What's On | Elevate Festival: CLUCK!
CLUCK artwork; a cartoon of a white cockerel sat on a hay bale beside a fiddle, banjo, and acoustic guitar. In the background, two chickens mill around a field with a red barn.

Stowaway Theatre presents

Elevate Festival: CLUCK!

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Devon-based actor-musician company Stowaway Theatre present CLUCK!; a brand-new original musical inspired by the bizarre true story of Mike the Headless Chicken (a chicken from 1940s Colorado who lived for 18 months without its head)!

Head on down to the farmyard where the chickens come together to tell you the true story of one of the legends of chicken-kind in this fast paced, comic musical that has to be seen to be believed!

Aimed at a festival audience with puppetry, live music and many many eggcellent chicken puns, this headless chicken hoe-down is a must see for all ages!

Stowaway Theatre is a female-led actor-musician theatre company based in Devon. Formed in 2023, we create exciting actor-musician theatre inspired by historical true stories that have either been lost, forgotten or just haven’t had the platform we think they deserve! Our debut show 40 Elephants had its first performance in early 2024 (with the support of Arts Council England) and we are keen to continue growing our shows and company with the aim of bringing high quality actor-musician theatre to the South West and beyond.

Elevate Festival

This event is part of Elevate Festival, a week-long celebration of new work from South-West artists.

Map Venue MarkerBarnfield Theatre
Comedy, Family, Musical Theatre, Theatre
Running time: 45 minutes, no interval
This show contains surreal humour, mild references to animal death, and some tongue-in-cheek nods to farmyard life that may ruffle a few feathers. No actual chickens were harmed in the making of this production.

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