Special Offer: Purchase tickets to Beyond Words and you can book tickets for Simphiwe Dana for only £6. Call Box Office to book your tickets on 0121 333 2444.

Five incredible South African poets (Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebe Mashile, Donata Mattera, Lesego Rampolokeng and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers) tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by the South African Poet Laureate and renowned exiled campaigner Keorapetse Kgositsile, this show features new work from voices of South Africa and is hosted by tour-de-force of the Black literature world, Jean 'Binta' Breeze. The poets are also collaborating with UK artists while visiting and will be showcasing this work as part of the event.

Beyond Words is accompanied by a pre-event workshop with Keorapetse Kgositsile, to book tickets for this contact Box Office on 0121 333 2444.

Supported by The Drum, Birmingham Book Festival and in association with Sustained Theatre.

Funded by British Council South Africa, South African Government and Arts Council England.

As part of A Night Less Ordinary - Arts Council England's Free Theatre Ticket Initiative, The Drum has a limited number of tickets to give away for this event to anyone aged 26 or under.  For more information please click www.anightlessordinary.org.uk or call The Drum's Customer Service Team on 0121 333 2444.