BRAND NEW ANCIENTS

Adapted by Florence Espeut-Nickless for a 20-person cast, Brand New Ancients is Kae Tempest’s swirling, award-winning epic, told through the pulsating poetry and music, where the lives of ordinary people are illuminated with the power of the gods.  

In the clamorous sprawl of a city, two families become entangled through love, betrayal and survival. A pair of divided half-brothers, Clive, drawn into crime and anger, and Tommy, a comic-loving dreamer, converge in a moment of violence, whilst a courageous act of mythic defiance recalls the most potent stories of legend. 

In this world – our world – Tempest shows us that the most ancient myths are living truths, echoing through our everyday struggles with love, loneliness, violence and hope.