Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

Word of Warning...
Thanks to all - artists, volunteers and audiences alike who joined us for Michael Pinchbeck's The man who flew into space from his apartment last Friday.  Unbelievably, that brings to a close Word of Warning's third year of programme! 

Now, before the world gets subsumed by festive frippery, there are still a few less tinsel-fuelled offerings around...
Tonight, Fri 5 Dec, sees Drunken Chorus's Drunken Nights at the Wagon & Horses, Lancaster; and over in Yorkshire on Sat 6 Dec there's the intriguing (and hard to type) IS/N'T IT at the Delius Arts + Cultural Centre, Bradford.

Closer to home Contact welcomes the Future's SHIFT Festival tonight, Fri 5 + Sat 6 Dec (schedule here), including Manchester debuts for works by Oliver Bray, Rachael Young, Jodean Sumner and the chance to participate in (or watch) Quarantine's A Small Constellation.

After that, the world pretty much gives itself over to panto - though there's a Mother's Ruin on Fri 12 Dec and a special Tales of Whatever with Bad Language on Wed 17 Dec.  On Salford Quays, Squid's Soup's Aeolian Light has a Company Chameleon performance on Thu 18 Dec.   Slung Low's 59 Minutes to Save Xmas, meanwhile, mounts a takeover of Z-arts - open to the public 20-24 Dec. 

And that's pretty much that! The Word of Warning programme will be back in February with a co-promotion with Queer Contact of Amy+Rosana Cade's Sister.
This mailer is going to take a break now til things wake up a bit in the New Year, so until then, bah humbug and the rest!

best

Tamsin


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Word of Warning...
So it's another eastward pointing weekend courtesy of Compass Festival with Live Art Bistro (tonight Fri 21).  Tomorrow, Sat 22 Nov, there's day of sited offerings scattered around the City Centre including Helen Cole's We See Fireworks, Invisible Flock, Quarantine, Selina Thompson and Brian Lobel plus, in the evening, at West Yorkshire Playhouse, a reboot of Kings of England's Where We Live and What We Live For.  Compass rounds off on Sun 23 Nov with Forced Entertainment's That Night Follows Day in their second outing of the weekend, following their 24 hour Quizoola in Sheffield (tonight Fri 21 Nov).

In Manchester, tonight and tomorrow, there's still The Worst of Scottee at Contact. 
For the young at heart there are two shows coming up - at Contact on Sat 22 Nov Bryony Kimmings's That Catherine Bennett Show and next Sunday, 30 Nov Pigeon Theatre's Today It Is Raining (at 11,1+3) at Z-arts.

Next week, Tue 25-Thu 27 Nov, Contact has Peter McMaster's Wuthering Heights and Debs Gatenby's Hi, Anxiety.  At Bury Met, Sophie Willan's Novice Detective also appears on Wed 26 Nov. 
Over in Liverpool, Dadafest has the intriguing Terry Galloway's You Are My Sunshine on Thu 27 and Syndrome 3.1 on Fri 28 both at the Bluecoat.  Up in Lancaster, Live at LICA has Candoco's Playing Another on Thu 27 Nov.

And back at home base there is a grand total of THREE tickets remaining for the 8pm performance of Word of Warning's final show of the season  Michael Pinchbeck's The man who flew into space from his apartment at Z-arts, on Fri 28 Nov!  Hope to see you there.

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2014
Fri 28 Nov, 6pm+8pm. By donation | Z-arts
THE MAN WHO FLEW INTO SPACE FROM HIS APARTMENT (work-in-progress)
Michael Pinchbeck
[Booking essential, limited capacity]
 

Word of Warning...
Scarily it's mid November already and we're heading off across the hills to Compass Festival (13-23 Nov) for Oliver Bray's Of This Room and Reckless Sleepers' Negative Space at Stage@Leeds, tonight Fri 14 Nov.  Plenty more on over the next week including Manuel Vason's Double Exposures,  Helen Cole's We See Fireworks, Live Art Bistro (Fri 21), two offerings from Quarantine, an appearance by Forced Entertainment and a big day of sited work next Saturday.

This weekend is a veritable collision of work: in parts Macunian, at The Lowry you can still catch Imitating the Dog's A Farewell To Arms (14-15 Nov) and Akram Khan's Desh (Fri 14 Nov - the ending is extraordinary - check out manchestertheatres.com for ticket offer), plus on Saturdays there are live performances as part of Akram Khan's One Side To The Other exhibition.   Also in Manchester,  The Penthouse has another Noise Above Noise night tonight,  Fri 14 Nov.
Over in Liverpool ex-Bloolips Nick Philips' Ecce Homo is at the Unity (14 +15 Nov) and Chanje Kunda's Amsterdam is at the Lantern Theatre on Sat 15 Nov.
In Bradford Baba Israel + Unfinished Business's The Spinning Wheel is at Theatre in the Mill (13-15 Nov) and Theatre Delicatessen  is ongoing to 22 Nov in Sheffield.

Beyond that there are a couple of pop-up exhibitions happening at Federation House (M4 2AH) in Manchester: tonight (Fri 14 Nov) Martin Hamblen performs as part of the preview for Hankering for Classification; and on Fri 21 Nov performance by Sarah Spanton and others as part of the preview for Bed.

Next week calms down a little bit but there's still The Worst of Scottee at Contact (20-22 Nov); and in Liverpool, Homotopia continues with Debs Gatenby's Hi Anxiety on Thu 20 Nov at the Lantern Theatre;  Forced Entertainment pop up again doing a 24 hour Quizoola in Sheffield (Fri 21 Nov) and Compass Festival gears up again for another big weekend.

Word of Warnings final outing of the season is on Fri 28 Nov - a special, work in progress of Michael Pinchbeck's The man who flew into space from his apartment.  It's free, but very limited capacity, so book now as there are only a handful of tickets left.

As a final word, Arts Council England is advising that now is the time to be shouting loudly about the value of the arts before the political parties publish manifestos for the next election.  So please do check out ACE's Culture Matters page and spread the word!

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2014
Fri 28 Nov, 6pm+8pm. By donation | Z-arts
THE MAN WHO FLEW INTO SPACE FROM HIS APARTMENT (work-in-progress)
Michael Pinchbeck
[Booking essential, limited capacity]
 

Word of Warning...
So, am I writing from the depths of East Anglia? Has the carrier pigeon brought my words safely back to Manchester? Or am I cheating and writing ahead of time..? You'll never know - unless I make a monumental mistake which gives the game away...

Anyway the next week seems to be all about food and families...
Tomorrow, Sat 1 Nov - you can still catch Family Matters (5 short pieces by artists including Yusra Warsama, Ben Mellor and Tuheen Huda) at Z-arts. While from tonight - Halloween  over in Sheffield there's the rather intriguing Theatre Delicatessen (31 Oct - 22 Nov).

We, at Word of Warning, also have a foodie week! With a double serving of the irrepressible Selina Thompson with Chewing The Fat on Fri 7 Nov at the Lowry Studio preceded by a gastronomically enticing workshop earlier in the week (now full).

Away from things epicurean, Contact has the site specific Commonwealth's No Guts No Glory (5-8 November) and Home is playing host to Riotous Company's Insomnia (Thu 6+ Fri 7 Nov)

Further afield, on Tue 4 Nov Axis, Crewe has H2 Dance + Sharon Smith's Duet + How to be a Woman and Homotopia has Jarman's All This Maddening Beauty at the Unity, Liverpool. 

On Wed 5 Nov Live at LICA, Lancaster hosts Ockham's Razor's Not Until We Are Lost. 
On Sat 8 Nov The Continental in Preston has a Fuel presentation of David Rosenberg + Glen Neath's Fiction and on Sun 9 Nov Homotopia also has David Hoyles's Scars on Sunday at Fredericks, Hope St, Liverpool.

Meanwhile, I'm going to plunge back into the East Anglian delights of Spill!

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2014
Fri 7 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry Studio
CHEWING THE FAT
Selina Thompson

Fri 28 Nov, 6pm+8pm. By donation | Z-arts
THE MAN WHO FLEW INTO SPACE FROM HIS APARTMENT (work-in-progress)
Michael Pinchbeck
[Booking essential, limited capacity]
 

Word of Warning...
Unaccustomed as I am to sporting invocations, go wildcats, go! is the call to arms for the latest Word of Warning venture, tonight Fri 24 and tomorrow Sat 25 Oct: Action Hero's Hoke's Bluff at Contact.
I've just heard that, while transforming the space, they've managed to squeeze an extra few seats in - so move fast if you want to grab one of the remaining few tickets.

For something more theatrical than the WoW norm, you can also still catch Tuheen Huda's Transmissions at The Lowry Studio, tonight Fri 24 Oct.

Further afield, in Bradford, Theatre in the Mill has Paper Birds' Blind also on Fri 24 Oct; and Lowri Evans's The Secret Life of You and Me on Sat 25 Oct; while in Preston UCLan's Derelict has Search Party's My Son and Heir tomorrow Sat 25 Oct.

Next week (w/c 27 Oct) is a bit of a half-term lull - though ongoing, is The Secret Theatre Co's Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts (27 +30 Oct + 1 Nov) and you can catch Family Matters (5 short pieces by artists including Yusra Warsama, Ben Mellor and Tuheen Huda) at Z-arts on Sat 1 Nov. 

I meanwhile will be off at Spill Festival in Ipswich, so just in case I don't manage to put this together, here's advance warning for the hecticness that is the following week (w/c 3 Nov):
On the more theatrical side, in Manchester is Commonwealth's No Guts No Glory; and in Preston David Rosenberg + Glen Neath's Fiction.
On the dance side, in Manchester is Riotous Company's Insomnia; and in Crewe H2 Dance + Sharon Smith's Duet + How to be a Woman.
On the aerial side is Ockham's Razor's Not Until We Are Lost in Lancaster;
And in the non-stop festival world that is Liverpool, Homotopia has Jarman's All This Maddening Beauty + David Hoyles's Scars on Sunday at Homotopia and the beginning of DaDaFest.

On the unmissable side (ooh dear, cheese alert!) Word of Warning, is back in the fray with Selina Thompson's Chewing The Fat on Fri 7 Nov at the Lowry Studio plus workshop (book here) in the STUN Studio at Z-arts on Mon 3 Nov.

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2014


Fri 24 [last 2 tickets remaining] + Sat 25 Oct, 8pm. £11/6 | Contact
HOKE'S BLUFF
Action Hero

Fri 7 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry Studio
CHEWING THE FAT
Selina Thompson
[Plus artist workshop, book here]

Fri 28 Nov, 6pm+8pm. By donation | Z-arts
THE MAN WHO FLEW INTO SPACE FROM HIS APARTMENT (work-in-progress)
Michael Pinchbeck
[Booking essential, limited capacity]

Word of Warning...
Seemingly in these parts it never rains but it pours, after a relatively drizzly couple of weeks, the week commencing 20 Oct is a proper soaking!

Still to come this week is HOME's presentation of the Best of BE Festival, tonight, Fri 17 and tomorrow Sat 18 Oct at No 1 First Street and ongoing is Imitating The Dog's A Farewell to Arms, Live at LICA at the Duke's, (til 25 October).

In Preston UCLan's Derelict kicks off with Two Destination Language's Near Gone on Wed 22 Oct + Search Party's My Son and Heir on Sat 25 Oct.
In Bradford at Theatre in the Mill there are two Manchester-grown shows - Chanje Kunda's Amsterdam at Theatre in the Mill Bradford on Wed 22 Oct, and our own Lowri Evans's The Secret Life of You and Me on Sat 25 Oct plus Paper Birds' Blind on Fri 24 Oct.
In Crewe, Axis Arts Centre has David Rosenberg + Glen Neath's Fiction on Thu 23 Oct.
In Liverpool, Homotopia is now underway, with its first live show DV8's John at Liverpool Playhouse (23+24 Oct) - already sold out!

In the Manchester environs, the Royal Exchange has The Secret Theatre Co's Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts (various dates from 21 Oct - 1 Nov).
The Lowry is playing host to two local premières - Company Chameleon's Beauty of the Beast on Wed 22 + Thu 23 Oct, and Tuheen Huda's Transmissions on Thu 23 + Fri 24 Oct.

Word of Warning, meanwhile leaps (?!) back into action, co-promoting Action Hero's Hoke's Bluff at Contact on Fri 24 + Sat 25 Oct.  Friday is already sold out, so grab the remaining Saturday tickets while you can!

The following week seems to dry up a bit up North, so I'll be gearing up for the long haul to Ipswich for the 2014 Spill Festival!

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2014


Fri 24 [sold-out] + Sat 25 Oct, 8pm. £11/6 | Contact
HOKE'S BLUFF
Action Hero

Fri 7 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry Studio
CHEWING THE FAT
Selina Thompson
[Plus artist workshop, book here]

Fri 28 Nov, 6pm+8pm. By donation | Z-arts
THE MAN WHO FLEW INTO SPACE FROM HIS APARTMENT (work-in-progress)
Michael Pinchbeck
[Booking essential, limited capacity]