Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter

A funny, touching and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton.

Winner of the New York Radio Festivals Award 2025 for his collaboration
with Andrew McGibbon on their acclaimed Radio 4 play When Alan met
Ray, starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, Ian returns to Canal
Cafe with his sell out Edinburgh Fringe comedy play about growing up in
Wolverhampton in the 1970s.

He looks back at his deluded teenage years. Being a trainee butcher at
the Co-op is only a temporary situation before he reveals his true artistic
talents to the world. No careers officer or personnel manager is going to
stop him producing his rock album, publishing his poetry or mounting
his first exhibition. A world of awkward romantic relationships, Sex Pistols, Crossroads and Angel Delight.

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Written, Directed and Performed by Ian Pearce

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Running time: Approx 60 minutes

Ages Guidance: Ages 12+

Contains strong language. 

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“This show is like being walloped on the head with a frying pan full of
nostalgic loveliness” – George Fouracres, 2019

“Completely engaging and utterly compelling” –  Marc Wootton, 2022

“Ian Pearce is a master storyteller” – Edinburgh fringe, 2019