WHAT'S ON at THE HEN AND CHICKENS THEATRE
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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.
One Day When We Were Young
15th – 18th October 7.30pm £16.50/£13
Bath, 1942. In a dingy hotel room, Leonard and Violet are young and in love. In a few hours from now, their lives will be forever changed.
This tender, poignant and enigmatic love story from Nick Payne premiered at the Crucible Theatre in 2011 and was revived earlier this year at the Park Theatre.
Are Those Pyjamas New
19th – 21st October 7.30pm £11.50
Louise spends her twenties in old pyjamas, but when a crude birthday card sketch heralds the return of an ex-family friend, memories of a murky night unearth old allegations. Siblings clash and loyalties fracture, leaving truth dangerously uncertain. This darkly comic drama explores the grey area of assault and its ripples ten years on.
BEN MOOR: A THREE THING DAY
23rd & 24th October 7.30pm £11.50
“I have always found that arriving somewhere early allows more time to daydream.”
An artist has three things to do today.
His new show is opening later, but first he has a family meeting, and before that there’s a funeral.
A single day can encompass the past, present and future; friends, family and strangers; the ridiculous, the moving and the inspirational.
Like life.
There’s talk of snacks, lies and videotapes; time, affinity and vertigo; good gullibility and unreliable phones.
A sell-out hit at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe, A Three Thing Day won Four Star reviews across the board:
“Funny and startlingly well observed. . . Glorious.” THE SCOTSMAN ****
“Exceptional delicacy. . . shot through with warmth and poignancy.” THE STAGE ****
Free
25th & 26th October 7.30pm £19.50
‘The struggles and joys of a young, gay boy’s journey from childhood to adulthood’.
Could you please also add the following trigger warning too?
Contains references of violence, sex, substance abuse and suicide.
(w)Hormones: Here We Go Again
9th November 7.30pm £9.50
We just can’t keep our (w)Hormones under control!
It’s our time of the month again, and we’ve levelling up for round 3.
‘(w)Hormones: Here We Go Again’ is bursting with female talent in a collection of short plays and monologues. This critically acclaimed company’s sell-out show is not to be missed!
Delightfully Dark
13th November 7.30pm £13.50
“Fresh, funny and original… might be the most life affirming show you are likely to find this Fringe.” – Brighton Source
Join Victor Von Plume’s hilarious cabaret exploring mortality through song and storytelling. This heartwarming journey into the afterlife blends humor with poignant reflections, celebrating life’s imperfect moments and discovering laughter in the great unknown.
★★★★ “Do not miss it.” – TheatreInBrighton
Mrs Gary Breath
10th & 11th November 7.45pm £15
Annie Hughes is happily single, gainfully employed and financially…fine. But all that changes on her 34th birthday when her parents make her an offer she can’t refuse – even if she really, definitely should.
A new solo play from writer/comedian Ellie Ross about marriage, mates, morals and a few other things not beginning with M
The Beat of the Bronzewing
12th November 7pm £10.50
When Peggy rocks up at Lorraine’s shack in dead-end tropical Australia, she comes with an offer that her estranged friend surely won’t refuse: a one-way ticket out of there. Yet with a cyclone looming and their past creeping in through the rickety floorboards, what will it take to convince Lorraine that she’s got nothing to lose?
Penguin the Fish
23rd November 7.30pm £10/8
Penguin the Fish is a one-hour solo drag clown show about a fish cut in half when Moses parted the Red Sea. Since then, he wanders the Earth, trying to be whole again. Follow him as he discovers the meaning of wholeness and emancipates himself from old traditions to embrace his own way of living.
Waiting Room
24th & 25th November 7.30pm £11.50
Waiting Room follows three siblings; Alex, Jennifer and Harvey are forced to face each other after years apart as they find their father has collapsed from a heart attack. They must reckon with each other and their antics, as they wait around for answer that might not come.
Histerical Christmas Special 2
30th November 3pm £10
A journey through time. A peak into the past. A glance into the future. Welcome to Histerical! An afternoon where we bring you through the history of our world through a series of improvised scenes based on your suggestions. You’ve never seen history come to life quite like this. This is our Christmas special so it will be special and christmasy.
