New musical MIDNIGHT COWBOY to open at Southwark Playhouse in 2025
It has been announced that the world premiere of MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL will play at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 4 April - 17 May 2025.
This powerful adaptation has a book by Bryony Lavery, which breathes new life into the classic story, exploring the depths of friendship and ambition, and a soundtrack by three-time Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Francis “Eg” White, who has written songs for Adele, Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine and James Morrison.
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy and 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.
Casting is to be announced.
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. 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…
MIDNIGHT COWBOY has direction and choreography by Nick Winston, with musical arrangements, orchestrations and musical supervision by Charlie Ingles, set and lighting design by Andrew Exeter, costumes by Sophia Pardon, sound by Yvonne Gilbert, creative development by Nick Winston, musical direction by Ellie Verkerk, and intimacy direction by Lucy Fennell.
