"One of the brightest British talents around. Her 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 everyday." -- The Guardian "Gorgeous streams of words . Image after image that sears itself into your consciousness . Ms. Tempest stitches together words with such animate grace that language acquires an almost tactile quality, and the drama she unfolds . soars to operatic dimensions.

" -- Christopher Isherwood, New York Times on Brand New Ancients "One of the brightest British talents around. Her 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 everyday." -- The Guardian "Gorgeous streams of words . Image after image that sears itself into your consciousness . Ms. Tempest stitches together words with such animate grace that language acquires an almost tactile quality, and the drama she unfolds . soars to operatic dimensions.

" -- Christopher Isherwood, New York Times on Brand New Ancients.