Kate Tempest
Red Pill Presents
Kate Tempest
The Bricks That Built The Houses With Jan Carson
Red Pill Presents
Abby Oliveira , Erin Fornoff & Alice McCullough
Crescent Arts Centre Thursday 9 June – 8.30-9.30pm Tickets : £ 8 /£ 6
Crescent Arts Centre Thursday 9 June – 10pm Tickets : £ 4
Kate Tempest is an award-winning poet ( her epic poem Brand New Ancients won the Ted Hughes Prize for poetry in 2013 ) and rapper nominated for the Mercury Music Prize 2014 . A storyteller of extraordinary power and humanity , she is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting and distinctive voices of her generation . Her debut novel , The Bricks that Built the Houses , explores a cross-section of contemporary urban life with a powerful moral microscope , giving us intimate stories of hidden lives , and showing us that good intentions don ’ t always lead to the right decisions . Taking us into the homes and hearts of ordinary people , their families and their communities , Tempest exposes moments of beauty , disappointment , ambition and failure and questions how we live with and love one another . She talks about her novel and her work .
Red Pill are proud to present three of this island ’ s top spoken word voices coming together for the first time in this special showcase . Award-winning trailblazers , each of these three poets have made their mark not just in their home towns of Derry , Dublin and Belfast , but on the world stage . A rare treat for any spoken word fan . Not to be missed
‘ Powerful and merciful ’ Ali Smith
‘ Mesmerising . A genuinely galvanising presence ’ Guardian
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‘ A talent that knows no bounds ’ Independent