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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Clementine 3: The Rebellion On Ice Part 6 (The Movie) Now in Colour!!!
31st March 7.30pm £6
Miss Lady Clementine is BACK (due to unpopular demand!). She’s off to The Big City to find the best version of herself. But soft—revolution’s in the air. Will our fearless heroine keep her wits or lose her head entirely?
Guardian’s Top Ten Comedy of 2023. Absolutely barnstorming performance’ – ★★★★ (Telegraph) ‘Remarkable’ – ★★★★ (The Guardian). ‘Delirious, demented stuff’ – ★★★★ (Chortle) Telegraph’s Funniest Shows at the Fringe and one of the British Comedy Guide’s Top Reviewed Shows
World Leader Pretend by Joe Goodsall
1st – 5th April 7.30pm £15/13
Breaking News: Two Opposing Political Leaders Snog At A Conference!
But will they make love or war?
Emory is the Ambassador for the Right Wing and slightly totalitarian Gepidia.
Milona is the Ambassador for the Left Wing yet slightly sadistic Herulia.
When an argument between two fisherwomen breaks out and turns into a battle on the border, tanks are deployed by both countries – and it’s up to Emory and Milona to dissolve the tension and stop the upcoming war.
However, do they do this a little too well?… And why is Milona looking so fine in that suit?
A night of complimentary margaritas and a hotel room later, Emory and Milona wake up next to each other…NAKED. No one can find out!!!
But this is 2025, and everyone has smartphones. So basically, they’re fucked.
World Leader Pretend is a bonkers rollercoaster through two fictional countries and their political landscapes. It tackles themes of intimacy, queerness in politics, the sexualisation of women politicians, celebrity culture, and TikTok election tactics.
8th – 12th April 7.30pm £16.50
VERS is an experimental double bill pairing two very different short plays:
The Dinner Scene — a taut, stripped-back relationship comedy about what we eat and who we share a table with and Poofs With Guns — a kaleidoscopic carnival of camp, plunging head first into the queer criminal underworld of 1950s London.
14th April 7.30pm £7.50
Upper Hand Theatre Co are championing women in the arts, one show at a time.
After our 4-star hit ‘Sparks’ by Simon Longman, we present ‘(w)Hormones’, a scratch night featuring kick-ass women performing monologues and comedy.
It’s packed with girl power—are you feeling hormonal?
21st April 7.30pm £10.50
It’s 1943 and the Nazis are winning but America has one last trick up its sleeve – a SUPER SOLDIER ! But Uh No! A moth snuck into the machine? Shit! I wonder what the outcome will be?
After an evening of electrifying passion, Alex and Nikola conceived and immediately birthed the ultimate romance musical that no one asked for.
MOTHMAN!