John Hegley
John Hegley is a poet. A brilliant one. His first notable media exposure was the John Peel sessions (Radio One) with Popticians in 1983/4, with songs about spectacles and the misery of human existence.
In 1990 he published 'Glad to Wear Glasses' and since then he has written another twelve collections of verse and prose.
As a performer, he has worked in theatres and comedy clubs around the UK, selling out every year at the 1989 Edinburgh Festival, where he was nominated for a Perrier Award. He has travelled all over the world to read people his poems, including the Montreal and New Zealand Comedy festivals.
His stage act includes poetry, music (he plays the mandolin and is often accompanied by a double bassist) and comedy. He is good at connecting with the audience; sometimes he might hold a dog drawing competition during the interval, or by asking people to think up four-word poems in which the letters of the word LEAF are the first four letters of the words involved, such as 'Let's Eat A Fridge.'
Hegly is renowned for being one of the UK's most innovative comic poets and most gigs he performs at are packed out or sold out. He also once persuaded Neil Kinnock to dance on stage with a paper bag on his head and a potato under his chin whilst he sang a French poem about pommes de terres.
An example of one of his poems:
"When their chihuahua got stuffed
they were really chuffed,
no need to feed her
or walkies on a lead her
no more poop to scoop
and doesn't she look smashing on the mantle piece?
She'll always look at the camera now.
I don't know why we bothered having her alive at all."
Click on link to watch a clip of John Hegley
In 1990 he published 'Glad to Wear Glasses' and since then he has written another twelve collections of verse and prose.
As a performer, he has worked in theatres and comedy clubs around the UK, selling out every year at the 1989 Edinburgh Festival, where he was nominated for a Perrier Award. He has travelled all over the world to read people his poems, including the Montreal and New Zealand Comedy festivals.
His stage act includes poetry, music (he plays the mandolin and is often accompanied by a double bassist) and comedy. He is good at connecting with the audience; sometimes he might hold a dog drawing competition during the interval, or by asking people to think up four-word poems in which the letters of the word LEAF are the first four letters of the words involved, such as 'Let's Eat A Fridge.'
Hegly is renowned for being one of the UK's most innovative comic poets and most gigs he performs at are packed out or sold out. He also once persuaded Neil Kinnock to dance on stage with a paper bag on his head and a potato under his chin whilst he sang a French poem about pommes de terres.
An example of one of his poems:
"When their chihuahua got stuffed
they were really chuffed,
no need to feed her
or walkies on a lead her
no more poop to scoop
and doesn't she look smashing on the mantle piece?
She'll always look at the camera now.
I don't know why we bothered having her alive at all."
Click on link to watch a clip of John Hegley
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