Away From Home is a topical new play about homophobia in English football and tours this winter and spring beginning with a run at The Lowry in Manchester before moving on to Newcastle and a London run, taking to the road again after that.
Hot on the heels of the retired Aston Villa player Thomas Hitzlsperger revealing he is gay, theatre producers Working Progress Theatre Company and Hartshorn Hook Productions stage a story about Kyle, comfortable with his life as a male escort until the day he is hired by a premiership footballer, and finds himself falling in love.
Away From Home premièred last summer, opening at Manchester’s 24:7 Theatre Festival.
It is co-written by Rob Ward and Martin Jameson, who, with three decades experience in theatre, TV and radio (Casualty, Emmerdale, Holby City and numerous dramas for BBC Radio 4), also directs.
It has recently been nominated for three Manchester Theatre Awards: best new play, best fringe production and best fringe performance. The winners will be announced in March.