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I'm making a decision. I'm changing things. This is it. Three old friends in their mid-twenties. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, it's time to seize control. Make a difference. Change things. This is it.A day trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The rapid fire words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, sound-tracked by an exhilarating score.The drama mixes rap-style poetry delivered with microphones and self-reflexive addresses to the audience.A play about love, life and losing your mind, and the first play from one of the UK's most exciting performance poets, Kate Tempest.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Kae Tempest is a poet. He is also a writer, a lyricist, a performer and a recording artist. He has published plays, poems, a novel, a book length non-fiction essay, released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. He received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos and two Ivor Novello nominations for his song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. He was named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once in a decade accolade. He received the Ted Hughes Award for his longform narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D'Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for his work as a playwright. His books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. He was born in London in 1985 where he still lives. He hopes to continue putting words together for a long time.
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Zusammenfassung
Wasted is the first play by renowned performance poet Kae Tempest, featuring his trademark lyrical ferocity in a dynamic theatrical work.
