The Bell Curves
The Bell Curves In 2020, two female scientists won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. It was for the development of the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. Often referred to as…
Co-Chair of the Independent Theatre Council, a trustee of Olympias Music Foundation and recipient of the DARE Art Prize 2024 from Opera North and the University of Leeds in association with National Science and Media Museum and The Tetley.
Formerly, the Artistic Director and CEO of Contact Manchester (2022-2024), Chair of radical arts funding body, Future’s Venture Foundation and was the first recipient of The Arts Foundation Theatre Makers Award in 2021.
From the mundane to the spectacular, I will use my body, my voice, my vernacular.
Keisha Thompson 
SheBeKeke likes to turn her poems into songs. Previous works, Moonwhile and Abecedarian, showcase a mixture poetry and sound. Not all words can live on the page. Someone called her sound “gospel folk” once but she isn’t too sure if she agrees.
She has supported artists such as Kate Tempest, The Last Poets, Saul Williams and OSHUN. Her work has been presented at venues high profile venues and platforms such as Tate Modern, Blue Dot Festival and Glastonbury’s Rum Shack Stage.
Ephemera is an attempt to capture those fleeting moments that float away then form the female experience. Inspired by a collection of her poems, SheBeKeke has collaborated with producer, Tom Leah and riveting cellist and vocalist, Abel Selaocoe, to explore her shifting femininity.
The work is accompanied by a digital zine titled I Am Phem.