Thirty-five years after his death, the first unabridged performance of John Lennon’s nonsense poetry will take place at the Edinburgh festival fringe after a crowdfunding campaign reached its target.
Thirty-five years after his death, the first unabridged performance of John Lennon’s nonsense poetry will take place at the Edinburgh festival.
John Lennon with Yoko Ono in 1971.
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Actor Jonathan Glew was granted the rights to former Beatle Lennon’s poetry collection In His Own Write by the Imagine singer’s widow Yoko Ono.
He launched a fundraising drive on website Kickstarter in the hope of raising £5,000 to stage a performance of the Beatle’s poetry at the Edinburgh Festival’s Free Fringe.
A total of £5,423 has now been pledged online and the show, staged by Baldynoggin Productions, will run from August 8 to August 30.
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In a message on the Kickstarter site, Jonathan wrote: “I have loved John Lennon’s ‘In His Own Write’ since I first read it 15 years ago and have long dreamt of bringing it to life on stage. “Having been granted the rights to do just that, I undertake this project with a burning passion and absolute commitment.”
In His Own Write was first published in 1964 and consists of short stories, poems and line drawings which are often surreal and nonsensical.
This year’s Edinburgh fringe will feature another show about the late Beatles star.Lennon: Through a Glass Onion will be part concert and part biography. The former Beatle had links with Scotland’s capital city, spending summers there visiting his aunt and cousin when he was a boy, and returning in later years on holidays with Ono.
