Cowboys and Lesbians
Written and Directed by Billie Esplen
Nina and Noa are 17 and wasting their youth on flashcards and fantasies about their teachers. They’ve never been to a party, they’ve never been kissed, and they’re absolutely never going to admit that they fancy each other. That is, until they start writing a Hollywood romance, inventing a fantasy world of lust, betrayal, and sexy cowboys. But, while making fun of all the classic teen romance clichés, they begin to realise that the real love story might have been under their noses the whole time…
Cowboys and Lesbians is a queer romantic comedy which examines the intersection between sexuality and fantasy through the eyes of two closeted teenage girls, highlighting just how much the stories we consume affect the ones we tell about ourselves.
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Evenings
19.45
Thu & Sat15.15
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Content warnings
Includes parody characters who embody tropes of toxic masculinity including allusions to homophobia, violent behaviour and domestic violence, familial abuse and alcoholism.
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In the press
"Superb... brilliantly funny"
The Times
"Excellent performances and phenomenal writing"
A Young(ish) Perspective
"A delightful and quirky experience "
The Reviews Hub
"Pilkington and Vyvyan are magnetic stage personalities"
Broadway World
Cast & Creatives
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Julia Pilkington
Nina
Julia Pilkington
Nina
Julia trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre credits include: Ned (Theatre Peckham); The Oracle (Camden People’s Theatre); Move Fast and Break Things (Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe); What They Forgot to Tell Us (BOLD Elephant); Nightfall (The White Bear); Lights Over Tesco Carpark (New Diorama & Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe); Brink (Michael Pilch Studio) and Dining al Desko (Burton Taylor Studio).
Film credits include: Potheads, White, Spires.
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Georgia Vyvyan
Noa
Georgia Vyvyan
Noa
Georgia trained at Rose Bruford.
Theatre credits include: 1972: The Future of Sex (RADA Studios); We’re Few And Far Between (The White Bear & The Drayton Arms); Othello (Cambridge Arts Theatre); Mary Stuart (Cambridge Arts Theatre)
Film credits include: It’s My Party.
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Billie Esplen
Writer & Director
Billie Esplen
Writer & Director
Billie is a writer and script editor who has worked most recently on the script team for Disney+’s upcoming series Renegade Nell and BBC’s Killing Eve. This is her debut play.
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Eleanor Birdsall-Smith
Producer
Eleanor Birdsall-Smith
Producer
Eleanor has been working in Film and TV for the past 4 years with roles at Netflix, HBO and Sony, and has produced a number of music videos as well as Cowboys and Lesbians‘ previous sold out run.
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Esme Solomon
Set Designer
Esme Solomon
Set Designer
Esme studied Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins, UAL.
Theatre Credits include: Titus Andronicus (Tower theatre), Robin Hood (The Maltings), Mabruka’s Lament (Queen Mary University), End of the Line (Queen Mary University), Case 2252: The Aftermath (The Crypt Gallery), Fewer Emergencies (Central Saint Martins) -
Jamie Platt
Lighting Designer
Jamie Platt
Lighting Designer
Jamie trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and has been nominated for a Knight of Illumination Award, a BroadwayWorld Award and five Offie Awards for Best Lighting Design.
Theatre lighting designs include: SUS, Never Not Once, Gently Down The Stream, Alkaline (Park Theatre); The Last Five Years (West End & International Tour); Jellyfish (National Theatre); RIDE (Leicester Curve & Southwark Playhouse); Word-Play (Royal Court Theatre); Something Rotten!, Suddenly Last Summer, Sister Act (English Theatre Frankfurt); Manic Street Creature, The Last Five Years, Strike, Beast, Klippies (Southwark Playhouse); Octopolis, Nineteen Gardens, Either, Paradise, Yous Two (Hampstead Theatre); Kes (Octagon Theatre & Theatre by the Lake); The Barber of Seville (Nevill Holt Opera); Kinky Boots (New Wolsey Theatre); That Face (Orange Tree Theatre); The Gap, Head Over Heels, Vincent River (Hope Mill Theatre); Something in the Air (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Moonlight & Magnolias (Nottingham Playhouse).
Associate lighting designs include: Frozen, SIX (West End & International); INK, The Night of the Iguana, The Starry Messenger, Bitter Wheat (West End); Albion, The Hunt, Three Sisters, Machinal (Almeida Theatre).
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