Part of Stamford Verse Festival
Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. What’s it like to stumble across your birth mother on Facebook? How do you honour the parents who have raised you while satisfying a curiosity about where you came from? Is it telling that you married a social worker?
Wright navigates his audience through a warm and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the wit, pathos, and silliness that has made him one of the most popular live poets in England.
This is a frank account of what it means to be someone’s child told by a performer who really knows what he’s doing. Expect raucous laughter, tear-stained cheeks, and a little smattering of drum n bass.
“A streetwise panache and a sardonic comic verve to rival Stewart Lee.” 5 STARS Telegraph
“Honesty, humour, ire and wonder. He is at the peak of his powers.” 5 STARS The Stage
“His poems shoot arrows through the heart, or leave you dazzled by their virtuosity” 5 STARS List

Important Information
Part of Stamford Verse Festival
Venue: Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre
Tickets: £15 standard
Running Time: 1 hour
Suitable for ages 14+
This is a programmed event
Fri 20 Feb
Kev F Sutherland has written and drawn for Beano, Doctor Who and Marvel comics, and now makes graphic novels a...
Thurs 19 Feb
Join arts facilitator Hannah Peacock for a fun and silly mask making workshop. Create you, inspired by the pop...
Sat 2 May
Part of Stamford Verse Festival Join poet Roger McGough as he performs poems fr...
Sat 21 Feb
Enjoy an exhilarating BMX stunt show, designed to inspire riders of all ages to learn new skills and get out o...
Tues 7 Apr
Philippa takes a long look at the Drama as performed in Stamford, stretching ove...
Wed 28 Jan - Wed 24 Jun
Pint of Poetry Popular open mic event, running since 2012 on the last Wednesday of every month in our Ballroo...
Fri 13 Feb
The internationally acclaimed vocalist Jacqui Dankworth presents her own very sp...
Sat 28 Mar
TYD presents two innovative, exciting and moving one act plays as part of our an...