Frankie Boyle – Work in Progress By 1st & 3rd September 9.30pm £7 Unfortunately Frankie Boyle has a throat infection and so tonight's show (31st August) has been canceled. The show on the 1st of  September will be onsale at 8pm today - 31st August.   The 3rd of September show will be onsale on the 2nd of September at 2pm as planned. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Frankie tries out some new material for his forthcoming TV and touring projects Tickets go on sale the day before each evening show at 2pm. Please note tickets will only be available for collection by the card holder, and the management have the right to refuse entry if there is any suspicion that tickets have been sold on for a profit. All tickets must be collected by 9.15pm Please click here to book. Julie Greene Photography More information

Four Play By Spilt Milk Theatre presents 31st August - 4th September Tues - Sat 7pm £12 Spilt Milk Theatre presents ‘Fourplay’, an evening of new writing from the hottest new writers in town. Selected from over 300 submissions these stories of intrigue, obsession, friendship and sexual deviancy showcase the very best in comedy theatre. Surveillance by Clare Shaw – Alice and Simon have been watching Peter. Peter has been watching Alice. The gloves come off, along with everything else. Tea & Filth by Steve Lambert - There’s unrest in the marital bed; Bob has been using a different shower gel. Expecting by James Fritz – A blast from the past is coming to dinner; will it be friends reunited? Finding The Geocache by Rachel Barnett - A field somewhere at co-ordinate N52.34829130973876. Longitude unknown. To reserve tickets call 020 7704 2001 To book online click here More information

Horse Aquarium By 2nd Sept, 7th Oct, 4th Nov, 2nd Dec 9.30pm £6.50  Horse Aquarium returns for more improvisation surprisingly bereft of equestrian submerging. On the first Thursday of each month, a brand new comedy show will be forged from a small handful of audience suggestions that our improvisers will weave into three separate yet interlinked jigsaws of hilarity. So come to the Hen and Chickens and check out the show: FEATURING: Tom Salinsky - Captain of the Spontaneity Ship. Briony Redman - Does for improv comedy what Grover did for "near" and "far" Paul Foxcroft - "Sleep is for the week" he says. Science agrees! Dan "The Technician" Mossman - The Technician with the most...echnician. Plus special surprise guests to be announced! To reserve tickets call 020 7704 2001 To book online click here More information

Jenny Eclair- EXCLUSIVE WARM-UPS By 5th September 7.30pm £10 Jenny Eclair will be performing a limited number of exclusive warm-ups in preparation for her autumn tour; Old Dog, New Tricks. Off she goes again, proving that there’s life in the old dog and what’s more, she’s got some new tricks! Having dug up some fresh new comedy bones, Jenny Eclair is back, wagging her arthritic tail and resisting the urge to sniff lamp-posts, yes, the old dog of the circuit is trotting once more around the block, proving yet again that she’s got what it takes to be an award winner (Crufts 1982). Jenny Eclair has been a stand up comic since the last millennium; she is a Grumpy old Woman Team Captain, author and actress (Skins and The Bill). She is also fifty years old and trying not to mind. www.jennyeclair.com To reserve tickets call 020 7704 2001 To book online click here More information

Crimes Against Humanties Teachers By 7th - 11th September 7.45pm £10  ‘Intelligent, Quintessentially British and Indisputably Hilarious’ ThreeWeeks **** A disillusioned Humanities teacher knows he has to leave his school. But how does he leave with dignity and say the things he needs to say? With one hour to go before he gives his leaving speech, he is visited by the ghosts of 'Carry-on' stars. Step forward Kenneth Williams, who believes he is the one to help the teacher be honest, cutting and true. Together they go on a surreal journey through a decade of one man’s teaching career and one man's 50 year comedy career. Both hoping to find answers. Both needing resolution. A rollercoaster ride of original comedy that sells out by word of mouth. Hilarious and poignant, 'Crimes Against Humanities Teachers' is a must see for anyone who has been in a school. ‘Highly recommended…very impressive performers…powerful and touching’ FringeReview **** Tues 7th & Wed 8th call the box office quoting 2 4 1 for half price tickets.To reserve tickets call 020 7704 2001 To book online click here More information

Messrs Comedy By 9th, 10th & 11th September 9.30pm £8  They’re back and this time they’re on a mission from God! The most dangerous combination since beer and wine have the Hollywood hills in their sights. Messrs Britton and O’Shea return with a trio of femme fatales behind them. To book tickets online click here, all tickets must be collected 15 minutes before show time. Any tickets not sold in advance will be available cash only 30 mins before show time at the box office. More information

Sarah Millican - Warm Up Show By 12th September 7.30pm £8, 18th September 9.30pm £6 Sarah Millican: warm up show Sarah Millican tries out new and current material in preparation for her forthcoming debut tour. Show time is 90min including an interval. Tickets available online only and will be held for collection with ID at the theatre. To book tickets click here. Tickets on sale for the 12th of September on 2nd August 3pm Tickets on sale for the 18th of September on 18th of August at 3pm Please note that the management have the right to refuse entry to any ticket holders that have bought them from EBAY or any other secondary ticket outlet. At the Hen & Chickens we endeavour to operate a fair system, and want our customers to only pay the ticket price (with TW booking fee) that the act themselves have specified. More information

Out of The Sun by Roger Stennett By The New Actors Company 14th September - 2nd October, Tues to Sat 7pm, Sunday 2.30pm £15 OUT OF THE SUN “The long, hot summer of 1940. On an airfield somewhere in southern England four young Spitfire pilots sit on the parched grass outside their Dispersal Hut waiting for the ring of the field telephone that will 'scramble' them into the skies - and combat. 'Desperate Dan' Anderson, Edward 'Weaver' Whyte, Jonathan 'Joker' James - all of them 'veterans' by the age of 21 - and Pilot Officer Young, a fresh-faced 'sprog', new on Squadron that morning. How will they fare between dawn and dusk? How will they fill the quiet moments between the battles up in thin air? Today, growing old may seem a simple fact of life, but in the summer of 1940 it was a privilege that had to be earned...” About the Company: The New Actors Company are delighted to present ‘Out of the Sun’, building on the successes of their first two productions. The New Actors Company believe in creating theatre that is educational, informative and entertaining. With a meticulous attention to detail, The New Actors Company strive to produce work that is inspiringly conceived and elegantly delivered. To book online click here - tickets must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets only available 30mins before showtime at the theatre box office More information

Daylords by Morris & Vyse By 17th Sept 9.30 & 19th Sep 7.30pm £7  After a sell-out show in Edinburgh, Morris and Vyse are back with their hit show Daylords: ten of their deranged characters, in a comedy show where you help make things happen! The world’s most inappropriate daytime TV show host Olive Hands, along with her new sidekick Greer Cod present an international bill of guests to save their dying ITV7 show. Guests including “China’s Got Talent” Winners The Blind Boys, Australia's wackiest kids TV presenters, some fighting Bee Gees - ending in a shocking finale! “Excellent...tremendous comic effect" Evening Standard. “Marvellous... and ambitious" The Times. ***** Metro www.morrisandvyse.com To book online click here - tickets must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets only available 30mins before showtime at the theatre box office More information

Jen Brister & Clare Ward - Work in Progress By 20th Sept 7.30pm, 21st Sept 9.30pm, 6th Dec 7.30pm, 7th Dec 9.30pm £7.50  "Jen & Clare are stuck in an existentialist void, not knowing what existentialism is has made it even harder for them to get out. Join them as they endeavour to make sense of it all..." To book online click here - ticket must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets only available 30mins before showtime at the theatre box office More information

Tom Rosenthal & Ed Gamble By 20th Sept 9.30pm, 27th Sept 7.30pm £5 Tom Rosenthal (C4's Friday Night Dinner, Paramount's Funniest Student blah blah blah) and Ed Gamble (Peacock & Gamble Podcast, Chortle Finalist, Chris Addison support act etc etc blah) present a belting stand up comedy double bill for two nights only To book tickets online click here, all tickets must be collected 15 minutes before show time. Any tickets not sold in advance will be available cash only 30 mins before show time at the box office. More information

The Fold Up Sketch Show By 23rd & 25th Sept 9.30pm £7 A fast-moving, anarchic and silly comedy sketch show from Fold Up Theatre, featuring genital shadow puppetry, homo erotic sausage throwing, speed dating with Greek Gods, a panda love story and a host of hilarious characters who shouldn’t be allowed out. To book online click here - tickets must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets only available 30mins before showtime at the theatre box office More information

Love in The Insecurity Zone by Mike Folie By PinchOuch! Productions 5th - 23rd October, Tues to Sat at 7.15pm £13 PINCHOUCH! return to the Hen & Chickens Theatre with the UK Premiere of MIKE FOLIE’S hilarious and political new play LOVE IN THE INSECURITY ZONE, a futuristic romantic comedy, which has played to rave reviews from New York to LA. In a future not too far from us, characterized by security zones, personal bar code tattoos, and armed commuters, Gayle finds life either boring or terrifying. Her mood is improved by a sudden romance with Hank, a secretive government agent on a mission to find very happy women. When Hank meets Gayle’s sister, the perennially happy Pearl, he spirits both women off to Washington, D.C., where they become entangled in a sinister government plot to bottle happiness. MIKE FOLIE’S plays have been produced Off-Broadway, regionally around the U.S. and internationally, winning many awards, and the Dramatist Guild Magazine named him as one of “Fifty Playwrights to Watch.” His play “The Adjustment” toured the UK with Stefanie Powers in the lead. “This hilarious new play is almost indescribably bizarre. And that’s a good thing. Folie dishes out the incongruity at a nicely measure pace; he waits until just when you think you have things figured out before throwing in another twist” The New York Times PinchOuch! bring their own comedic skills, timing and expertise to this bizarre and humorous play which exposes our own vulnerabilities in a world where love, politics and personal security are very much on the agenda. LOVE IN THE INSECURITY ZONE is directed by NIKI FLACKS, who has had an impressive career as director, actor, teacher, and psychologist that spans both sides of the Atlantic, including acting opposite Maggie Smith in Private Lives, on Broadway, directed by Sir John Gielgud. Directed by NIKI FLACKS. With CAROLINE COLOMEI. JASON DENYER. TRINE GARRETT. HELEN JECKELLS. JOEL MELLINGER. FELIX PRING To book tickets online click here, all tickets must be collected 15 minutes before show time. Any tickets not sold in advance will be available cash only 30 mins before show time at the box office. More information