Save the Princess

10th – 22nd February (not 17th) 7.30pm £18/15/12

Following a smash-hit run at the 2024 Camden Fringe, critically acclaimed theatre company The UnDisposables are thrilled to bring ‘Save the Princess’ back to the Hen & Chickens Theatre! This time, audiences can choose between a single or double playthrough – so brace yourself for an epic quest that’s twice the fun!

Princess Plum is about to be kidnapped…again! But this time, you have the power to change her fate. Grab a controller and get ready to play ‘Save The Princess’.

A mysterious glitch thrusts our damsel-in-distress into the unpredictable video game multiverse. Guided only by a cryptic prophecy, Princess Plum embarks on a wild journey to find freedom. With your smartphone in hand, you decide where Plum lands next. Will she face off in a ‘Red Dead Redemption’-style showdown, wander a cutesy-yet-creepy village akin to ‘Animal Crossing,’ or get dropped in the middle of a ‘FIFA’-inspired football pitch? Her path – and her fate – is up to you!*
Catch us on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays for a two-act, double playthrough – meaning one ticket gives you two chances to save Princess Plum… or maybe cause a little more chaos…

With fifteen unique worlds and six possible endings, each playthrough promises a unique experience packed with side-splitting laughs and heart-pounding action in this interactive, choose-your-own-adventure spectacle.
From the nerdy, creative minds of female-led theatre company The UnDisposables and penned by Esther Joy Mackay (“a masterstroke of contemporary theatre” ★★★★★ – The Upcoming).

*Disclaimer: You don’t need to be as nerdy as us to love the show!

Man by Emma Taylor

17th February 7.30pm £15/13.50

** Includes post-show Q&A**

The Guardian described MAN as: “A compelling collage of toxic masculinity: a fast sequence of scenarios played out in non sequitur snatches…Taylor never stops being anything less than magnetic.”

An ‘almost autobiography,’ expect a Hungarian gangster father, a paedophilic stalker, a teenage girl riding with Hells Angels and comic relief from a cougar podcaster. 

“It’s not trauma drama. It’s not man bashing. It’s human.” Hello Kitty

“Boldly abstract.” **** The Scotsman

“A fascinating and unique theatrical experience.” **** The Quintessential Review 

Made with Russell Lucas (An Evening Without Kate Bush)

Lady’s Fingers

23rd & 24th February 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

Following its sold out 2024 run, Lady’s Fingers returns. Three young girls. Three young women? Three young LADIES try to navigate the working world. When presented with a gift, they’re forced to address that they don’t actually know what to do next. Through clown, choreography and comedy, Lady’s Fingers explores how stepping into the corporate world as a young woman often requires a carefully crafted performance. Devised by Penny Drop Productions and produced by Standing Ovation Award nominated company Brave Mirror Productions, Lady’s Fingers finds the joy and absurdity in reexamining our personal and professional relationships.

Totally Fine

27th, 28th February & 1st March 7.30pm £15

A therapist’s office. A one hour appointment. A therapist in therapy. But she doesn’t need to be there, no, not really? She’s just sick of them all, those leaches, the self indulgent vampires, slowly sucking the life out of her and boring her to a very dull, death. But everyone has really has overreacted. She is good, great, 100%, completely totally fine…

Sketchy Night

2nd March 7.30pm £8.50

Everything is stripped back. The purest form of theatre storytelling, just an actor, a stage and an audience captured in the moment. Vulnerable, honest, exciting theatre.

After the success of our last seven Sketchy Nights, we are super excited to be back for our eighth and this time it’s monologues and duologues! Come on down to the Hen and Chicken Theatre on March 2nd to see our amazing actors perform some awesome new writing!’

Shake it Up: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

3rd March, 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June & 7th July 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



8×10

4th March 7.30pm £12

A night of 8, 10 minute plays written by North American writers featuring emerging London based artists of all kinds.

Tell Me You’ll Think About It

11th – 15th March 7.30pm £18/£15/£13

Tell Me You’ll Think About It

By Lyndsey Ruiz

A jaded theatre reviewer and her partner come home from a night in the theatre. What starts as a fiery clash of opinions soon turns personal as the pair examine their own desires and how they fit into each other’s lives.

As the early morning hours sneak up on them, this intimate two-hander explores love, dreams and the terrifying act of facing our own fallibilities.

Jake Glanc: Everything Happens So Much

16th & 17th March 7.30pm £10

Everything happens so much…all the time…but also not enough…especially for me. 

In this heart-racing and nostalgic coming-of-age dramedy, Jake Glanc is an awkward and deeply closeted 16-year-old who has, say it with me, just transferred to a new school! When he develops an intense and all-consuming crush on a teacher, Jake’s sense of self begins to unravel as he is drawn into a story he may not be able to control—or escape.

Good Grief by Matt Adie

18th – 22nd March 7.30pm (+ 3pm matinee on 22nd) £16.50

After thirty, happy years of marriage, a husband is left to wade through the oncoming tide of grief, as a procession of friends and family, either unable or unwilling to find the right words, unwittingly exacerbate his heightened emotions and irrational outpourings.

Inspired by a true story of love, loss and friendship, Good Grief is a brutally honest and personal account of one man’s attempts to deal with the reality of loss and the ensuing void which threatens to consume him. Expect belly laughs, tears, and larger than life characters, all rooted in the truth of a very human experience. Not to be missed! 

Drawing from his own personal experiences to write his debut play, Adie has undoubtedly laid himself bare and, as a result, the play packs very real and occasionally uncomfortable punches, all served up in a web of dark humour. As Adie himself says. “I hope it might serve as some sort of twisted therapy for anyone else who may be coping with loss.

The Room of Piss

23rd March 7.30pm £10.50

Come play! In the Room of Piss you MUST follow the rules, and nothing but the rules. We know that Piss should be Yellow and blood should be Red but nothing is as it seems in the world of kidney disease… Prepare to have your beliefs shaken in a vibrant whirlwind of colours and physical theatre performance. 

Warning content: This performance contains themes of chronic illness, including mentions of medical procedures, discussions of mental health struggles, and themes of mortality. Beeping sounds, swearing.

Bebe Cave: CHRISTBRIDE

24th March & 27th April 7.30pm £10.50

In the dark, desperate, deathly world of the middle ages, one (quite annoying) woman strives to find the light. Join CHRISTBRIDE, a female mystic in a world of male dullards, as she escapes from a life of monotony to a life of devotion. Expect fantasy, prophesies, miracles both real and fake and a mystical marriage in her bedroom to Jesus Christ our lord and saviour.

The writer and star of critically acclaimed 2024 fringe hit “The Screen Test” (‘Full of madcap ideas and caricatures…a riot from start to finish’ Broadway Baby) presents a work in progress of her debut character comedy show.

Presented by BIGHEAD Comedy

Elephant Candy

25th – 29th March 7.30pm £11.50

Three elephant friends — the anxious Boots, the headstrong Maximus, and the doddery Dusty — travel out of the forest and into an unknown city. Following a surreal government announcement, they’re looking for a certain sweetmaker: one who makes candy out of elephant meat. In this delectable blend of humour and horror, our pachyderm protagonists navigate a world gone mad, meeting new friends both curious and preposterous.

Lyrical, whimsical, and at times philosophical, Elephant Candy is a play about how we cope with the unthinkable.

YOGA & SEX… for women (over 40)

30th March 7.30pm £15

YOGA & SEX… for women (over 40)

Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex!

Kathryn Haywood is back in London for ONE NIGHT ONLY performing her hit comedy for the last time.

Using practical exercises and helpful advice from three real-life self-help books from the 1960s.

You don’t have to be a woman, you don’t have to be over 40 and you don’t even have to be sexual! Learn how to fix your “mediocre sex life,” what the “three types of women” smell like and watch as Kath almost does some yoga.

★★★★★ “Non-stop hilarity” The Reviews Hub

★★★★★ “A class you don’t want to miss” Latest TV

★★★★★ “A masterclass in character-led comedy” LondonTheatre1

★★★★★ “Pure, wholesome comedy with heart” Stagey Reviews

Directed by Dan Mersh