★★☆☆☆Every now and then you come upon a show with which you never quite connect. This imaginatively ambitious, family-aimed stage adaptation of Sophie Anderson’s well-received 2018 fantasy novel is
Any new show from Les Enfants Terribles arrives with high expectations. Their hugely imaginative approach to theatre has seen them take wellknown children's tales and turn them into immersive promenade adventures like the deliciously gruesome (and gruesomely delicious) Dinner With The Twits and 2015’s twisted fantasy Alice Underground which is being revived next year.
The House with Chicken Legs is still one of the most intriguing and original children’s productions on the London stage this season and well worth checking out.
The Olivier-nominated theatre company Les Enfants Terribles and HOME Manchester will present the London premiere of their highly acclaimed co-production The House with Chicken Legs this Winter with a Christmas holiday run at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The show opens next week on 13 December and runs until 30 December 2023. See the first photos here.