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Kae Tempest finds release in a cathartic Astor Theatre performance

9 June 2026

Kae Tempest delivers a moving, beat-heavy Astor Theatre set, finding transcendence, vulnerability and release in an imperfect but uplifting performance.

A singer is lost in the moment, eyes closed, one hand on their chest, the other holding a microphone. This is Kae Tempest performing at Perth Festival. Tempest takes our breath away

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Tempest takes our breath away

16 February 2023

Poet and musician Kae Tempest starts their Australian tour in Perth with a breathtaking show. Ara Jansen is happy to be deprived of oxygen.

Always was, always will be…

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. Continue

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Kae Tempest finds release in a cathartic Astor Theatre performance

Tempest takes our breath away

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
Continue