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Contains 208 collection items, 291 performances, 499 in total. Currently showing 499 in total.
  • Elvis's New Year Poetry Party

    Elvis's New Year Poetry Party

    19 January 2007 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    Actually a showcase of south-west artists, Elvis being A&S’s acting SW Coordinator at that time. Ian Sills was unbilled but memorably guested on Pete Hunter’s ‘Juicy Fruit & Cheesy Quaver’ rap. Maybe you had to be there…
  • Howling at the Moon

    Howling at the Moon

    2 February 2007 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    A five-year anniversary gig for The Wolf, the poetry magazine edited by James Byrne ‘with a clear emphasis on publishing emerging new poets alongside more established writers’.
  • Audio recording of Howling at the Moon pt I

    Audio recording of Howling at the Moon pt I

    2 February 2007
    Minidisc recording of first half of Howling at the Moon show, featuring James Byrne, Fiona Curren, Annie Brechin, Roddy Lumsden.
  • Audio recording of Howling at the Moon pt II

    Audio recording of Howling at the Moon pt II

    2 February 2007
    Minidisc recording of second half of Howling at the Moon show, featuring James Byrne, Hafiz Kheir, Niall McDevitt.
  • Unplanned

    Unplanned

    10 April 2007 - 29 April 2007 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Malika Likes

    Malika Likes

    20 April 2007 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Four-Pack

    Four-Pack

    10 May 2007 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    Scratches of four new 20-minute pieces.
  • Lucy's Midsummer Mixer

    Lucy's Midsummer Mixer

    29 June 2007 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
    Showcase for Lucy English’s poetry graduates from Bath Spa University (Tracy Wall, Ed Parshotam, Jason Curley & Emerson Leese), plus some of her favourite artists from the UK scene. The first version of the flyer mistook Mr Gee for Leicester regular Rob Gee…
  • Zena Edwards' Security

    Zena Edwards' Security

    20 May 2008 - 22 May 2008 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Zena Edwards' Security

    Zena Edwards' Security

    10 November 2008 - 29 November 2008 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Guerrilla Poetry

    Guerrilla Poetry

    20 May 2009 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Guerrilla Poetry

    Guerrilla Poetry

    21 May 2009 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Poetic Frenzy

    Poetic Frenzy

    20 September 2009 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • The Talkies

    The Talkies

    27 September 2009 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Poetic Frenzy

    Poetic Frenzy

    19 September 2010 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You

    Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You

    28 May 2011 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Monsters of Poetry

    Monsters of Poetry

    18 September 2011 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
  • Mouthy Poets on Tour

    Mouthy Poets on Tour

    6 December 2014 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (499)
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