Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

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)
Image: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0d0b9e09079cc9204f77cb396/images/f3f03fd9-baa8-4d39-bd1e-24ec79881177.jpg

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.

Image: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0d0b9e09079cc9204f77cb396/images/f3f03fd9-baa8-4d39-bd1e-24ec79881177.jpg

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

warnmcr: turn of the season...

Today's equinox marks the Earth’s annual turn towards spring, while the rest of the world continues its own gyrations...

This weekend, therefore, it's truly all about Turn 2026 tonight, Fri 20 Mar at Contact - 9 pieces of North West dance in 3 spaces across the building, featuring Alice Robinson Moves, Blood Bones Jones, Clara Selberg, Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan, Hui-Hsin Lu, Joseph Adamson, Joseph Lau & friends, printerror, Sap Dance. Read the programme notes here.

Elsewhere Wigan Arts Festival runs until 31 Mar; and in Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab (until Sat 21 Mar), Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar.

Next week (w/c 23 Mar) there's VAMPYR at Gulliver's Lounge on Wed 25 Mar; Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand both at HOME (26-28 Mar) and Emergence 26 at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar.

Get-in! to Eccles has Lowri Evans's Train Dreaming at Eccles station over the next couple of weeks.

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab (until Sat 21 Mar), Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar.

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Verve on Tue 24 Mar and Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar and Shakespeare North has a Scratch on Tue 25 Mar. Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25-28 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 26-28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 Mar.

The following week (w/c 30 Mar) sees the Easter slow down, 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

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 rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 567 / FY 38

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

warnmcr: turn of luck...

While today may be the second unlucky Friday 13th in a row, here's hoping that next Friday brings a better Turn. Before that...

This weekend, Mancunia seems a bit quiet, while elsewhere, in Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North today Fri 13 Mar (2+6pm).

Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (13,14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

Next week (w/c 16 Mar) For us, it's all about Turn 2026 on Fri 20 Mar at Contact - 9 pieces of North West dance featuring Alice Robinson Moves, Blood Bones Jones, Clara Selberg, Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan, Hui-Hsin Lu, Joseph Adamson, Joseph Lau & friends, printerror, Sap Dance.

Elsewhere in Mancunia, RNS Moves with Candoco Dance Co is at RNCM on Tue 17 Mar; The Other Neville is at New Adelphi on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Mar and Wigan Arts Festival kicks off (until 31 Mar).

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab, Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar.

The following week (w/c 23 Mar) there's VAMPYR at Gulliver's Lounge on Wed 25 Mar; Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand both at HOME (26-28 Mar) and Emergence 26 at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar.

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Verve on Tue 24 Mar and Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar and Shakespeare North has a Scratch on Tue 25 Mar. Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25-28 Mar) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Fri 27 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has Roadhouse 22 on Fri 27 Mar. At the Unity in Liverpool, Up Next Festival runs 26-28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 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.

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 566 / FY 37

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

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

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)

warnmcr: Lords of the dance...

Against a backdrop best left to the headlines, Westminster discovered dance therapy, musicians discovered politics, and artificial intelligence discovered the national grid.

This weekend, beyond Mancunia, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at Liverpool Playhouse (untl 7 Mar); while Verve 26 is as Riley Theatre and Motionhouse's Hidden is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Mar.

Next week (w/c 9 Mar) Mancunia seems a bit quiet, though Lowry has Vortex's Humanhood on Tue 10 + Wed 11 Mar.

Elsewhere, Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (12-14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

In Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Mar.

The following week (w/c 16 Mar) For us, it's all about Turn 2026 on Fri 20 Mar at Contact.
Elsewhere, RNS Moves with Candoco Dance Co is at RNCM on Tue 17 Mar; The Other Neville is at New Adelphi on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Mar, Dry Bits is at Lowry on Fri 20 and Wigan Arts Festival kicks off (until 31 Mar).

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab, Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 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.

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 565 / FY 36

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact
TURN 2026
A night of new North West dance.
Thu 9 Apr, 6pm–9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

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

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)

warnmcr: something in the air...

As the BRITs March into town, the city breathes a sigh of relief at the first Green shoots of Spring...

This weekend, Lowry has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (until Sat 28 Feb) and Lydia de L a Murray's Closure? on Fri 27 Feb. HOME has Kate Ireland's Golden Time (until Sat 28 Feb) and Dance With Us is at New Adelphi on Fri 27 Feb

Next week (w/c 2 Mar) Malandra Jacks's Census is at Billingtons, Oldham on Thu 5 Mar and there's a Bunker Talk with Jamal Gerald at The Salutation on Tue 3 Mar.

Beyond Mancunia, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at Liverpool Playhouse (4-7 Mar); Matt Miller's Fixing is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 5 Mar; and at Slung Low in Leeds on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Mar; while Verve 26 is as Riley Theatre and Motionhouse's Hidden is at Leeds Playhouse.

The following week (w/c 9 Mar) Mancunia seems a bit quiet, though Lowry has Vortex's Humanhood on Tue 10 + Wed 11 Mar.

Elsewhere, Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (12-14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

In Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North on Thu 12 + Fri 13 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.

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 564 / FY 35

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2026
A night of new North West dance.
Thu 9 Apr, 6pm–9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

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

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)

warnmcr: randy handycuffs...

Just when the headlines felt peak-lurid, a royal brush with handcuffs suggests a form of bondage not entirely by choice. Meanwhile, in parts more whoesome...

This weekend, on Sat 21 Feb, Queer Contact has Graham Clayton-Chance's Less Like Ourselves and More Like Each Other (11-1700) plus, in the evening, Hunter King's A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny.

In Lancaster, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at the Duke's; while in Sheffield, Perfect Show For Rachel is at Sheffield Theatres (both until Sat 21 Feb).

Next week (w/c 23 Feb) Lowry has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25- 28 Feb) and Lydia de L a Murray's Closure? on Fri 27 Feb. HOME has Kate Ireland's Golden Time (26-28 Feb) and Dance With Us is at New Adelphi on Fri 27 Feb

In Chester, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Storyhouse on Mon 23 Feb.
In Sheffield, Dry Bits is at Sheffield Theatres Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb; while Stage@Leeds has If Words Had Wings on Wed 25 Feb

The following week (w/c 2 Mar) Malandra Jacks's Census is at Billingtons, Oldham on Thu 5 Mar and there's a Bunker Talk with Jamal Gerald at The Salutation on Tue 3 Mar.

Beyond Mancunia, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at Liverpool Playhouse (4-7 Mar); Matt Miller's Fixing is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 5 Mar; and at Slung Low in Leeds on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Mar; while Verve 26 is as Riley Theatre and Motionhouse's Hidden is at Leeds Playhouse.

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 - last call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY)including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry. Deadline is Mon 23 Feb.
For those of you fresh from last night's Social Experiment, who might want to get involved, the call for the April 9 edition is open.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 563 / FY 34

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2026
A night of new North West dance.
Thu 9 Apr, 6pm–9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

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

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)