Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Where
St. Cuthbert's Parish Church,
5 Lothian Road, Edinburgh
EH1 2EP
When
August
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
18.00 and 20.00 (1 hour show)
How Much?
Standard:- £8.00
Concessions:- £6.00
Photo courtesy of Jane Bown
The Best of John Betjemen
The Best of John Betjeman is a celebration of the work of the 20th century’s best selling poet.
John Betjeman achieved huge success during his lifetime and continues to retain his 'National Treasure' status more than twenty years after his death.
Actor and poetry performer Lance Pierson performs both his most popular poems (Slough, Joan Hunter Dunn, The Diary of a Church Mouse) and those he felt were his best (Sunday Morning, King’s Cambridge).
This funny and moving one-man show captures the reasons for Betjeman’s enduring popularity: his gift for writing light verse, his combination of eccentricity and Englishness and his disarming honesty about his own life.
Lance is an experienced actor and poetry performer. He brought his first Betjeman show (John Betjeman’s Life in Verse) to the Fringe last year with great success.
His other shows have appeared at venues as wide ranging as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Oval Cricket Ground and Westminster Abbey.