Mad Cow is an adventurous new musical combining tones of Okja and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The narrative centres on 14-year-old Martha Woolf and her family on their small-scale farm. While her sisters and parents are trying to keep up with the well-to-do neighbours, Martha spends her time caring for the cows and the pigs.

The plot takes a madcap turn when circumstances threaten the animals Martha cares about most and she’s pushed to extreme lengths to save them.

Mad Cow is the first musical staged by Quaestio Productions, which has been founded by Hero Douglas with the ambition to “make the world a better place through radically optimistic stories”.

Canterbury’s Garlinge Theatre, where Mad Cow will be staged from 3 to 13 July, opened earlier this year as the UK’s first vegan theatre.