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Sapphire

Contains 12 performances.
  • Maud Sulter, Sapphire, Carol Grimes (with Angèle Veltmeijer, Janette Mason & Shelly Morris), Linda King

    Maud Sulter, Sapphire, Carol Grimes (with Angèle Veltmeijer, Janette Mason & Shelly Morris), Linda King

    30 March 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (161)
  • 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 2)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 2)

    22 September 1994 at 
    Toxteth Library (Liverpool) (4)
    This was one of two solo performances of her nine tour dates around the country to promote her prose and poetry collection ‘American Dreams’.
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 3)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 3)

    23 September 1994 at 
    ICA (3)
    This was a Debate in conjunction with ‘Campaign for Rights Of Survivors Of Sexual Violence’. Joelle Taylor is also a performer but as this was billed as a ‘debate’, most likely appeared within this context.  
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 4)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 4)

    24 September 1994 at 
    Barn Theatre (Brighton) (1)
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 5)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 5)

    25 September 1994 at 
    Boat Race (Cambridge) (2)
  • 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) (5)
  • High Risk Tour - (Perf 9)

    High Risk Tour - (Perf 9)

    3 October 1994 at 
    Pegasus Theatre (Oxford) (7)
  • 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.
  • Sapphire Reading from her New Novel Push

    Sapphire Reading from her New Novel Push

    18 September 1996 at 
    Africa Centre (2)
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