Beyond Words: Poetry from South Africa

Sat 7 November, 7:30pm
Saville Exchange, Howard Street, North Shields
£8 (£6 concessions)
Box Office: 0191 643 7093

Apples & Snakes presents

BEYOND WORDS

Five 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, Lesego Rampolokeng, 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."