Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	14th October 2023
Opened	24th October 2023
To	18th November 2023
When	19:30. Oct 24 at 19:00. Sat Mats 13:30. Thu Mat 13:30 Oct 26
What is currently on at Swan Theatre (V136)

Cowbois

T01710639622
No more petticoats! No more men! In a sleepy town in the Wild West, the women drift through their days like tumbleweed. Their husbands, swept up in the goldrush, have been missing for almost a year and show no sign of returning. In fact, the town is almost cut off from outsiders entirely, with only one drunken sheriff for protection. That is until handsome bandit Jack Cannon swaggers up to the town's saloon, looking for a place to hide from the bounty hunters on his tail. Armed with whiskey and a wink, and a gun by their side for good measure, Jack's explosive arrival inspires a gender revolution, and starts a fire under the petticoat of every one of the town's repressed inhabitants.

Author

Charlie Josephine

Archive :: production:T01710639622, play:S1511250557, venue:V136

Special Performances

26 Oct 23 Relaxed
10 Nov 23 Captioned
11 Nov 23 Audio Described
11 Nov 23 Relaxed

Reviews

User Review: 18Oct23: Watching this play yesterday and not knowing what to expect when it started, it seemed a little dull. However, it soon hotted up with a musical number and some strange dance moves from the lead character. Despite a rather slow middle section which became a little preachy, by the end I was thoroughly sold and came away feeling that I had seen a fun, quirky play with some great music which I wouldn't hesitate to recommend. The stand out characters who added some fantastic humour to the play were the sheriff, absolutely fabulously dressed by the end and Charley Parkhurst's baddy in another great outfit. Their comic timing was perfect. The Swan is such an intimate setting that all the raised eyebrows and glances that the actors knowingly shared with the audience, were seen and appreciated.

Company

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Charlie Josephine
Director	Sean Holmes
Design	Grace Smart
Lighting	Simeon Miller
Music	Jim Fortune
Sound	Mwen
Director	Jennifer Jackson (movement)
Director	Bethan Clark (fights / intimacy)
Dramaturg	Rebecca Latham
Musical Director	Gemma Storr
Director	Prime Isaac (assistant)
Director	Martin Poile (casting)
Director	Charlie Metcalf (children's casting)
Performer	Bridgette Amofah (Mary)
Performer	Lee Braithwaite (Lucy / Lou)
Performer	Shaun Dingwall (Frank / Tommy)
Performer	Michael Elcock (George)
Performer	Colm Gormley (John)
Performer	Vinnie Heaven (Jack)
Performer	Paul Hunter (Sheriff Roger Jones)
Performer	Lucy McCormick (Jayne)
Performer	Sophie Melville (Miss Lillian)
Performer	Julian Moore-Cook (James)
Performer	Emma Pallant (Sally Ann)
Performer	LJ Parkinson (Charley Parkhurst)

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.