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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. |
UPCOMING GIGS: AUGUST
John is doing a short run of a week at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Folk Telling is on at 6.00pm from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd August in the main room at the Ukrainian Community Centre.
And along with Patrick Corbett he'll be fitting in a workshop entitled Poems and Rocks in the Scottish Poetry Library on Thursday 21st August at 2.00pm.
The Found Festival takes place at the Claydon Estate, Buckingham, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August. John will be appearing on Saturday 23rd. Note that tickets apply to the whole festival and not individual events.
On Thursday 28th August at 7.00 pm John will be taking New and Selected Potatoes to the Atlantic Islands Centre on the romantic Inner Hebridean island of Luing. Tickets £10 on the door plus whatever it costs to go on the Ferry.
SEPTEMBER GIGS
On Saturday 6th September John teams up with Paul Cookson to headline with "An Evening Without George and Ringo" at the Berkhamsted Poetry Festival. Tickets apply to the whole day from 2.00pm-10.00pm and are a massive bargain at only £17 (£9 students and children).
John (about 9.00pm) follows Jan Brierton (about 8.00pm) onstage on the evening of Friday 12th September at the Morecambe Poetry Festival. You can buy either a festival-wide pass allowing you to watch everything, or an individual ticket just for the Brierton/Hegley event.
On Saturday 20th September at 11am John brings his Writing, Drawing and Drawing out the Creative workshop to Barnaby's Lounge in Hastings as part of the Hastings Book Festival.
Then on the following day Sunday 21st September at 5.00pm he headlines and closes the Festival with New and Selected Potatoes.
On Tuesday 30th September at 7.30pm John is bringing New And Selected Potatoes to Jacksons Lane in London N6.
OCTOBER GIGS
Two events at the beginning of October in Norwich courtesy of the Anteros Foundation: The Further Adventures of Monsieur Robinet on Friday 3rd October at 7.30pm and a Creative Workshop on Saturday 4th at 11.00am.
John hotfoots it from Norwich to appear at the Hartlepool Folk Festival on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October. He has a short spot in the Saturday night cabaret and on Sunday there's an early workshop and a later headline performance of Edinburgh Fringe show Folk Telling. Main ticketing is by day or weekend pass but standalone tickets for Folk Telling are available.
On Sunday 12th October at 7.00pm Folk Telling hits Joanna's Place in Saffron Walden.
LATER GIGS
John will be revisiting old haunts in Bristol when he brings Folk Telling to the Wardrobe Theatre on Friday 14th November at 7.30pm.
On Sunday 23rd November from 1.30-5.30pm Attila the Stockbroker presents John and the Clang Group at London Dublin Castle (view on Facebook).
On Thursday 4th December at 8.00pm there's an evening courtesy of the Islington Folk Club in its usual venue the Brewhouse & Kitchen. Come early to avoid the front row and remember to leave your contact lenses at home. Audience participation obligatory.
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).