Chickenshed’s summer season is jam-packed with shows and events for children of all ages. 

On Friday and Saturday mornings every week we present ‘Tales from the Shed’, our wonderfully wacky, really lively and amazingly engaging children’s shows. We also deliver weekend and school holiday workshops for children of all ages, culminating in presentations for families and friends.

For our annual summer show we will be revisiting a Chickenshed favourite, the hugely successful ‘Darnaby’s Space Race’, together with ‘Planet Play’ for the very young.

In-between all of these events, we have some delightful summer festivals, so please join us for a fun and entertaining summer season at Chickenshed.

Tales Big Day Out

  • Venue:             Chickenshed Theatre
  • Dates:              Sat 18 April, Sat 23 May and Sat 25 June
  • Time:               10am-12.30pm | 2.30pm-5pm
  • Price:               £8, free to babies under 1 year
  • Age:                 0 – 6 years | Family

Welcome the start of the warm weather with a bang! Tales Big Day Out is an enjoyable and entertaining outing for all the family, whether you’re familiar with the Tales world or you’re coming along for the first time.

Children will have the opportunity to take part in a great  interactive workshop and watch a fun performance of Tales from the Shed, then everyone will come together for a huge Tales extravaganza outside in the amphitheatre. There will also be other free activities to discover and enjoy. Activities and performances will be inside if there is bad weather.

Tales from the Shed

  • Venue:             Chickenshed Theatre
  • Dates/Times:
    • Every Fri from 24 Apr – 15 May at 11.30am
    • Every Sat from 25 Apr – 16 May at 10am & 11.30am                              
    • Thu 28 May at 10am & 11.30am
    • Fri 29 May at 10am & 11.30am         
    • Fri 26 Jun at 11.30am                        
    • Sat 27 Jun at 10am & 11.30am                     
    • Fri 3 Jul at 11.30am                           
    •  Sat 4 Jul at 10am & 11.30am
  • Age:                0-6 years
  • Price:               £6 (free to babies under 6 months)

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. They are informal, lively and amazingly engaging as the performers and audience share the same space. Children are always encouraged to make a lot of noise and to make the story happen.

We guarantee that every show will be fun, really silly and that there will be plenty of colourful puppets and live songs. Every week we present different stories featuring the same much loved characters – from Can-Can the beautiful bird to laid back Lion Down and The Thing That Goes Blurgh!

Saturday Shed – performance workshops for young people

  • Venue:             Chickenshed Theatre
  • Dates:             
    • Sat 25 Apr – Sat 30 May (excluding Sat 23 May)
    • Sat 20 Jun – Sat 4 Jul
  • Time:               10am – 11am & 11.15am – 12.15pm
  • Price:               £6 per child per session.  25% discount when booking 8 sessions.
  • Age:                 5 – 12 years. 

A great opportunity for young people to develop their performance skills using our proven  teaching methods and unique performance style.

Led by our highly experienced and energetic staff, each fun session will involve movement, drama, singing and story-making. Every workshop is different and designed so that a child of any ability can come to all sessions, or drop in to one session from time to time.

Tales from the Shed at Dugdale Centre

  • Venue:  Dugdale Centre, Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS
  • Dates:             
    • Fri 5 Jun & Sat 6 Jun
    • Fri 12 Jun & Sat 13 Jun
  • Times:             10am & 11.30am
  • Tickets:           £6 (free to babies under 6mths)
  • Ages                0 – 6 yrs

Tales from the Shed once again returns to Dugdale Centre for summer 2015. Tales from the Shed is a vibrant, interactive theatre show that is perfect for young children. It is informal, lively and amazingly engaging as the performers and audience share the same space. We guarantee that every show will be fun, really silly and that there will be plenty of colourful puppets and live songs.

Summer Arts Festival

  • Venue:             Chickenshed
  • Date:               Sun 12 July
  • Time:               10am – 4pm

Following the huge success of last year’s free family festival, local arts groups will once again come together for a celebration of all forms of art at Chickenshed!

2015 sees the BBC launch its Get Creative initiative, which is a celebration of art and culture across the UK, and our Summer Arts Festival is a wonderful chance to be inspired by and get close to the local arts. Come and try your hand at a variety of arts activities as well as be entertained by different music, theatre, dance and performers from across the boroughs of Enfield and Barnet.

Chickenshed’s Tales from the Shed and Youth Band will be there along with many other exciting groups. Check back for more details nearer the time.

Space Race Workshops with the Tales team

  • Venue:             Chickenshed
  • Dates:             
    • Week 1: Mon 27 Jul –  Wed 29 Jul
    • Week 2: Mon 3 Aug – Wed 5 Aug
  • Times:             10am – 12.30am
  • For ages:         School years 1-6
  • Price:               £50 each week

Work with the Tales team as they prepare for the summer show, Darnaby’s Space Race!

These half-day workshops will give children an exciting backstage experience. Using music, drama, puppetry, movement and more, come along and create your own stories from the world of Darnaby and his amazing space race!

Summer Shed

  • Venue:             Chickenshed Theatre
  • Dates:             
  • Week 1: Mon 27 Jul – Fri 31 Jul
    •  Week 2: Mon 3 Aug – Fri 7 Aug
  • Times:             10am – 4pm each day 
  • Price:               £130 (50% sibling discount)
  • For ages:         5 – 12yrs (from school year 1)

Participants at this brilliant week-long event will explore and develop a wide range of performance skills through workshops that involve drama, dance, singing and story-making. Parents and friends will be invited in on the final afternoon to see a performance.

Everyone is welcome regardless of experience.

Tales from the Shed’s – Darnaby’s Space Race

  • Venue:             Chickenshed Studio Theatre 
  • Dates/Times    Thu 30 Jul  at 10am and 11.30am
  • Fri 31 Jul at 10am and 11.30am
    • Sat 1 Aug at 10am, 11.30am and 1pm
    • Thu 6 Aug at 11.30am and 1pm
    • Fri 7 Aug at 11.30am and 1pm
    • Sat 8 Aug at 10am, 11.30am and 1pm
  • Price:               £7 | free to babies under 1yr
  • For ages:         0 – 6yrs

Tales from the Shed proudly presents a summer show that is truly out of this world!

It’s Sports Day but Barnaby has a cold – so there’s no school for him today. He is completely miserable, and can’t even say his own name properly because his nose is so blocked…

It looks like it will be the worst day ever – until a delegation of aliens arrives in search of a legendary athlete who can help them win a race against their arch-rivals! “Darnaby” joins them on an intergalatic adventure that will see him taking part in teh most exciting race of his life – but will he be able to save the day?

Planet Play – Tales from the Shed’s amazing summer show

Venue:             Chickenshed Studio Theatre

Dates:              Thu 6 Aug and Fri 7 Aug

Time:               10am

Price                £6 | free to babies under £6 | 1 adult per child entry free

For ages:         0 – 3yrs

Especially recommended for very young children, join the Tales team for a fun and interactive sensory session based on the themes and characters from Darnaby’s Space Race. This will be a brilliant and immersive opportunity for children to really get involved in true Tales from the Shed fashion!