Sunday, 5 October 2014

kate tempest poet

A brilliant 'young' poet (she's not yet 40) is Kate Tempest:
Kate Tempest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kate Tempest
pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Kate_Tempest

She's been at this year's Exter Poetry Festival:
Kate Tempest | Exeter Poetry Festival

She's presented programmes on the BBC:
BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, More than a Desert


Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored

Kate Tempest – the first person under 40 to win the Ted Hughes award for innovation in poetry – explains how hip-hop, rap and raves led her to write an hour-long spoken story set to music
Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored | Stage | The Guardian



Poet and rapper Kate Tempest brings us an epic spoken tale of the everyday Gods. Accompanied by a live quartet of violin, cello, percussion and tuba, Brand New Ancients is the story of everyday epics and small heroics.

Brand New Ancients by Kate Tempest - YouTube
Brand New Ancients On Film - Part 1 - YouTube

More extraordinary performances on video:
Kate Tempest, performance poet (video) - Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

You will know Shakespeare's Tempest:
Al Pacino-merchant of venice.mp4 - YouTube
The Merchant of Venice (Summary) - YouTube

Here is Kate Tempest rapping Shakespeare's Tempest:
Spoken-word synopsis | Royal Shakespeare Company | Theatre
www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/rsc_mer_synopsis_kt_2011.pdf

And:
teaching-resource/the-merchant-of-venice-2011
the-merchant-of-venice-a-spoken-word-synopsis-by-kate-tempest

See also:
Jay Doubleyou: shakespeare
Jay Doubleyou: performing poetry
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