warnmcr: 25 pieces down... 25 to go!

Word of Warning... week 2 of silly season

Having tempted fate with 'mobility scooter on M62' quips last week, which nearly came to fruition when I got locked in my car park on the morning of 'Poolside Emergency... I'm going to refrain from any such reckless suggestion!

Week 2 of WoW's silly season is upon us and with it Turn 2013 at Contact, tonight, Fri 19 and tomorrow Sat 20 April.  15 pieces of new dance across and, at only £10/6 for a 2 night pass, it's a steal!

Elsewhere West Yorkshire Playhouse's Transform Festival (16-27 April) continues til 27 April - look out for The Johnny Eck and Dave Toole Show(23-27th) and there's more dance at Blackpool Grand with David Hughes' The Red Room on Sun 21 April. 

Next week in Manchester sees  Angela Clerkin with Improbable Theatre - The Bear at the Royal Exchange Studio (Thu 25-Sat 27 April) and, of course, Word of Warning is back again, this time at Z-arts, with the very marvellous Stuart Silver + Tam Hinton on Fri 26 April.  Also worth checking out is the Whitworth's Saturday Supplement on Sat 27 April.

Further afield, If Only! are occupying Gallery 3 as part of Archiving the Bluecoat on Mon 22 April from 10.30am; Pigeon Theatre's The Smell of Envy is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool on Wed 24 April plus the intriguing Tatty Del Are Making it Work at the Lantern Theatre, Sheffield, the same night.

Looking further ahead, Daniel Bye's The Price of Everything is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford; Idle Motion's That Is All You Need To Know is at the Lowry and the Jane Packman Company's A Thousand Shards of Glass is at Slung Low's HUB. And, surprise, surprise,  Word of Warning is back again - this time at Contact with Works Ahead on 2/3 May!

So, hoping to see you in the very near future for some dancerly twirling, some dark musings on perspective or some moving and talking (not necessarily both at once!).  Until them, I'm off to order excess quantities of dancer-treats from a well-known Hulme supermarket.

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Fri 19 + Sat 20 April, 7.30pm, Contact
TURN 2013

Fri 26 Apr, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
YOU LOOK LIKE ANTS | DELICIOUS MONSTER
Stuart Silver | Tam Hinton

Thu 2 + Fri 3 May, 7.30pm. Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2013
Work that moves you + work that speaks to you

Thu 9 May, 8pm. Contact
6 DEGREES BELOW THE HORIZON
imitating the dog

warnmcr:25 pieces down...25 to go!

Word of Warning... week 2 of silly season...


Having tempted fate with 'mobility scooter on M62' quips last week, which nearly came to fruition when I got locked in my car park on the morning of 'Poolside Emergency... I'm going to refrain from any such reckless suggestion!


Week 2 of WoW's silly season is upon us and with it Turn 2013 at Contact, tonight, Fri 19 and tomorrow Sat 20 April.  15 pieces of new dance across and, at only £10/6 for a 2 night pass, it's a steal!


Elsewhere West Yorkshire Playhouse's Transform Festival (16-27 April) continues til 27 April - look out for The Johnny Eck and Dave Toole Show(23-27th) and there's more dance at Blackpool Grand with David Hughes' The Red Room on Sun 21 April. 


Next week in Manchester sees  Angela Clerkin with Improbable Theatre - The Bear at the Royal Exchange Studio (Thu 25-Sat 27 April) and, of course, Word of Warning is back again, this time at Z-arts, with the very marvellous Stuart Silver + Tam Hinton on Fri 26 April.  Also worth checking out is the Whitworth's Saturday Supplement on Sat 27 April.


Further afield, If Only! are occupying Gallery 3 as part of Archiving the Bluecoat on Mon 22 April from 10.30am; Pigeon Theatre's The Smell of Envy is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool on Wed 24 April plus the intriguing Tatty Del Are Making it Work at the Lantern Theatre, Sheffield, the same night.


Looking further ahead, Daniel Bye's The Price of Everything is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford; Idle Motion's That Is All You Need To Know is at the Lowry and the Jane Packman Company's A Thousand Shards of Glass is at Slung Low's HUB. And, surprise, surprise,  Word of Warning is back again - this time at Contact with Works Ahead on 2/3 May!


So, hoping to see you in the very near future for some dancerly twirling, some dark musings on perspective or some moving and talking (not necessarily both at once!).  Until them, I'm off to order excess quantities of dancer-treats from a well-known Hulme supermarket.


best


Tamsin


Next up on Word of Warning:


Fri 19 + Sat 20 April, 7.30pm, Contact

TURN 2013


Fri 26 Apr, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill 

YOU LOOK LIKE ANTS | DELICIOUS MONSTER

Stuart Silver | Tam Hinton


Thu 2 + Fri 3 May, 7.30pm. Contact

WORKS AHEAD 2013

Work that moves you + work that speaks to you


Thu 9 May, 8pm. Contact

6 DEGREES BELOW THE HORIZON

imitating the dog


warnmcr: splashing into 'Poolside and Turning into Contact...

Word of Warning... every week for the next five weeks...

And so, Word of Warning's silly season has actually arrived... the first of our weekly events for the, 'Poolside Emergency, splashes down on Sat 13 April, 12-5pm FREE at the Bluecoat, Liverpool with way too many artists and strange goings-on to list!  (NB full schedule now online)

If our antics aren't enough for you this weekend, then there's still Fuel/Will Adamsdale's The Victorian in the Wall at the Royal Exchange Studio Fri 12 + Sat 13 April and Levantes Dance Theatre's Two Peas Without a Pod at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford on Fri 12 April.

Next week sees West Yorkshire Playhouse's Transform Festival (16-27 April); and Word of Warning returns to Manchester with our next offering - the spectacularly twirly 15 pieces of dance making up Turn 2013 at Contact (Fri 19 + Sat 20 April)... and there's more dance at Blackpool Grand with David Hughes' The Red Room on Sun 21 April. 

The following week sees Pigeon Theatre's The Smell of Envy at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool on Wed 24 April and I'm intrigued by Tatty Del Are Making it Work at the Lantern Theatre, Sheffield, the same night. The Royal Exchange Studio has a collaboration by Angela Clerkin with Improbable Theatre - The Bear (Thu 25-Sat 27 April) and, guess what, Word of Warning is back again, this time at Z-arts, and this time in more verbally salacious mode with a double bill of Stuart Silver + Tam Hinton on Fri 26 April.

On the installation front, also look out for Quarantine's The Soldier’s Song installation at Harris Museum & Art Gallery , Preston, 12-20 April and Accrington Market Hall, 23rd – 1 May.

My mobility scooter and I are gearing up for the long trek to Liverpool... the M62 won't know what's hit it!

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Sat 13 Apr, 12noon-5pm, the Bluecoat, Liverpool (FREE)
'POOLSIDE EMERGENCY 2013

Fri 19 + Sat 20 April, 7.30pm, Contact
TURN 2013

Fri 26 Apr, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
YOU LOOK LIKE ANTS | DELICIOUS MONSTER
Stuart Silver | Tam Hinton

Thu 2 + Fri 3 May, 7.30pm. Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2013
Work that moves you + work that speaks to you.


warnmcr: it's summer... allegedly...!

Word of Warning...

While programming puts me in a perpetual state of season confusion... always thinking a season ahead, the weather seems to be putting the kibosh on any sense of where we are in the year - but yes - welcome to British Summertime and to a whole new season of stuff to see and do!  Expect an awful lot of plugs for Word of Warning programme - not just because I'm partisan, but because we are absurdly busy from here til June.

A couple of things to keep you busy tonight (Fri 5 April): LEAP's Pub Culture at the Lord Ashton pub in Lancaster and Studio Salford's Embryo at the King's Arms, Salford. 

Next week is a bit eclectic: for something a bit on the circus side, there's Upswing's What Happens in the Winter at the Lowry on Mon 8 April; on the storytelling side: Tales of Whatever at the Castle Manchester; on the poetry side: Chanje Kunda's Amsterdam (wip) both on Wed 10 April;  on the theatre side: Fuel/Will Adamsdale's The Victorian in the Wall at the Royal Exchange Studio Fri 12 + Sat 13 April.  And on the fantastically bonkers dance side, there's Levantes Dance Theatre's Two Peas Without a Pod at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford on Fri 12 April. 

For all round live art eclecticism under one roof, there's of course Word of Warning's own 'Poolside Emergency on Sat 13 April at the Bluecoat, Liverpool.  Emergency's scouse sibling, it offers a FREE day-long splash of some 25 pieces all over the building.

Looking to the following week, and keeping to the eclectic theme, look out for West Yorkshire Playhouse's Transform Festival (16-27 April); and our very own Turn 2013 at Contact (19+20 April)... that's another 15 pieces - this time dance in all its manifestations... I did say we were busy! 

I'm off and try and unpick which event is which,  before I start expecting live artists to perform grand jetés (ouch!) or dancers to imbibe noxious liquids (eww!).

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Sat 13 Apr, 12noon-5pm, the Bluecoat, Liverpool (FREE)
'POOLSIDE EMERGENCY 2013

Fri 19 + Sat 20 April, 7.30pm, Contact
TURN 2013

Fri 26 Apr, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
You Look Like Ants | Delicious Monster
Stuart Silver | Tam Hinton

warnmcr: when you've finished the chocolate... there's a whole new season ahead!!

Word of Warning...
And so the gentle decline towards the chocolate-gorging break is upon us and consequently not enormous amounts to report.  Reminders, however that NVA's Speed of Light  - a mass, LED clad stream of runners takes over Salford Quays (tonight Fri 22 + Sat 23) and it's the last couple of days to catch Chester Performs' Rogues Galleries  (til Sun 24) and, of course don't forget to join Word of Warning at Kraak on Thu 28 March for a (free) evening with the Volkov Commanders'Panopolis.

Things to watch out for just after Easter are LEAP's Pub Culture in Lancaster on Fri 5 April, andStudio Salford's Embryo at the King's Arms, Salford the same night.

WoW is going to take a mini-break and will be back on Fri 5th April - but we thought we'd just take advantage of a quiet week to give you some bank holiday reading by announcing the next half of our season.  Despite the forecasts of hail, pestilence and plagues of frogs, it's the season we are laughingly calling Spring/Summer and is now online (look out for shiny copper print hitting the racks after Easter). It makes the programme just gone look slack - with 'Poolside Emergency,Turn 2013 and Works Ahead, plus shows from Stuart Silver | Tam Hinton, imitating the dog,Michael Pinchbeck | Sheila Ghelani, Andy Field and Jenna Watt... and breathe..!

I'm off to gear up for that little lot - at last count it was over 55 individual performances and that's a lot of artists to talk to!  Hope to see you at Volkov Commanders for a bit of a decompress!

best. 

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Easter bonus:
Thu 28 Mar, 7.30pm. Kraak
PANOPOLIS Volkov Commanders
Journey to the centre of the Moon: A live silent film

Sat 13 Apr, 12noon-5pm, the Bluecoat, Liverpool (FREE)
'POOLSIDE EMERGENCY 2013

Fri 19 + Sat 20 April, 7.30pm, Contact.
TURN 2013

warnmcr: beginning at the Beginning parts 1 & 2

Word of Warning...

Thirteen months ago Word of Warning launched itself with a preview extract of Michael Pinchbeck's The Beginning... and tonight, Fri 15 March at the Lowry  we get to see the whole beginning accompanied by a second debut from Salford University's Debutants.  Tickets are in limited supply now, so act fast!

Still to come this week is Fighting Fit Productions' June Brides at the Capstone, Liverpool; also tonight over in Leeds, is Idle Motion's Borges and I at Slung Low's HUB and  Matthew Bellwood + Alison Andrews's The Story is Not Set in Stone is ongoing at the Carriageworks until Sat 16 March.  Cheshire's sited activity continues with  Chester Performs' Rogues Galleries  (til 24th) and Axis Arts Centre's offsite presentations of J.Fergus Evans's My Heart Is Hitchhiking Down Peachtree Street on Sat 16 + Sun 17 March.

Next week sees the beginning of the lead-up to Easter, but before the break hits there's still FutureEverything2013 and in particular NVA's Speed of Light at Salford Quays and Emma Decent's Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth at The Lowry.  Plus in Leeds, InXclusion's (in)Xtricable @ ENJOY(DWF) on Thu 21 March.

The final Easter wind-down is then pretty much upon us, but Word of Warning is going out with a late bonus extra with the truly extraordinary Volkov Commanders' Panopolis, free at Kraak on Thu 28 March.

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Fri 15 Mar, 8pm. The Lowry | Double Bill
THE BEGINNING | DEBUT Michael Pinchbeck | The Debutants

Easter bonus:
Thu 28 Mar, 7.30pm. Kraak
PANOPOLIS Volkov Commanders
Journey to the centre of the Moon: A live silent film

Sat 13 Apr, 12noon-5pm, the Bluecoat, Liverpool (FREE)
'POOLSIDE EMERGENCY 2013

nb...look out for PART 2 of the Word of Warning Spring Programme, coming very soon!

warnmcr: tonight in 3D smellovision...

Word of Warning...

Just gearing up for tonight's mega-double bill at Z-arts (7.30pm) -  Plane Performance & Pigeon Theatre - first get-in done, second one just getting underway...

Contact's Flying Solo Festival continues with Sat 9 March, Sophie Willan's An Audience Without You and Brian Lobel's Purge. and over in Liverpool, there's still MDI: Capital Nights (EU dance triple bill) tonight at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University.

The week ahead sees lots of dance including 2faced Dance Company's Out of His Skin on Mon 11 March at Rose Theatre, Edgehill;  Russell Maliphant's The Rodin Project on Tues 12 March at the Lowry; and in Liverpool The Kosh's Cafe Chaos at the Unity on Wed 13 + Thu 14 and Fighting Fit Productions' June Brides at the Capstone on Fri 15.

In Manchester, Tales of Whatever continues at the Castle on Wed 13th and of course, theres's the Word of Warning our own co-promotion of Michael Pinchbeck's double bill of The Beginning with Debut at the Lowry on Fri 15th.

Over in Leeds, Matthew Bellwood + Alison Andrews's The Story is Not Set in Stone is at the Carriageworks Thu 14 - Sat 16 March and Idle Motion's Borges and I is at Slung Low's Hub on Fri 15th (also at the Unity, Liverpool on Thu 14th)

Cheshire has a wave of sited activity with Chester Performs' Rogues Galleries opening on Thu 14 March (continuing til 24th) and Axis Arts Centre's offsite presentations of J.Fergus Evans's My Heart Is Hitchhiking Down Peachtree Street on Sat 16 + Sun 17 March.

The following week sees beginning of the lead-up to Easter, but before the break hits there's still FutureEverything2013 and in particular NVA's Speed of Light at Salford Quays and Emma Decent's Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth at The Lowry.

Anyway, I'm now off to plot interval treats for Plane Performance & Pigeon Theatre ... think Russian themed maybe, to prepare your palates for the redolent second half... Hoping to see lots of you later!

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Fri 8 Mar, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
THREE SISTERS | THE SMELL OF ENVY Plane Performance | Pigeon Theatre

Fri 15 Mar, 8pm. The Lowry | Double Bill
THE BEGINNING | DEBUT Michael Pinchbeck | The Debutants

Just announced Easter bonus:
Thu 28 Mar, 7.30pm. Kraak
PANOPOLIS Volkov Commanders
Journey to the centre of the Moon: A live silent film

Sat 13 Apr, 12noon-5pm, the Bluecoat, Liverpool (FREE)
'POOLSIDE EMERGENCY 2013

nb...look out for PART 2 of the Word of Warning Spring Programme, coming very soon!

warnmcr: gearing up for TWO more double bills...

Word of Warning...

Sorry to hear that tonight's Stage@Leeds performance of Pigeon Theatre's Smell of Envy has been cancelled - but mercilessly taking it as opportunity to remind you that you can still catch it at Z-arts next Friday (8 March) in a Word of Warning Double Bill with Plane Performance's Three Sisters

Tonight, Fri 1 March Emma Decent's Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford (also Sat 2 March) and Candoco's Turning 20 is at Live at LICA followed, on Sat 2 March, by the Dance Cuts Showcase 2013.

The week ahead sees Contact's Flying Solo Festival, including LaJohnJoseph's Boy in A Dress (Tue 5/Wed 6); Kristina Wong's Going Green The Wrong Way (Wed 6 + Fri 8); and on Sat 9 March, Sophie Willan's An Audience Without You and Brian Lobel's Purge.

Over in Liverpool, LEAP'13 in Liverpool has a double bill of Lucy Suggate + Taciturn Dance on Wed 6 and MDI: Capital Nights (EU dance triple bill) on Fri 8, both at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University.

Thu 7 March sees juice and MaJiKer' Flesh and Bone at Axis, Crewe and Greg Wohead's I Like The Way You Wear Your Hair at Carriageworks, Leeds.

Highlights of a busy following week (w/c 11 March) include Russell Maliphant's The Rodin Project at the Lowry, Axis Arts Centre's offsite presentations of J.Fergus Evans's My Heart Is Hitchhiking Down Peachtree Street; and of course Word of Warning will be co-presenting the very wonderful Michael Pinchbeck in a double bill of The Beginning with Debut at the Lowry on Fri 15 March.

So, hoping to see lots of you at Plane Performance & Pigeon Theatre and/or at the Pinchbeck Double Bill.  I, meanwhile I'm hightailing it off down the motorway to fathom some mind-boggling logistics for the forthcoming 'Poolside Emergency.

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Fri 8 Mar, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
THREE SISTERS | THE SMELL OF ENVY Plane Performance | Pigeon Theatre

Fri 15 Mar, 8pm. The Lowry | Double Bill
THE BEGINNING | DEBUT Michael Pinchbeck | The Debutants

Sat 13 Apr, 12noon-5pm, the Bluecoat, Liverpool (FREE)
'POOLSIDE EMERGENCY 2013

nb...look out for PART 2 of the Word of Warning Spring Programme, coming very soon!

warnmcr: deep breath - something every night if you want to travel!

Word of Warning...
Following my frantic dash to IBT'13 in Bristol (four truly extraordinary days) I'm back ensconced in Manchester and on the look-out for stuff to do.  Still to come this weekend is
Fevered Sleep's Above Me The Wide Blue Sky at Live at LICA (Fri 22 + Sat 23 Feb) and Contact's telepresence dance exchange: Outta Place's The Dance Dialogue on Sat 23.  For those who didn't see it as part of Word of Warning in the Autumn, Ollie Smith's 27  is also at the Carriageworks, Leeds on Fri 22.

The coming week in Manchester + Salford sees ur:performance's Purple Packed Night on Wed 27 Feb at Islington Mill  and Small Things' The Resonance of Seclusion Thur 28 Feb at the Lowry.

If you fancy venturing further afield, there's an absolute plethora of work - with something to see every single day.  Dance is a big feature, with Process Product, Jasmine Vardimon, Company Chameleon, Candoco and Dance Cuts:
All week Process Product: A Festival of International Improvised Dance is at Axis, Crewe; and Commonwealth: Our Glass House is c/o Theatre in the Mill, Bradford.
On Mon 25 Feb Jasmine Vardimon' Freedom is at the LBT, Huddersfield;
On Tue 26 Feb LaJohnJoseph's Boy in a Dress is at Unity, Liverpool (also at Contact 5/6 March);
On Wed 27 Feb Michael Pinchbeck's The Beginning is at Live at LICA (also coming to The Lowry 15 Mar)
On Thu 28 Feb Company Chameleon's Pictures We Make is at the Rose Theatre, Edgehill. 
On Fri 1 March Pigeon Theatre's Smell of Envy is at Stage@Leeds (also at Z-arts on Fri 8 March);  Emma Decent's Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford (also Sat 2 March) and Candoco's Turning 20 is at Live at LICA, heralding the start of their weekend-long Dance Cuts Showcase 2013.

Looking further ahead to the w/c 4 March, Contact's Flying Solo Festival runs all week - including LaJohnJoseph's Boy in A Dress, Kristina Wong's Going Green The Wrong Way, Sophie Willan's An Audience Without You and Brian Lobel's Purge
Dance continues with LEAP'13 in Liverpool kicking in with a double bill of Lucy Suggate + Taciturn Dance and MDI: Capital Nights (EU dance triple bill)
Also at Axis, Crewe is juice and MaJiKer' Flesh and Bone and at Carriageworks Leeds Greg Wohead's I Like The Way You Wear Your Hair. 

Naturally, the highlight of the week is the next Word of Warning double bill at Z-arts on Fri 8 March with Plane Performance & Pigeon Theatre, offering a chance to see two of Manchester's finest in just one evening - so hoping to see you there!

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Fri 8 Mar, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
THREE SISTERS | THE SMELL OF ENVY Plane Performance | Pigeon Theatre

Fri 15 Mar, 8pm. The Lowry | Double Bill
THE BEGINNING | DEBUT Michael Pinchbeck | The Debutants

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warnmcr: marching ahead...

Word of Warning... 

After a frenetic Haphazard weekend (I've never seen so many small (and big) people hula-hooping, ping-ponging and getting terrified by Minotaurs) - Word of Warning has moved on to Hetain Patel's Be Like Water at Contact, tonight Fri 15 Feb (sold-out check for last minute returns).

Elsewhere Embryo is at Studio Salford tonight, Fri 15 Feb and The Gramophones End to End is at UCLAN, Preston also tonight, Fri 15 Feb; imitatingthedog's The Zero Hourcontinues at West Yorkshire Playhouse til Sat 16 Feb and Daniel Bye's The Price of Everything at the Unity Liverpool, tomorrow, Sat 16 Feb

You can draw a bit of breath next week, though Pigeon Theatre's The Smell of Envy is at Axis, Crewe on  Thu 21 Feb (also coming to Z-arts March 8) and Fevered Sleep's Above Me The Wide Blue Sky is at Live at LICA (Fri 22 + Sat 23 Feb) and for those into dance and technology, a telepresence dance exchange at Contact with Outta Place's The Dance Dialogue on Sat 23.

The following week (25 Feb - 3 Mar), however, sees a frenetic wave of activity if you fancy getting out and about with ur:performance's Purple Packed Night at Islington Mill  and Small Things' The Resonance of Seclusion at the Lowry. 

Further afield: Jasmine Vardimon' Freedom is at the LBT, Huddersfield;  Process Product: A Festival of International Improvised Dance at Axis, Crewe; Commonwealth: Our Glass House is c/o Theatre in the Mill, Bradford; LaJohn Joseph's Boy in a Dress at Unity, Liverpool; Company Chameleon's Pictures We Make at the Rose Theatre, Edgehill and Michael Pinchbeck's The Beginning at Live at LICA (also coming to The Lowry 15 Mar).

As a final word - those of you looking to make and show some work - a quick reminder that the closing deadline for 'Poolside Emergency is 5pm tonight.

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning:

Fri 15 Feb, 7.30pm. Contact
BE LIKE WATER  Hetain Patel

Fri 8 Mar, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
THREE SISTERS | THE SMELL OF ENVY Plane Performance | Pigeon Theatre

Fri 15 Mar, 8pm. The Lowry | Double Bill
THE BEGINNING | DEBUT Michael Pinchbeck | The Debutants