Todolist: Chicken (****)

A delightfully quirky foray into an alternate reality where the United Kingdom isn't quite so united - and chickens are just for special occasions... 

Molly Davies' new play imagines a future where North and South have divided, and East Anglia is on the brink of its own independence. Chickens are suddenly a very valuable commodity - but how do they feel about it all?

An entertaining fiction which combines - improbably - witchcraft, poultry husbandry, and dysfunctional families. The only criticism is that the one hour running time flies by far too quickly!

Stuart Wilson