2nd November 7pm £8
Doors: 7:00pm
Start: 7:20pm
Book tickets online
Short Film Block 1: 7:20pm – 8:10pm
Dissociative: Damon Rickard 5 mins
Frank wakes up to find his wife dead but with no memory of what happened… He needs to know who killed her but an unseen hand may be guiding his dark fate.
Hand It Back: Robbie Gibbon 11 mins
15-year old Ryan is desperate to be part of the local gang even if this means stealing. After his first bag snatch, he is shocked to discover he has unwittingly stolen a 300-year old magical severed hand. Now unable to get rid of the hand, Ryan is forced to learn some important life lessons. Only when he begins to appreciate the hand and finds the strength to resist peer pressure is he able to free himself from its power.
Mindless: Katie Bonham 8 mins
Mindless tells the story of Peter (Nicholas Vince), a senile middle aged man who’s house is torn apart day after day. Is Peter a risk to himself or is something more sinister about to be unleashed?
Cannibals & Carpet Fitters: Richard Lee O’Donnell 19 mins
Dean & Colin are two carpet fitters who are called out to a job in the middle of nowhere by a sweet elderly lady Mrs Hanning. However the house has its own secrets and the two quickly realize that this maybe the last job they ever go to…
Break: 15mins
Short Film Block 2: 8:25 – 9:20
The Stomach: Dan Dixon/Ben Steiner 15 mins
Frank’s had enough. A spirit medium whose unique and grotesque method of channeling the dead is putting his own life at risk, he wants out. But others, in this world and the next, have plans of their own. Part body horror, part crime thriller, part ghost story, The Stomach is a unique tale of Supernatural Noir.
Silently Within Your Shadow: Scott Lyus 15 mins
As their relationship grows, Lucette’s obsession for ventriloquism and her dummy Hugo starts to strain her relationship with Jace. To Lucette, Hugo is more than just a dummy — he’s her best friend and represents her ambition as an artist. To her, he’s very much real. But to Jace, Hugo is just a puppet, or is he?
Adonis & Aphrodite: David Chaudoir 12 mins
Accepting an invitation to a barbecue turns a woman’s life upside down… forever. In the tradition of Bennett, Roald Dahl and Saki it explores the theme of satan in the suburbs.
Rats: Mark Logan 15 mins
Bill is a middle-aged lecturer and antiquarian book specialist who arrives at Montague Castle to catalogue the library’s more interesting volumes. But Bill has other things on his mind for his time away from his young family. He intends to spend a night of passion with Jess, one of his undergraduates. What better way to impress a girl than to have a night alone with the run of a castle? Only they aren’t quite alone…
Break: 10mins
Feature: 9:30pm – 10:50:
Cruel Summer: Phillip Escott/Craig Newman 80 mins
Young Autism sufferer Danny enjoys the serenity and solitude of camping. That’s all about to change when enraged teens Nicholas, Calvin and Julia find him, each with their own agenda for wanting to see Danny suffer.
Tickets booked online must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets are available for 30 mins at the box office.
Over 18’s only, limited access for people with disabilities, no admittance for latecomers.
Hen & Chickens Theatre
109 St Paul’s Road
London N1 2NA