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Luke Wright has long been an important figure on the British live poetry circuit. Arguably responsible for inventing “themed” theatrical poetry shows with the help of his cohorts in Aisle 16 — a show that presented the artform as an ironic series of motivational business talks — he’s also been broadcast on Channel 4 and is in the rare position of being able to earn a living purely from his popular live work alone.
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan is his current award-winning poetry show and book. Using the expensive and offensive fictional festival Urbania on abandoned sink estate the Grooms as the springboard for its narrative, it’s an energetic yet heartrending piece of work.
Flashing back to a 1990s student friendship between the comfortable, middle-class Colchester boy Nick and the Grooms estate dwelling Bevan, it reveals what happens to their lives in the aftermath of Blair’s victory.
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