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Contains 3 performances.
  • Apples & Snakes/City Limits Bash

    Apples & Snakes/City Limits Bash

    31 December 1985 at 
    Kentish Town Interchange (1)
    A New Year’s Eve show in collaboration with the popular listings magazine City Limits. The line-up suggests that, at least in part, it wasn’t meant to be the usual kind of New Year feelgood fare.
  • Traffic Jam

    Traffic Jam

    24 February 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Big Words & Belly Laughs

    Big Words & Belly Laughs

    18 October 1996 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
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