Hello, I’m Luke. I’ve been writing and performing poetry for over 25 years, taking my poems to theatres, festivals, and pubs all over the world.
I’ve made fifteen solo shows, three plays, and I’ve published five collections and six pamphlets — the latest is called Later Life Letter.
I often tour with John Cooper Clarke, sometimes MC for The Libertines, and every now and then you might catch me on Radio 4. My work has been recognised with a Fringe First, a Stage Award, and the 2021 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year.
When I’m not on the road I’m at home in Suffolk, where I am a patron of Bungay Library, INK Festival, and The Fisher Theatre.
Current Projects
2026 sees the release of my fifth collection of poems, Later Life Letter. It’s a book about family, adoption, and ultimately, love. I’ll be taking a show based on the book on tour until the end of the year. Sometime in the Spring I have a radio documentary about Later Life Letters on BBC Radio 4. Book comes out end of January, please help my first week sales by preordering from your local bookshop, if you want to order online then I suggest Foyles.
Press Quotes
“Witty observation and rollicking acuity”
★★★★ Guardian
“His poems shoot arrows through the heart.”
★★★★★ List
“A sharpness and wisdom that lifts the soul and soothes the battered heart.”
★★★★ Scotsman
“A streetwise panache and a sardonic comic verve to rival Stewart Lee.”
★★★★★ Telegraph
“Honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.”
★★★★★ Stage