Chantecleer and Pertelotte

A jilted hen exacts eye-watering revenge on a faithless cockerel, in this wildly absurd piece of new writing by local esteemed playwright, Dougie Blaxland.

Chantecleer and Pertelotte, (or A Beastly Babel Fable) is loosely based on Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale and is an Aesop Fable style play that is quaint, yet scandalous and absurd, yet entirely relatable.

Winner: Best New Play (Brighton Festival)

Nominee: Scotsman Fringe First Award (Edinburgh Festival)

Nominee: Popcorn New Writing Award (Edinburgh Festival)

Delivered in language combining elements of Chaucer with the “nonsensical gobbledy-gook” pioneered by comedy greats Stanley Unwin and Kenneth Williams Chauntecleer & Pertlotte has been described as “comedic and literary gold”.

With just two actors playing all 24 of the diverse human and animal characters that populate Blaxland’s outlandish  "farmywarmy” world Chauntecleer and Pertlotte is a ribbald romp of a play performed at “breakneck speed”.

★★★★★ “Wordcraft does not come much better than this; this is comedic and literary gold.” Broadway Baby

★★★★★ “Every so often a show comes along to remind us why we became interested in the theatre in the first place.” Fringe Review

★★★★★ “Fun and frenzied, Chauntecleer and Pertelotte is a wonderful piece of physical theatre and each raunchy, rhyming line is delivered with relish.” Ham & High

★★★★★ “Rude, lewd and great fun to see, Chauntecleer and Pertelotte will get your festival Juices flowing.” British Theatre Guide

All tickets include a £1 admin charge

Approx running time 65 minutes (no interval)

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