Luke Wright (poet)

Luke Wright
Luke Wright performing at Howl, Poetry Link Chelmsford 2009. Image by Caroline Joy Watson
Occupation	Poet,
Nationality	United Kingdom
Website
www.lukewright.co.uk

Luke Wright (born 1982) is a British poet, performer, publisher, curator and broadcaster.

Life and career

Raised in north-east Essex, Wright is an alumnus of the Colchester 6th Form College.^[1] There, he began writing and performing poetry aged 17 after seeing Martin Newell and John Cooper Clarke perform.^[2]

He formed poetry collective Aisle16 with Ross Sutherland in 2000.^[3] Aisle16 created three poetry/theatre shows uses video and projections: Powerpoint (2004), Poetry Boyband (2005) and Aisle16's Services To Poetry (2006). Services to Poetry was commissioned by Candida Lycett Green to commemorate the centenary of her father, John Betjeman's, birth. It was made into a film. Aisle16 have continued to develop new ensemble work via their London-based "literary cabaret" night HOMEWORK.^[4] Wright has been involved in a number of these and in 2011 returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with Aisle16 members Tim Clare and John Osborne for Aisle16 R Kool.

in 2006 he began creating solo shows of his poetry.^[5] By 2015 he had created nine.^[6] He is the author of several books and pamphlets.Wright tours as support act for John Cooper Clarke.^[7]

Since 2006 Wright has curated the Poetry Arena at Latitude Festival.^[8] In 2007 Wright also hosted and programmed "Luke Wright's Poetry Party" in The Meadows In Edinburgh over two days in August, it was the Fringe Festival's first dedicated poetry venue in its sixty year history.

In 2009 Wright set-up Nasty Little Press, an independent publishing house focusing on poets better known for their live performance work.^[9]

Stage Shows

Powerpoint, 2004 (with Aisle16)^[10]
Poetry Boyband, 2005 (with Aisle16)^[11]
Poet Laureate, 2006^[12]
Aisle16's Services to Poetry, 2007 (with Aisle16)^[13]
Poet & Man, 2007^[14]
A Poet's Work Is Never Done, 2008^[15]
Who Writes This Crap?, 2008 (with Joel Stickley)^[16]
The Petty Concerns of Luke Wright, 2009^[17]
Luke Wright's Cynical Ballads, 2011^[18]
Aisle16 R Kool, 2011 (with Aisle16)^[19]
Your New Favourite Poet, 2012^[20]
Essex Lion, 2013^[21]
Stay-at-Home Dandy, 2015^[22]
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, 2015^[23]

Publications

Live From The Hellfire Club, (with Aisle16) - 2005, Egg Box
Who Writes This Crap? (with Joel Stickley) - 2007, Penguin (also a live show in 2008)
High Performance - 2009, Nasty Little Press
The Vile Ascent of Lucien Gore and What The People Did - 2011, Nasty Little Press
Mondeo Man, 2013, Penned in the Margins^[24]

References