The House With Chicken Legs stage adaptation to tour UK

A new stage adaptation of The House With Chicken Legs will make its premiere UK tour this autumn.

The award-winning theatre company Les Enfants Terribles and HOME Manchester co-produce the show, bringing Sophie Anderson’s best-selling novel to life.

The House With Chicken Legs is adapted by Oliver Lansley and directed by Oliver Lansley & James Seager with music & sound design by Alexander Wolfe, songs co-written by Alexander Wolfe & Oliver Lansley, costume & puppetry design by Samuel Wyer, set design by Jasmine Swan, video design by Nina Dunn, lighting design by Jane Lalljee and original ullustrations by Melissa Castrillón and Elisa Paganelli © Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2018.

Casting is to be announced.

The story follows Marinka, a young girl who dreams of a normal life, where she can stay somewhere long enough to make friends; but there’s one problem – her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.

The show is funny, thought-provoking and full of life as it deftly navigates the complexities of loss from a whole new perspective.

Confirmed tour venues for 2023 are: York Theatre Royal (6-9 September), Oxford Playhouse (21-23 September), Theatre Royal Plymouth (4-7 October), Aberystwyth Arts Centre (18-20 October), New Theatre Royal Portsmouth (2-3 November) and The Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple (14-18 November). Further venues are to be announced.

The production had its world premiere at HOME Manchester in 2022, where it won an Offie Commendation (OffComm) recognising excellence in theatre outside of London.

For more information and tickets, visit lesenfantsterribles.co.uk