Luke Wright: Joy!

Literature
Saturday 15th February 2025

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £16 | Plus Support from Ann Grant | Malt Room Cabaret

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Following the smash hit success of his Silver Jubilee show (“the best thing he’s done and that’s saying something.” ★★★★★ Telegraph) Luke Wright returns with a new set of 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 comic and the wistful, JOY takes in consumerism, boozing, cancer scares, abseiling vicars, while ultimately looking at 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.” ★★★★ The Scotsman

“A winning combination of honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.” ★★★★★ The Stage

“Britain’s finest performance poet.” ★★★★★ Life As Theatre 

Supported by Colchester Arts Centre

Support Artist 

Ann Grant is a Cumbria based poet and workshop facilitator living with multiple sclerosis. Her poems have been included in The Poeming Pigeon, This Place I Know by Handstand Press, Survivor UK Zine CSA issue, Ink, Sweat & Tears and Under the Radar. Her poems also feature on sonic albums by Clutter and Some Some Unicorn. She is a member of Kendal based band Baa Chords. She hosts Verbalise spoken word open mics at Brewery Arts.

If you want to find out more about Luke Wright, click here.

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