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THE HEN & CHICKENS (@TheHenChickens)
(Production company Unrestricted View)
at The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
109 St. Pauls Road, Highbury Corner, London, N1 2NA
LOCATION
The Hen and Chickens Theatre is just across the road from Highbury & Islington Tube and Train Station. It's at the intersection between Highbury Corner and St Paul's Road.
- 1st & 3rd March
1 March, 2026 - 3 March, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Hen and Chickens Theatre
1st & 3rd March 7.30pm £16.50 Let’s turn the clock back to 2009. After their grandmother’s death, five cousins reunite in her living room to clear out a lifetime of memories—and search for a missing will. As boxes are opened and stories resurface, old wounds crack open. Divided by betrayal, abandonment, and being forced to (more…)
Shake it Up: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
2nd March, 6th April, 4th May, 1st June 7.30pm £13
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand. Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we create a brand new Shakespeare play live on stage! Join ShakeItUp Theatre for an evening of improvised Bard-based Bedlam. Every show is a classic Shakespeare would have been proud to write…. (probably).
“Quick witted, inexhaustible and absolutely hysterical.” *****
London Theatre Reviews
“A great night out!” ****
Broadway World
“Alas I wishe I had written this myselffe”
Christopher Marlowe
Food For Thought: Musings of a Serial Dieter
- 6th March
6 March, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Hen and Chickens Theatre
6th March 7.30pm £10 Friday March 6th 7.30pm. We eat, we shop, we can get nostalgic about an advert. For anyone who has been on a health kick. Alison Foster takes us on a journey of a serial dieter through film sketches and musings to give you, ‘Food for thought.’ Tickets booked online must be (more…)
Are You There Mother?
7th March 7.30pm £11.50
When a struggling actor is caught up in a plot to help a woman grieving her mother, what begins as a matter of goodwill quickly turns into a deeply troubled and darkly Hilarious role play that continues for far longer than anybody expected. From Righton Productions and Thomas Carruthers, the writer behind their previous Hen and Chicken shows; The Pageant Play and Ronnie and Clive, comes this new northern dark comedy one Man Show.
The Nutter Next Door
1st, 2nd & 3rd April 7.30pm £10.50
The Nutter Next Door is a dark comedy murder mystery set on a very ordinary British road.- the sort where everyone knows everyone else’s business, whether they like it or not.
When a storm cuts the power. A murder breaks the silence.
Trapped together, two feuding neighbours race to unmask a killer before the flute plays again.
As the hours pass, theories harden, tempers fray and the line between logic and obsession begins to blur. After all, when everyone’s a bit unhinged, who decides where “normal” ends.
Fast, funny and dangerously unpredictable, The Nutter Next Door is a dark comedy whodunnit where suspicion turns savage and nobody is quite as normal as they seem.
Six Degrees of Improvisation (feat. Dead End)
9th March 7.30pm £11.50
Be Right Back presents Six Degrees of Improvisation, featuring Dead End
Two audience searches.
Six unexpected connections.
No script.
Be Right Back return to the Hen & Chickens with their signature long-form format – sharp, spontaneous, and made entirely in the moment.
Opening the night: Dead End.
You’ve reached a Dead End
Four people find themselves locked in a room with no doors, no windows, no way out.
As they begin to unravel the mystery of where they are and who put them there, stories are told, new friendships are made and hearts are broken.
Will they figure it out before it’s too late?
And then again, perhaps it already is?
90 minutes. No interval.
Emerging Artists Festival – Rebound Productions
11th & 12th March 6pm & 8pm £14/12
Join us for a celebration of new writing and emerging talent! Our festival brings together 24 talented actors and 8 exciting short plays, all produced as part of our Showcase Course.
Get Involved! Apply now to join our Spring Cohort. More info and application form: https://www.reboundproductions.com/showcase-course
DAY 1 (11th March)
1. MEEMAW WAS A WITCH by JONAS FEIND
With Chloe Hatherley-Holden, Synne Marie Tansem & Ilya Romanov
2. MY WORK FRIEND’S BOYFRIEND by LUCY SINGER
With Josephine Rose, Cecilia Spaggiari & Danny Worthington
3. STANDING UP TO COOPERMAN by MATT & ARIEL ALIZA SANDERS
With Vittoria Cavarero, Joel Baidoo & Jessica Chen
4. 9MM PIZZA by ÓGIE HARMONwith Aish Buoyant, Meriem Naas, Nabeeha Uddin & Anastasiia Liubychenko
DAY 2 (12th March)
1. AMUSING WILLIE by DONALD LOFTUS
With Conrad O’Callaghan, Kense Djan & Neslihan Smith
2. HIRE, MARRY, KILL by JONNY ELLIS
With Emilia Wachs, Alexander Riley & Rodrigo Carneiro
3. MY DATING APP by RICHARD BUZZELL
With Serena Prashar, Amaris Hussain & Thelma Osorio Euan
4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARD by WALTER THINNES
With Miriam Price & Gabriela ‘Gabs’ Gonzalez
Tickets booked online must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets are available for 30 mins at the box office. TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE*
Ticket price includes a £1.50 membership fee which entitles you to £1.50 off all further shows at the theatre for one year and 10% off drinks at the bar. The membership card will be presented with your ticket(s) at the box office, on the day.
Over 18’s only for 8pm show. This venue is accessed via a set of small stairs, please contact us to discuss any accessibility requirements. No admittance for latecomers.
Hen & Chickens Theatre
109 St Paul’s Road
London N1 2NA
*Unless the theatre must close.
You Won’t Help Me
12th – 18th April 7.30pm (+ 3pm matinees on 16th & 18th) £12.50
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, ‘You Won’t Help Me’ is back.
’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.
’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.
This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple – Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.
’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.
This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.
Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.
Trigger warnings – Domestic violence, swearing, manipulation, coercive control, attempted suicide, substance abuse and sexual assault.
Channel Surfing At The End of Days
20th – 25th April 7.30pm £17.50
Inspired by the works of David Lynch and Joy Division comes a new apocalyptic anthology. Glimpse the (unbeknownst to them) last moments of a selection of characters – some strange, some frightening, some sad – before an unknown reckoning ends all life on Earth.
An exercise in experiencing humanity in all its fleeting beauty, silliness, and heartache.
