Thursday 26th March
LUKE WRIGHT’S LATER LIFE LETTER
+ Steve Lake (Zounds)
£14 | £16 [+10% booking fee]
Doors open 7.30pm | 8pm start
Seated show
Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. What’s it like to stumble across your birth mother on Facebook? How do you honour the parents who have raised you while satisfying a curiosity about where you came from? Is it telling that you married a social worker?
Wright navigates his audience through a warm and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the wit, pathos, and silliness that has made him one of the most popular live poets in England.
This is a frank account of what it means to be someone’s child told by a performer who really knows what he’s doing. Expect raucous laughter, tear-stained cheeks, and a little smattering of drum n bass.
‘Witty observation and rollicking acuity’
The Guardian (4 stars)
‘His poems shoot arrows through the heart.’
The List (5 stars)
‘A sharpness and wisdom that lifts the soul and soothes the battered heart.’
The Scotsman (4 stars)
‘A streetwise panache and a sardonic comic verve to rival Stewart Lee.’
The Telegraph (5 stars)
‘Honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.’
Luke is supported by the legendary Steve Lake (Zounds)
Steve is best known for his work with psychedelic, anarchist, punk group Zounds and his association with Rough Trade and Crass Records. He has long performed poetry and spoken word sets and has recently been touring his show ‘Acts Of Resistance’ based on 1000 years of protest and dissent. Steve also presents the Sound of Unrest Podcast in association with Rockaway Park Arts space in Somerset.
The Stage (5 stars)
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