Nick Hennegan

Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain

Arts EN ↓ 309 episodes

A show from the West End of London, England about pubs, writers, attractions, theatre and a bohemian lifestyle. Includes Best Bohemian Boozers, sometimes. The Edinburgh Festival and occasional Theatre reviews. And how to get life wrong, often.

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Nick Hennegan

Episodes

Edinburgh Fringe update 27.08.2023 1:09

The Edinburgh Fringe tales of a poor bohemian. With The Birth of Frankenstein! https://tinyurl.com/3pzhvdh4

Frankenstein. Saturday update. 06.08.2023 0:54

Saturday night. Previews done. With #Edinburgh #theatre chums, For #thebirthoffrankenstein www.mavericktheatrecompany.com

Last Night In Soho! 01.08.2023 1:12

Well, Chiswick actually... but... www. MaverickTheatreCompany.com

Meet Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and their doubles! 28.07.2023 27:40

Before its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival , Nick Hennegan talks to Teryn Gray, Callum Pardoe and Jamie Patterson , the three actors from The Birth Of Frankenstein , about their background and the characters they play. Further details from www. MaverickTheatreCompany.com

Hennegan and Hemmingway! 21.07.2023 29:04

Celebrating the Birthday of American writer Ernest Hemingway, Nick Hennegan plays recordings of the man himself reading his own works. www. BohemianBritain.com

Vintage Sherlock Holmes! 07.07.2023 29:04

Nick Hennegan plays a rare 1940's recording of a Sherlock Holmes story. "A Scandal in Bohemia!' www. BohemianBritain.com

Celebrating James Joyce! 29.06.2023 29:18

Nick Hennegan celebrates BloomsDay with his first ever reading of Ulysses by James Joyce. BohemianBritain.com

The Kensington and Chelsea Festival. 23.06.2023 29:53

Home to Notting Hill, Grenfell Tower and some of the most expensive property in London, Nick Hennegan talks to Artistic Director Verena Cornwall about a Covid-inspired lock-down success story in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Nick on the BBC! 12.06.2023 8:17

Nick Hennegan , award-winning theatre producer, director and writer, talks to Mya Khan about his production of Two, by Jim Cartwright with Maverick Theatre at The Billesley Pub in Birmingham. www. BohemianBritain.com

The London Library Party, Edinburgh Fringe... and Frankenstein! 02.06.2023 28:14

This time, Nick Hennegan has been at the London Library Summer Party, but is taking The Birth of Frankenstein to the Edinburgh Fringe. .. and invites you to join in the research! www. BohemainBritain.com

Literary Chiswick and Walt Whitman 28.05.2023 29:28

Nick Hennegan is in the Cross Keys Pub in Hammersmith, London W6 and looks at some of the famous local writers and celebrates American Walt Whitman's Birthday! www. BohemianBritain.com

A very unusual, crafty Public House. 27.05.2023 1:31

A house that really is a House for the Public!

An unusual Pub! 26.05.2023 0:48

A new, old bar on a pier in Wales.

Quick update film from Nick! 25.05.2023 1:57

The latest from Aberystwyth! Dave Hickman and the Edinburgh Fringe?

Dylan Thomas, Cerys Matthews and Guy Masterson. Nick Goes Welsh! 12.05.2023 29:27

Nick Hennegan celebrates International Dylan Thomas Day with readings from Cerys Matthews and Guy Masterson. www. BohemianBritain.com

The End of Two... or is it..? 01.05.2023 2:54

A quick look backstage at Maverick Theatre's production of TWO, by Jim Cartwright. This was the last night at the Theatre at the Tabard in Chiswick, London W4. Weeks of standing ovations, sold-out houses and tearful audiences! (For all the right reasons!) Now we tour! The Maverick Theatre Company.

Potter, Bragg, Southwark and suicide. 30.04.2023 29:04

This week on Literary London, Nick Hennegan’s celebrity poem has a moving insight into Lord Melvyn Bragg’s past. He also introduces his Literary Pub of The Week - The George in Southwark, London. www. BohemianBritain.com

Hello from Me! 27.04.2023 1:42

A quick update… x

Celebrating William Shakespeare. 20.04.2023 29:13

Nick Hennegan looks at some facts - and otherwise - about William Shakespeare on his birthday weekend in April. Or was Shakespeare actually born in May? Find out why! Nick also shares his own experiences with The Bard of Avon and plays some classic poems, speeches and music. www. BohemianBritain.com

Celebrating Charlotte Bronte. 14.04.2023 29:44

Nick Hennegan celebrates the birth on 21st April 1816 of Charlotte Bronte. We all know she was the author of Jane Eyre, but she also wrote poetry. Nick looks at her life and poetry.

Easter ‘23 ‘Two’ Update. 08.04.2023 2:33

Nick’s quick update about star actors in Soho and a backstage fire!

TWO - Actors down the Pub! 06.04.2023 29:34

Nick Hennegan talks to actors Claire Louise Amias, Greg Snowden and director Richard Woolnough live from Gerry's Club in Soho , about their forthcoming production, TWO by Jim Cartwright at the Tabard Pub Theatre in Chiswick, London, W4. Cheers! For details, see https://tabard.org.uk/whats-on/two/

Literary (and Irish) requests! 03.04.2023 29:59

This week on 'Literary London' , Nick Hennegan (who, as you will hear, has had his new phone stolen!) plays your requests, with music and poetry from The Pogues, WB Yeats and The Dubliners.

The History of a famous London Bohemian Pub - Part Two. 24.03.2023 29:38

The second part of the 2015 interview when Nick Hennegan talks again to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few! And her memories of Britain's last Official Hangman, Albert Pierrepoint! www....

The History of a London Bohemian Pub - Part One. 17.03.2023 28:46

Nick Hennegan talks to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few! www. BohemianBritain.com 