Chicken : Sunday's Child
"This show where a woman who plays a chicken who thinks he's an Irishman is unlike anything you've ever seen."
— Playbill
Don Murphy is a proud Irish man, a hopeless ketamine addict and one of his generation’s greatest actors. He also happens to be a chicken. A Kerry cock to be precise. Across one fateful night, the feathered Oscar winner shares his star-studded story with an intimate audience - from getting his big break, to his first bird on bird sexual experience, to navigating life in the (human-dominated) celebrity spotlight. But along the way Don will be confronted with some harsh truths about himself, chicken kind and humankind.
A one-woman show that is bonkers and unbelievably brilliant. Not to be missed!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Sunday's Child is an award winning Irish theatre company run by Eva O'Connor and Hildegard Ryan. Their plays include My Name is Saoirse, Overshadowed (now a series on BBC Three), The Friday Night Effect, Afloat and MUSTARD (Scotsman Fringe First 2019) and Chicken (winner of Filipa Braganca Award for best solo performer Edinburgh fringe 2023, Best Performer Dublin fringe 2024, Adelaide Pick of the Fringe award 2025). Visit sundayschildtheatre.net to learn more.
DURATION
60 minutes, no interval.
SENSORY & CONTENT WARNING
Chicken contains strobe lighting. Recommended for audiences aged 14+
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility information will be confirmed closer to event date.
ARTISTS & COLLABORATORS
Co-writer and Performer: Eva O'Connor
Co- writer and Director: Hildegard Ryan
Costume Designer: Bryony Rumble
Lighting Designer: Marianne Nightingal
Movement Director: Sarah Blanc
A one-woman show that is bonkers and unbelievably brilliant. Not to be missed!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Sunday's Child is an award winning Irish theatre company run by Eva O'Connor and Hildegard Ryan. Their plays include My Name is Saoirse, Overshadowed (now a series on BBC Three), The Friday Night Effect, Afloat and MUSTARD (Scotsman Fringe First 2019) and Chicken (winner of Filipa Braganca Award for best solo performer Edinburgh fringe 2023, Best Performer Dublin fringe 2024, Adelaide Pick of the Fringe award 2025). Visit sundayschildtheatre.net to learn more.
DURATION
60 minutes, no interval.
SENSORY & CONTENT WARNING
Chicken contains strobe lighting. Recommended for audiences aged 14+
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility information will be confirmed closer to event date.
ARTISTS & COLLABORATORS
Co-writer and Performer: Eva O'Connor
Co- writer and Director: Hildegard Ryan
Costume Designer: Bryony Rumble
Lighting Designer: Marianne Nightingal
Movement Director: Sarah Blanc
