PARADISE

''Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.'' New York Times

Philoctetes lives in a cave on a desolate island: the wartime hero is now a wounded outcast. Stranded for ten years, he sees a chance of escape when a young so
ldier appears with tales of Philoctetes'' past glories. But with hope comes suspicion - and, as an old enemy emerges, he is faced with an even greater temptation: revenge.

Kae Tempest is now widely acknowledged as a revolutionary force in co
ntemporary British poetry, music and drama; they continue to expand the range of their work with a new version of Sophocles'' Philoctetes in a bold new translation. Like Brand New Ancients before it, Paradise shows Tempest''s gift for lending the old
tales an immediate contemporary relevance - and will find this timeless story a wide new audience.