Later Life Letter – Southbank Centre
‘Later Life Letter’, a book of poems, written and performed by Luke Wright, is a quietly extraordinary piece of contemporary, poetic storytelling that reminds us of the power of spoken word when it is rooted in lived experience and delivered with absolute sincerity.
This autobiographical work blends poetry, memoir, and stand-up storytelling to explore Wright’s very personal experience of adoption and the complex questions of identity, belonging, and family that follow him into adulthood. Structured as a reflective “later life letter” (a letter written to adopted children, to be opened at a later point in their life), the show unfolds with clarity and confidence, allowing the poetry to do the emotional heavy lifting without ever tipping into sentimentality. Each piece feels carefully sha...