This weekend, Malandra Jacks' (award-winning) Census continues tonight, Fri 21 Nov and tomorrow Sat 22 Nov at HOME.
Elsewhere in Mancunia, Perfect Show for Rachel is at Contact (until Sat 22 Nov); Night People's Bloom After Dark is at Sale Waterside (until Sat 22 Nov); and Uplift is at Company Chameleon tonight, Fri 21 Nov. For something a bit different, in the afternoon of Sat 22 Nov, Graham Clayton-Chance's Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede premieres at Aviva Studios, along with a talk and social country and western dancing.
In Sheffield, Imogen Reeve & Co's We Are The World is at the Drama Studio on Fri 21 Nov. Also on Fri 21 Nov, in Leeds, there's the No Dress Code Scratch at Yorkshire Dance; while in Lancaster, Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at Lancaster Arts. In St Helens, Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is at Chester Lane Library on Sat 22 Nov.
Next week (w/c 24 Nov) Things look like they're quietening down for the festive lull, but we're still active for our final burst of the year - this time at Contact on Thu 27 Nov for another Social Experiment.
Elsehwere, trialled at July's Social Experiment, now developed, Rachel Smith's Mother Dark is at 53Two on Wed 26 Nov; or for something more discursive, Roberto Sifuentes of La Pocha Nostra is giving a presentation at MMU, also on Wed 26 Nov (afternoon).
Further afield, Unity has a Scratch Night on Wed 26 Nov, and Main Character Energy is at Sheffield Theatres on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Nov.
Thereafter we really do dive towards the December deadzone — and, as the original Scrooge, I’m all for hibernation… If, however, you fancy a twisted take on Dickens, there's Uncurbed Collective's Tiny Tim (formerly Proud & Loud Arts) at Contact on 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 + 16 Dec; or in Salford, there's Debut Festival at New Adelphi on Tue 9 Dec.
Further afield, on Fri 12 Dec Eggs Collective's Dark Nights is at Bradford's Loading Bay and Eleanor Sikorski + Lewys Holt's Roadhouse #21 is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds.
This mail is going to go into seasonal hibernation now until probably mid January - but you might want to put a 'save the date' in your diaries for Future Flares (21-23 Jan).
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.
Artists take note - the Turn 2026 call is now open (deadline 16 Jan), and the Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition call closes on 2 Feb.
Best
Tamsin
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No. 557 / FY 28
WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME
Thu 20 – Sat 22 Nov, various times. | HOME
CENSUS
Thu 27 Nov, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A new gathering for Live Art and performance.
Gemma Lees | Gin Niemtus | Howard Walmsley | Matt Rogerson |
Nightingale & Sage | The Chubby Northerner | Y Talking Nonsense
