Hen and Chickens
109
St Paul's Road
Highbury
London
N1 2NA
020 7704 2001
Tube Stop(s):
Highbury/Islington (Victoria and BR)
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Hen and Chickens 109
St Paul's Road |
| Phone:
020 7704 2001 |
Tube Stop(s): Highbury/Islington (Victoria and BR) |
| Performance Schedule: | Evening performances and some weekend matinees. |
| Ticket Info:
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Tickets generally cost from £6 to £12 with concessions (lower priced tickets) sometimes available for children, senior citizens/OAPs. |
What's Playing:
"The Tempest", by William Shakespeare, March 28th to April 1st. Shakespeare's classic play about a great storm and the people who are caught up in its swirling winds.
"Corpsing-Four One-Act Plays about Actors", by Peter Barnes, April 11th to April 29th. The plays are "Humour Helps", "Waiting for a Bus", "Acting Exercise" and "Last Things".
"Will Smith--Misplaced Childhood", by Will Smith, May 20th to May 21st. Smith examines how childhood has changed since the mid 1980's.
Description:
The Hen and Chickens is located just opposite (across a square) the Highbury/Islington Tube Station. It is a fairly typical pub theatre with the theatre upstairs above the pub. It reopened in 1998 after having been closed for a period of time.
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Picture of the Hen and Chickens Theatre
The theatre is a pretty basic black box with seven or eight rows of seats directly in front of the playing space. You can bring your drinks into the theatre (but ask for your drink in a plastic cup). Because the theatre is located above a very busy street corner you sometimes hear street noise during the play (this can be particularly bothersome during a quite moment) but it is not too bad.
The pub and theatre also have regular comedy shows including some fairly well known comics (for example Eddie Izzard).
The pub is quite friendly and is closely aligned with the theatre (they ring a bell to let everyone know the box office is open or the play is about to begin). The pub is packed on weekends and after/during Arsenal matches (the stadium is not to far away).
The Hen and Chickens seems to be more targeted at a younger audience and both the pub and many of the shows reflect this (including some transfers from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival).
The web site for the Hen and Chickens can be found at http://www.henandchickens.com/theatre.htm