This comic/serious play is set in a fictional English village on St. George’s Day. Johnny “Rooster” Byron, a charismatic but troubled drug dealer and self-proclaimed shaman is facing eviction from his woodland home. During the course of the play, Johnny tells tales, gets drunk, does drugs, dodges the authorities, and both charms and infuriates everyone that he meets.

Though he may be bloodied, and bruised, Johnny is not a man to be beaten down and his stand against modern suburban life is at times both shocking and moving.

October 15th to 17th 2026
Harrogate Theatre

Directed by Dermot Hill