Full cast for Midnight Cowboy musical world premiere has been announced

The show will run from 4 April to 17 May 2025 at Southwark Playhouse Elephant

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 while trying to survive New York City's grind.

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. The soundtrack is by three-time Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Francis ‘Eg’ White, who has written songs for Adele, Florence + The Machine, and James Morrison.

The cast of Midnight Cowboy is led by Max Bowden (EastEnders) as Rico “Ratso” Rizzo, Paul Jacob French (Grease) as Joe Buck, and Tori Allen-Martin (I Wish You Well) as Cass joined by Elena Breschi (Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World) as Delores, Joanne Henry (Bridgerton) as Grandma Sally, Nick Len (Wicked) as Swing, Hollie-Ann Lowe (Burlesque The Musical) as Swing, Dean Makowski-Clayton (Little Fiend) as Student, Christian Maynard (Miss Saigon) as Tombaby, Phoebe Roberts (Grease) as Chalkline Annie, Tim Rogers (An Officer and a Gentleman) as Woodsy Niles, Rohan Tickell (Rock of Ages) as Mr O’Daniel, and Matthew White (The Mousetrap) as Towny.

The show is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston, musical arrangements, orchestrations, and supervision by Charlie Ingles, set and lighting design by Andrew Exeter, costume design by Sophia Pardon, sound design by Yvonne Gilbert, musical direction by Ellie Verkerk. associate direction and choreography by Libby Watts, intimacy direction by Lucy Fennell, and dialect coaching by Mary Howland. Casting is done by Sarah-Jane Pirce. Company stage management by Peter Barnett, deputy stage management by Samantha Kerrison, lighting programming by Ryan Dunnett, assistant stage management by Antonia Howlett, technical assistant stage management by Callum Wallace, the technical swing is Izzy Moore, the head of lighting/technical swing is Harrison Smith, the head of the wardrobe is Gemma McErlane and the wardrobe assistant Emily Souch. Production management is by James Anderton, associate set and costume design is by Natalia Alvarez, props supervision is by Katie Balmforth and costume supervision is by Josh Bamling.

 

 

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