Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

As we emerge blinking into the sunlight from the dark of Works Ahead production week, terrifyingly we are already gearing up for next week's Social Experiment. What fool thought consecutive weeks was a good idea?! Before that though:

This weekend, tonight (Fri 16 May) is your last chance to catch Works Ahead at Contact featuring Adèle Le Gallez and Martha Pailing (Pay What You Decide starting at £0)
Also finishing this weekend is Hamlet Hail to The Thief at Aviva Studios (until 18 May); while those partial to clowning can see third floor theatre's non (In French) at The Edge on Sun 18 May.

In Leeds, Chris Thorpe's Talking About The Fire is at Slung Low's Warehouse on Sat 17 May.

Next week (w/c 19 May) for us it's all about the second Social Experiment on Thu 22 May at Contact - featuring Ben Hodge, Joely Mae Greally & Jasmine Naila Burt, Lizzy Owen, Secret Location Theatre Company, Bitterroot, Paper People Theatre and Julie Burrow. Come and join us  from 6-9pm - it's completely free!

Meanwhile Lowry has Kontemporary Korea's HAM:BETH on Tue 20 May and Ali Chahrour's The Love Behind My Eyes on Sat 24 May. Emergence Dance are at Waterside, Sale on Thu 22 May; Avanti Display's Crow is at the Vale on Sat 24 May and Benji Reid's Find Your Eyes is at Aviva Studios (25-30 May).

Further afield,  the Drama Studio, Sheffield has still hungry/Bryony Kimmings's Show Pony on Mon 19 May and Joseph Mercier's Pop Odyssey on Fri 23 May. Gary Clarke's Detention is at LBT in Huddersfield on Wed 21 + Thu 22 May. On Thu 22 May Unity, Liverpool has the All Things Considered Scratch; and the Dukes Lancaster has Blast Fest; while Verve are at Leeds Playhouse.

The following week (w/c 26 May) we move locations to Company Chameleon for Fabíola Santana's We're Here Because They Were on Thu 29 May.
Otherwise, things are a touch quiet in Mancunia but you might want to check out PINK in Stockport which has The Same Deep Water As You on Sat 31 May.

Elsewhere, Ockhams Razor's Tess is at Leeds Playhouse (28-31 May) while James Rowland Dies At The End Of The Show is at Sheffield Theatres on Fri 30 May. Yorkshire Dance has Collective Encounters over the weekend, including AURA's Trans*Performativity on Fri 30 May, and on Sat 31 May Ghetto Fabulous's Catwalk Extravaganza (there's also a screening of Graham Clayton-Chance's Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede).

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 17 July Social Experiment (next deadline 2 July).

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 mini-heatwave softens to a more Mancunian cloudy calm, maybe it will also allow for some buyers' remorse on the overnight electoral farago...

This weekend,  HOME has Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends until 3 May and, continuing until 10 May: Wise Children's North by North West; while at Aviva Studios Hamlet Hail to The Thief continues until 18 May).

Further afield, Now Northwich takes place on Sat 3 May; while the same day, in Liverpool, LEAP has Digital Moves at the Unity; and in Leeds, the Riley Theatre has Equilibrio Dinamico's Through Her Eyes - 3 Female Voices.

Next week (w/c 5 May) Lowry has Aakash Odedra's Songs of the Bulbul on Tue 6 May and Gandini Juggling's Heka on Sun 11 May.

In Liverpool, Jasmin Vardimon's Now is at the Playhouse on Wed 7 + Thu 8 May and LEAP's New Dance Works is at the Unity on Fri 9 May.

The following week (w/c 12 May) Gary Clarke Company's Detention is on Wed 14+ Thu 15 May at Lowry, while we are back at Contact with this year's Works Ahead on Thu 15 + Fri 16 May.

In Chester, Storyhouse has Theatre Re's Birth on Tue 13 + Wed 14 May; while in Leeds, Chris Thorpe's Talking About The Fire is at Slung Low's Warehouse on Sat 17 May.

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 (next deadline 8 May).

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: habmcr.org

 

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.)

Disregarding the creep in the Whitehouse, as Mayday approaches, the year is creeping inexorably past us, and, on Sunday, Factory International's Radiohead-inspired opus dawns Hamlet Hail to The Thief at Aviva Studios (27 Apr - 18 May).

Further afield, Figs in Wigs' Little Wimmin is at the Loading Bay in Bradford, tonight Fri 25 Apr. and Liverpool Improvisation Festival is at the Unity, Liverpool (until 26 Apr)

Next week (w/c 28 Apr) HOME has Wise Children's North by North West (29 Apr - 10 May) and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends (1-3 May).

Elsewhere, Rhiannon Faith's Lay Down Your Burden is at the Beacon, Wibsey Park, Bradford 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.

The following week (w/c 5 May) added to the ongoings at Aviva Studios and HOME, Lowry has Aakash Odedra's Songs of the Bulbul on Tue 6 May and Gandini Juggling's Heka on Sun 11 May.

In Liverpool, Jasmin Vardimon's Now is at the Playhouse on Wed 7 + Thu 8 May and LEAP's New Dance Works is at the Unity on Fri 9 May.

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 (next deadlin 8 May).

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: habmcr.org
 

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

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

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

Information for artists: habmcr.org
 

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

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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.