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Article: THEATRE; John Hegley Liverpool Everyman.(Arts)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2001
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Byline: Peter Grant
AN EVENING with John Hegley is based on poetry - but there's rhyme and reason to the madness that follows.
John is well loved on Merseyside because he has all the elements we respect and admire. He builds up an intimacy with theatregoers of all ages and he treats them to more than two hours of self-effacing humour and his astonishing talent with words.
John is a class act making standup poetry look so easy. Yet, when he asked the audience to join in, they readily contributed to his prescripted spontaneity. When he sings with his mandolin, it is simply magical on the urban and urbane Luton Bungalow and the desperately moving ...