WINNER Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer 2021
Back in Georgian times we got our news from poetry. Before papers, broadcasts or the internet, ballad sellers would hawk their doggerel on street corners for a penny. Scandalous affairs, grisly crimes, and colourful characters were brought to life in rhyming verse long before the first tabloid was printed.
Now Luke Wright has rewritten the very best of these stories for the modern ear: take a trip through the Drury Lane gin shops with the Boxing Baroness; filch oysters by the dozen with Dando, the celebrated gormandiser; and escape the Bull Ring with Jemmy the Rockman. Expect scandal, excess, and beautiful flawed humanity.
“His performances rumble with rage, passion and humour. They are also peppered with brilliantly smart observations. You will leave his show brimming with energy, heart pounding and brain whirring.” Guardian
“Wright’s full-throated reverie is spellbinding.” The Mirror
This show was commissioned by The Inn Crowd
Illustration by Martin Rowson
****The poems from this show are now a brand new limited edition book, illustrated throughout by Martin Rowson. Buy your copy here****
On Tour 2023
23 May – Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich
27 July – Thorington Theatre
Past Shows
2021
28 May – The Pound, Corhsam
29 May – Chintz Bar, Falmouth
30 May – The Gaggle of Geese, Buckland Newton
31 May – The Bridge, Langport
11 June – Theatre Shop, Clevedon
12 June – Lighthouse, Poole (matinee)
1 July – Two Sisters Arts Centre, Felixstowe
2 July – Corn Hall, Diss
14 July – Bethnal Green Working Mens’ Club, London
20 July – Harrogate Theatre
27 July – Ventnor Exchange, Ventnor
28 July – Holt Festival
7 August – The Big Little Festival, Ashburton
20 August – The Acorn Theatre, Penzance
23 August – Low House, Laxfield
2 September – Dodington Lodge, Whitchurch
10 October – Komedia Brighton
14 October – The Edge Arts Centre, Manchester
15 October – The Edge Arts Centre, Manchester
17 October – Sprout Spoken Word, Newquay
20 October – Hastings Storytelling Festival
28 October – Coachworks, Ashford
8 December – The Lighthouse, Deal
2022
25 January – Normanton Library, Derby
27 January – Wombwell Library, Barnsley
28 January – Windsor Library, Windsor
9 May – Stahl Theatre, Oundle
