John Hegley: Uncut Confetti

‘A Beat poet’s style and a philosopher’s grace … more Elvis Costello than Alan Bennett’ The Independent

 ‘Just because he is one of the funniest men alive, don’t underestimate his dedicated gentleness’ Adrian Mitchell New Statesman

Singer, sometime Poptician, poet & stand-up John Hegley is an Edinburgh Festival regular who has also appeared in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Zanzibar and Luton  -  the small town of his upbringing. He has nine books to his name, two albums and one mug. He has performed on the radio in five series of his own devising and on telly with just about everyone.

Uncut Confetti is a performance of verses and drawings from the recent title volume; the mood moves from raucous to reflective, the setting from Bedfordshire to Africa. Meditations and a mixture of moods reflective, detective, sweet & sour; a dose of fluttering delight.

John Hegley was born in 1953 in Newington Green, and moved to Luton at an early age. After leaving school he worked as a bus conductor and social security clerk, until he went to Bradford University, eking out his grant by working as a nurse in a local mental hospital. His first notable media exposure was the John Peel sessions (Radio One) with The Popticians in 1983/4, with songs about spectacles and the misery of human existence. After publishing 'Glad to Wear Glasses' in 1990 another six titles followed filled with verse, prose, drawings drama and photographs of potatoes, and the CD 'Saint and Blurry'. In 2000, John received an honorary Arts Doctorate from Luton University and had his most notable live engagement in a women's prison, Medellin, Columbia.

For more information or images please contact Deborah Le on 0208 279 1002, e-mail dle@stratford-circus.com