“...fabulous, I loved the songs, you brought a forgotten America to life.”
Ideal for: arts venues, festivals, community venues
Gone to Look for America is a high-energy, music-fuelled plunge into the America of legend — and the America that fell off the map.
Driven by great original songs, sharp humour and a vivid audio-visual backdrop, the show chases the lost America of moonshine whisky, flickering neon motels, ghost towns, desert highways and deep Appalachian forests. Somewhere in the static, Elvis Presley still sings.
By turns raucous, moving and gloriously entertaining, Gone to Look for America delivers big laughs, great songs and unforgettable stories — then quietly sneaks in a few dangerous questions about freedom, reinvention and the American Dream.
Rural Touring 2022
Rural Touring 2022
Poole, Lighthouse 2022
Salford Arts Theatre, 2021
Nottingham, Bodega 2021
Ashby Venture Theatre, 2021
Harrison, London, 2021
Poole, Lighthouse 2022
Poole, Lighthouse 2022
Ashby Venture Theatre, 2021
Ashby Venture Theatre, 2021
"We were lucky to host Steve Bonham and The Long Road’s American Wilderness Odyssey at Printer’s Playhouse and were treated to a truly absorbing evening which transported us all to an America brought to life with words and songs. Three true musicians in our theatre and a show full of insights and reminiscences which deserves to be seen and heard across the land!"
Chris Berry, director Printers Playhouse, Eastbourne
"American Wilderness Odyssey performed at
Salford Arts Theatre in September and what a joy it was!
The warmth and easy-going storytelling, coupled with the fabulous guitars and keyboard really carried me along on the journey. It was like travelling with old friends.
Our audience loved spending time
‘On the road’ with the boys."
Roni Ellis, artistic director Salford Arts Theatre
Available as
one-hour duo show
two-hour duo show (with interval)
two-hour trio show (with interval)
Suitable for
arts venues and festivals
studio theatres (trio show suitable for mid-scale theatres)
sessions at arts, books and literature festivals
community venues
Features of Gone To Look For America
Original songs as wide and free as the canvas of the American Wilderness itself
Unique stories based on real experiences
Songs and tales to make you laugh, be inspired and to wonder
A celebration of the great gumbo of humanity of the southern USA
A new way of seeing a place that is already written into our imaginations
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