Fun + filthy poems from someone who knows what they’re doing. If there were any justice he’d be Poet Laureate, or King.

After selling out shows across the country with JOY!, Luke Wright is back with a sticky-floored celebration of the ordinary. Here the poet conjures up a world of Tuesday lunchtimes and small town boozers in poems that burst with inventive language.

Forget your “best life” come and live your worst. These are the kind of poems you can get drunk to, full of audacious rhymes, insane sonic trickery, and big-hearted storytelling. Expect loads of laughs, a few more coins in the swear jar, and a sore head in the morning.

Supported by Colchester Arts Centre

“A streetwise panache that puts dusty laureates to shame and a sardonic comic verve to rival Stewart Lee.” ★★★★★ Telegraph

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

“His poems shoot arrows through the heart, or leave you dazzled by their virtuosity” ★★★★★ List

“Witty observation and rollicking acuity” ★★★★ Guardian

“A sharpness and wisdom that lifts the soul and soothes the battered heart.” ★★★★ Scotsman

Tour Dates

30 March – Laugharne Weekend

26 April – Halesworth, INK Festival

21 June – Lowestoft, First Light Festival

9 Jul  – Holt, Voewood

18 July – Thorington Theatre

30 Jul – 12 August – Edinburgh, Pleasance Theatre

4 Sep – Southampton, Attic

5 Sep – Diss Corn Hall

13 sep – Portland, Royal Manor Theatre

16 Sep – Plymouth Theatre Royal

17 Sep – Plymouth Theatre Royal

2 Oct – Margate, Justine’s

9 Oct – Jersey Arts Centre

11 Oct – Manchester, Edge Theatre

22 Oct – Bath,  Burdall’s Yard

23 Oct – Weston-super-Mare, Front Room

24 Oct – Bridport Arts Centre

25 Oct – Cambridge Junction

1 Nov – Colchester Arts Centre

6 Nov – London, Pleasance

8 Nov – Chesterfield Labour Club

21 Nov – Loughborough, Needle & Pin

22 Nov – Chester Storyhouse

27 Nov – Bungay, Fisher Theatre