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THE HEN & CHICKENS (@TheHenChickens)
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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.
Six Degrees of Improvisation
1st December 7.30pm £11.50
Your search history. Our problem. Five improvisers race to connect two of your Google terms in six degrees flat. Smart patterns, stupid choices, festive mayhem. Nothing written. Everything permitted.
Six Degrees of Improvisation – Mon 1 Dec, 7:30pm, The Hen & Chickens Theatre, Islington. 60 mins. Probably chaotic. Possibly profound.
Shake it Up: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
1st December 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
The First Course
2nd & 3rd December 7.30pm £13.50
Dinner Party REP invites you to ‘The First Course’, a series of scratch nights that will raise funds toward their first full production in 2026 – watch this space 😉 People go to a dinner party wondering what will happen and hoping for a spicy bit of drama, Dinner Party REP are here to deliver the goods.
Our Scratch Night is a celebration of fresh stories, fearless experimentation and a chance to feast your eyes on a whole host of scenes – consider yourself formally invited.
No Flirting in the Bunker Please
4th, 5th & 6th December 7.30pm + 3pm matinee on 6th £15
Two teenagers fall in love in a nuclear bunker. But when Lily gets pregnant and wants to leave, Denzel is left with an impossible decision. Can their love conquer their fear? First look at a new romantic-comedy musical by Kat Kleve (TINK, ★★★★★ Reviews Hub, EdFringe Review) and Joe Venable (On Your Bike, ★★★★★BingeFringe, Theatre Weekly).
Tickets booked online must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tic
The Mask Policy
5th & 7th December at 3.30pm & 8th December at 7.30pm £13.50
Welcome to Yellowed — a London adult film company where PERFORMANCE takes on a whole new meaning.
The Mask Policy is a darkly funny look at ambition, fear, and the quiet absurdities behind our working smiles — a sharp comedy about the masks we all wear.
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. This venue is accessed via a set of small stairs, please contact us to discuss any accessibility requirements. No admittance for latecomers.
You Should Be a Comedian (WIP)
7th December 7.30pm £10
Life feels like a show until you’re on the stage.
It’s the day after my career ending performance and I’m confessing my last day to the bathroom mirror.
Are you real? Just joking. That was funny. Laugh please.
Late, A Cowboy Song
9th – 13th December 7.30pm £21.50/16.50/11.50
‘New Year’s Resolutions: One: Write in Journal Every Day. Two: Read books about how to be a good mother and improve your sex life. Three: Learn to ride a horse.’
Mary, always late and always married, meets Red, a lady cowboy strumming songs outside Pittsburgh city limits. With Red, Mary tastes a freedom she’s never had, and begins a search for the recipe. Meanwhile, her husband, Crick, buys abstract paintings with borrowed money.
Tony Award and two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Late, a Cowboy Song,’ straddles themes of nonconformity, self-realisation, and daring to chase happiness.
‘Late, a Cowboy Song,’ is for all who ride outside the city limits of convention.
Six Degrees of Improvisation
14th December 6pm £11.50
Your search history. Our problem. Five improvisers race to connect two of your Google terms in six degrees flat. Smart patterns, stupid choices, festive mayhem. Nothing written. Everything permitted.
Six Degrees of Improvisation – 14th Dec, 6pm, The Hen & Chickens Theatre, Islington. 60 mins. Probably chaotic. Possibly profound.
The Hatchery
15th & 16th December
Brand new monologues from the team at The Hatchery!
THE HATCHERY is an innovative creative initiative launched by the talented team at The Hen & Chickens Theatre, designed to foster the development of new theatrical work. This initiative aims to provide a nurturing environment for writers, directors, and performers to collaborate and experiment with original pieces, encouraging the exploration of fresh ideas and diverse narratives. By offering rehearsal and development space, artistic collaboration and regular live performances, THE HATCHERY serves as a dynamic incubator for creativity, allowing both established and emerging artists to refine their craft and engage with audiences in meaningful ways. These are work-in -progress pieces.
Londongrad
17th & 18th December 7.30pm £13
After a disastrous Labour Party conference and a year of dire polling, Prime Minister Keira Palmer is feeling pretty stressed. In a desperate bid to save her career, she summons her “trusted” chief of staff, Leela, and her “loyal” foreign secretary, Will, for a late-night semi- casual COBRA.
But things quickly spiral when Will’s best friend (Vladimir Putin) and ex-father-in-law (Sir Daddy Murdoch) launch a blackmail scheme delivered entirely through emojis. Armed with the scandalous details of Will’s 43rd birthday party, Putin threatens to leak the photos unless he’s allowed to buy London.
Loyalties vanish faster than Prince Andrew’s sweat glands as the trio scramble to contain an ever-escalating string of absurd scandals in this fast-paced, “outrageously funny”, and utterly unhinged political satire.
A tale of spin, corruption, and chaos, Londongrad skewers the last decade of British politics through a brilliantly absurd lens. Fresh from its 4★ Camden Fringe run, Londongrad returns to the stage with new and improved scandals.
“If the world is truly burning, then maybe this is exactly the sort of satire we deserve” – 4★ Salterton Arts Review
“A mix between the humour of The Office, Horrible Histories and Spitting Image.” – 4★ Everything Theatre
QTV: An Evening of Entertainment
21st December 7.30pm £10
An evening of films by Sean Reynard and Stephen Evans
Featuring Quentin, Comfrey, Kenneth, Geoff, Uncle Derek and many more.
We also delve into the QTV archives hidden from the public eye for almost 50 years.
Ghost Grandma
22nd – 24th January 7:30pm £13.50
Selling a house can be hard, especially when the ghost of your grandmother is haunting it.
Dee wants to sell her late grandmother’s house and move on with her life, but her Grandma’s not done with her.
Packed with sarcasm, séances, and surprisingly tender moments, My Ghost Grandma is a comedy about inheritance, unfinished business, and what it takes to really let go.
