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Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd, London N1 2NA
London

Hen & Chickens Theatre is a theatre in London.

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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Review: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Royal Ballet & Opera

Review: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Royal Ballet & Opera

by Matthew Paluch · October 9, 2026

The Royal Ballet season opens on the main stage with a special programme: A Centenary Celebration. 100 years ago Ninette de Valois founded The Academy of Choreographic Art, and the rest is history. What followed was The Royal Ballet School and two companies. So sitting in the Royal Ballet and Opera …

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of Gaten Matarazzo in RENT?

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of Gaten Matarazzo in RENT?

by Aliya Al-Hassan · October 9, 2026

Set in New York's East Village, Rent follows a group of young artists, musicians and friends, navigating love, ambition and creativity while trying to build lives on their own terms. Inspired by Puccini's La Bohème, this iconic musical captures the joy, uncertainty and resilience of a generation …

Review: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, Richmond Theatre

Review: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, Richmond Theatre

by Cindy Marcolina · October 9, 2026

Shirley Jackson’s 1959 gothic novel skyrocketed back to recognition in 2018 when it inspired Mike Flanagan’s Netflix sensation of the same name. It’s time for theatre to get its share now, with Stef Smith (of Nora: A Doll’s House fame) adapting Jackson’s original material into a ghostly ex…

Review: RENT, Starring Gaten Matarazzo, The Tom Stoppard Theatre

Review: RENT, Starring Gaten Matarazzo, The Tom Stoppard Theatre

by Aliya Al-Hassan · October 8, 2026

It's been a long wait since London last saw Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical rock masterpiece that won four Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer. It's unlikely that any of the cast of the 30th anniversary revival of RENT was out of nappies when the show debuted off-Broadway, but the themes…

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…

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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