John Hegley

Equally at home on national airwaves or in intimate venues such as this one, John Hegley has spent three decades bewildering the nation with poems about dogs, glasses, vegetables, and dogs that are vegetables.

The accolade of 'national treasure' would undoubtedly bring a blush to his boyish cheek, but would be well-deserved nonetheless. If you like poems that do things you're not expecting, and songs accompanied by frenzied mandolin mayhem, then tonight's your lucky night.