Name: John Hegley New & Selected Potatoes
Start: 2025-12-06T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Samuel Worth Chapel

A greatest hits, best of golden oldies compilation (with some new stuff) from ‘Comedy’s poet laureate’ (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 new compilation shows the breadth of his appeal, with seriously funny, cleverly comic poems on every-thing from love, family, France, art and the sea to dogs, dads, gods, taxidermy, carrots, spectacles and – of course – potatoes.
His Bloodaxe New & Selected Potatoes includes work from several of his books, but not from his latest collection of new poems, Peace, Love & Potatoes (Serpent’s Tail), one of the biggest selling poetry titles of 2012. His previous books include two other poetry bestsellers, My Dog Is a Carrot and Uncut Confetti.
‘Fabulously funny’ – Time Out.
‘Scandalously talented’ – Sunday Times.
‘John Hegley is to potatoes what Wordsworth has been
to daffodils’ – Observer.
‘A mainstay of the alternative comedy scene…
an incurable entertainer’ – Guardian.
‘Consistently plain-speaking yet metaphysical, mordant yet
mellifluous, experimental yet traditional…he speaks many
a true word in jest…one of our most entertaining and
communicative poets’ – MICHAEL HOROVITZ, Telegraph.
Tickets: £15.00 + Booking fee
Event Details
Doors: 7.30pm
Performance: 8.00pm
Location: The Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield, S11 8NT
Accessibility: The Samuel Worth Chapel is fully accessible.
Facilities: The Samuel Worth Chapel has a fully licensed bar selling local beers, wine and spirits.
Tickets: All tickets are sold online via Ticketsource. No tickets are available on the door.
Please note, bags will be checked upon entry.
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Thank You
This is a volunteer-led fundraising event for Sheffield General Cemetery Trust (Registered Charity Number: 1103158) with all proceeds going towards the charitable aims of the Trust. We thank you for your ongoing support in preserving this special place for generations to come.