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Jan Blake

Contains 1 collection item, 19 performances, 20 in total. Currently showing 20 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)

    Audio Visual - part of British Festival of Visual Theatre (1)

    23 October 1998 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Festive Tales

    Festive Tales

    18 December 1998 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • A Winter's Tale

    A Winter's Tale

    17 December 1999 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Letters to Santa

    Letters to Santa

    15 December 2000 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Video recording of Dancing on White Sand ('03)

    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.
  • Dancing on White Sand

    Dancing on White Sand

    23 May 2003 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Talk Tent

    Talk Tent

    19 June 2003 - 26 June 2003 at 
    Croydon Clocktower (22)
  • Talk Tent

    Talk Tent

    19 June 2004 - 26 June 2004 at 
    Croydon Clocktower (22)
  • Bloodlines

    Bloodlines

    21 May 2005 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (81)
  • Big Chill

    Big Chill

    02 August 2008 at 
    Big Chill (Ledbury) (6)
  • Sista Story, Brotha Tale

    Sista Story, Brotha Tale

    3 October 2008 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (81)
  • Big Chill

    Big Chill

    8 August 2009 at 
    Big Chill (Ledbury) (6)
    A marathon 13-hour session!
  • Big Chill

    Big Chill

    09 August 2009 at 
    Big Chill (Ledbury) (6)
  • Spin

    Spin

    05 June 2010 at 
    Spark Festival (Leicester) (1)
  • Walk Good: A Tribute to Miss Lou

    Walk Good: A Tribute to Miss Lou

    8 March 2011 at 
    British Library (2)
  • Spin

    Spin

    13 March 2011 at 
    Discovery Centre (Winchester) (2)
  • Spin

    Spin

    11 September 2011 at 
    Kings Place (5)
  • Spin

    Spin

    20 February 2014 at 
    Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (8)
  • Storytelling Evening with Jan Blake

    Storytelling Evening with Jan Blake

    9 July 2015 at 
    Deptford Lounge (2)
  • Straight Out The Box

    Straight Out The Box

    10 August 2016 at 
    Pop Brixton (6)
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