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Marsha Prescod

Contains 39 performances.

Marsha moved into a successful career in the public sector having trained as a solicitor and been a Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex College of Law.  She still writes but is not currently actively performing.

  • 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)
  • Marsha Prescod, Little Dave, PR Murry, Pete Watson, Denise Black, The London Combo

    Marsha Prescod, Little Dave, PR Murry, Pete Watson, Denise Black, The London Combo

    3 December 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Little Brother, Pat Condell, Marsha Prescod, Surfin’ Dave

    Little Brother, Pat Condell, Marsha Prescod, Surfin’ Dave

    27 January 1984 at 
    Windsor Arts Centre (Windsor) (2)
  • Apples & Snakes Book Benefit

    Apples & Snakes Book Benefit

    10 February 1984 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    In which Apples and Snakes rather cutely solicit funds for the publication of their first anthology.
  • Marsha Prescod, Pete Zero, Bet Lynch, The Flatlettes

    Marsha Prescod, Pete Zero, Bet Lynch, The Flatlettes

    18 February 1984 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • 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)
  • Claire Dowie, Marsha Prescod, Keith Jefferson

    Claire Dowie, Marsha Prescod, Keith Jefferson

    16 May 1984 at 
    York (1)
  • Wanjiku Kiarie, Marsha Prescod, Iyamide Hazeley

    Wanjiku Kiarie, Marsha Prescod, Iyamide Hazeley

    13 June 1984 at 
    Commonwealth Institute (2)
    Iyamide replaced Grace Nichols, who was originally billed. Wanjiku was a member of African Dawn.
  • 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.
  • 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 ...
  • Women of Courage Week

    Women of Courage Week

    20 October 1984 at 
    Captain’s Cabin (27)
  • Stanley’s Art Attack

    Stanley’s Art Attack

    09 November 1984 at 
    Stanley Halls (1)
  • Write On! (Lancaster Literature Festival)

    Write On! (Lancaster Literature Festival)

    25 January 1985 at 
    Gregson Community Centre (Lancaster) (1)
  • GLC Giroshow

    GLC Giroshow

    16 February 1985 at 
    Barking Town Hall (London - Barking & Dagenham) (1)
    Poets footing another great bill, topped by The Higsons and Terry & Gerry.
  • International Women’s Day

    International Women’s Day

    08 March 1985 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • 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 ...
  • Grace Nichols, Alison Fell, Marsha Prescod

    Grace Nichols, Alison Fell, Marsha Prescod

    12 March 1985 at 
    Virago Bookshop (1)
  • 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.
  • Sharon Landau, Ian Smith, Marsha Prescod, David Eggleton

    Sharon Landau, Ian Smith, Marsha Prescod, David Eggleton

    27 April 1985 at 
    New Merlin's Cave (12)
  • Southwark Arts Festival: Akira Press Poets

    Southwark Arts Festival: Akira Press Poets

    22 June 1985 at 
    Bells Gardens Community Centre (London - Southwark) (1)
  • Lovely Money, John Hegley, Marsha Prescod, Mullarkey & Myers

    Lovely Money, John Hegley, Marsha Prescod, Mullarkey & Myers

    15 February 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
    Thanks to Patric Cunnane for the flyer.
  • Mahmood Jamal, Marsha Prescod, Pitika Ntuli, Eugene Skeef

    Mahmood Jamal, Marsha Prescod, Pitika Ntuli, Eugene Skeef

    14 February 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Janice Perry, Sensible Footwear, Marsha Prescod, Linda Smith

    Janice Perry, Sensible Footwear, Marsha Prescod, Linda Smith

    23 May 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
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