Reading 2009

Kate Tempest

(Fomerly Excentral Tempest) Kate has been extensively gigging since the age of 16, this South London rapper, poet, and playwright is making a name for herself across the country be it the spoken word, UK Hip Hop or London live music scenes. She has played at some of the largest music festivals - Glastonbury, Big Chill and Leeds Carling Weekend supporting John Cooper Clarke, alongside some of the smallest - The Big Green Gathering. 

She has won poetry slams in New York, she has performed at squat parties, protest marches as well as the more intimate surroundings poetry cafes and pre-show theatre foyer gigs. Passionate and inspired by language she is renowned for her delivery and intelligent content and is currently writing a play, a novel and her own debut album, whilst also contributing to a second EP with her band Sound Of Rum - the beats and rhymes trio.

Stage info

Stage time: 12:15

Alternative Stage
Saturday 29th August, 2009