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Merle Collins

Contains 36 performances.
  • Akimbo, Lioness Chant, Claire Dowie, Merle Collins

    Akimbo, Lioness Chant, Claire Dowie, Merle Collins

    01 June 1985 at 
    New Merlin's Cave (12)
  • Merle Collins, Alan Gilbey, Pitika Ntuli, Moonlighters Music

    Merle Collins, Alan Gilbey, Pitika Ntuli, Moonlighters Music

    13 September 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (London - Islington) (52)
  • Sista Culcha & Burning Illusion, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Lemn Sissay, Fred D'Aguiar

    Sista Culcha & Burning Illusion, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Lemn Sissay, Fred D'Aguiar

    17 October 1987 at 
    Eagle (7)
  • International Women's Week

    International Women's Week

    10 March 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Featuring Munirah, Clea & McLeod, Merle Collins and Marg Yeo
  • Brighton Festival: An International Poetry Conventicle

    Brighton Festival: An International Poetry Conventicle

    14 May 1989 at 
    Old Ship Hotel (Brighton) (1)
  • Mervyn Africa & Pinise Saul, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Brother Niyi

    Mervyn Africa & Pinise Saul, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Brother Niyi

    30 September 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    The original bill included US poets Wanda Coleman and Michael C Ford instead of Merle and Pitika.
  • Cecil Rajendra Tour

    Cecil Rajendra Tour

    7 November 1989 at 
    Dominion (1)
    Partnership tour with Friends of Bogle l’Ouverture: launch event for Lovers, Lunatics & Lallang.
  • Munirah, Merle Collins, Marsha Prescod, Patience Agbabi

    Munirah, Merle Collins, Marsha Prescod, Patience Agbabi

    2 March 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Everywhere Drums Tour - Jayne Cortez

    Everywhere Drums Tour - Jayne Cortez

    06 October 1990 at 
    Lilian Baylis Theatre (2)
  • The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 1)

    The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 1)

    25 January 1991 at 
    Rocket (London - Islington) (4)
    The first night of A&S’s fourth Jazz-Poetry Festival – this one at a new venue. The bill includes the first outing for Gail Thompson’s Jazz Africa show, effectively the first night of its UK tour. The touring line-up was Thompson, Ntuli and the Mervyn Africa Quintet. The featured accompanists for ...
  • Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (First Night London)

    Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (First Night London)

    1 March 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Mother Tongue UK Tour '91 - (Perf 3)

    Mother Tongue UK Tour '91 - (Perf 3)

    05 March 1991 at 
    Green Room (Manchester) (5)
  • Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (Perf 7 Sheffield)

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

    08 March 1991 at 
    Sheffield Library Theatre (1)
  • Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (Perf 8)

    Mother Tongue UK Tour '91- (Perf 8)

    13 March 1991 at 
    Willesden Green Library (1)
  • Tunde Jegede Quartet, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Mervyn Africa, Ahmed Sheikh

    Tunde Jegede Quartet, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Mervyn Africa, Ahmed Sheikh

    20 September 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Tunde Jegede Quartet billed as The Jazz Griots Ahmed Sheikh
  • New World Colour Tour - (2 Nov 1991 Leicester)

    New World Colour Tour - (2 Nov 1991 Leicester)

    02 November 1991 at 
    Spectrum (Leicester) (2)
  • New World Colour Tour

    New World Colour Tour

    22 November 1991 at 
    Bedford Central Library (Bedford) (2)
  • New World Colour Tour

    New World Colour Tour

    30 November 1991 at 
    Roseville Centre (Leeds) (6)
  • 5th Annual Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Perf 3)

    5th Annual Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Perf 3)

    2 February 1992 at 
    Tabernacle (7)
    Gail Thompson accomplished Jazz Baritone player, musician and composer, appeared at many an Apples and Snakes gig and was the MC.
  • Progress (featuring Pinise Saul), Merle Collins, Joyoti Grech, Storme Webber, Subi Shah

    Progress (featuring Pinise Saul), Merle Collins, Joyoti Grech, Storme Webber, Subi Shah

    21 February 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • First London Youth Poetry Festival

    First London Youth Poetry Festival

    18 March 1992 at 
    Lilian Baylis Theatre (2)
    This was in association with Islington Education and Islington Arts & Entertainments.
  • 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 ...
  • Merle Collins: Rotten Pomerack Tour

    Merle Collins: Rotten Pomerack Tour

    3 October 1992 at 
    Leeds Civic Hall (Leeds) (1)
    The first date of the tour: an afternoon performance at the City Council Women’s Conference.
  • Merle Collins: Rotten Pomerack Tour

    Merle Collins: Rotten Pomerack Tour

    3 October 1992 at 
    Roseville Centre (Leeds) (6)
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