Midnight Cowboy
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
- Opens: Thursday, 3 April 2025 -
Booking until: Friday, 16 May 2025
Midnight Cowboy description
Two broken souls stumble the streets, misfits, clutching to a fragile hope of finding fortune around the corner. The dark corners and harsh flickering neon of New York City await, as Midnight Cowboy - The Musical makes its world premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London.
Starring Paul Jacob French (An Officer and A Gentleman & Grease (London and UK Tour)) as Joe Buck is a young man desperate to escape his dead-end past. Leaving everything behind, to seek wealth and glory in the big city, he meets a man just as lost as he is - Rico 'Ratso’ Rizzo, played by Max Bowden (Eastenders (BBC) & Birdsong (UK Tour)). The pair join forces, prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve their dreams, even if it means surrendering a part of themselves. But New York ain’t no dream - it’s a jungle and survival requires sacrifice…
The new musical is based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy which inspired the beloved triple Academy Award-winning 1969 film, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. Midnight Cowboy captures the gripping tension of dreaming big whilst trying to survive the grind of New York City.
This powerful adaptation has a book by Bryony Lavery (writer of the Tony-nominated play Frozen), which breathes new life into the classic story, exploring the depths of friendship and ambition, and soundtrack by three-time Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Francis “Eg” White, who has written songs for Adele, Florence + The Machine and James Morrison.
Starring:
Max Bowden, Paul Jacob French
