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Chanje Kunda

Contains 4 collection items, 12 performances, 16 in total. Currently showing 16 in total.

Based in Manchester,Playwright, Poet and Performance Artist Chanje Kunda performs nationally and internationally including  at The Royal Albert Hall London, Calabash Literature Festival Jamaica, Black Magic Woman Festival Amsterdam,  Soho Theatre and the Latitude Festival.

She has also been published in literary Journals, anthologies as well has having a full length solo collection Amsterdam published by Crocus books. She beat off stiff competition and won the Verb New Voices Award, run by the BBC, New Writing North and Arts Council England. Her new work was featured on BBC 3 Programme The Verb Hosted by Ian McMillan in autumn 2015.   Taken from www.chanjekunda.com/about/ where you can find a full biography.

  • Sistaspeak

    Sistaspeak

    8 October 2004 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Audio recording of Sistaspeak Oct 2004 pt I

    Audio recording of Sistaspeak Oct 2004 pt I

    9 October 2004
    Minidisc recording of first half of Sistaspeak show, Oct 2004 at BAC, featuring Janine La Rosa, Malika Booker, Chanje Kunda, Floetic Lara, Sareal
  • Audio recording of Sistaspeak Oct 2004 pt II

    Audio recording of Sistaspeak Oct 2004 pt II

    9 October 2004
    Minidisc recording of second half of Sistaspeak show, Oct 2004 at BAC, featuring Janine La Rosa, Malika Booker, Chanje Kunda, Floetic Lara, Sareal
  • Fresh

    Fresh

    10 November 2006 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (81)
  • BonkersFest

    BonkersFest

    2 June 2007 at 
    Camberwell Green (1)
  • Lyrical Slam

    Lyrical Slam

    25 September 2007 at 
    Forum Twenty Eight (Barrow-in-Furness) (6)
  • Audio recording of Apples and Snakes in Soho (Nov 08) pt I

    Audio recording of Apples and Snakes in Soho (Nov 08) pt I

    26 November 2008
    Minidisc recording of first half of Apples and Snakes in Soho show (Nov 08) at Soho Theatre, featuring Stacy Makishi, Chanje Kunda.
  • Apples & Snakes in Soho

    Apples & Snakes in Soho

    26 November 2008 at 
    Soho Theatre (68)
  • Photos of Poem & A Pint

    Photos of Poem & A Pint

    11 February 2012
    Envelope of eight b/w photos of Mike Garry and Chanje Kunda performing at Poem & A Pint/A&S gig in Ulverston.
  • A Poem and a Pint

    A Poem and a Pint

    11 February 2012 at 
    Lanternhouse (Ulverston) (3)
    A&S programmed two guests for this popular and long-running night. Floor spots by Jennifer Copley, Jo Stoney, Antony Christie, Gill Nicholson, Kim Moore and the band Tongue Tide (no relation to the regular show in Whitstable!).
  • Gallery Sessions

    Gallery Sessions

    29 May 2012 at 
    Gallery Cafe (Barnstaple) (1)
  • Gallery Sessions: The Relaunch

    Gallery Sessions: The Relaunch

    19 November 2013 at 
    Queens Theatre (Barnstaple) (19)
  • The Promise Gig

    The Promise Gig

    8 March 2014 at 
    Plough Arts Centre (Torrington) (7)
  • Quintessentially Spectacular Vernacular

    Quintessentially Spectacular Vernacular

    18 June 2014 - 21 June 2014 at 
    Queens Theatre (Barnstaple) (19)
  • Jibba Jabba

    Jibba Jabba

    26 February 2015 at 
    Cumberland Arms (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) (28)
  • Spokes: Amaze!

    Spokes: Amaze!

    1 March 2015 at 
    Bike Shed (Exeter) (40)
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