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Zolan Quobble (Chris Cardale)

Contains 26 performances.

First six gigs under his real name: far too normal-sounding! A member of Worthless Words (the writers' collective that morphed into A&S) and an early mainstay of the A&S committee. Later in Tongue Circus. Still active on the circuit.

  • Staunch Poets & Players, Chris Cardale, Julian Pearce

    Staunch Poets & Players, Chris Cardale, Julian Pearce

    Sat 23 Oct 1982 at 
    Adams Arms (London - Camden) (16)
  • Roger McGough, Christopher Cardale, Sonia Pascall, The Reckless Pedestrians

    Roger McGough, Christopher Cardale, Sonia Pascall, The Reckless Pedestrians

    22 January 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Bob Cobbing & Clive Fencott, Mark Miwurdz, Chris Cardale, Games To Avoid

    Bob Cobbing & Clive Fencott, Mark Miwurdz, Chris Cardale, Games To Avoid

    23 April 1983 at 
    Roebuck (51)
  • Little Brother, Chris Cardale, Belinda Blanchard, Pete Murry, Morris Minor & The Austin Seven

    Little Brother, Chris Cardale, Belinda Blanchard, Pete Murry, Morris Minor & The Austin Seven

    20 May 1983 at 
    Clockhouse Community Centre (6)
  • The Old Reptilians’ Dance and No Dinner 2

    The Old Reptilians’ Dance and No Dinner 2

    02 July 1983 at 
    Surrey Banqueting Suite (London - Oval) (2)
    Part two of a two-day celebration marking the end of A&S’s first ‘year’ (if we regard these as running concurrently with the academic year).
  • Belinda Blanchard, Rory McLeod, Emile Sercombe, PR Murry, Chris Cardale

    Belinda Blanchard, Rory McLeod, Emile Sercombe, PR Murry, Chris Cardale

    16 November 1983 at 
    Cockpit Theatre (3)
  • Joolz, Marsha Prescod, PR Murry, The Flatlettes, Zolan Quobble

    Joolz, Marsha Prescod, PR Murry, The Flatlettes, Zolan Quobble

    15 June 1984 at 
    Waterside Theatre (3)
    Part of Southwark Community Arts Festival, and therefore a partnership with Southwark Entertainments. If you weren’t into the poetry, it was worth sticking around for the disco.
  • Perform showcase

    Perform showcase

    14 July 1984 at 
    South Hill Park Arts Centre (Bracknell) (2)
    Murry & Quobble contributing to a performing arts showcase in Bracknell.
  • Elephant Fayre

    Elephant Fayre

    27 July 1984 - 29 July 1984 at 
    Elephant Fayre (St Germans) (1)
    Happily, two of our acts got namechecked in David Quantick‘s NME review of the festival: Surfin’ Dave sounded ‘like a cross between Jonathan Richman … and Billy Bragg’ and Joolz was ‘reciting, and inciting people to give money for the miners’ (New Musical Express, 11 Aug 1984). Business as usual, ...
  • Roger McGough, Berni Cunnane, Zolan Quobble, Bet Lynch

    Roger McGough, Berni Cunnane, Zolan Quobble, Bet Lynch

    19 October 1984 at 
    Waterside Theatre (3)
  • Community Centre Tour

    Community Centre Tour

    19 November 1984 at 
    Clockhouse Community Centre (6)
  • PR Murry, Emile Sercombe, Berni Cunnane, Zolan Quobble, Patric Cunnane

    PR Murry, Emile Sercombe, Berni Cunnane, Zolan Quobble, Patric Cunnane

    22 December 1984 at 
    Greyhound (London - Lewisham) (1)
    A noticeably back-to-basics line-up of Worthless Words alumni.
  • Sharon Landau, John Agard, Zolan Quobble, Reverend Robert Righteous

    Sharon Landau, John Agard, Zolan Quobble, Reverend Robert Righteous

    07 June 1985 at 
    Young Vic (8)
  • Emile Sercombe, Ann Ziety, Zolan Quobble

    Emile Sercombe, Ann Ziety, Zolan Quobble

    14 June 1985 at 
    ADC Theatre (Cambridge) (1)
  • Hood Fair

    Hood Fair

    06 July 1985 - 07 July 1985 at 
    Dart Country Park (Ashburton) (1)
  • Apples & Snakes meets Tongue Circus

    Apples & Snakes meets Tongue Circus

    20 October 1985 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    Thanks to Patric Cunnane for finding the flyer.
  • Jungr & Parker, Carol Grimes & Maciek Hrybowicz, Liz Lochhead, Zolan Quobble

    Jungr & Parker, Carol Grimes & Maciek Hrybowicz, Liz Lochhead, Zolan Quobble

    22 February 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
    Thanks to Patric Cunnane for the flyer.
  • Jackie Kay, Emile Sercombe, Sybil Madrigal & Paul Rogers, Ann Ziety, Zolan Quobble

    Jackie Kay, Emile Sercombe, Sybil Madrigal & Paul Rogers, Ann Ziety, Zolan Quobble

    01 March 1986 at 
    Southbank Centre (29)
  • Lol Coxhill & Maggie Nicols, Pepsi Poet, Lynford French, Zolan Quobble

    Lol Coxhill & Maggie Nicols, Pepsi Poet, Lynford French, Zolan Quobble

    14 June 1986 at 
    Market Porter (London - Southwark) (6)
  • Stef Pixner, Teatro Dextentiale, Zolan Quobble, Surfin' Dave

    Stef Pixner, Teatro Dextentiale, Zolan Quobble, Surfin' Dave

    23 October 1986 at 
    Goldsmiths Tavern (4)
  • Marc Matthews & Marc Ramphal, Cynthia Roomes, Zolan Quobble, Sarah Jane Morris & friends

    Marc Matthews & Marc Ramphal, Cynthia Roomes, Zolan Quobble, Sarah Jane Morris & friends

    08 November 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Bob Cobbing, Zolan Quobble, Dave Hopkins, The Domestics

    Bob Cobbing, Zolan Quobble, Dave Hopkins, The Domestics

    28 February 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Fifth Birthday Celebrations

    Fifth Birthday Celebrations

    03 October 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Antonio Forcione & Eduardo Nieblo, Brother Resistance, Zolan Quobble, Sister Netifa

    Antonio Forcione & Eduardo Nieblo, Brother Resistance, Zolan Quobble, Sister Netifa

    22 April 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
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