Set in writer and performer Jessica Barker-Wren's home county of Devon, COW explores the wide range of experiences and issues that make up rural life, from chickens to the EU, from climate change to personal loss. The play follows Bethan, still grappling with the loss of her mother, as she returns from her life in London to help her father on the family farm. But now it's Bethan that needs help, and Devon isn't the same place it was when she left it. As she waits with a cow called Friendly for someone to lend her a tractor, her story unfolds. Bethan has come down to Yeoford with a cow. There wasn't another option. This is a casual rural situation - she's a farmer's daughter looking to acquire a tractor. Devon is flooded (the entire West Country is awash) and she has been trying to take charge. The farm is in disarray: there are pigs for one thing. Pigs? In cream country? And her need for a tractor is actually quite urgent... World Premiere| 5 Aug 17 to 27 Aug 17 | Underbelly at Cowgate Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 Jul 17 to 27 Jul 17 | The Bike Shed Theatre Exeter, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Jul 17 | Wilton's Music Hall Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Jun 17 | Burton Taylor Studio Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
