Dominique Izabella Little’s 40-minute show Sold By Mama comes to the Camden Fringe, playing at the Hen & Chickens Theatre. Prior to acting, Little worked as a docu-fiction filmmaker, and this show evolved from time living in New York in 2020 on very little money, people watching on buses and trains.
‘Thoroughly entertaining with a fine sense of comedy’: CARELESS – Touring
The Edinburgh Festival is not far away now and, as often happens at this time of year, there are a number of shows playing themselves in before transferring in a northerly direction for their Fringe run. One which caught my eye is Careless which warmed up at The Hen And Chickens in Islington. Conceived and written in lockdown by young actors Emma François and Eva Tritschler, collectively known as Written Off Theatre, it has already enjoyed success at both The Lion and Unicorn and Hope Theatres.
‘Rich with characterisation & plot’: Six Serpents & a Tarantula – Hen & Chickens Theatre – Camden Fringe & Touring
Six Serpents and a Tarantula is a new play written and directed by Maryanna Clarke and presented by Old School Players.
‘My mission was to create a show that would make people happy’: TL Wiswell brings Space Age Love Songs to the Camden Fringe
In a special Camden Fringe edition of A Glimpse Inside, I met up with TL Wiswell to talk about her new show Space Age Love Songs, running at the Hen and Chickens from 21 August 2019.
More new writing at Camden Fringe: Scenic Reality & Angel
One thing I’m really loving about the Camden Fringe is the breadth of creativity and experimentation. Scenic Reality is a prime example of a fresh piece of new writing that explores different storytelling techniques.
‘Has lots to say & says it well’: THE FIRE RAISERS – Hen & Chickens Theatre
The Fire Raisers was written by Swiss playwright Max Frisch in 1948, reportedly as a response to the Communist takeover in Prague – though the play never specifically references that event.
THE PASSION OF THE PLAYBOY RIOTS – Hen and Chickens Theatre
In The Passion of the Playboy Riots, writer/director Neil Weatherall imagines a meeting in the early 20th Century between W.B. Yeats (Loclann O’Grady) and Lady Gregory (Cath Humphrys), two of the founders of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre and leading lights in the Irish Literary Revival, and Patrick Pearse (Justin McKenna), one of the future leaders of the Easter Rising.
ONE WAS NUDE AND ONE WORE TAILS – Hen and Chickens Theatre
The London premiere of an overlooked gem from the back pages of the playbook of a genius; a Nobel winning, genre defining, mould breaking titan of 20th century drama. One was Nude & One Wore Tails is crafted and delivered with love by a close-knit and dedicated company.
Review: The Young Visiters (Hen and Chickens)
You’d be hard pressed to find a sweeter more superficially innocent tale than ‘The Young Visiters’, written by precocious nine-year-old Daisy Ashford. It was published in 1890 with her original grammatical and spelling mistakes for comic effect but the most fun comes from how it’s rippled with the petit-bourgeois snobberies and received information of her […]
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Review: The Young Visiters (Hen and Chickens)
You’d be hard pressed to find a sweeter more superficially innocent tale than ‘The Young Visiters’, written by precocious nine-year-old Daisy Ashford. It was published in 1890 with her original grammatical and spelling mistakes for comic effect but the most fun comes from how it’s rippled with the petit-bourgeois snobberies and received information of her […]
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