Luke Wright

Luke Wright is an award-winning poet and performer who has spent over 25 years touring theatres, festivals, pubs and village halls across the UK and beyond. His poems explore family, class, masculinity and the ways politics finds its way into ordinary lives, combining humour with an eye for telling detail. He is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Later Life Letter (Little, Brown, 2026), a book about adoption and family that was longlisted for the 2026 Forward Prize for Best Collection and accompanied by a BBC Radio 4 documentary of the same name. A familiar voice on Radio 4, Luke has also appeared on Saturday Live, The Verb and Front Row. He is a regular tour support for John Cooper Clarke and has written and performed eighteen solo shows.