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22 August 2021
Cosmic Cowboy
John Buijsman | NL
What did you want to be earlier? When you were young? Or later, when you're dead? Our main character wanted to be a cowboy, but that’s no longer possible. He only has a week left to live. And so he fantasises about being a cowboy, complete with blood-curdling adventures, an all-encompassing love, and ultimately his masterly death as a poor, lonesome cowboy. In this two-man performance, John Buijsman and his king poodle Kees talk about the eternal cycle of life. They tell a wonderful tale full of outlaws, bounty hunters, cowgirls and talking animals.
Location
Zuiderpark/Tent Noord
Running time
35 min.
This performance was created especially for Theaterfestival Boulevard 2020, but the road took an unexpected turn, not in smooth cowboy boots. About time for a Western rematch. It is the fifteenth time that Peer Wittenbols has written a theatre script especially for a solo performance by John. For John, being a cowboy is in his blood. He is a second-generation Rotterdam cowboy; his father was one of the youngest core members of the illustrious orchestra the Kilima Hawaiians at the time. But more importantly, once upon a time he was a seven-year-old boy with dreams. Cosmic Cowboy is for everyone with a later and an earlier dream, with dreams yet to be fulfilled or abandoned.
performed by John Buijsman
written by Peer Wittenbols
directed by Gabby Bakker
production Janny Vos
