Corrie‘s Kate Anthony in Library Home

Kate Anthony who stars in Coronation Street as Pam Hobsworth (Aunt of the late Molly Dobbs) is set to tread the boards in the Library Theatre’s new Season opener – All The Way Home at the Lowry next month. Kate has also starred in Heartbeat and Eastenders and she joins Susan Cookson (Early Doors), and two other former Corrie stars Naomi Radcliffe (who also recently performed at the Lowry in Fireflies) and Sean Gallagher who was last seen in the North West in Canary at the Liverpool Playhouse.

They are joined by Judith Barker, Paul Simpson and Julie Riley in this latest play by Salford born playwright and actor Ayub Khan-Din. A
major player on the international arts stage, Ayub’s feature films East is East and most recently West is West, have been screened all over the world. Ayub Khan-Din rose to fame as an actor in the 1980s, appearing in the iconic My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. He is currently under commission by the National Theatre and the Lincoln Center for the perfoming arts in New York.

All the Way Home
will be directed by Mark Babych, Artistic director at Bolton Octagon
for ten years and whose recent credits include Wuthering Heights at
Aberystwyth Arts Centre and most recently the critically acclaimed
production of The Railway Children at Waterloo Station.

Packed full of spiky Salford banter, All the Way Home
is a gritty, modern day tale about a disparate group of warring
siblings who gather at their former family home, under the shadow of
impending loss. As various relatives return to the family home, tensions
and past conflicts rise to the surface in the hot house atmosphere of
the small terraced house. 

Chris Honer – Artistic Director of
the Library Theatre Company said:  “We are delighted be working with The
Lowry on this great new play. Ayub Khan-Din’s work both on stage and
screen has delighted audiences all over the world. With All the Way Home,
Ayub takes us back to his native Salford – and what better place to
stage his latest work in his hometown? The company is also looking
forward to working with Manchester Evening News Award-winning director
Mark Babych for the first time, on what promises to be an exciting and
original production.”

Robert Robson, Artistic Director of The
Lowry added: “We are thrilled to collaborate with the Library Theatre
Company on creating the world premiere of a new play set in Salford by a
great Salford born writer. This unique project illustrates The Lowry’s
continued desire to present our audiences with original and innovative
new work.”

All The Way Home runs at the Lowry from 29 September – 15 October.