Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

Amid global meltdown, the Government's cool calm head has been proven... to make the relationship just that bit less special... meanwhile closer to home we're keeping calm 'til after the Easter lull.

Between now and Easter: Dibby Theatre's Toxic is holding the fort - with performances at the LBT, Huddersfield tonight, Fri 11 Apr and at Lowry (16-19 Apr).

Meanwhile in Prescot, Ali Matthews Mushroom Language is at Shakespeare North on Tue 15 + Wed 16 Apr; and in Bradford Vince Virr's Pop! is at The Beacon, Wibsey Park on Sat 19 Apr.

Following Easter (w/c 21 Apr) at Aviva Studios, Jonathan McGrath's Where It Happened (sold-out) runs 24-26 Apr, then Hamlet Hail to The Thief takes over (27 Apr - 18 May). The next week HOME has Wise Children's North by North West (29 Apr - 10 May) and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends (1-3 May).

Elsewhere, Turn Prize recipient Fabiola Santana's We're Here Because They Were (w-i-p) is at Unity, Liverpool (ahead of its performance at Company Chameleon in May). Bradford has Figs in Wigs' Little Wimmin on Thu 24 + Fri 25 Apr at the Loading Bay and Rhiannon Faith's Lay Down Your Burden at the Beacon, Wibsey Park on Tue 29 + Wed 30 Apr. Lancaster Arts has Jean Daniel Broussé's (le) Pain on Thu 1 May.  Now Northwich takes place on Sat 3 May; while the same day, in Leeds, the Riley Theatre has Equilibrio Dinamico's Through Her Eyes - 3 Female Voices.

This mailer is going to take a week off for Easter, but will be back on 25 Apr.
Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

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Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 15 + Fri 16 May, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

WORKS AHEAD 2025

A sample of new performance.
Adèle Le Gallez | Martha Pailing

Thu 22 May, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

Thu 29 May, 7.30pm. PWYD | Company Chameleon

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE

Fabíola Santana

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events.)

As the trans-atlantic tangerine tyrant puts a curious spin on the UK's reaction to his trade war, closer to home we have our own take on the pirouette:

This weekend: tonight, Fri 4 April, it's all about Turn 2025 at Contact is now sold out. If you're joining us you'll see 8 pieces from Dais Leach, Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective), JP Hon, KUDERA + MPEARSONATER, Maelstrom Theatre, Néa Synergy, Rachel Yan Ting Li, UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT - full programme here.

Next week (w/c 7 Apr) Platform 4's The Alice Project is at Lowry on Wed 9 Apr and Ridiculusmus's Alas! Poor Yorick is at The Met, Bury on Thu 10 Apr.

In Bradford Cie Moost's Palette(s)  is at The Beacon, Wibsey Park (7-9 Apr) and Nathaniel J Hall/Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at Loading Bay, on Wed 9 Apr (also at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 11 Apr).

The following week (w/c 14 Apr) sees Easter itself and the traditional lull but Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at Lowry (16-19 Apr).

In Prescot, Ali Matthews Mushroom Language is at Shakespeare North on Tue 15 + Wed 16 Apr; and in Bradford Vince Virr's Pop! is at The Beacon, Wibsey Park on Sat 19 Apr.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

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The season is truly changing: the clocks go forward, the Spring budget has sprung and we may all be April fools; moreover Turn is twizzling into view...

This weekend Worklight Theatre's It's The Economy, Stupid! is at HOME on Fri 28 Mar; and Emergence's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theatre on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Mar.

Tonight, Fri 28 Mar, Sam Danson's Bi-Topia is at the Carriageworks, Leeds; while Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends is at Chester Storyhouse; and DaDaFest has the Eat Me cabaret at District in Liverpool. Intriguingly, on Sun 30 Mar, the student-run FlockFest is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds promising a festival of "live art and performance".

Next week (w/c 31 Mar) It's all go for dance: with Georgia Tegou's Homecoming on Tue 1 April and MarikisCryCryCry's Goner on Wed 2 Apr both at Lowry.

For us at Word of Warning it's all about Turn 2025 on Fri 4 April with 8 pieces from Dais Leach, Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective), JP Hon, KUDERA + MPEARSONATER, Maelstrom Theatre, Néa Synergy, Rachel Yan Ting Li, UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT - full programme here.

Either my webtrawling is failing me or everywhere beyond Mancunia is very quiet - unless you go as far as Glasgow for Buzzcut (1-3 Apr).

The following week (w/c 7 Apr) Platform 4's The Alice Project is at Lowry on Wed 9 Apr and Ridiculusmus's Alas! Poor Yorick is at The Met, Bury on Thu 10 Apr.

In Bradford Cie Moost's Palette(s)  is at The Beacon, Wibsey Park (7-9 Apr) and Nathaniel J Hall/Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at Loading Bay, on Wed 9 Apr (also at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 11 Apr). In Blackpool, the Old Electric has a Scratch Night also on Fri 11 Apr.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

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As we pass the equinox and officially enter astronomical spring, the fleeting burst of sunshine has brought out the usual display of pasty shirtless bodies, regardless of actual temperature....

This weekend if you're looking for something a bit different and for all ages: Ray Bubbles' A Bubble Variety Show is at Z-arts on Fri 21 Mar (last seen at Social Experiment); or there's A Puppet Musical at the Birch Community Centre on Sat 22 Mar. 

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Dibby Theatre's Toxic on Fri 21 Mar and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends on Sat 22 Mar.
In Leeds, Maya & Toussaint's An Evening with OKAN is at Yorkshire Dance and Worklight Theatre's It's the Economy, Stupid! is at The Carriageworks both on Fri 21 Mar.
In Liverpool, at the Unity, DaDaFest has Midgitte Bardot's Shooting from Below on Fri 21 Mar and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F**ckin' Sorry on Sat 22 Mar; and at the Bluecoat Dora Colquhoun's Would You Like A Seat on Sat 22 and Rage Reactor on Sat 22 + Sun 23 Mar. 

Next week (w/c 24 Mar) Worklight Theatre's It's The Economy, Stupid! is at HOME on Thu 28 + Fri 28 Mar; and Emergence's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theare on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Mar.

It's all go for Scratch Nights: with one at Shakespeare North on Tue 25 Mar and another at Parr Hall, Warrington on Thu 27 Mar. Verve's Triple Bill is at Lancaster Arts on Tue 25 Mar; Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at the Unity, Liverpool on Thu 27 Mar. On Fri 28 Mar, Sam Danson's Bi-Topia is at the Carriageworks, Leeds; while Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends is at Chester Storyhouse; and DaDaFest has the Eat Me cabaret at District in Liverpool. Intriguingly, on Sun 30 Mar, the student-run FlockFest is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds promising a festival of "live art and performance".

The following week (w/c 31 Mar) for us at Word of Warning it's all about Turn 2025 on Fri 4 April. Before that Lowry has Georgia Tegou's Homecoming on Tue 1 April and MarikisCryCryCry's Goner on Wed 2 Apr.
Either my webtrawling is failing me or everywhere beyond Mancunia is very quiet - unless you go as far as Glasgow for Buzzcut (1-3 Apr).

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

In a week that saw the pruning of benefits and the severing of the limbs of quangos, the only Spring growth might be in austerity...

This weekend Verve's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theatre on Sat 15 Mar. Also worth noting, Bobby Baker's An Edible Family In A Mobile Home installation runs until 20 April at the Whitworth.
Over in Liverpool, DaDaFest's DDFI40 continues until 31 Mar.

Next week (w/c 17 Mar) Manchester is very quiet but you can see Lewys Holt's 30 Minute Set at Grosvenor East, MMU courtesy of Future Flares or, but if you're looking for something a bit different and for all ages: Ray Bubbles' A Bubble Variety Show is at Z-arts on Fri 21 Mar (last seen at Social Experiment); or there's A Puppet Musical at the Birch Community Centre on Sat 22 Mar. 

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Dibby Theatre's Toxic on Thu 20 + Fri 21 Mar and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends on Sat 22 Mar.
In Leeds, Maya & Toussaint's An Evening with OKAN is at Yorkshire Dance and Worklight Theatre's It's the Economy, Stupid! is at The Carriageworks both on Fri 21 Mar.
In Liverpool, at the Unity, DaDaFest has Midgitte Bardot's Shooting from Below on Fri 21 and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F**ckin' Sorry on Sat 22 Mar; and at the Bluecoat Dora Colquhoun's Would You Like A Seat on Sat 22 and Rage Reactor on Sat 22 + Sun 23 Mar. 

The following week (w/c 24 Mar) Worklight Theatre's It's The Economy, Stupid! is at HOME on Thu 28 + Fri 28 Mar; and Emergence's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theare on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Mar.

It's all go for Scratch Nights: with one at Shakespeare North on Tue 25 Mar and another at Parr Hall, Warrington on Thu 27 Mar. Verve's Triple Bill is at Lancaster Arts on Tue 25 Mar; Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at the Unity, Liverpool on Thu 27 Mar. On Fri 28 Mar, Sam Danson's Bi-Topia is at the Carriageworks, Leeds; while Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends is at Chester Storyhouse; and DaDaFest has the Eat Me cabaret at District in Liverpool. Intriguingly, on Sun 30 Mar, the student-run FlockFest is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds promising a festival of "live art and performance".

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

 

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

 

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.
Dais Leach | Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective) | Io Soy | JP Hon | KUDERA + MPEARSONATER | Maelstrom Theatre | Rachel Yan Ting Li | UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT
Participating artists subject to change.

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

 

Information for artists: habmcr.org

 

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.
Dais Leach | Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective) | Io Soy | JP Hon | KUDERA + MPEARSONATER | Maelstrom Theatre | Rachel Yan Ting Li | UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT
Participating artists subject to change.

 

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

Information for artists: habmcr.org



Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

 

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.
Dais Leach | Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective) | Io Soy | JP Hon | KUDERA + MPEARSONATER | Maelstrom Theatre | Rachel Yan Ting Li | UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT
Participating artists subject to change.

 

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

On this annual celebration of cardmaking, those of us with singular immunity can sit back and watch the guilt-driven scramble for all things heart-shaped...

This weekend there's not much to report in Mancunia, but further afield, Jenni Jackson's WrestleLadsWrestle is at Sheffield Theatres (until 15 Feb). Lancaster Arts has Samuel Rees + Gavriel Uboldi's Lessons on Revolution on Fri 14 Feb; while the Dukes has Daniel Bye's So Unfair on Sat 15 Feb.Chester Storyhouse has Mark Thomas's Gaffa Tapes on Sun 16 Feb.

Next week (w/c 17 Feb) Manchunia is back on form: with Reece Williams's This Kind of Black at HOME (18-22 Feb); Theatre Ad Infinitum's Last Rites is at Lowry on Tue 18 + Wed 19 Feb and NDT's Figures in Extinction at Aviva Studios (19-22 Feb). On Fri 21 Feb there's Emilyn Claid's Untitled at Lowry; Dance with Us at New Adelphi; Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Edge (also on 22 + 27 Feb, all sold-out). Meanwhile Barbara is at the New Adelphi on Sat 22 Feb.

The following week (w/c 24 Feb) Barbara is at Bury Met on Wed 26 Feb; Louise Orwin's Fame Hungry is at HOME on Thu 27 + Fri 28 Feb.

Reece Williams's This Kind of Black is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 26 Feb, The Call Centre presents Jamal Gerald in Leeds on Thu 27 Feb. Chester Storyhouse has Dreamtime Fellrunner is at on Fri 28 Feb and Barbara on Sat 1 Mar, and the LBT Huddersfield has Motionhouse's Hidden on Sat 1 Mar. Heart of Glass also presents Resort at Bidston Observatory (28 Feb - 2 Mar).

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org
 

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.