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Patience Agbabi

Contains 5 collection items, 78 performances, 83 in total. Currently showing 83 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.

  • Michael Franti

    Michael Franti

    26 November 1996 at 
    Rhythmic (London - Islington) (1)
  • We Press Buttons

    We Press Buttons

    24 January 1997 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Lit Pop Preview

    Lit Pop Preview

    27 February 1998 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • The Fire People

    The Fire People

    30 September 1998 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    In association with Payback Press. This was a launch event for The Fire People, a landmark collection of contemporary  Black-British poetry. A combination of established and up-and-coming names, the collection captured the zeitgeist of the UK scene at the tail-end of the century.
  • Bittersweet

    Bittersweet

    22 January 1999 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • All Star Jam

    All Star Jam

    28 April 1999 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • 1 in 3

    1 in 3

    8 June 1999 at 
    British Library (London - Camden) (2)
  • The Poetry Seminar

    The Poetry Seminar

    23 June 1999 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Mojo - The Poetry of Music

    Mojo - The Poetry of Music

    04 February 2000 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Aisle 6

    Aisle 6

    22 March 2000 at 
    Asda Clapham Junction (London - Wandsworth) (1)
  • Transformatrix

    Transformatrix

    2 June 2000 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • In the Mix

    In the Mix

    9 November 2000 at 
    Cambridge Drama Centre (Cambridge) (3)
  • Faltered States

    Faltered States

    21 March 2003 at 
    Science Museum (3)
  • Audio recording of Faltered States pt I

    Audio recording of Faltered States pt I

    21/03/2003
    Minidisc recording of first half of ‘Faltered States’ show at Science Museum, featuring Jared Louche, Mat Fraser, Ju Gosling, Patience Agbabi & Rachel Pantechnicon.
  • Audio recording of Faltered States pt II

    Audio recording of Faltered States pt II

    21/03/2003
    Minidisc recording of second half of ‘Faltered States’ show at Science Museum, featuring Jared Louche, Mat Fraser, Ju Gosling, Patience Agbabi & Rachel Pantechnicon.
  • Faltered States

    Faltered States

    28 March 2003 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Apples & Snakes 21st Birthday Festival Press Launch

    Apples & Snakes 21st Birthday Festival Press Launch

    8 October 2003 at 
    Soho House (1)
  • Momentum

    Momentum

    16 December 2003 at 
    Southbank Centre (30)
  • Fuse

    Fuse

    3 November 2004 at 
    Theatre Royal Stratford East (2)
  • Words by the Water Festival

    Words by the Water Festival

    10 March 2006 at 
    Theatre by the Lake (Keswick) (1)
  • Audio recording of Edinburgh Book Festival show

    Audio recording of Edinburgh Book Festival show

    19 August 2006
    Minidisc recording of Edinburgh Book Festival show, featuring Patience Agbabi, Francesca Beard, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Roger Robinson.
  • Edinburgh Book Festival

    Edinburgh Book Festival

    19 August 2006 at 
    Charlotte Square (Edinburgh) (2)
  • Apples & Snakes in Soho/Shot From The Lip launch

    Apples & Snakes in Soho/Shot From The Lip launch

    28 February 2007 at 
    Soho Theatre (64)
    Launch for Shot from the Lip – a festival marking a new initiative to get London audiences interested in poetry. That old chestnut. A&S, hoping for a Ziggy Stardust/(What’s the Story) Morning Glory moment, sent Lucy, Abraham and the photographer round Soho in a black cab until they clinched this definitive (and ...
  • Audio recording of Apples & Snakes in Soho/Short From The Lip launch pt I

    Audio recording of Apples & Snakes in Soho/Short From The Lip launch pt I

    28 February 2007
    Minidisc recording of first half of Apples & Snakes in Soho/Shot From The Lip launch, featuring John Hegley, Fran Landesman, Abraham Gibson, Patience Agbabi.
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