Buttercup and Venus: Cowkeepers Extraordinaire

Buttercup and Venus: Cowkeepers Extraordinaire is a slightly absurd short play about the loss of usefulness, and the meaning of family presented as part of the Brisbane 2025 Anywhere Festival.

In it, ageing dairy cows Buttercup and Venus are Cowkeepers; housekeepers and surrogate parents, to 17-year-old Charlie and eleven-year-old Maxime. In this alternative world dairy cows are bonded with a child from birth to the age of 18. As Charlie is about to turn 18, Venus must look for another job with accommodation or risk homelessness. Maxime and Charlie's parents are workaholics who are never at home and only communicate with the Cowkeepers and children through messages.

The 2025 Brisbane Anywhere Festival runs from 17 July - 3 August. The full program is announced in mid-May.

Proudly supported by the Lord Mayor's Creative Sparks Program.
The Creative Sparks Program is an initiative of Brisbane City Council in partnership with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.