Holding Out For a Hero (WIP)

Holding Out For A Hero (WIP) is a one woman show about the binfire that is modern dating. 

Journalist Emma Smith has been holding out for a hero her entire life. Now she’s in her 40’s, she wants to know where the F*** is he?!  In order to find out, she’s channelling her Welsh soul sister Bonnie with this comedy cabaret romp. Think all singing (well, mostly lip syncing), all dancing meets stand-up-meets-ex-rated-TED-talk.

Alongside her own shambolic love life, she explores the history of dating apps and how they’ve affected our search for love and our behaviour. Is Hinge really ‘designed to be deleted’? Or does it want you to keep you paying a montly subscription? 63% of British singles now use apps, and the industry is worth 165million annually. But are dating apps now dead?

Prepare to find out how Emma got banned from Tinder while on holiday in Sicily. Meander through her slut years and her x-rated whatsapp archive. How did she survive a period of voluntary celibacy? And why did a Thatcherite call her a Feminazi? 

“Swipe right on this show.”-CEO of Hinge (probably)

“We banned her.”-CEO of Tinder

Tickets booked online must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets are available for 30 mins at the box office. TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE*

Ticket price includes a £1.50 membership fee which entitles you to £1.50 off all further shows at the theatre for one year and 10% off drinks at the bar. The membership card will be presented with your ticket(s) at the box office, on the day.

Over 18’s only. This venue is accessed via a set of small stairs, please contact us to discuss any accessibility requirements. No admittance for latecomers.

Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul’s Road

London N1 2NA

*Unless the theatre has to close.