Hooves & Chooks

One explosive night of award-winning dance and comedy cabaret. Human horses and feminist fowl collide in the wildest double bill of the festival as Rebound Dance join forces with Chooks Cabaret. 

Rebound led by Fleur de Their, has been entertaining audiences around the country for seventeen years and this festival will be remounting (pun intended) the second half of their hit show ‘Unbridled; a day at the races’ with a new rendition of human horsiness, 'Hooves'. Six years on and these nags are certainly not ready to be put out to pasture.

And then from multi-award winning mischief maker Tessa Waters, creator of The Feminist Clown Posse comes Chooks Cabaret - a riot of clowning, comedy and physical theatre. Created by the truly nutty ensemble of Waters alongside Kate Finnerty, Andy Brigden, Emma Brittenden, Mary Davison, Libby Fraser and Emma Newborn. Equal parts absurd, political and joyfully unhinged, this high energy cabaret smashes the fourth wall with big moves, big laughs and even bigger heart. 

These shows are the kind that make you feel like you’ve been a part of something wild, weird and wonderful, leaving you laughing, buzzing and maybe even hatching a new perspective. So grab your mates and kick off the festival with a hoot!

“The best live show of 2025” - The Press

‘Easily the best show of the year’ - Flat City Notes