Paradise

Tempest . . . doesn't just leap off the page, but leaps into your throat and demands to be shouted all the way out.Marlon James

One of the brightest British talents around. [Tempest's] spoken-word performances have the metre and craft of traditional poetry, the kinetic agitation of hip-hop and the intimacy of a whispered heart-to-heart . . . drawing on ancient mythology and sermonic cadence to tell stories of the everydayGuardian

Tempest stitches together words with such animate grace that language acquires an almost tactile quality . . . [An] hypnotically persuasive visionNew York Times

Breathe[s] new life into old classic forms . . . I loved its vision, powerful and merciful.Ali Smith, on Brand New Ancients