Midnight Cowboy A New Musical Tickets

Musical

Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Dante Place 80 Newington Butts , London, SE11 4FL

Running Time 2hr 20min. Incl. 1 Interval.

Running Since Fri, 4 April 2025

Booking Until Sat, 17 May 2025

Monday	-	19:00
Tuesday	-	19:00
Wednesday	-	19:00
Thursday	14:30	19:00
Friday	-	19:00
Saturday	14:30	19:00
Sunday	-	-

Upcoming Performances

Today is Wed, 26 March 2025

11 Apr 25 19:00 12 Apr 25 14:30 12 Apr 25 19:00 14 Apr 25 19:00 15 Apr 25 19:00 16 Apr 25 19:00

April 2025 May 2025

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Important Information

Ages: 12+

Content: This production contains scenes depicting physical and sexual assault, including rape, themes of sex work, and strong language throughout.

More about Midnight Cowboy A New Musical

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 A New 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.

Assisted Performances:
BSL Interpreted, 22 April, 7:00pm
Captioned, 30 April, 7:00pm

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Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Dante Place 80 Newington Butts , London, SE11 4FL

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Southwark Playhouse opens its second venue, one of London’s largest fringe theatres

Southwark Playhouse Elephant is just a ten-minute walk away from the ‘original’ Southwark Playhouse, which is, confusingly, also in Elephant but is being renamed the Southwark Playhouse Borough.

But whatever: after years of anticipation, Fringe powerhouse Southwark Playhouse finally launches a second branch in 2023. Run by the original theatre’s long-time, low-key artistic director Chris Smyrnios, Southwark Playhouse Elephant has a 310-seat main house – that’s half again as big as the original theatre’s main house – plus a second space reserved for the local community.

A third Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse London Bridge, is due to open in 2025.