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Early Bird £8 | Standard £10
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About this event
SproutSpoken is delighted to welcome Luke Wright back after his sell-out visit in 2019.
This time, he brings his brilliant show – The Ballad Seller.
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.
Doors open: 7pm
Show Start: 7.30pm
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Licensed bar available
Age guide: 14+
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. – The Guardian
Wright’s full-throated reverie is spellbinding. – The Mirror
Commissioned by The Inn Crowd
SproutSpoken is kindly supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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