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Mark Steel

Contains 13 performances.

Well known left-wing comedian; a member of the Worthless Words collective before it morphed into Apples and Snakes.

  • Controlled Attack, Mark Steel, In and Out

    Controlled Attack, Mark Steel, In and Out

    Sat 30 Oct 1982 at 
    Adams Arms (London - Camden) (16)
    This is the Mark Steel. He was a member of Worthless Words, the precursors of Apples and Snakes. Controlled Attack included later A&S solo performer Alan Gilbey.
  • Son of Man, Belinda Blanchard, Glenn Smith, Mark Steel

    Son of Man, Belinda Blanchard, Glenn Smith, Mark Steel

    15 January 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Seething Wells, Emile Sercombe, Mark Steel, Berni Cunnane, Rory McLeod

    Seething Wells, Emile Sercombe, Mark Steel, Berni Cunnane, Rory McLeod

    18 March 1983 at 
    Clockhouse Community Centre (6)
  • Brian Patten, Mark Steel, Andy P, Ana & the Allsorts

    Brian Patten, Mark Steel, Andy P, Ana & the Allsorts

    18 June 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Write On Festival: Attila the Stockbroker, Slade the Leveller, Emile Sercombe, Marsha Prescod, Mark Steel

    Write On Festival: Attila the Stockbroker, Slade the Leveller, Emile Sercombe, Marsha Prescod, Mark Steel

    01 October 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Toxic Shock, Frederick Williams, Mark Steel, AM Randall

    Toxic Shock, Frederick Williams, Mark Steel, AM Randall

    14 April 1984 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Community Centre Tour

    Community Centre Tour

    19 November 1984 at 
    Clockhouse Community Centre (6)
  • GLC Giroshow

    GLC Giroshow

    09 March 1985 at 
    Bromley Civic Centre (1)
    An embryonic A&S tour-schedule moots Little Brother and Marsha Prescod for this bill, but the final line-up was that listed on the poster. The musical element was provided by – another great mid-eighties roll-call – The Three Johns, The Hank Wangford Band and Pink Peg Slax. Thanks to Patric Cunnane for ...
  • GLC Giroshow

    GLC Giroshow

    23 March 1985 at 
    Greenwich Town Hall (1)
    Another very lively bill, with our poets supporting Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Pete Thomas’s Deep-Sea Jivers* and The Lindy Hop Dancers. Beat that! *Not the Pete Thomas from the Attractions – this one was a sax player.
  • The Popticians, Mark Steel, Desmond Johnson, PR Murry

    The Popticians, Mark Steel, Desmond Johnson, PR Murry

    08 June 1985 at 
    New Merlin's Cave (12)
  • Mark Steel, Ann Ziety, Sheila Hyde, Little Dave

    Mark Steel, Ann Ziety, Sheila Hyde, Little Dave

    05 December 1986 at 
    Chestnut Tree (1)
  • Pat Condell, Mark Steel, Patric Cunnane, Kevin Seisay

    Pat Condell, Mark Steel, Patric Cunnane, Kevin Seisay

    31 January 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Mark Steel, Logan Murray, The Dinner Ladies, Porky the Poet

    Mark Steel, Logan Murray, The Dinner Ladies, Porky the Poet

    16 March 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
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