{"title": "An Evening With David Byrne: Sleeping Beauties", "start": "2026-11-08T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hackney Empire", "address": "Mare Street 291, E8 1EJ London", "price": "£23.99 - £71.99 (plus £1.50 per ticket online, and over the phone)", "price_from": "23.99", "price_to": "71.99", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/non-fiction", "diy"], "description": "An Evening With David Byrne: Sleeping Beauties is a solo talk in which David Byrne presents ideas from his forthcoming book, Sleeping Beauties. Byrne, who co-founded Talking Heads in 1975 and has worked across music, film, theatre, photography and visual art, is described as one of the most original and influential artists of the last half century. The talk explores why some transformative discoveries, inventions and works of art, from continental drift and dark matter to Bach, Vermeer and Melville, were overlooked in their own time, while others flourish almost instantly. 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It is presented by Apples and Snakes, the national organisation for performance poetry, and spotlights the transformative origins, present and future of the art form. The line-up includes The Last Poets, Michael Rosen, Inua Ellams, AFLO. the poet, Jordan Stephens, Rakaya Fetuga and David Okodeh, hosted by Yomi Ṣode. 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