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Contains 208 collection items, 290 performances, 498 in total. Currently showing 498 in total.
  • Write On Festival: Mark Miwurdz, Anne Clark, The Popticians, Nick Toczek

    Write On Festival: Mark Miwurdz, Anne Clark, The Popticians, Nick Toczek

    24 September 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    First of three shows that A&S programmed for the Write On festival, which ran at BAC between September and October. Seemingly A&S’s first event at the venue that has so far hosted the most of their shows.
  • Write On Festival: African Dawn, John Agard, Pepsi Poet

    Write On Festival: African Dawn, John Agard, Pepsi Poet

    29 September 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Write On Festival: Attila the Stockbroker, Slade the Leveller, Emile Sercombe, Marsha Prescod, Mark Steel

    Write On Festival: Attila the Stockbroker, Slade the Leveller, Emile Sercombe, Marsha Prescod, Mark Steel

    01 October 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Spartacus R, Pat Condell, Belinda Blanchard

    Spartacus R, Pat Condell, Belinda Blanchard

    24 November 1983 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Apples & Snakes Book Benefit

    Apples & Snakes Book Benefit

    10 February 1984 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    In which Apples and Snakes rather cutely solicit funds for the publication of their first anthology.
  • John Hegley, Lindsay MacRae, PR Murry

    John Hegley, Lindsay MacRae, PR Murry

    18 November 1984 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Skint Video, Clive Benson, Ann Ziety, Bet Lynch

    Skint Video, Clive Benson, Ann Ziety, Bet Lynch

    24 February 1985 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • International Women’s Day

    International Women’s Day

    08 March 1985 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Apples & Snakes meets Tongue Circus

    Apples & Snakes meets Tongue Circus

    20 October 1985 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    Thanks to Patric Cunnane for finding the flyer.
  • The Popular Front of Contemporary  Poetry 1994 - (Perf 2)

    The Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry 1994 - (Perf 2)

    12 February 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Sekunjalo

    Sekunjalo

    9 September 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • dirty words

    dirty words

    23 September 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • The Final: New Performance Poet of the Year Award 1994

    The Final: New Performance Poet of the Year Award 1994

    5 October 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    This was the first performance poetry competition held by Apples and Snakes. Joolz, Lemn Sissay and Patience Agbabi also did guest performances. According to the flyer, there were eight knock-out heats before the last eight performed in the Final. The heats were held on 24 and 31st August and September 7th. The Winner was ...
  • One Hell of a Storm

    One Hell of a Storm

    7 October 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    Not the 9th!
  • Conscious Response

    Conscious Response

    21 October 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Uncomfortable Edges

    Uncomfortable Edges

    4 November 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Passion Notes

    Passion Notes

    18 November 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Carousel of Verse

    Carousel of Verse

    2 December 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
    Three Women Poets intricately interweave slide images and text to create breathtaking performance pieces. Maya Chowdhry – Annandaa The Goddess of Food Dorothea Smartt – Medusa Bushy Kelly – From Dark to Light or a Case of Mistaken Identity
  • Pantorhymes

    Pantorhymes

    16 December 1994 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Word Warriors

    Word Warriors

    13 January 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Da-Da-Drum!

    Da-Da-Drum!

    27 January 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Love Lines

    Love Lines

    10 February 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Traffic Jam

    Traffic Jam

    24 February 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Wise, Wild & Wilful Women 1

    Wise, Wild & Wilful Women 1

    10 March 1995 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
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