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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, Audi Maserati, Ian Kelly, Rev Hammer

    Joolz, Audi Maserati, Ian Kelly, Rev Hammer

    29 November 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (London - Islington) (52)
  • Joolz, Sister Netifa, Linda King, Anna Palm

    Joolz, Sister Netifa, Linda King, Anna Palm

    12 February 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Joolz, Janice Perry, The Roaring Girl, Ann Ziety

    Joolz, Janice Perry, The Roaring Girl, Ann Ziety

    17 September 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Ann Ziety
  • Joolz, Linda King, Leonora Rogers-Wright, Bridgit Bard

    Joolz, Linda King, Leonora Rogers-Wright, Bridgit Bard

    07 April 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Joolz, Levi Tafari, John Moloney, Porky the Poet

    Joolz, Levi Tafari, John Moloney, Porky the Poet

    24 November 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Joolz, Vi Subversa, Anna Palm, Ann Ziety

    Joolz, Vi Subversa, Anna Palm, Ann Ziety

    16 November 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Mother Tongue UK Tour '91 - (Perf 7 Reading)

    Mother Tongue UK Tour '91 - (Perf 7 Reading)

    08 March 1991 at 
    21 South Street (Reading) (2)
  • Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (Perf 8)

    Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (Perf 8)

    13 March 1991 at 
    Willesden Green Library (1)
  • Joolz, Maighread Medbh, Patience Agbabi, Leonora Rogers-Wright

    Joolz, Maighread Medbh, Patience Agbabi, Leonora Rogers-Wright

    14 February 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • 10th Birthday Celebration (and Anthology Launch)

    10th Birthday Celebration (and Anthology Launch)

    12 September 1992 at 
    Hackney Empire (2)
    A decade is a very, very long time in performance poetry, so this was a well-earned celebration. However, one despatch to Time Out’s letters page (24 Sep) found the show to be ‘a sickened, weakened thing’, thanks to ‘pollution by PCAs (politically correct attitudes)’. Proof that you can’t please all ...
  • Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry Tour - (Book Reading)

    Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry Tour - (Book Reading)

    08 October 1992 at 
    Dillons Bookshop (1)
    This was a Book Reading at Dillons Bookshop.
  • Joolz, Billy Childish, Eugene Lang, Neil Sparkes

    Joolz, Billy Childish, Eugene Lang, Neil Sparkes

    12 February 1993 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Joolz, Peter Plate, Leah Thorn, Leonora Rogers-Wright

    Joolz, Peter Plate, Leah Thorn, Leonora Rogers-Wright

    1 October 1993 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • The Final: New Performance Poet of the Year Award 1994

    The Final: New Performance Poet of the Year Award 1994

    5 October 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    This was the first performance poetry competition held by Apples and Snakes. Joolz, Lemn Sissay and Patience Agbabi also did guest performances. According to the flyer, there were eight knock-out heats before the last eight performed in the Final. The heats were held on 24 and 31st August and September 7th. The Winner was ...
  • Women's Work

    Women's Work

    8 March 1996 at 
    Charles Cryer Theatre (1)
  • True North

    True North

    7 February 1997 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Heart

    Heart

    12 February 1999 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Womanspeak

    Womanspeak

    2 March 2001 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Photos relating to Womanspeak (2001)

    Photos relating to Womanspeak (2001)

    2 March 2001
    Envelope of seven backstage photos of artists in Womanspeak show (2001).
  • Spit Lit: An Evening with Apples & Snakes

    Spit Lit: An Evening with Apples & Snakes

    3 March 2002 at 
    Spitz (London - Spitalfields) (11)
    Part of Spit-Lit Festival.
  • Pimp

    Pimp

    15 March 2002 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Audio recording of Pimp pt III

    Audio recording of Pimp pt III

    15 March 2002
    Minidisc recording of third part of Pimp show at BAC, featuring Joolz Denby, Salena Godden & Mat Fraser.
  • Whirlwind

    Whirlwind

    13 May 2002 at 
    Sofa Central (Manchester) (1)
  • Writers on the Storm

    Writers on the Storm

    3 October 2002 at 
    Arnolfini (Bristol) (5)
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