Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

February has dawned, the is dust settling on the mind-altering world of Grantium and I'm finally starting to remember what a world post-NPO application is supposed to look like...

This weekend, tonight Fri 3 Feb you can catch RITE at Islington Mill; or in St Helen's, Heart of Glass has Laurence Clarke's Independence Day at The Citadel; while in Bradford, Theatre in the Mill has Rebecca Atkinson-Lord's The Class Project.

Next week (w/c 6 Feb) on Tue 7 and Wed 8 Feb Mark Thomas's The Red Shed is at The Lowry; on Wed 8 Feb Made in China's Tonight I'm Gonna To Be The New Me is at the Continental in Preston; on Thu 9 Feb Wendy Houstoun's Pact With Pointlessness is at Edge Hill University and Ridiculsumus's Give Me Your Love is at Axis, Crewe; and on Sat 11 Feb Glen Neath + David Rosenberg Fiction is a the Media Factory, Preston.

Meanwhile Queer Contact 2017 also gets going with Trans Creative and Le Gateau Chocolat's Black on Fri 10 and Sat 11 Feb.

The following week (w/c 13 Feb) Reckless Sleepers and Jamie Wood are at Edge Hill University; Adam Pownall is at the LBT, Huddersfield and the HUB, Leeds and  Jackie Hagan is at Sale Waterside.  Meanwhile Queer Contact has Milk; David Hoyle and of course, joins forces with Word of Warning and the Whitworth for FK Alexander's (I Could On Singing) Over The Rainbow.

In the meantime, I'm off to Bristol for a quick blast of In Between Time.

best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

Thu 16 Feb, 6-9pm. Free | Thursday Lates at the Whitworth during Queer Contact 2017
(I COULD GO ON SINGING) OVER THE RAINBOW
FK Alexander

Wed 1 Mar, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
A MACHINE THEY'RE SECRETLY BUILDING
Proto-type Theater

Thu 16 — Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm. £12/10 | Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre
COCK AND BULL
Nic Green
Sat 1 Apr, 12noon-4pm. Free | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

Unbelievably, that's pretty much it for January. Thanks to Massive Owl, Word of Warning is up and running for the year and the time for post-festive-hibernation is well and truly behind us...

This weekend PUSH concludes with Debs Gatenby's A Place Called Happiness and (the hÅb/STUN/Divergency supported) Cheryl Martin's Who Wants To Live Forever - both tonight Fri 27 and tomorrow Sat 28 Jan.  Meanwhile, over in Leeds Matt Allen's Real is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds on Sun 29 Jan.

Next week (w/c 30 Jan) seems a bit quiet but on Fri 3 Feb you have a choice: St Helen's Heart of Glass has Laurence Clarke's Independence Day at The Citadel  on Fri 3 Feb; while Theatre in the Mill, Bradford has Rebecca Atkinson-Lord's The Class Project.

The following week (w/c 6 Feb) more venues get going in earnest: there's Mark Thomas at the Lowry; Made in China in Preston; Wendy Houstoun at Edge Hill University; Ridiculsumus at Axis, Crewe plus the start of Queer Contact 2017. Added to all that, the travelling livearterati will be high-tailing it to Bristol for In Between Time.

For all those in the final throes of NPO - I share your pain - we too are counting the minutes to PUSH THE BUTTON.  See you on the other side!

best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

Thu 16 Feb, 6-9pm. Free | Thursday Lates at the Whitworth during Queer Contact 2017
(I COULD GO ON SINGING) OVER THE RAINBOW
FK Alexander

Wed 1 Mar, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
A MACHINE THEY'RE SECRETLY BUILDING
Proto-type Theater

Thu 16 — Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm. £12/10 | Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre
COCK AND BULL
Nic Green
Sat 1 Apr, 12noon-4pm. Free | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

So, as January marches terrifyingly onwards, TV schedules fill with dystopian Twilight Zone futures, and some of us can no longer see the wood for the NPOs, this weekend PUSH continues at HOME with Mighty Heart's Now Is The Moment We Learn Hope on Sat 21 + Sun 22 Jan, while we'll be heading to the Royal Exchange for Project O's O on Sat 21 Jan.

Next week (w/c 23 Jan) of course sees the start of WoW's Spring - with Massive Owl's Castle Rock at the Lowry. It's pay what you decide and booking *very fast*, so act fast to pre-book your place! At HOME, PUSH concludes with Debs Gatenby's A Place Called Happiness and Cheryl Martin's Who Wants To Live Forever - both (26-28 Jan); and over in Leeds Matt Allen's Real is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds on Sun 29 Jan.

The following week (w/c 30 Jan) Laurence Clarke is at St Helen's Heart of Glass, Rebecca Atkinson-Lord is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is at The Lowry.

Hoping to see loads of you on Wednesday at Massive Owl's Castle Rock...

best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

Wed 25 Jan, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
CASTLE ROCK
Massive Owl

Thu 16 Feb, 6-9pm. Free | Thursday Lates at the Whitworth during Queer Contact 2017
(I COULD GO ON SINGING) OVER THE RAINBOW
FK Alexander

Wed 1 Mar, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
A MACHINE THEY'RE SECRETLY BUILDING
Proto-type Theater

Thu 16 — Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm. £12/10 | Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre
COCK AND BULL
Nic Green
Sat 1 Apr, 12noon-4pm. Free | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

The icy fingers of January are firmly gripped around us now, though mercifully with a 13 degree leap in internal temperature the dress code in the WoW office has now moved from sheepskin and woolly knits to Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops... (do they even do those in black?)

In the awakening world of the performative, this weekend you can catch Sohail Khan's O.P.L.A at Live Art Bistro in Leeds (tonight Fri 13 Jan). The main event in parts Mancunian is the beginning of HOME's PUSH Festival (14-28 Jan  - download schedule here).  Performances kick off on Sun 15 Jan with Louise Wallwein's The Island, The Sea, The Volunteer, The Refugee (repeated 18,19 +21 Jan).

Next week (w/c 16 Jan) PUSH continues with Powder Keg's Morale Is High (Since We Gave Up Hope) (16-18 Jan); From The Mill Theatre's I'm Standing Next To You (Mon 16 + Tue 17 Jan) and Mighty Heart's Now Is The Moment We Learn Hope on Sat 21 + Sun 22 Jan.  Meanwhile, possibly in more directly WoW style, Project O's O is at the Royal Exchange on Sat 21 Jan.
Elsewhere, in Liverpool at the Brink, Psychology Fringe on Wed 18 Jan sees an evening featuring Josh Coates, Henry Maybury and Ridiculusmus; while for the theatrically-minded Bowie fan, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is at The Met, Bury 0n Thu 19 Jan and at Slung Low's HUB, Leeds on Sun 22 Jan.  

The following week (w/c 23 Jan) sees the conclusion of PUSH with Debs Gatenby and Cheryl Martin; and over in Leeds Matt Allen is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds. 
The place to be however (with no hint of self-promotion) is at the Lowry on Wed 25 Jan for the launch of Word of Warning's Spring Programme with Massive Owl's Castle Rock - it's pay what you decide but do make sure to pre-book your place!

best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

Wed 25 Jan, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
CASTLE ROCK
Massive Owl

Thu 16 Feb, 6-9pm. Free | Thursday Lates at the Whitworth during Queer Contact 2017
(I COULD GO ON SINGING) OVER THE RAINBOW
FK Alexander

Wed 1 Mar, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
A MACHINE THEY'RE SECRETLY BUILDING
Proto-type Theater

Thu 16 — Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm. £12/10 | Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre
COCK AND BULL
Nic Green
Sat 1 Apr, 12noon-4pm. Free | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

So as we shiver our way into 2017, things that we have learned to date in the baltic, 10º WoW office: knitting is your best friend and the temperature rises 2º for every extra body added. Nevertheless we are keeping warm by gearing up for another year of performative shenanigans which will see us host our 80th event...

Word of Warning's Spring 2017 kicks off on 25 Jan with a peculiarly David Lynch twist on an 80's classic; continuing in Feb with a warholian take on the ultimate torch song. In March we blow the whistle and lift the skirt of politics - then cap it all off with an April Fool of small-people proportions.

Before all that, THIS weekend, unusually in this normal January bastion of panto, the rest of the world is starting to wake up, with the Royal Exchange stealing a march on all the rest.  So if you're feeling performance starved, check out Daniel Bye's Going Viral at the Royal Exchange, tonight Fri 6 + tomorrow Sat 7 Jan.

Next week (w/c 9 Jan) not wanting to be left behind, HOME is also getting a move on with the PUSH Festival (14-28 Jan), though you might also want to pop across to Live Art Bistro in Leeds for Sohail Khan's O.P.L.A on Fri 13 Jan.

The following week (w/c 16 Jan) is mainly PUSH-dominated, though the Royal Exchange also has Project O or, further afield, Josh Coates is in Liverpool.  Alternatively for the theatrically-minded Bowie fan, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is at The Met, Bury and the HUB, Leeds.

To end, sadly, on a personal note, all of us at WoW were deeply shocked and saddened by the death of Deyika Nzeribe, Co-Chair of our partner, STUN. He will be sorely missed, read STUN’s tribute here.
 
best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

Wed 25 Jan, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
CASTLE ROCK
Massive Owl

Thu 16 Feb, 6-9pm. Free | Thursday Lates at the Whitworth during Queer Contact 2017
(I COULD GO ON SINGING) OVER THE RAINBOW
FK Alexander

Wed 1 Mar, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry
A MACHINE THEY'RE SECRETLY BUILDING
Proto-type Theater

Thu 16 — Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm. £12/10 | Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre
COCK AND BULL
Nic Green
Sat 1 Apr, 12noon-4pm. Free | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

Ok, so yes I'm reaching for subject lines but Word of Warning is reeling just a touch from the tour de force that was Greg Wohead's Comeback Special, which marked the end of our fifth (yes fifth - wood anniversary apparently) year of programme; and I'm still discombobulated by the frantic show-seeking motorway-fest of the last couple of weeks, which has seen me plough through snow, inundation and pestilence - not to mention an awful lot of traffic...

This weekend (Sat 19 + Sun 20 Nov) you could check out the very physical Tmesis Theatre's Happy Hour at the Lowry, tonight Fri 25 Nov - or further afield, in Sheffield, Powder Keg's Morale is High (Since We Gave Up Hope) at Theatre Delicatessen (Fri 25 + Sat 26 Nov) or in Leeds, Panic Lab's The Fox & The Hound at Live Art Bistro on Sat 26 Nov.

Next week (w/c 28 Nov) sees Company Chameleon's Witness at the Lowry on Tue 29 + Wed 30 Nov; while Igor and Moreno's Idiot-Syncrasy is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 30 Nov. Barrel Organ's Some People Talk About Violence is at Theatre Delicatessen, Sheffield (30 Nov-3 Dec) and Franko B's Milk and Blood is at East Street Arts, in Leeds on Thu 1 Dec.
Over in Liverpool, DaDaFest enters its final week with 3 pieces at the Bluecoat: Jo Bannon's Alba on Tue 29 Nov; Joey Hateley's DiRTY on Wed 30 Nov; and Tim Jeeves's The Kindness of Strangers on Thu 1 Dec.

Make the most of it as the following week (w/c 5 Dec) sees the start of the Xmas slow-down. The most WoW-friendly event is Sashkia Myers + Jamal Harewood at Live Art Bistro in Leeds on Thu 8 Dec; whilst also of interest in Manchester are Gary Clarke's COAL at Contact on Wed 7 + Thu 8 Dec (sold-out, check for returns); and Metis's World Factory at HOME (7-10 Dec).  A little further ahead, if you're after something more seasonal, there's Contact + Slung Low's The Siege of Christmas (15-22 Dec)

Unless something unmissable pops-up, this mail is going to go into panto-hibernation for a few weeks, but will be back in early January with news of Word of Warning's sixth year of programme. Have a good end of year break and see you with frosty new print in 2017!
 
best

Tamsin

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So, after our excursion to parts south and east, here we are back to the chilly-dark, firework-fuggy days of a Manchester November, gearing up, not only for the next bargain Word of Warning outing but for the panoply of northern festival activity about to land...

This weekend, you can still catch Action Hero's Wrecking Ball at the Royal Exchange; Andy Field's Lookout (City Tower, courtesy of Contact) and Volker Girling's Portraits in Motion at HOME (all running until Sat 5 Nov); plus, on Saturday only, Bridget Fiske & Co After Hours in the Galleries at the Lowry.

Next week (w/c 7 Nov) obviously in parts Mancunian the only place to be is be with Word of Warning at Two Destination Language's Manpower at the Lowry on Thu 10 Nov (£5 TICKET OFFER: Manpower5).
If that doesn't sate your appetite, then it's time to hit the road.  On Wed 9 Nov The Continental, Preston has Louise Orwin's A Girl and a Gun and Theatre Delicatessen, Sheffield has Forest Sounds Theatre's The Church of Jim; and on Thu 10 Nov, Lancaster Arts has Hetain Patel's American Man. 

It's also Autumn Festival time:
In Liverpool, Homotopia has Penny Arcade on Thu 10 Nov; David Hoyle on Sat 12 Nov and Mandy Romero in St Helens on Thu 17 Nov.

In Leeds Compass Festival (11-20 Nov) will be my destination, starting on Fri 11 Nov with Deborah Pearson's History, History, History, continuing over the weekend with Rosana Cade's Walking:Holding, Etheridge + Persighetti's Personal Shopper and Bethany Wells's WARMTH: a mobile sauna.  The second week includes Stan's Cafe, Playing Up, Jordan Mackenzie, Tim Hodge Felicity Barrow, Stephen Hodge, Rhiannon Armstorng and Lone Twin.

Back to Liverpool, the following weekend also sees the start of DaDaFest (17 Nov - 3 Dec) including Liz Carr, Martin O'Brien + Sheree Rose, Project O, Claire Cunningham, Jo Bannon and Tim Jeeves.

Beyond the festivals, the week commencing 14 Nov sees Candoco at Contact; Katy Baird at Sale Waterside; and Barrel Organ at the Royal Exchange.  Further afield there's Reckless Sleepers in Lancaster; Jamal Gerald and Katy Baird in Sheffield; and Josh Coates and Tin Can People in Preston.

I'm off now for a little lunchtime Lookout and hope to see lots of you next week at Two Destination Language's manifesto of maleness in a post-Brexit milieu!

best

Tamsin

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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]