Pub Grub as the opening poem, the sometimes-need to slum it a bit, to ignore the fine dining and go for the comfort food. And if there's a theme then maybe that's it, but this show ranges far and wide, covering family and friends and the past and telling stories. All done with sparkling verses and bucket loads of humour.
There's also fun ways for Wright to show off his technical mastery of the language and form. A poem using no vowels but 'O'. Another where every noun, vern, adjective and adverb staerts with 'D'. And then there's the pub joke - an old fashioned one, mildly amusing at first telling. But as the show goes on further versions emerge, five in total, so that the joy of wordplay becomes far funnier than the joke itself.
It's a joyful hour, witty, clever, and sometime sthought provoking. With the ocaasional groan at the lunguistic tortuosity he indulges in to make hsi monovowel verses work out!
I've loved Luke's work since first seeing him over a decade ago, and this show is one of his best. Not to be missed.
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