Shake it Up: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

ComedyTheatre

16+

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

2nd November, 7th December £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

Scenes With Girls

ProductionsTheatre

18+

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

3rd - 7th November 7.30pm £15

"You're only the greatest person ever invented and he's some boy who's probably never had a conversation with a side of the sun before”. You know this friendship. You’ve had this friendship. This is that friendship. Lou and Tosh might be attached at the hip, but their philosophies couldn’t be further apart. While Lou is sleeping with anyone who asks nicely, Tosh has deemed herself radically celibate. Enter Fran: engaged and insufferable. Miriam Battye's play explores the fierce nature of female friendship and the parts of your twenties nobody prepared you for.

The Rental: One Act Play Festival

ProductionsTheatre

16+

12 November

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

12th November 7.30pm £15

Driving Force Acting Studio proudly presents:

The Rental: One Act Play Festival

A new spin on an industry showcase, featuring twelve incredible actors in two world premiere one act plays.

See You Next Tuesday by Jane Hancock

Featuring:

Alyana Bamber, Georgia Dann, Carlo Fandella, Rye Harrison, Abbey Madden, Daniela Zamfir

Fun Time Party Time by Colin Waitt

Featuring:

Shola Akinosho, James Eykyn, Cressida Lawrence, Donia Milward-Meftah, Zoe Moyle, Esme Moriarty Smith

A knitting night that's quickly unravelling and a birthday celebration on its way to becoming the surprise party from hell. Darkly comedic, and with a healthy wallop of heart,The Rental: One Act Play Festival promises to turn the idea of an acting showcase on its head by simply being an enjoyable night of theatre full stop.

Seagull

ProductionsTheatre

16+

18 - 28 November

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

18th - 28th November (not 22nd or 23rd) 7.30pm , Saturday matinees on Saturdays at 3pm.

Everyone wants something. Someone else’s love. A little recognition. Another beginning.

In “Seagull", nine women bring Chekhov’s artists, dreamers and disappointed lovers to life. What She Said Collective’s all-female reimagining, directed by Julia Stubbs, finds comedy in our contradictions and heartbreak in the gap between who we are and who we hope to be.

Forever Hold Your Peace

ProductionsTheatre

16+

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

22nd November 6pm £11.50

Five years after COVID tore her world apart, Olivia returns to London for her two best friends’ wedding. Unfortunately, she’s hiding a romantic history with each of them.

A new play from Caroline Kriesen (Royal Court Writers’ Group), Forever Hold Your Peace is about grief, international borders, and giving loved ones away.

Classic Deceptions

ComedyProductionsTheatre

14+

29th November 7.30pm £13.50

I am a student of magic as well as a performer, whose inspirations range from the greats in magic, and in no particular order, from Cardini to Max Malini to Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings, Michael Vincent, Slydini to Jim Cellini and others far too many to mention!!

My main specialty (passion!) is stand up/close up sleight of hand magic performed with everyday objects and also being able to perform more classical effects with playing cards, coins and even the famous linking rings on stage!!

I want to welcome you to an evening of Magic “Classical Deceptions” where I will share with you the best of what our great past masters such as Professor Hofzinser, Robert-Houdin, Max Malini and the great Slydini…from early classical magic to the birth of Modern Magic and Vaudeville….where magic meets passion….!

Come and join me!

Paul Anthony

Ordinary Days

ProductionsTheatre

16+

3rd, 4th & 5th December 7.30pm , Saturday matinee at 3pm. £17.50

The story of four people whose lives intersect as they search for happiness, love and fulfillment in the "hundred story city" of New York. With a thoughtful and vibrant score, this musical is for anyone who seeks beauty and comfort in difficult times. Humorous and poignant, it celebrates connections, however small.

The Collective 2: Writer’s Showcase

Theatre

16+

6th December 3pm & 6.30pm £14.50

Four months. Twelve writers. One stage.

The Caromoon Collective returns with its second group of playwrights — each having spent four months in a programme of workshops, peer critique, and dedicated drafting of a brand new play. 

This December, they share what they’ve made.

Each writer takes the stage to give a reading — a taster of the work developed across the programme.

New short works. New voices. New writing at its earliest and most alive brought to you by Caromoon Productions. 

Writers:

- Jamie Watterson

- Lekha Desai Morrison

- Rousha Browning

- Rachel Berkley

- Tahir Hassan

- Sarah Leaver

The Wild Geese Unplucked

ComedyProductionsTheatre

18+

8th & 13th December 7pm £15

The Wild Geese was released in 1978, starring a stellar cast led by Richard Burton and Roger

Moore.

David Kitchen, a super-fan since his first viewing in 1983, takes an entertaining look at why it’s as relevant today as it was on its release. And questions why it remains so underrated.

I Have a Dream

ProductionsTheatre

16+

14th December 7.30pm £10

A comedian, an ex-singer, a young receptionist and a failed entertainer in a hotel room. As lies become reality they confront dreams, failure and fantasy. And the big question - is ABBA Voyage rubbish? A funny, moving play by Sir Michael Caine Award Winning writer Nathan Cassidy. “Few have been as deeply moving” The Scotsman

Ugly Little Love Songs

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16+

20th December 7.30pm £14/12

“Love loves to love love.” James Joyce

The first outing of ‘Ugly Little Love Songs’, a veritable cornucopia of amorous malaise.