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BALHAM COMEDY FESTIVAL 2024
JOHN HEGLEY – SOLO SHOW – MONDAY, 15th July
Solo Show
PICTURED: John Hegley
JOHN HEGLEY
“New & Selected Potatoes” – tour show
Performance poet extraordinaire John Hegley is one of the few poets in the UK likely to be recognised in the street and his poetry is just as distinctive. A poet, editor, comedian, musician, songwriter, glasses-wearer and much more, he finds poetry in the everyday and wants to put it back there.
In a career spanning four decades John has captivated and devastated audience all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh Festival, and with countless appearances on radio and television. He has written a number of collections of poetry, ranging from the surreal through the humorous to the personal and emotional. Recurring themes in his poems include, notably, glasses, dogs, romans and reminiscences of his childhood in Luton.
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.
”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.” – THE LIST
TICKETS: £15 plus booking fee
BALHAM COMEDY FESTIVAL – FULL LISTINGS
Banana Cabaret is delighted to bring you our 12th critically acclaimed Balham Comedy Festival from Friday 12th – Saturday 20th July.
It’s 8 nights of choice standup comedy – celebrity and household name acts, rising stars and comedians’ comedians, first-timers and festival favourites, solo shows – there are comedians to satisfy every comic taste, all wrapped cosily in the round at our beautiful venue.
There are two acts on each of the solo show dates. The rip-roaring Best of Banana Cabaret shows each feature four superb comedians plus compere.
Balham Comedy Festival 2024 spans eight nights and features an amazing twenty-five comedians, performing in our home of 41 years, the Bedford’s iconic round Club Room where Banana Cabaret has hosted the likes of Eddie Izzard, Michael McIntyre, Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall, Kerry Godliman and Romesh Ranganathan.
The festival is presented by Banana Cabaret – one of London’s longest-running premier comedy clubs – loved by comics and audiences alike and always one of the best lineups in town – and is co-produced by Banana Cabaret’s Dave Vickers and award-winning comedian John Moloney. Balham Comedy Festival alumni include Lee Mack, Sara Pascoe, Rhod Gilbert, Zoe Lyons, Joe Lycett and more.
MONDAY 15th JULY – EARLY SOLO SHOW: Doors: 6pm / Bowl Foods until 7pm / Show: 7.30pm – 8.30pm. Guests to be seated by 7pm.
*Acts subject to change
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