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John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes

Sat 4 Jul 2026

A greatest hits, best of compilation - with some new stuff - from ‘comedy’s poet laureate’ (The Independent).

Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer, John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh Festival, and with numerous appearances on radio and television. This show demonstrates 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.

John Hegley is to potatoes what Wordsworth has been to daffodils’

The Observer

‘a lovely show of stories, music, poetry and silliness’

British Theatre Guide on Biscuit of Destiny

'Just because he is one of the funniest men alive, do not underestimate his dedicated gentleness'

Adrian Mitchell, The New Statesman

Photo credit: Suzi Corker