John Hegley, the star of radio, T.V. and school assemblies, is ready once more to take to road and rail with a clutch of new verses, a few older favourites, and a cardboard camel with a moving jaw.

The biscuits in the show derive from a phrase used by Romantic Poet, John Keats: 'a scarcity of buiscuit' - not the sort of phrase nor spelling you expect from a romantic poet. The show delves into the more eccentric side of Keats, alongside everyday goings-on in the Hegley homes of now and yesteryear. It includes 7 drawings of elephants, myths, discos, daleks, optional community singing and the search for a sense of self-worth. Designed more for adults, but suitable for the odd nine-year-old.

The show won a 'Lustrum Award' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, even though there were no biscuits.

2023 Tour Dates

• Thurs 9 March | WIGAN, Old Courts Theatre

• Fri 10 March | SALE, Waterside

• Sun 2 April | EXETER, Phoenix

• Sun 2 April | EXETER, Phoenix - April Fool’s workshop

• Sat 22 April | BRISTOL, Poetry & Biscuits - family workshop

• Sat 22 April | BRISTOL, Lyra Festival at Arnolfini

• Thurs 27 April | HALIFAX, Square Chapel Arts

• Sat 29 April | CHELTENHAM, Poetry Festival at Cheltenham Playhouse

• Fri 19 May | BUDE, Words of Honour and Biscuits - youth workshop

• Sat 20 May | BUDE, Fish & Ships & Shelly Creatures - workshop

• Sat 20 May | BUDE, Literary Festival at Ivor Potter Hall

• Sat 3 June | READING, South Street - I am a Poetato, family show

• Sat 3 June | READING, South Street

• Sun 16 July | FROME, Library - family workshop

• Sun 16 July | FROME, Merlin Theatre

• Thurs 20 July | SHEFFIELD, Playhouse

• Sat 22 July | DEAL, Astor Theatre

• Fri 15 Sept | YORK, Stillington Mill

• Sat 21 Oct | SOUTHAMPTON, The Attic

• Tues 31 Oct | LONDON, Guy’s Chapel - workshop

• Tues 31 Oct | LONDON, Guy’s Chapel

2024

• Fri 9 Feb | OTLEY, Courthouse

• Tues 13 Feb | LONDON, Wilton’s Music Hall - Love Songs and Poems and Animal Drawings show

• Fri 22 Mar | BATH, Burdall’s Yard

• Sat 23 Mar | BATH, Burdall’s Yard - I am a Poetato, family show

• Sun 31 Mar | PEMBROKESHIRE, Rhosygilwen

Show credits

Writer & Performer: John Hegley
Producer: Tom MacAndrew

If you would like to book a performance, please get in touch.