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Patience Agbabi

Contains 5 collection items, 79 performances, 84 in total. Currently showing 84 in total.

One of the most prominent figures in British performance poetry, Patience Agbabi identifies as bicultural, bisexual and a radical feminist. Themes of sexuality, politics and race feature heavily in her works, the most recent of which is Telling Tales - a 21st century rework of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. After studying English at Oxford University, she continued with higher education and is currently a Creative Writing Fellow at Oxford Brookes University.

  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    7 February 1994 at 
    Blackfriars Arts Centre (Boston) (1)
    Nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency.
  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    8 February 1994 at 
    King's Lynn Arts Centre (1)
    Nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency.
  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    9 February 1994 at 
    Guildhall Centre (Grantham) (1)
    Nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency.
  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    11 February 1994 at 
    Norwich Arts Centre (6)
    Nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency.
  • The Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry 1994 - (Perf 3)

    The Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry 1994 - (Perf 3)

    16 February 1994 at 
    Chats Palace (2)
  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    18 February 1994 at 
    Cambridge Drama Centre (Cambridge) (3)
    Nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency.
  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    19 February 1994 at 
    Old Town Hall (Hemel Hempstead) (1)
    Nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency.
  • Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    Cabaret at 200 Words a Minute

    26 February 1994 at 
    Tom Allen Arts Centre (1)
    Final night of a nine-date tour – a partnership with Eastern Touring Agency. This was the only date outside the eastern counties.
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 1)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 1)

    21 September 1994 at 
    Green Room (Manchester) (5)
    In association with Serpent’s Tail (pub) and It’s Queer Up North. This was a tour promotion for her prose and poetry collection titled ‘American Dreams’. There were nine performances some supported by Patience Agbabi and others or solo performances.
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 4)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 4)

    24 September 1994 at 
    Barn Theatre (Brighton) (1)
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 6)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 6)

    27 September 1994 at 
    Southbank Centre (29)
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 7)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 7)

    30 September 1994 at 
    Chats Palace (2)
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 8)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 8)

    1 October 1994 at 
    Roseville Centre (Leeds) (6)
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 9)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 9)

    3 October 1994 at 
    Pegasus Theatre (Oxford) (7)
  • 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) (499)
    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 ...
  • inside information (women prison poetry performance) Cookham Wood

    inside information (women prison poetry performance) Cookham Wood

    30 January 1995 at 
    Cookham Wood Women's Prison (Rochester) (1)
    We need to research the exact dates of all four prison workshops(?)
  • The 1995 Poetry Festival - (6/6)

    The 1995 Poetry Festival - (6/6)

    29 April 1995 at 
    Camden People's Theatre (12)
    This was a festival that Apples and Snakes organised in partnership with other poetry groups such as Urban Poets.
  • Hot and Fresh

    Hot and Fresh

    2 June 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Repeat that Beat! (A Benefit for The Advance Party)

    Repeat that Beat! (A Benefit for The Advance Party)

    3 June 1995 at 
    Tabernacle (7)
    The Advance Party actively campaigned around the Criminal Justice Act. In 1994 there were a number of marches and demonstrations against Tory changes to the Criminal Justice Bill which was seeking to criminalise and reduce citizens’ rights to protest, by implementing the following measures: i) ending the right to silence ...
  • Pride Arts Festival 1995

    Pride Arts Festival 1995

    10 June 1995 at 
    North Peckham Civic Centre (4)
    The festival also included a series of A&S workshops for young people with LGBT parents.
  • R.A.W. - Launch Night for Patience Agbabi's Poetry Collection

    R.A.W. - Launch Night for Patience Agbabi's Poetry Collection

    22 September 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • In Full Swing! - International Women's Day

    In Full Swing! - International Women's Day

    17 March 1996 at 
    Candid Gallery (London) (1)
  • Tongues Untied - a celebration of the work of Essex Hemphill

    Tongues Untied - a celebration of the work of Essex Hemphill

    7 June 1996 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    The screening of the film ‘Tongues Untied’ that celebrated and explored the multiplicity of Black Gay life in America.
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival 1996

    Midsummer Poetry Festival 1996

    16 June 1996 at 
    Victoria Embankment Gardens (8)
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