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Vanessa Richards

Contains 1 collection item, 16 performances, 17 in total. Currently showing 16 performances.

Word Warriors
13 January 1995 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
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.
Jazz Poetry Jam - (End of Season Celebration)
28 July 1995 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
Poetry 'n' Jazz - (Perf 4)
16 September 1995 at
BASE Theatre Company (London - Southwark) (13)
This was a series of performance events from 13 September – 7 October 1995.
Trees Are All Around Us
2 December 1995 at
Islington Ecology Centre (Drayton Park) (1)
A partnership with Islington Ecology Centre to mark Tree Dressing Day. This event was established in 1990 by the charity Common Ground.
Battersea Arts Cafe Live! (featuring American slam poets)
15 December 1995 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
Mo' Words & Jazz National Tour - (Perf 2)
11 May 1996 at
Croydon Clocktower (22)
Motor Mouths
24 May 1996 at
CCA (Glasgow) (11)
Presented by the CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) and Cutting Teeth magazine, with the programming assistance of Apples & Snakes.
Motor Mouths: The Mo' Words & Jazz National Tour - (Perf 5)
24 May 1996 at
CCA (Glasgow) (11)
Slotted into the Motor Mouths season (presented by the CCA Centre for Contemporary Arts and Cutting Teeth magazine, with the programming assistance of Apples & Snakes).
Sapphire Reading from her New Novel Push
18 September 1996 at
Africa Centre (London - Westminster) (2)
Rap meets Poetry 1 - Lyrical Throwdown
10 October 1997 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
1997 was Apples & Snakes 15th Anniversary of being the foremost Spoken Word/Poetry Organisation in the UK.
Womanspeak
13 March 1998 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
In celebration of International Women’s Week.
A Space for Me
22 October 1999 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
Survival
3 December 1999 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
Poetry Can
10 December 1999 at
Transit 23 (London - Hoxton) (1)
Clap Your Hands
11 April 2003 at
Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)

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