The House with Chicken Legs
Closed 2h 30m
The House with Chicken Legs
74%
74%
(7 Ratings)
Positive
57%
Mixed
29%
Negative
14%
Members say
Enchanting, Entertaining, Creative, Slow, Confusing

About the Show

The stage adaptation of Sophie Anderson's novel about a young girl coming to terms with her destiny.

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Critic Reviews (4)

The Times (UK)
December 18th, 2023

“The cycle of life and death is an interesting, possibly brave, premise for a piece of all-ages entertainment but the storytelling here is not entirely coherent.”
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Everything Theatre (UK)
December 28th, 2023

“Death is not an easy concept and ‘The House with Chicken Legs’ shapes a beautiful story using it as the subject matter. Packed with well performed and well written melodies, this musical is one for the ages, for people of any age! I implore you to see this if you want to dream a little this holiday time.”
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Time Out London
December 18th, 2023

“It might look more solid in a more compact space. But, these niggles largely don’t matter. Breathlessly surreal and surprisingly poignant, it is a lesson in imagination.”
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The Arts Desk
December 18th, 2023

“The QEH...is... quite steeply raked and with inadequate acoustics, which make it hard for the production to project as emphatically as it needs to. Miking up the cast has proved counter-productive, amplifying a tendency in some of them to shout their lines. And the set and props couldn’t help looking a bit lost, especially seen from above rather than closer to eye level.”
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