An Evening with Murray Lachlan Young

Join us for an evening of satirical soliloquy, rock-n-roll reverie and devastating-ditty as BBC6 music resident poet Murray Lachlan Young presents his stunning  new live up-close and personal show.  A delightful and satirical romp  into the bizarre facets of fame, fashion, people, politics, a mild erotic folk ballad and the space-time continuum. This is unique stand up poetry/spoken word performance, from one of the very best in the business.

Widely regarded as one of the best-known poetry voices in Britain Murray draws and performs material from his new collected works anthology: ‘How Freakin’ Zeitgeist Are You?’ published by Unbound Books .  Acclaimed playwright, actor , screen-writer and poet -extraodinaire,  Murray is celebrated for his hybrid mix of stand-up comedy with delightful commentaries on the bizarreness of contemporary life.  Expect flamboyant, punchy wit and brooding subtext with empathetic humour.

In addition to theatre and  countless summer  festival  appearances  including Glastonbury,WOMAD, Cornbury, Latitude and Edinburgh Festival, Murray  has most recently co-adapted the recent film version of the Dylan Thomas classic: ‘Under Milkwood’ .   Making his name in rock clubs and underground cabaret venues in London in the 1990s he signed to EMI in 1997 releasing the album Vice and Verse.  No stranger to the big screen, Murray has appeared in ‘About A Boy’, ‘Vatel’ and ‘Plunkett & Maclaine’ .His  first stage play, ‘The Incomers’, toured nationally to great acclaim.  

A man whose performance clips have notched up over 250,000 hits on YouTube and known for his numerous appearances and residencies on BBC Radio 2 Arts Show , Radio 4’s Saturday Live, BBC Test Match Special and The Shipping Forecast and even on Newsnight..   Mick Jagger  even recently presented Keith Richards with a CD copy of Murray’s poem,  marking the anniversary of Keith falling out of a coconut tree. Bless. Un-missable.

“Simply brilliant, hysterically funny and strangely moving. " Claudia Winkleman

“A Noel Coward for the Noel Gallagher generation.” The Times

“A rock n roll poet”. Chrissy Hynde

Book signing following the show.

www.murraylachlanyoung.co.uk