We are a theatre company.
We make theatre.
Extraordinary, pioneering,
challenging, dynamic, moving,
groundbreaking, genuinely inclusive,
beautiful theatre.
Chickenshed is a theatre company. We work using an inclusive creative process which means everyone is welcome, and everyone is valued. Not many places are for everyone and anyone - so a lot of people who find themselves unwelcome elsewhere in the world, come to us. Chickenshed runs Children's and Youth Theatre workshops for 600 people, education courses for over 100 students, community outreach projects and a network of satellite 'Sheds' across the country (and one in Russia) so even more can benefit. Every extraordinary piece of theatre created at Chickenshed shouts out the same thing: anyone can thrive in an environment where everyone is welcome.
Using our unique creative process, our theatre company has created and produced more than 1,000 performances of extraordinary theatre since Chickenshed started in 1974.
Full scale productions with casts of 250+ and a 20-strong band. Intimate studio pieces, spotlighting solo performers. Original works devised by the company through workshops. Adaptations of classic plays and stories. Pioneering dance with unique movement. Melodies and lyrics composed by Chickenshed, underpinning it all.
We’ve been invited to perform in some places you’d expect: The Royal Albert Hall, Sadler’s Wells, The Royal Lyceum, The Shaw Theatre, The Place, BBC, LWT, Sky Arts.
And maybe some you wouldn’t: Hyde Park (VE Day 50th Anniversary), Wembley (with Meatloaf), The Hard Rock Café, Wembley (with the Spice Girls), Horse Guards Parade (The Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday), Ethiopia (with the Adugna Community Dance Theatre Company), The Mall (The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Pageant), 10 Downing Street (Poland’s accession to the EU), Bangladesh (with Tarunya), Althorp, Gleneagles (2005 G8 Summit).
Our vision and values
Our inclusive creative process values all our members as equals. It’s the way we run our theatre company, our youth workshops, our outreach projects and our education programmes. And, one day, it will be the way the world works. That is our vision.
Our values guide us and help us achieve our vision.
No compromise on our quality
No compromise on our principles
No compromise on our people
