Lemn Sissay OBE is a poet, playwright, memoirist, performer and broadcaster. My Name is Why, his life story is infused with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation’s best-loved poets. This moving, frank and timely performance is the result of a life spent asking questions, and the redemptive power of creativity.

Lemn has read on stage throughout the world, from The Library of Congress in The United States to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, from the Opera House of Dubai to London Palladium and finally  to the heady hights of Wigan library in… Wigan.   Lemn was awarded The Pen Pinter Prize in 2019  when his memoir ‘My Name Is Why’ reached number one in The Sunday Times bestseller list.

Photo credit - Paul Crowther.