Ventnor Fringe: Luke Wright's The Ballad Seller

In Georgian times we got our news from poetry. Before newspapers, ballad sellers would hawk their doggerel on street corners for a penny. Scandalous affairs, grisly crimes, and colourful characters were brought to life in rhyming verse long before the first tabloid was printed.

Now Luke Wright has rewritten the very best of these stories: take a trip through the Drury Lane gin shops with the Boxing Baroness; filch oysters by the dozen with Dando, the celebrated gormandiser; and escape the Bull Ring with Jemmy the Rockman. Expect scandal, excess, and beautiful flawed humanity.

Tuesday 27th July 2021 - 7pm
Tickets £12.00 Under 25 £8.00 Culture Pass/Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+
Book
Venue
The Magpie
Ventnor Putting Green
Park Avenue
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
PO38 1LE