Apples & Snakes presents Beyond Words: New Poetry From South Africa Live On Tour
Four incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by South African Poet Laureate and renowned exile campaigner Keorapetse Kgositsile, the show premieres specially commissioned new work. This is a blistering introduction to the new South Africa and to the power of live poetry in performance.
Apples & Snakes presents
Beyond Words: New Poetry From South Africa Live On Tour
Four incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by South African Poet Laureate and renowned exile campaigner Keorapetse Kgositsile, the show premieres specially commissioned new work. This is a blistering introduction to the new South Africa and to the power of live poetry in performance.
Featuring some of the most exciting voices of South Africa in the twenty first century - Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebo Mashile, Don Mattera and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers.
Keorapetse Kgositsile (South African Poet Laureate): "I think an exchange of literature among peoples has better chances of building understanding and friendship than any diplomatic missions could ever achieve."
Linton Kwesi Johnson "It is a very impressive line up of some of South Africa’s finest and most powerful poets."
4 November Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX
7.45pm, £10 Box office: 0871 663 2500 / www.southbankcentre.co.uk
7 November Saville Exchange, Howard Street, North Shields NE30 1SE
7.30pm £8 (£6 concession) Box office 0191 643 7093
10 November The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG
8pm £8 (£5 concession) Box office: 020 8692 4446 / www.thealbany.org.uk
Four incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by South African Poet Laureate and renowned exile campaigner Keorapetse Kgositsile, the show premieres specially commissioned new work. This is a blistering introduction to the new South Africa and to the power of live poetry in performance.
