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Jan Blake

Contains 1 collection item, 18 performances, 19 in total. Currently showing 19 in total.

Jan Blake is a storyteller and performer specialising in stories from the Caribbean, Arabia and Africa.

Audio Visual - part of British Festival of Visual Theatre (1)
23 October 1998 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
Festive Tales
18 December 1998 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
A Winter's Tale
17 December 1999 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
Letters to Santa
15 December 2000 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
Dancing on White Sand
23 May 2003 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
Video recording of Dancing on White Sand ('03)
23 May 2003
Mini-DV tape of Dancing on White Sand (2003), featuring El Crisis, Teju, Jan Blake, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze.
Talk Tent
19 June 2003 - 26 June 2003 at
Croydon Clocktower (22)
Talk Tent
19 June 2004 - 26 June 2004 at
Croydon Clocktower (22)
Bloodlines
21 May 2005 at
Albany (London - Lewisham) (80)
Big Chill
2 August 2008 at
Big Chill (Ledbury) (7)
Sista Story, Brotha Tale
3 October 2008 at
Albany (London - Lewisham) (80)
Big Chill: Words in Motion
8 August 2009 at
Big Chill (Ledbury) (7)
A marathon 13-hour session!
Spin
5 June 2010 at
Spark Festival (Leicester) (1)
Walk Good: A Tribute to Miss Lou
8 March 2011 at
British Library (London - Camden) (2)
Spin
13 March 2011 at
Discovery Centre (Winchester) (2)
Spin
11 September 2011 at
Kings Place (5)
Spin
20 February 2014 at
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (8)
Storytelling Evening with Jan Blake
9 July 2015 at
Deptford Lounge (2)
Straight Out The Box
10 August 2016 at
Pop Brixton (6)

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