World Premiere of Midnight Cowboy - A New Musical Announced for London in 2025

27 Nov

The World Premiere of Midnight Cowboy - A New Musical will open at the Southwark Playhouse from 4 April - 11 May 2025.

This powerful adaptation features a book by Bryony Lavery, the Tony-nominated writer of Frozen, breathing new life into the classic tale with a compelling exploration of friendship and ambition. The production is accompanied by a captivating soundtrack from three-time Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Francis “Eg” White, renowned for his work with artists like Adele, Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, and James Morrison.

Based on James Leo Herlihy’s novel and the iconic, triple Academy Award-winning 1969 film starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy vividly captures the tension between chasing big dreams and surviving the relentless grind of New York City.

Directed and choreographed by Nick Winston (Burlesque the Musical, Manchester Opera House & Glasgow Theatre Royal), the creative team includes musical arrangements, orchestrations and musical supervision by Charlie Ingles (Grease The Musical, UK Tour;), set and lighting design by Andrew Exeter (LIZZIE, UK Tour), costume design by Sophia Pardon (How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Southwark Playhouse Borough), sound design by Yvonne Gilbert (Handmaid’s Tale, English National Opera), creative development by Nick Winston, production management by James Anderton (Operation Epsilon, Southwark Playhouse Elephant;), musical direction by Ellie Verkerk (Starter For Ten, Bristol Old Vic), associate direction and choreography by Libby Watts (The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Other Palace), associate set design by Natalia Alvarez (The Creakers Musical, Theatre Royal Plymouth), props supervision by Katie Balmforth (Birdsong, UK Tour), costume supervision by Josh Bamling (Fly More Than You Fall, Southwark Playhouse Elephant), intimacy direction by Lucy Fennell (Visit from an Unknown Woman, Hampstead Theatre) and dialect coaching by Mary Howland (Fawlty Towers, Apollo Theatre).