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Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Road
London N1 2NA

Hen & Chickens Theatre is a theatre in UK / West End.

Upcoming Shows

what are we going to do when this is all over?

what are we going to do when this is all over?

Oct 13 – Oct 17, 2026

what are we going to do when this is all over? A play about the memories we hope we never forget and the ones we know we should. Helen and Alexander have been creating theatre together for a number of years, but as Helen's memory begins to fail and they realise this is something...

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Articles

Review: THE HUNGRY GHOST, Bush Theatre

Review: THE HUNGRY GHOST, Bush Theatre

by Katie Kirkpatrick · October 6, 2026

There’s a constant thread of wanting running through the centre of Mei Leng Yew’s debut play. Telling a story of queerness, ancestry, and immigrant families, it’s a compelling narrative that feels both broad and specific, brought to life with bold movement and direction.…

Review: AFFLUENZA, starring Noah Schnapp, Riverside Studios

Review: AFFLUENZA, starring Noah Schnapp, Riverside Studios

by Cindy Marcolina · October 6, 2026

Stranger Things alum and alleged Zionist Noah Schnapp is top billed, though he is selling a show that has him on stage for under a third of its running time. It’s the type of project that slyly attempts to conceal its shortcomings under opulent optics. Unfortunately, not even a lavish set by Charl…

Review: WHAT THE ANIMALS SAY, Finborough Theatre

Review: WHAT THE ANIMALS SAY, Finborough Theatre

by Clementine Scott · October 3, 2026

It starts in the claustrophobic, liminal space of a ferry terminal, and both parties don’t really want to be there. Jimmy is a struggling actor on the cusp of a big break auditioning for Mel Gibson’s new film (which may or may not be IRA propaganda); Eddie is a footballer playing for Celtic in G…

Review: THE BROWN SUITE, Richmond Theatre

Review: THE BROWN SUITE, Richmond Theatre

by Aliya Al-Hassan · October 3, 2026

It's not often that Richmond Theatre plays host to a world premiere: Blacbrik's Nahum McLean and Darius Drooh's first long-form dance production The Brown Suite makes a stylish splash before embarking on a nationwide tour.…

Review: PARSIFAL, Royal Ballet And Opera

Review: PARSIFAL, Royal Ballet And Opera

by Alexander Cohen · October 3, 2026

 Corruption, redemption, lies. Parsifal is ripe with symbols and dogmas for a director to toy with and tear down. So why is Evgeniy Titov's iconoclastic staging so predictably iconoclastic? Is it because undermining the rigid morality of a Wagner opera feels like the go-to option in the age of cyni…

Review: HAM, Soho Theatre

Review: HAM, Soho Theatre

by Clementine Scott · October 2, 2026

Feminist theatre duo Hotter Project don’t want you to take their veganism-themed riff on Hamlet too seriously. …

Review: DE PROFUNDIS, The Coronet Theatre

Review: DE PROFUNDIS, The Coronet Theatre

by Cindy Marcolina · October 3, 2026

The Berliner Ensemble returns to The Coronet Theatre to present a solo show that charts the cruelty of men. Oliver Reese directs Jens Harzer in a bitter, relentless examination of guilt, sexuality, and atonement in an adaptation of Wilde’s exegesis of suffering, creation, and injustice. Translated…

Review Roundup: Richard E. Grant & Christine Baranski in HAY FEVER

Review Roundup: Richard E. Grant & Christine Baranski in HAY FEVER

by Aliya Al-Hassan · October 2, 2026

The eccentric Bliss family – Judith, a recently retired actress, David, a self-absorbed novelist, and their two unconventional children – live in a world where reality slides easily into fiction. Upon entering this world, the weekend guests – a proper diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer…

Review: PASTORAL, Barbican Theatre

Review: PASTORAL, Barbican Theatre

by Matthew Paluch · October 2, 2026

“A lot of dance is Disneyfied. But art has to be challenging.' These are the wise, and provocative words of choreographer Pam Tanowitz. Tanowitz returns to the Barbican with her latest work Pastoral. Premiered in June 2025, the piece uses Beethoven's 6th Symphony as inspiration, specifically ideas…

Past Shows

There is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention

There is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention

Sep 8 – Sep 13, 2026

“You’ve never seen Grease? Are you kidding? Ok. So there’s this guy and this girl…” In the beginning, there were stories. Stories of girls and women and men and Love. So when she meets him, she knows the script, and she’s ready. But things are starting to go wrong, and the...

You’re Not In The West End Now

You’re Not In The West End Now

Aug 7 – Aug 15, 2025

‘You’re Not In The West End Now!’ Join Katie on a chaotic journey through Musical Theatre’s greatest hits - a love letter with a twist, from small town Medway chav to the twinkling lights of London, a turbulent love life, failed career, to becoming a single-mum and temporarily...

Crimson Threads

Crimson Threads

Aug 8

Crimson Threads follows a girl forming into a women and how the effects of sexism and misogyny play a part in her becoming the person she is today. Our message highlights how sexism is a universal experience, that every woman in this world will have dealt with these issues, no...

None of Them Will Get Out Alive

None of Them Will Get Out Alive

Aug 4 – Aug 6, 2025

Set in the confines of a living room, in an isolated cottage ten miles from the nearest village, six guests are invited by a mysterious host to gather together, and spend one night in order to receive an enticing reward. However, amongst them lies a murderer. As the bodies start...

Woof

Woof

Aug 3 – Aug 4, 2025

WOOF is a poetic and playful exploration of loyalty, loss, and the strange rituals we build around love. Told entirely from the dogs’ point of view, it’s a story about faith without understanding, and the bond between creatures who don’t speak the same language but feel the same...

Character Flaw

Character Flaw

Jul 10

An unapologetically neurodiverse, queer show that navigates the challenges and celebrates the joys of life with ADHD.

Artificial Intelligence Improvisation

Artificial Intelligence Improvisation

Aug 2 – Aug 3, 2019

Improbotics is a tech-infused improv comedy show and a live Turing test science experiment. An actual artificial intelligence-based chatbot is performing in the show and tries to pass as human as it sends lines to one of the improvisers via an earpiece. Our impossible and...

Theatrical Turing Test

FeaturedTheatrical Turing Test

Aug 1

Improvisation is the highest form of human intelligence. It is a feat no robot could ever reproduce. Do you think so? We want you to participate in our experiment. Meet our team. Some of us are Cyborgs, controlled by an Artificial Intelligence, taking all our lines through...

Bread & Geller: On Time

Bread & Geller: On Time

Oct 11 – Oct 14, 2017

Bread & Geller are back! Join the world’s first comedy trio with only two members as they return with their sell-out exploration of all* things time. There’ll be songs. There’ll be sketches. There’ll be you? *some What the critics say: “Genuinely, a show” “I like the way things...

Making Waves: A Song Cycle

Making Waves: A Song Cycle

Aug 4 – Aug 7, 2017

Making Waves was written in 2014 by Daniel Cartwright & Tom Brassington at the University of Central Lancashire. It shines a spotlight on love, friendships, relationships and the hurdles life throws at you along the way.

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