The Ballad Seller – Luke Wright

SproutSpoken welcomes back the brilliant Luke Wright with his tour-de-force spoken word show.

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: 6.45pm
Show Start: 7.30pm
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Please note that the venue is semi alfresco (canopy cover).
Hot food/snacks and licensed bar available.
Age guide: 14+
ALSO: Don’t miss out on Luke’s WordWorks workshop earlier in the day!
https://cornwall365.com/events/sproutspoken-pagecraft-to-stagecraft-2/

“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

Illustrations by Martin Rowson. Photo by Andrew Florides.
Commissioned by The Inn Crowd.

www.lukewright.co.uk

SproutSpoken is kindly supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.