines Plough/Royal Exchange Studio), The Tree, Night Train, Scratches In The Earth (Action Transport Theatre), Maine Road (BBC Radio 4), Streets Above (Banter Media), Scattered (24:7 theatre 24 hour plays), The North (Royal Exchange Studio). Sarah was highly commended in the BBC’s 2009 Alfred Bradley Award and her plays Last Orders and Once in a House on Fire were both nominated for Best New Play in the 2011 Manchester Theatre Awards.  In 2011 she completed North West Vision and Media’s prestigious Drafted initiative and is currently writing her first screenplay.

Contact: sarah@monkeywoodtheatre.co.uk
Twitter: @SMcDonaldHughes

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