John Hegley - New And Selected Potatoes

New and Selected Potatoes is the spud-in-cheek title of the Bloodaxe compilation from 10 volumes which is here added-to by further new pieces, focussing on the author's educational work and storytelling.

Mandolin accompaniment is now expanded to include a Portuguese cavaquinho and a train whistle and in places audiences are invited to participate, emotionally.

The Observer commented 'Hegley is to potatoes what Wordsworth has been to daffodils' - although there is more about Keats than Wordsworth in the show.

There is much about family and foolhardiness in an evening designed for adults, but not unsuitable for the odd nine-year-old.