A rollicking queer Western like nothing you’ve seen before.
Grab your stetson and spurs and join us in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Cowbois by Charlie Josephine. ‘A joyous queer cowboy romp’ (West End Best Friend) co-directed by Charlie Josephine and Sean Holmes.
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.
“A whole new frontier” – Guardian
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 a wink, and with 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.
“Swagger, humor, and plenty of good old-fashioned gun-slinging action” – WhatsOnStage
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Mon – Sat: 7:30pm (except 17 Jan, 7pm)
Thu & Sat matinees: 2:30pm
Running time: 2 hrs 40 mins (including a 20 mins interval)
For more information about themes and contents of this play, please see our content advisory page.
Cowbois explores themes of gender expression. More about the transgender community, the word ‘queer’ and using pronouns.
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Access Performances
Audio Described Sat 27 Jan, 2.30pm
Touch Tour Sat 27 Jan, 12.30pm
Captioned Tue 30 Jan, 7.30pm
Chilled Performance Sat 3 Feb, 2.30pm
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Sat 27 Jan 2.30pm
This performance will be Audio-Described. Touch Tour at 12:30pm