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You can keep track of John on Facebook and Instagram. Note that these pages aren't curated by John himself, please don't use them to send him personal messages, use the email address on the Contact John page instead. You can find various bits and pieces of John performing on Spotify and YouTube, including the Saint and Blurry album from deepest yesteryear. And John's BBC Radio Comedy HEARING WITH HEGLEY The Complete Series 1-3 is now out as an Audible audio book. |
John is looking forward to Spring with more of his unique brand of gentle humour and poetic pyrotechnics!
FEBRUARY GIGS
On Friday 27th February at 8.30pm the Leyton Star in London E15 is the venue when John is supported by frequent collaborator Diego Brown and the Good Fairy, courtesy of Lost Horizons.
MARCH GIGS
On Wednesday 4th March at 8.00pm Write to Life collaborates
with John, Inua Ellams and Shephali Frost in Special
Edition: Echoes and Reflections in the National
Poetry Library at London's Royal Festival Hall. ONLY A FEW
TICKETS LEFT!
On Friday 20th March at 8.00pm Oakland Village Swadlincote in South Derbyshire is the venue for New and Selected Potatoes. Part of the Swadlincote Festival of Words.
The following day at 12.00pm in Sharpe's Pottery Museum the said Festival presents John's workshop Writing, Drawing and Drawing Out The Creative. For the over-sixteens with a focus on Fishes, Cats and Gratitude.
On Sunday 22nd March at 3.30pm (doors 2.30pm) you can tuck into New and Selected Potatoes at the OSO Arts Centre in Barnes London SW13 0LF. Note that you'll need to enter the promotion code POTATOES when you book.
On Wednesday 25th March at 8.30pm The Flying Duck in Glasgow's Renfield Street is the venue for New and Selected Potatoes. Part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
On Friday 27th March at 7.30pm John is appearing at the Underground Comedy Club in the Sessions Bar in Castle Street Swansea, along with Gareth Berry, Noel Janes, Onkar Singh Purewal and local poet Millie Thomson. Entry is free but there will be a bucket collection.
APRIL GIGS
On Saturday 4th April at 2.00pm New and Selected Potatoes are on the menu at Bath's Old Theatre Royal. Part of the Bath Comedy Festival.
On Thursday 9th April at 7.30pm WORD! Cabaret heads to the Attenborough Centre in Leicester. John has a half hour slot and the rest of the evening is an hour of open mic contributions. Tickets PWYC but £10 recommended.
On Thursday 16th April at 7.00pm it's the turn of The Lakeland Taproom in Burwash East Sussex to host John's spuddy selection.
On Friday 24th April starting at 6.00pm New and Selected Potatoes moves on to Morpeth Library in Northumberland.
And the following day at the same venue at 10.30am there's John's Writing, Drawing & Drawing out the Creative Workshop.
On Thursday 30th April at 7.30pm Luton's Hat Factory Arts Centre is the place to head for your helping of NASP.
LATER GIGS
Stamford Theatre in Lincolnshire is the setting for The Further Adventures of Monsieur Robinet at 2.00pm on Saturday 2nd May. Part of Stamford Verse Festival.
On Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm there's a change of foodstuffs as Biscuit of Destiny is unpacked at Sheffield's Samuel Worth Chapel.
John is at Margate's Rosslyn Court on Thursday 25th June at 7.30pm. "A small, seated, friendly, quirky, listening venue with a heart."
And a heads up for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August - John is scheduled to revisit the delightful Ukrainian Community Centre, details to follow.
PODCASTS
'We'd Like a Word' podcast at Milton's
Cottage Chalfont St Giles: John was accompanied
by poet and musician Clare Elstow, followed by a Q&A session
hosted by presenter Paul Waters. Co-host Stevyn Colgan posted
some video from the event on his Colganology YouTube channel.
John is also the subject of a podcast entitled Wide-Eyed
Creation: Crafting Your World, From Page to Stage with John
Hegley, part of the Extraordinary Creatives series by Ceri
Hand (opens in Facebook). John
reflects on finding inspiration in everyday objects, overcoming
challenges of fame, and the importance of mental well-being.
Listen on Apple or on Spotify.
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'Family life would be a lot easier if
you could just open the cupboard and pull out your
Hegley every time things got fractious, heated or
miserable' 'Awesomely mundane' 'Scandalously talented' 'Bleeding marvellous' 'Like a good deed in a
naughty world' 'Makes little sense' ‘Marvellous, joyful fun' 'An incurable entertainer' |
| John Hegley - Poet and Comedian | |
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There's masses of interesting stuff about John's Islington connection in a blog called Islington Faces. Who knew that our man was once in a production of The Pajama Game directed by Simon Callow? John's programme about his relationship with the French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau Who Does John Hegley Think He Is? can also be found here or via the app. It will be available until midnight on 31 December January 2098 so be sure to put that date in your diary to be certain you don't miss it. JOHN HIGHLY RECOMMENDS this celebration of the poetry, prose and life of Sean Hughes, the much-loved comedian who died much too soon in 2017. ‘Putting You in the Picture' |
| John's Picks | |
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Go to the Links page to check out a pot pourri of things that have caught John's fancy. These include Julian Goodacre Bagpipe Maker, Luton Haiku, Paul Hegley, and the Jelly Rollers Dragon (love child of Keith Moore of the Popticians). |
| John's Fun Limerick Competition | |
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The winning entries from a wee bit back can be viewed by clicking here. |
| A SCARCITY OF BISCUIT | |
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A colourful collection of musings, drawings and
dialogues around the poems, letters and loves of John
Keats. If you enjoy Keats's poetry, or want to get to know
his work, this collection allows you to share in the
author's passion for one of Britain's best loved literary
figures. |
| I AM A POETATO (Reissued) | |
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And, Zoe: Zoë, Zoë you had to goë. I felt so sad I wrote this poë. |
A creature collection, in
alphabetical order including the guillemot,
the hamstar, the micetro,
the wise camel,
| PEACE LOVE & POTATOES | |
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What's so funny about peace, love and understanding? With drawings largely by the author. Find out more
about the book. |
There's
Trains. There's John Keats. There is Joan of Arc. There
are trucks and boats and ship. With chips.
| NEW & SELECTED POTATOES | |
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This new compilation shows the breadth of his appeal,
with seriously funny, cleverly comic poems on everything
from love, family, France, art and the sea to dogs, dads,
gods, taxidermy, carrots, spectacles and - of course -
potatoes. |
A
greatest hits, best of golden oldies compilation (with
some new stuff).