Kate Tempest is a poet, rapper and playwright from South East London who will be scratching new work in response to the atmospheric space of Summerhall’s Anatomy Lecture Theatre.  Her band Sound of Rum have just released their debut album ‘Balance’ with Sunday Best Recordings.  Her first play ‘Wasted’, a collaboration with new writing theatre company Paines Plough, previewed at Latitude festival and will tour the UK early spring 2012.  She has supported Femi Kuti, Scroobius Pip and John Cooper Clarke. She has worked with Turner prize winning artist Chris Ofili, had her work commissioned by Barnardo’s children charity, has been featured on BBC TV and Radio, and performed internationally, in Berlin, Latvia, New York, Sydney, Austria and Paris, as well as all over the UK.  Her debut spoken word release ‘Broken Herd’, was released on a limited edition run with Pure Groove Records, and sold out within two months of its release.

Please note that this event is taking place on Saturday, not Friday as previously advertised.

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