14 November - 16 November
£15, £12
Production Company: A Kate Tempest and Battersea Arts Centre co-production. Co-commissioned by the Albany.
Playwright: by Kate Tempest
Lead Quote: The gods are in the betting shops, the gods are in the café,
,The gods can’t afford the deposit on their flat …
,Winged sandals tearing up the pavement,
,Me, you, everyone, Brand New Ancients.
Reviews: ****
, ”A genuinely galvanizing presence.”
,_Guardian_
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,****
,“A truly fresh and compelling voice”
,_Evening Standard_
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,****
,“One of the key players in the future development of spoken word and live theatre”
,_Whatsonstage.com_
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,****
,“A dazzling tapestry of ideas and settings: genuine, exact and lethal”
,_The Public Reviews_
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<p>Poet and spoken word artist Kate Tempest tells an everyday epic over an exhilarating live score played by tuba, cello, violin, drums and electronics, that finds the gods of today all around us and reveals that our true heroes are much closer than we think.</p>
<p>Running time: 75 mins<br />
Age guidance: 14+
<span class="stars-4">4 stars</span> <strong>“A truly fresh and compelling voice”</strong><br />
<em>Evening Standard</em> </p>
<p><em>Brand New Ancients</em> opened at Battersea Arts Centre last year, playing to full houses and critical acclaim, winning the Ted Hughes Poetry Award this year. In August, the production played at the Traverse as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, winning a Herald Angel Award.</p>
<p><strong>Kate Tempest</strong> grew up in South-East London, where she still lives. Starting out as a rapper, she toured the spoken word circuit for a number of years, and now works as a poet and playwright. Her work includes Balance, her first album with her band Sound of Rum; Everything Speaks in its Own Way, a collection of poems with a CD and <span class="caps">DVD</span> of a live performance; GlassHouse, a play for Cardboard Citizens; and the plays Wasted and Hopelessly Devoted for Paines Plough.<br />
She is currently working on a new collection of poems to be published by Picador, a novel, music collaborations with producer duo letthemusicplay, and a new solo record with music producer Dan Carey.</p>
<p><strong>Tickets on sale for Friends at 10am 24 September</strong><br />
<strong>Tickets on sale for General Public at 10am 25 September</strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="caps">TOUR</span> <span class="caps">DATES</span></strong><br />
14-16 November 2013<br />
Royal Court Theatre</p>
<p>16 December 2013<br />
<a href="http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/">Spitalfields Winter Music Festival</a> <br />
Box Office 020 7377 1362</p>
<p>2 January 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.youngvic.org/">Young Vic Theatre</a> </p>
<p>7 January 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.lyric.co.uk/">Lyric Hammersmith</a></p>
<p>29 January 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/">Southbank Centre</a></p>
<p>14-15 February 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.macarts.co.uk/"><span class="caps">MAC</span> Birmingham</a></p>
<p>21-22 February 2014<br />
<a href="http://contactmcr.com/">Contact, Manchester</a></p>
<p>25-26 February 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.thenorthwall.com/">The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford</a></p>
<p>28 February 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.wyp.org.uk/">West Yorkshire Playhouse</a></p>
<p>1 March 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/">Hackney Empire</a></p>
<p>7-8 March 2014<br />
<a href="http://brightondome.org/">Brighton Dome</a></p>
<p>10 March 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.roh.org.uk/">The Linbury Studio at Royal Opera House</a></p>
<p>20 March 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.harrowarts.com/">Harrow Arts Centre</a></p>
<p>22 March 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.thealbany.org.uk/">The Albany</a></p>
<p>18-20 April 2014<br />
<a href="https://www.bac.org.uk/">Battersea Arts Centre</a></p>
<p>A Kate Tempest and Battersea Arts Centre co-production.<br />
Co-commissioned by the Albany. Supported by Arts Council England</p>
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