Following his rave reviewed performances of What I Learned From Johnny Bevan (2016), The Toll (2017) and Frankie Vah (2018) we are thrilled to welcome Luke Wright back to Barbican Theatre with his new performance “Poet Laureate”
There was a collective gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts across the land when Wrighty didn’t get the royal nod to take up the position of Poet Laureate this year. Still, he’s an irrepressible sort of chap, so he’s bought his own sherry and hit the road with a show the critics are calling his best yet.
Luke Wright is on a mission to write poems to unite a nation divided by austerity and Brexit. Can it be done? Can one poet ever really represent an entire nation?
Big-hearted and quick witted, Wright’s poems have been lauded by everyone from Patti Smith to The Libertines. A Fringe First and Stage Award winner, Wright is truly a wordsmith and raconteur at the top of his game.
Commissioned by The Inn Crowd
Support Acts:
Alexander Rhodes
Alexander Rhodes is fresh (relatively speaking) off of the back of a UK tour, and a full run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his award-winning One Foot In The Rave. He is returning to the Barbican Theatre to support Luke Wright for the third year running.
Find out more at www.alexanderrhodes.me.uk
“warmth, good humour and clever observations. He has the rare skill to blend comedy and poignancy….he is highly regarded as a poet and performer on the national stage” Sarah-Jane Arbury
“A sharp, confident performer with excellent material” Attila The Stockbroker
Antonia Raines
Antonia Raines is a performance poet from Plymouth. She’s gigged her way around cider fuelled Devonian fields, dingy Edinburgh basements and sunny beaches in France. Antonia casts fresh light on topics such as femininity, austerity and the media while calling out the blips and oppressions she sees as present in a number of faulty systems. Her one true love? Pam Ayres.
‘Antonia’s words incite laughter and catharsis. They are a jagged, joyful medicine which she administers with disarming humanity.’ – Maz – The Spoils Collective
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