Theatres · London
Chickenshed
Chickenshed is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cockfosters · 0.8 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Chickenshed is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 1974. Address: 290, Chase Side, London, N14 4PE. Coordinates: 51.6444°, -0.1451°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Chickenshed (also known as Chicken Shed or the Chicken Shed Theatre Company) is a British theatre company based in Southgate, London. Chickenshed is registered as a charity under the name The Chicken Shed Theatre Trust.
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Background
History
Chickenshed was founded by teacher Mary Ward and composer Jo Collins in 1974. Mary and Jo hosted their sessions in a disused chicken shed in Wrotham Park, kindly gifted to them by local landowner Lady Elizabeth Byng. The theatre troup went by “The Lady Elizabeth Theatre Workshop” for a while in her honour, but soon the name "Chicken Shed" stuck and the former was dropped. In the 1980s, the group was joined by John Bull, who ran the local Cheviots Children’s Home, and went on to become their first Managing Director, a smaller Studio Theatre, and Amphitheatre and a bar/restaurant that regularly hosts live music and comedy evenings. In 1996, company founder Mary Ward was awarded the MBE for…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6444, -0.1451
- District
- Enfield
- Parish
- Enfield, unparished area
- Postcode
- N14 4PE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Southgate and Wood Green
- Established
- 1974
- Nearest railway station
- Cockfosters — 0.8 km
- Official site
- www.chickenshed.org.uk
Sources
- osm: w9871270 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Chickenshed (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chickenshed?
- Chickenshed is in London, United Kingdom (postcode N14 4PE), in the parish of Enfield, unparished area.
- When was Chickenshed built?
- Built or established in 1974.
- How do I get to Chickenshed?
- The nearest railway station is Cockfosters, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode N14 4PE.