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Joolz Denby

Contains 4 collection items, 52 performances, 56 in total. Currently showing 56 in total.

Joolz Denby

Bradford-based novelist, poet, illustrator, fine artist, tattooist, curator and photographer. Poetry collections include The Pride of Lions (1994), Errors of the Spirit (2000) and Pray For Us Sinners (2005).  Also works as  recording artist, with and without backing by close associates New Model Army.

  • Joolz, Patrik Fitzgerald, Michael Belbin, Slade the Leveller

    Joolz, Patrik Fitzgerald, Michael Belbin, Slade the Leveller

    Sat 13 Nov 1982 at 
    Adams Arms (London - Camden) (16)
    Debuts by future A&S regulars Joolz and Slade, and a welcome appearance by punk maverick Fitzgerald.
  • Joolz, Don Carroll, Emile Sercombe, The Newtown Neurotics

    Joolz, Don Carroll, Emile Sercombe, The Newtown Neurotics

    26 February 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
    Quintessential mid-’80s line-up of goth superstar, socialist punk band, A&S cornerstone and newcomer.
  • Joolz, Slade the Leveller, Dinah Livingstone, Andy Naff & Archie Lawrence

    Joolz, Slade the Leveller, Dinah Livingstone, Andy Naff & Archie Lawrence

    04 June 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • The Old Reptilians’ Dance and No Dinner 1

    The Old Reptilians’ Dance and No Dinner 1

    01 July 1983 at 
    Surrey Banqueting Suite (London - Oval) (2)
    Part one of a two-day celebration marking the end of A&S’s first year (if we regard their years as running concurrently with the academic year).
  • Joolz, Keith Jefferson, Jenny Éclair, Rory McLeod

    Joolz, Keith Jefferson, Jenny Éclair, Rory McLeod

    14 October 1983 at 
    Wheatsheaf (4)
    Four formidable characters together on one bill.
  • Joolz, The Mint Juleps, Kev Fegan, Patric Cunnane

    Joolz, The Mint Juleps, Kev Fegan, Patric Cunnane

    04 February 1984 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Joolz, John Hegley and The Popticians

    Joolz, John Hegley and The Popticians

    30 March 1984 at 
    South Hill Park Arts Centre (Bracknell) (2)
  • Book launch & cabaret

    Book launch & cabaret

    19 April 1984 at 
    Drill Hall (3)
  • Joolz, Little Brother, Marsha Prescod, The Mint Juleps

    Joolz, Little Brother, Marsha Prescod, The Mint Juleps

    10 May 1984 at 
    National Poetry Centre (1)
  • Joolz, Marsha Prescod, PR Murry, The Flatlettes, Zolan Quobble

    Joolz, Marsha Prescod, PR Murry, The Flatlettes, Zolan Quobble

    15 June 1984 at 
    Waterside Theatre (3)
    Part of Southwark Community Arts Festival, and therefore a partnership with Southwark Entertainments. If you weren’t into the poetry, it was worth sticking around for the disco.
  • Elephant Fayre

    Elephant Fayre

    27 July 1984 - 29 July 1984 at 
    Elephant Fayre (St Germans) (1)
    Happily, two of our acts got namechecked in David Quantick‘s NME review of the festival: Surfin’ Dave sounded ‘like a cross between Jonathan Richman … and Billy Bragg’ and Joolz was ‘reciting, and inciting people to give money for the miners’ (New Musical Express, 11 Aug 1984). Business as usual, ...
  • Video recording of Miner Poets

    Video recording of Miner Poets

    1 August 1984
    VHS recording of Miner Poets event at the Purcell Room, featuring Dannie Abse, John Agard, Gavin Ewart, Alison Fell, Alan Gilbey, John Hegley, Gladys McGee, Joolz Denby, Liz Lochhead, Steve Olssen, Fred Williams, Mogg Williams
  • Miner Poets

    Miner Poets

    1 August 1984 at 
    Southbank Centre (29)
    A benefit for the striking miners, co-programmed by Apples & Snakes and the Poetry Society, and supported by the GLC.  If the ticks on the back of the flyer are indicative of A&S’s contribution, then it comprised Hegley, Gilbey, Fred Williams, McGee, Agard, Joolz, LKJ, Prescod, Fell, Condell and African ...
  • Joolz, Peter Campbell, Milton Smalling, The Screaming Abdabs

    Joolz, Peter Campbell, Milton Smalling, The Screaming Abdabs

    13 October 1984 at 
    Captain’s Cabin (27)
  • Joolz, Little Brother

    Joolz, Little Brother

    ? Nov 1984 at 
    Birmingham Writers & Readers Festival (2)
  • Joolz, Skint Video, J.D. Douglas, Pete Watson

    Joolz, Skint Video, J.D. Douglas, Pete Watson

    14 December 1984 at 
    Young Vic (8)
  • Poetry Carnival London

    Poetry Carnival London

    1 March 1985 at 
    St George's Theatre (1)
    Poetry Carnival UK was a nationwide festival organised by the poet James Sale. Spread over two days, it involved performances and workshops. Amongst the bigger names on the bill were Anne Stevenson, Gavin Ewart, George Macbeth and The Liverpool Poets. Ewart’s reading at Southampton Guildhall pulled in an audience of ...
  • GLC Giroshow

    GLC Giroshow

    01 March 1985 at 
    Fulham Town Hall (1)
    A&S poets sharing a bill with The Hank Wangford Band and Microdisney. What a line-up!
  • Gylan Kain, Joolz,  Slade the Leveller, Dizzy Heights

    Gylan Kain, Joolz, Slade the Leveller, Dizzy Heights

    23 March 1985 at 
    New Merlin's Cave (12)
  • Joolz, Emile Sercombe, JD Douglas

    Joolz, Emile Sercombe, JD Douglas

    26 April 1985 at 
    Washington Arts Centre (Co Durham) (1)
  • Anti-Apartheid Benefit

    Anti-Apartheid Benefit

    4 September 1985 at 
    Southbank Centre (29)
    Apart from the great line-up and the great cause, this show surely boasts the best take on the ‘apple/snake’ motif to have graced an Apples & Snakes flyer. The circularity and the black/white symbolism are entirely appropriate, and that ‘apple of the eye’ is a touch of genius.
  • Janice Perry, Joolz, Ian McPherson, Jackie Kay

    Janice Perry, Joolz, Ian McPherson, Jackie Kay

    14 September 1985 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Joolz, Levi Tafari & Jennifer John

    Joolz, Levi Tafari & Jennifer John

    01 November 1985 at 
    Gulbenkian Studio (Newcastle-upon_Tyne) (5)
  • Joolz, Slade the Leveller, Jenny Eclair

    Joolz, Slade the Leveller, Jenny Eclair

    25 January 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
    Only source is from Sound listings 25 Jan.   No flyer yet!
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