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Nick 'Urbanspirit' Makoha

Contains 9 collection items, 7 performances, 16 in total. Currently showing 16 in total.

Photos of library performance
c 2002
Envelope of 33 photos of Nick Makoha, Fatimah Kelleher and Jared Louche performing to a schools audience in a library. Circa 2002.
Brothatalk
23 February 2000 at
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (505)
New Shoes
22 September 2000 at
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (505)
The first in the New Shoes/Shoots series that ran between 2000 and 2005. These were showcases of new artists (though the word ‘new’ often seemed open to interpretation). Although it was not always the case, this one certainly features some soon-to-be-famous names.
Video recording of Original Skin ('02)
15 February 2002
Mini-DV tape of Original Skin show (’02) at BAC.
Original Skin
15 February 2002 at
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (505)
Video recording of Verbaleyes
11 March 2004
Mini-DV tape of Verbaleyes show at Pump House Gallery.
Verbaleyes
11 March 2004 at
Pump House Gallery (London - Battersea) (5)
Tales of the City
25 June 2004 at
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (505)
Audio recording of Pick 'n' Mix pt I
24 September 2004
Minidisc recording of first half of ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ show at BAC, featuring Nick Makoha, Steve Tasane, Totlyn Jackson, Lucy English, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Choman Hardi
Audio recording of Pick 'n' Mix pt II
24 September 2004
Minidisc recording of second half of ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ show at BAC, featuring Nick Makoha, Steve Tasane, Totlyn Jackson, Lucy English, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Choman Hardi
Who's the Daddy
4 February 2005 at
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (505)
A line-up of poets who, whether by biology or by adoption, had recently become fathers.
Video recording of Who's The Daddy?
4 February 2005
Mini-DV tape of Who’s The Daddy show at BAC.
Audio recording of Who's The Daddy? pt I
4 February 2005
Minidisc recording of first half of Who’s The Daddy? show at BAC, featuring Carl Dhiman, Charlie Dark, Nick Makoha, Matt Harvey, Darwood Grace
Audio recording of Who's The Daddy? pt II
4 February 2005
Minidisc recording of second half of Who’s The Daddy? show at BAC, featuring Carl Dhiman, Charlie Dark, Nick Makoha, Matt Harvey, Darwood Grace
Audio recording of Apples and Snakes in Soho (Mar 09) pt I
25 March 2009
Minidisc recording of first half of Apples and Snakes in Soho show (Mar ’09) at Soho Theatre, featuring Bohdan Piasecki, Nick Makoha, HKB Finn.
Conference of the Birds
04 July 2012 at
Secombe Theatre (1)

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