3 Chickens Confront Existence

Theatre (comedy, drama)

  • Assembly Roxy - Downstairs
  • 16:35
  • Aug 26
  • 1 hour
  • Suitability: 12+ (Guideline)
  • Country: United States
  • Group: LookFWD Arts
  • Warnings and additional info: Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes
  • Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
  • Policy applies to: Children under 18 months

Description

Three factory farm chickens attempt to find a greater sense of purpose by engaging each other in a series of philosophical debates, games, feuds and emotional experiments while awaiting their imminent trip to the broiler.

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  • Wheelchair access type: Not fully wheelchair accessible

  • Stairs: 11- 20
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hunter 12 days ago

A fascinating balance between poultry-based humor and philosophical investigations. It managed to explore multiple facets of the human experience, using 3 chickens, more in-depth than many human conversations. I would highly recommend!

Paloma Freitas 12 days ago

The writing in this play is extremely strong. However, I think it needs to be restructured a little bit. There’s one monolog in particular that doesn’t need to at all even be about chickens that I want to become the new thing everyone uses for auditions. But in its medium now I think there’s a spark of life missing from this to really bring the audience into the narrative and get hooked on these characters. I think this would really work better as a series of YouTube videos. I want to go on that journey of agonizing waiting and built tension with them and we need a larger time frame and less filler material between the strongest moments in the show

Sarah 14 days ago

You need to be in the right state of mind to enjoy this show. There's some laughs, but it's not funny. I hope you can watch it with an open heart and mind. Maybe it'll change your life. Glad this exists, this is what the fringe is all about.

Paul Whitfield 17 days ago

This is the best I have seen so far. Don’t miss it. Very professional. Holds the audience through quiet moments. How can three chickens keep your attention for an hour ? Well these three do! Absolutely brilliant

Elli Mansfield 18 days ago

A straight play about Helene, Bronzeman and Reginald - 3 chickens in their cages waiting for the finale of a trip to the broiler. Funny in places and touching in others, not sure I'll be reaching out for chicken for dinner anytime soon... Recommended!

Andy 23 days ago

I found the show quite boring with very little to laugh at, would not recommend to fiends or family.

Polina Kirkevich 25 days ago

Wonderful acting! Funny, touching, heartbreaking and profound

Lucy Kincaid 29 days ago

This is theatre at its best. Funny and touching, well written and superb acting! Very unique - my husband and I are still talking about it!

Elizabeth Royle 30 days ago

Not as much fun or as entertaining as we had hoped. If this had been a 30-minute show, it would have been better. It's well acted, but not sufficiently engaging. I nearly fell asleep at one point (due to long hours on my feet followed by sitting in warm darkness in the venue); if I had fallen asleep, I wouldn't have missed much. It needs a better-defined ending.

Claire Walton 30 days ago

Funny and thought provoking, won’t be for everyone but worth watching if you have some spare time.

Johnathan 32 days ago

The show gives the impressions through its marketing and description that it’s likely to be quite heavy on humour but this isn’t really the case. Having realised this about 20 minutes in, it was hard to make a fair judgment of it as a piece of performance art. I generally like the Fringe acts that I attend but personally didn’t enjoy it very much.

Joanna Parson 35 days ago

Touching, wonderfully acted, funny, smart, and really just the kind of thing I wanted to see when I came here. Reminded me of Simon Rich; a witty and ageless take on humanity in the form of three chickens.

Ryan G. 37 days ago

This play is hilarious, thoughtful, unique, and deeply moving. Highly recommended!


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The Scotsman (4/5 stars) 18 days ago

It’s confronting stuff, but watching it enacted by chickens makes it strangely cathartic and surprisingly moving

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