warnmcr: sticky situations...

As the global mess sinks deeper into its own oily residue, our week has likewise turned dark and viscous…

This weekend, tonight, Fri 29 May you can still join us for n:u (melissandre varin)'s Evil Eyes at Contact.  For a full evening, you can also team it with SICK!'s screening of Hannah Ballou's (I) Miss America and In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy of the World  (both continuing at Contact until Sat 30 May). 

HOME has Shechter II's In The Brain and YES YES NO NO's Nation; while Lowry has Le Gateau Chocolat's Spirituals  - all until Sat 30 May. 

Beyond Mancunia, Leeds Playhouse has Perfect Show for Rachel (28 May - 6 June). 

Next week (w/c 1 June) things seem pretty quiet but ther's Cie. Modo Grosso's Tout/Rien on Mon 1 + Tue 2 June (use this link and code CIRCUS08 for an £8 ticket); plus We Invented The Weekend on Sat 6 + Sun 7 June - all at Lowry. 

In Lancaster, The Duke's has Blast Fest on Thu 4 Jun; while Pickled Republic is at Slung Low's Warehouse on Sat 6 Jun.

The following week (w/c 8 June) we are back in action again with Social Experiment with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw on Thu 11 Jun at Contact. Malandra Jacks' Census is also back out in Greater Manchester Libraries - Urmston on Thu 11 Jun and Wythenshawe on Sat 13 Jun. 

In Liverpool Nicola Hardman's Final Curtain Call is at Unity on Sat 13 Jun. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - Social Experiment remains open for proposals for the November edition; look out for Emergency proposal call coming soon. 

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 576/ FY 8

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 28 May, 7.30pm. PWYC | Contact
Fri 29 May, 6.30pm. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
EVIL EYES
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance
with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)

warnmcr: evil eyes...

Not the latest internecine staring contest, but an invitation to a contemplative performance ritual. But before that...

This weekend, it's all about Yorkshire: in Leeds, Toussaint to Move's Windows of Displacement is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 22 May and Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik! is at Slung Low's Warehouse on Sat 23 May. Meanwhile Matthew Hawkins's Ready is at Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge on Sun 24 May. 

Next week (w/c 24 May) the pace in Mancunia really picks up:
Please do join us for the first of two Works Ahead outings: n:u (melissandre varin)'s Evil Eyes at Contact on Thu 28 + Fri 29 May - a performance-ritual experimenting with ancient cosmologies: Vodún figures of the twins, Celtic folklore, and African knowledge systems.

Meanwhile, Lowry has Double Bill: Voyage & Hakkõ on Tue 26 and Wed 27 May. 
HOME has Shechter II's In The Brain (27 -30 May) and YES YES NO NO's Nation (28-30 May).
SICK! has Krishna Istha + Geetha Shankar's Second Trimester at Lowry Wed 27 + Thu 28 May;  and on Fri 29 + Sat 30 May, a screening of Hannah Ballou's (I) Miss America and In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy of the World at Contact.  Come on Friday and you can catch those AND n:u (melissandre varin)'s Evil Eye all in one go! 
Also on Fri 29 + Sat 30 May Le Gateau Chocolat's Spirituals is at Lowry.

Beyond Mancunia, Leeds Playhouse has Perfect Show for Rachel (28 May - 6 June). 

The following week (w/c 1 June) maybe I'm missing something but all seems a bit quiet - on my radar is just Cie. Modo Grosso's Tout/Rien on Mon 1 + Tue 2 June and We Invented The Weekend on Sat 6 + Sun 7 June - all at Lowry. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - the cut-off for the next Social Experiment (11 June) is Mon 25 May.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 576/ FY 8


WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 28 May, 7.30pm. PWYC | Contact
Fri 29 May, 6.30pm. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
EVIL EYES
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance
with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)




warnmcr: Infamy!...


... Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me! As Starmerdrama slips from briefing war into leadership contest, “not now, Andy” hasn’t aged well…

This weekend, Aviva Studios has ENO's Angel's Bone until Sat 16 May; and Sale Waterside has Sanjay Lago's Love Me Like a Chai Tea Latte on Fri 15 May; while on Sat 16 May 53Two has Funeral Teeth; and New Adelphi has VERVE.

Next week (w/c 17 May) Contact has Split Ends on Tue 19 and Wed 20 May.

Further afield, Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool has its homecoming gala at Blackpool Grand on Wed 20 May.  In Leeds, Toussaint to Move's Windows of Displacement is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 22 May and Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik! is at Slung Low's Warehouse on Sat 23 May. 

The following week (w/c 24 May) Pace in Mancunia really picks up!
Our focus is on the first of two Works Ahead outings: n:u (melissandre varin)'s Evil Eye at Contact on Thu 28 + Fri 29 May.
Meanwhile, Lowry has Double Bill: Voyage & Hakkõ on Tue 26 and Wed 27 May. 
HOME has ShechterII's In The Brain (27 -30 May) and YES YES NO NO's Nation (28-30 May).
SICK! has Krishna Istha + Geetha Shankar's Second Trimester at Lowry Wed 27 + Thu 28 May;  and on Fri 29 + Sat 30 May, a screening of Hannah Ballou's (I) Miss America and In Bed With My Brother's Philosophy of the World at Contact.  Come on Friday and you can catch those AND n:u (melissandre varin)'s Evil Eye all in one go! 
Also on Fri 29 + Sat 30 May Le Gateau Chocolat's Spirituals is at Lowry.

Beyond Mancunia, Leeds Playhouse has Perfect Show for Rachel (28 May - 6 June). 

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. 

Notes for Artists - the cut-off for the next Social Experiment (11 June) is Mon 25 May.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 575/ FY 7


WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 28 May, 7.30pm. PWYC | Contact
Fri 29 May, 6.30pm. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
EVIL EYES
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance
with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)

warnmcr: spin cycle...


As last night's voting picture emerges, the morning round of face-saving begins - could no overall control be both outcome and metaphor?

This weekend, at Lowry is Nine Sixteenths on Fri 8 May (and at Slung Low, Leeds on Sat 9 May) and Period Drama on Sat 9 May. Also on Sat 9 May Manchester Collective x Thick & Tight's Papillons is at RNCM; while Chorlton Arts Festival (9-21 May) kicks off including The Potato War at The Royal Oak. 

Elesewhere it's still all dance with Phoenix Dance's Interplay at Liverpool Playhouse on Fri 8 May; Emergence's Triple Bill at The Dukes, Lancaster on Sat 9 May; LEAP has a Takeover: Scratch at Shakespeare North on Sat 9 May and Hofesh Schechter's In The Brain is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sun 10 May.

Next week (w/c 11 May) focus seems to be on Greater Manchester: Aviva Studios has ENO's Angel's Bone 12-16 May; Oldham Coliseum has P Burton Morgan's Running Commentary at George St Chapel on Wed 13 May; Sale Waterside has Johnny Woo's Suburbia on Thu 14 May and Sanjay Lago's Love Me Like a Chai Tea Latte on Fri 15 May; while 53Two has Funeral Teeth on Sat 16 May

The following week (w/c 17 May) Contact has Split Ends on Tue 19 and Wed 20 May.

Further afield, Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool has its homecoming gala at Blackpool Grand on Wed 20 May.  In Leeds, Toussaint to Move's Windows of Displacement is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 22 May and Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik! is at Slung Low's Warehouse on Sat 23 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 5pm today, 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June, deadline Mon 25 May) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 574/ FY 6

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 28 May, 7.30pm. PWYC | Contact
Fri 29 May, 6.30pm. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
EVIL EYES
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance
with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)


warnmcr: purdah on the dancefloor...

With the arrival of Mr Blackpool, you might think conference season has come early, when really it’s just the run-up to the local elections…

This weekend, for us it's all about the extraordinary Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool at Lowry on Sat 2 May - 'cabaret, magic, dance, and drag, this is cultural archaeology and satire at its campiest, presented in lurid technicolor and garish seaside spectacle'.

Further afield, in Liverpool LEAP has Queer Moves on Fri 1 May and Akeim Toussaint Buck's Windows of Displacement on Sat 2 May all at Unity. Also in Liverpool Roy Claire Potter's Comms Fail is at Bluecoat on Sat 2 May.
Much further afield GIFT is in Gateshead 1-3 May. 

Next week (w/c 4 May) SICK! has Dan Dawes's Exxy at Lowry on Wed 6 + Thu 7 May. Also at Lowry is Nine Sixteenths on Fri 8 May (and at Slung Low, Leeds on Sat 9 May) and Period Drama on Sat 9 May. Also on Sat 9 May Manchester Collective x Thick & Tight's Papillons is at RNCM; while Chorlton Arts Festival (9-21 May) kicks off including The Potato War at The Royal Oak. 

Elesewhere it's all dance: Verve's Triple Bill at Leeds Playhouse on Wed 6 May; Phoenix Dance's Interplay at Liverpool Playhouse on Fri 8 May; Emergence's Triple Bill at The Dukes, Lancaster on Sat 9 May; LEAP has a Takeover: Scratch at Shakespeare North on Sat 9 May and Hofesh Schechter's In The Brain is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sun 10 May.

The following week (w/c 11 May) focus seems to be on Greater Manchester: Aviva Studios has ENO's Angel's Bone 12-16 May; Oldham Coliseum has P Burton Morgan's Running Commentary at George St Chapel on Wed 13 May; Sale Waterside has Johnny Woo's Suburbia is at Waterside Arts on Thu 14 May and Sanjay Lago's Love Me Like a Chai Tea Latte on Fri 15 May; while 53Two has Funeral Teeth on Sat 16 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 573/ FY 5

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 28 May, 7.30pm. PWYC | Contact
Fri 29 May, 6.30pm. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
EVIL EYES
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)




warnmcr: checked-out...

In a week that proves good vetting isn’t just for our furry friends, some political neutering may be overdue. Meanwhile in parts theatrical:

This weekend, you can still catch Mole Wetherell, Teresa Brayshaw & Hannah Butterfield's Mob at New Adelphi, tonight Fri 24 Apr.

Beyond Mancunia, also tonight, Fri 24 Apr Markéta Stránská and Charlie Morrissey's Scáling is at Wainsgate Chapel; and, with the start of LEAP 26 (24 Apr-26 May) Cathy Waller Company's You and Us is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. On Sat 25 Apr, Northern Rascals' Sunny Side is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds. 

Next week (w/c 27 Apr) for us it's all about the extraordinary Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool at Lowry on Sat 2 May. Also at Lowry Circa's Wolf is on Wed 29 + Thu 30 Apr (£15 with promo code CIRCUS15).

Before that, on Tue 28 Apr Building,Tearing Repairing is at SeeSaw; ; The Dreamtime Fellrunner is at The Edge in Chorlton on Thu 30 Apr; and on Fri 1 May Emergence Dance 2026 is at Sale Waterside

Further afield, in Liverpool LEAP has Liverpool Dance Prize on Thu 30 Apr; Queer Moves on Fri 1 May and Akeim Toussaint Buck's Windows of Displacement on Sat 2 May all at Unity. Also in Liverpool Roy Claire Potter's Comms Fail is at Bluecoat on Sat 2 May.
Meanwhile, It's the Economy Stupid is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 30 Apr. 
Much further afield GIFT is in Gateshead 1-3 May. 

The following week (w/c 4 May) SICK! has Dan Dawes's Exxy at Lowry on Wed 6 + Thu 7 May. Also at Lowry is Nine Sixteenths on Fri 8 May (and at Slung Low, Leeds on Sat 9 May) and Period Drama on Sat 9 May. Also on Sat 9 May Manchester Collective x Thick & Tight's Papillons is at RNCM; while Chorlton Arts Festival (9-21 May) kicks off including The Potato War at The Royal Oak. 

Elesewhere it's all dance: Verve's Triple Bill at Leeds Playhouse on Wed 6 May; Phoenix Dance's Interplay at Liverpool Playhouse on Fri 8 May; Emergence's Triple Bill at The Dukes, Lancaster on Sat 9 May; LEAP has a Takeover: Scratch at Shakespeare North on Sat 9 May and Hofesh Schechter's In The Brain is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sun 10 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 572/ FY 4

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 28 May, 7.30pm. PWYC | Contact
Fri 29 May, 6.30pm. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
EVIL EYES
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance
with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)






warnmcr: social distancing...

With shortages mooted, the powers may be dusting off the old ‘stay at home’ advice. Will the return of the streamed show follow? 
If, however, you’re not a fan of governmental directive, here are your options…

This weekend, Leila Navabi's Relay is at Lowry on Fri 17 Apr; while for younger viewers, Z-arts has Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and the Polar Bear on Sat 18 Apr.

Further afield, on Sat 18 Apr, in the afternoon, Malandra Jacks' Census is at 3B Systems in Nelson; while that evening Burrows & Fargion's The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece are at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge.  

Much further afield, Buzzcut is happening in Glasgow (until 18 Apr).

Next week (w/c 20 Apr) seems pretty quiet in Mancunia - but you might want to check out. Mole Wetherell, Teresa Brayshaw & Hannah Butterfield's Mob at New Adelphi on 23 + 24 Apr. 

Beyond parts Mancunian, on Fri 24 Apr Markéta Stránská and Charlie Morrissey's Scáling is at Wainsgate Chapel; and, with the start of LEAP 26 (24 Apr-26 May) Cathy Waller Company's You and Us is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. On Sat 25 Apr, Northern Rascals' Sunny Side is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds. 

The following week (w/c 27 Apr) for us it's all about the extraordinary Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool at Lowry on Sat 2 May. Also at Lowry Circa's Wolf is on Wed 29 + Thu 30 Apr (£15 with promo code CIRCUS15).

Before that, on Tue 28 Apr Building,Tearing Repairing is at SeeSaw; ; The Dreamtime Fellrunner is at The Edge in Chorlton on Thu 30 Apr; and on Fri 1 May Emergence Dance 2026 is at Sale Waterside

Further afield, in Liverpool LEAP has Liverpool Dance Prize on Thu 30 Apr; Queer Moves on Fri 1 May and Akeim Toussaint Buck's Windows of Displacement on Sat 2 May all at Unity. Also in Liverpool Roy Claire Potter's Comms Fail is at Bluecoat on Sat 2 May.
Meanwhile, It's the Economy Stupid is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 30 Apr. 

Much further afield GIFT is in Gateshead 1-3 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 571/ FY 3

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 28 & Fri 29 May, eve. PWYC | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2026
العين — Le mauvais oeil — The evil eye
n:u (melissandre varin)

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance
with special guest Nathan Birkinshaw.

(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)



warnmcr: splashdown...


After glimpsing the dark side of the Moon, re-entry approaches for Integrity; whether its namesake lands in certain dire Straits hangs in the balance...

This weekend, having joined us at Social Experiment last night, Matt Miller's Fixing comes to Lowry on Fri 10 Apr and to Slung Low's Warehouse in Leeds on Sat 11 Apr. 

Next week (w/c 13 Apr) Leila Navabi's Relay is at Lowry on Fri 17 Apr; while for younger viewers, Z-arts has Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and the Polar Bear on Sat 18 Apr.

Further afield, in Huddersfield, RONiN is at the LBT on Wed 15 Apr. On Sat 18 Apr, in the afternoon, Malandra Jacks' Census is at 3B Systems in Nelson; while that evening Burrows & Fargion's The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece are at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge.  

Much further afield, Buzzcut is happening in Glasgow (15-18 Apr).

The following week (w/c 20 Apr) seems pretty quiet in Mancunia.

Further afield, on Fri 24 Apr Markéta Stránská and Charlie Morrissey's Scáling is at Wainsgate Chapel; and, with the start of LEAP 26 (24 Apr-26 May) Cathy Waller Company's You and Us is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. On Sat 25 Apr, Northern Rascals' Sunny Side is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 570/ FY 2

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.




warnmcr: gravity optional...

After a few laps inspecting Earth from above, Integrity has now officially left the planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth we look for Easter eggs and other rarities, perhaps even integrity...
This weekend is predictably quiet but fish in a dress's The City For Incurable Women is at HOME (2-4 Apr).

Next week (w/c 6 Apr) On Thu 9 Apr we're back in action with another Social Experiment at Contact featuring Daniel Nicholas, Gin Niemtus, Kathy Rivett, Lisa Ford, Orla Collier and special guest Natalie Spanner.
Sale Waterside also has the Breaking Ground Scratch on Thu 9 Apr; then Matt Miller's Fixing comes to Lowry on Fri 10 Apr.

Malandra Jacks' Census is at Wortley Hall, nr Sheffield on Tue 7 Apr; Motionhouse's Hidden is at Chester Storyhouse on Thu 9 Apr and Matt Miller's Fixing is at Slung Low's Warehouse in Leeds on Sat 11 Apr. 

The following week (w/c 13 Apr) Leila Navabi's Relay is at Lowry on Fri 17 Apr; while for younger viewers, Z-arts has Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and the Polar Bear on Sat 18 Apr.

Further afield, in Huddersfield, RONiN is at the LBT on Wed 15 Apr, and in Hebden Bridge, Burrows & Fargion's The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece are at Wainsgate Chapel on Sat 18 Apr.

Much further afield, Buzzcut is happening in Glasgow (15-18 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 569/ FY 1

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 9 Apr, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.
Daniel Nicholas | Gin Niemtus | Kathy Rivett | Lisa Ford | Orla Collier | special guest Natalie Spanner

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

warnmcr: dramatic licence...

On this World Theatre Day, certain powers seem to have misinterpreted it as theatre of war.  Meanwhile, as we spring forward:

This weekend, Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand are both at HOME (until 28 Mar) and Emergence 26 is at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar. Look out for Get-in! to Eccles which has Lowri Evans's Train Dreaming at Eccles station over the weekend and, in Wigan, Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak is at Wigan & Leigh College on Sun 29 Mar. 

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar.  Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (until 28 Mar) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has Roadhouse 22 on Fri 27 Mar. At the Unity in Liverpool, Up Next Festival runs  until 28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 Mar.

Next week (w/c 30 Mar) It's all a touch quite but on Tue 31 Mar Joe Kiney Whitmore's The Weight of the Light is at Pier 4 in Wigan; while Payal Ramchandani + Chandenie Gobardhan's Just Enough Madness & Caught In The Net Of Rebirth is at Lowry. fish in a dress's The City For Incurable Women is at HOME (2-4 Apr).

The following week (w/c 6 Apr) On Thu 9 Apr we've got another Social Experiment at Contact; while Sale Waterside has the Breaking Ground Scratch. Matt Miller's Fixing comes to Lowry on Sat 10 Apr.

Malandra Jacks' Census is at Wortley Hall, nr Sheffield on Tue 7 Apr; Motionhouse's Hidden is at Chester Storyhouse on Thu 9 Apr and Matt Miller's Fixing is at Slung Low's Warehouse in Leeds on Sat 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open and we have an online info session for prospective artists on Tue 31 Mar. 

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 568 / FY 39

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 9 Apr, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.
Daniel Nicholas | Gin Niemtus | Kathy Rivett | Lisa Ford | Orla Collier | special guest Natalie Spanner

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.