Thursday 6th March
LUKE WRIGHT ‘JOY’
£13 | £15 [+10% booking fee]
Doors open 7.30pm | 8pm start – tickets available on the door
Seated 14+ show | U16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult
Support by Michelle Scally Clarke
Following the smash hit success of his Silver Jubilee show (‘the best thing he’s done and that’s saying something.’ 5 STARS Telegraph) Luke Wright returns with a new set poems that get to grips with the idea of JOY. Is it possible, as a 42 year old to feel pure unbridled happiness, and what does it look like?
The French novelist Henry de Montherlant said that ‘happiness writes white’ but Wright’s not exactly starting with a blank page. With a mix of the of the comic and the wistful, JOY takes in consumerism, boozing, cancer scares, abseiling vicars, and the joy of language itself. We might have to go down to come up, but we’ll get there in the end. Come let a little joy into your life with a raconteur and wordsmith at the top of his game.
‘Breathtaking … with a sharpness and wisdom that lifts the soul, and soothes the battered heart.’ 4 STARS The Scotsman
‘A winning combination of honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.’ 5 STARS The Stage
‘Britain’s finest performance poet.’ 5 STARS Life As Theatre
Supported by Colchester Arts Centre
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