Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain
Lifestyle tales from the city
A new theatre production is always a big deal… possibly more so in smaller studio theatres like the Tabard in London, Chiswick W4, than in the West End, where finances are possibly less ‘life or death’.
This is a new, two hander and I went to the press night. And managed to get the cast and creatives into the reception area of the theatre for a quick chat. Here it is! Notice another local business offering drinks…
Show Review HERE.
This time Nick Hennegan celebrates Literary birthdays in January. With Virgina Woolf, JRR Tolkien and Monty Python’s Terry Jones’ music and material.
Nick Hennegan, a recent fan of Robert Burns since he wrote the Edinburgh (NOT London!) Literary Pub Crawl presents a celebration of Burns Night, the annual celebration of the Scottish poet.
Another fantastic night out in Fitzrovia and Soho with The London Literary Pub Crawl. This time we had cybersecurity company owners, Silicon Valley giants … and published poets, from the USA and Australia. Join us every week and make lovely new friends.
Celebrating another New Year, Nick Hennegan plays your literary requests which include Beat Poets, Dylan Thomas and West End Musicals.
SO! 2026 -will see the first London People’s Theatre Company (an idea originally presented in Birmingham… Britain’s Second City!)
We’re planning two new original productions.
A reprint of the Maverick Theatre story book will be available.
There will be a tour of the show that started it all. This is ‘Henry V – Lion of England.’ The tour will take place in the autumn.
Plus the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – and the London Literary Pub Crawl is now out twice weekly!
This retirement lark isn’t going too well..! 😊
Love, Nick.
I thought I’d add our Maverick Theatre newsletter here… with some extra photos!
A personal message from Artistic Director Nick Hennegan.
“Thank you so much for your support – and for being on our newsletter list!
2025 was a frantic year – I had to move home (A BIT stressful!) although fortunately we still have our lovely Maverick broom cupboard … sorry, office!
We created the first demo episodes of our audio drama. ‘George Holmes and the Seven Dimensions’ showcases a brilliantly talented young cast.
Then we reprised my award-winning play ‘A Ghost of A Chance’ with an equally brilliant cast at the Tabard Theatre in Chiswick at Easter.
(The Tabard won London Pub Theatre of the Year for 2025! Well deserved. Clever Them!)
Thanks to Bob Paisley, and Central Standard Theatre, I went to the beautiful Kansas City, Missouri , USA (there’s a difference between that one and Kansas City, Kansas, I now know… I think!)
I met some lovely creative people and saw some great theatre at the BlackBox Theatre where we created a new, multi-media, multi-city Literary Pub Crawl (coming to an online screen near you very soon!)
Then we were at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the summer.
We started Thursday evening ‘London Literary Pub Crawls’ around Soho and Fitzrovia.
And we ended the year raising seed funds for the first ever London People’s Theatre Company.
For the sixth year in a row, the version of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol‘ I Adapted and Directed is once again selling out theatres in the UK. Performed and Produced by Olivier-Award Winner, Guy Masterson.
I started to take part in my first NotNanNoWriMo, where you write 50,000 words of a novel in a month. I got to 37,000 words, but I did start ten days late. Soooo…! Watch this space!
Phew!
So in 2026 – we are presenting the first ever Maverick People’s Theatre Company production in London – ‘Romeo and Juliet F.C.’
We are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the play that started it all. ‘Henry V – Lion of England’ will have a UK and overseas tour in the autumn. And a number of on-line projects which I hope you might like.
We are once again running our Diploma in Creative Producing three evenings a week. It’s online for anyone who wants to make their own Theatre.
Oh… and my messy little blog, BohemianBritain.com (The one you’re reading now!) has been voted Number Two of the Top Ten Bohemian Blogs in the world! Get me!
I have another couple of mad ideas. Which might create a new female-focused musical. And also lead to a unique celebration of Birmingham AND London!
Maverick is a tiny not-for-profit charity started in 1994 on a Birmingham (Britain’s Second City, by the way!) council estate housing project, so your support – just being here – is hugely appreciated.
Have a lovely and peaceful Christmas. And hopefully we will see you live (or virtually) soon!
Oh, here’s the main website if you want to know more… www.MaverickTheatreCompany.com
(And I’ve cheekily added a donation box if you fancy helping out our little endeavours!)
Yo-Ho-Ho! See you next year ❤️”
Nick Hennegan. x
Artistic Director (and tea boy.)
The Maverick Theatre Company.
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In the final ‘Literary London’ show of 2025, Nick Hennegan presents two Christmas classics! Part of his OWN version of A Christmas Carol, preformed by Olivier Award Winner Guy Masterson, and the Welsh Wizard Dylan Thomas, reading his own ‘A Childs Christmas in Wales’
Happy Holidays!
On our last outing of 2025, here are 10 happy faces from around the world at the Newman Arms Pub, Fitzrovia, London W1. Shortly before the ‘lightweights’ started to fall by the wayside.
(Writer Richard was leading. He boasts he’s put the “Pub Crawl” back into the London Literary Pub Crawl!)
Happy holidays – and see you in 2026.
Cheers!
Nick, Richard and all at the Maverick Theatre Company.
