This production began performances in December 2025 and runs until 1 February 2026.
‘911, what’s your emergency?’
‘My husband… they shot him… they all did.’
July 10th, 1981, Missouri. Smalltown bully, Ken Rex McElroy rules Skidmore with an iron fist. His ten year reign of terror has involved theft, intimidation, assault, abduction and attempted murder but, thanks to his slippery defence attorney and the rusty cogs of the American justice system, Ken has never spent a night behind bars.
But, when Ken shoots pillar of the community, greengrocer Bo Bowenkamp and leaves him for dead, the good folk of Skidmore decide that enough is enough. If the courts won’t bring Ken to heel, they will.
Direct from an acclaimed run at Sheffield Theatres, receiving 5-star reviews from The Daily Telegraph and WhatsOnStage, KENREX is the unbelievable true story of a community taking back control — part True Crime, part Western, with a foot-stomping live Americana soundtrack.
From the Olivier-nominated creators of Cruise, comes a bold new theatrical event that grips like your favourite True Crime box set – raw, relentless and impossible to look away!
Trigger warnings: This production contains haze, flashing lights, strobe lighting, loud noises, gunshot sound effects, depiction of physical violence and death, strong language, and references to grooming, rape, sexual and physical abuse.
CAST
JACK HOLDEN - Performer
FABIAN BEVAN - Understudy
CREATIVES
JACK HOLDEN and ED STAMBOLLOUIAN - Writers
JOHN PATRICK ELLIOT - Composer
ED STAMBOLLOUIAN - Director
ANISHA FIELDS - Set and Costume Designer
JOSHUA PHARO - Lighting and Video Designer
GILES THOMAS - Sound Designer
SARAH GOLDING - Movement Director
JAMES ANDERTON - Production Manager
JEN DAVEY - Company Stage Manager on Book
BYRON LADD-CARR - Sound no. 1
KELLY BURKE - Voice of Annette Parker
JAMES SOBOL KELLY - Voice of David Baird