IRL:
This weekend, Botis Seva's Mama is at The Lowry tonight, Fri 2 Jun while Brawn is at The Dukes, Lancaster on Sat 3 Jun and The Gods The Gods The Gods is at Slung Low at Temple, Leeds on Sun 4 Jun.

Next week (w/c 5 Jun) YESYESNONO's We Were Promised Honey and Hot Brown Honey The Remix are at HOME (7-10 Jun). Company Carpi's When You Light a Candle You Cast a Shadow is at The Whitworth on Thu 8 Jun; Company Chameleon's Refuse premiers on Fri 9 Jun at their Studio in Openshaw; and 30 and Out is at 53Two on Wed 7 + Thu 8 Jun.

Meanwhile The Gods The Gods The Gods is on Fri 9 Jun at Chester Storyhouse.

The following week (w/c 12 Jun) Jo Fong + George Orange are at HOME and maybe in Hebden Bridge and Liz Richardson is at The Edge.
Further afield, Russell Maliphant is in Huddersfield, Godot is a Woman in Sheffield, YESYESNONO in Liverpool, and Emergence in Leeds.
 

IRL:
This weekend, at Sale Waterside there's Bi-Topia (until Sat 20 May) + Levantes Dance Theatre's High Tea with a Twist on Sat 20 May.  At Chorlton Arts Festival there's MMU Soda Electronic Ensemble at St Clement's and Rachael Field at Barlow Hall both on Sat 20 May; and The Last Word at the Spread Eagle on Sun 21 May. Further afield, Alice Christina Corrigan's Past Life is at the Unity, Liverpool tonight Fri 19 May.

Next week (w/c 22 May) HOME has Made in (India) Britain (23-25 May) and The Tiger Lilies on Fri 26 May. The Sexuality Summer School is at Contact with Nando Messias's Transmission Sissy TV on Tue 23 May and Whiskey Chow + Ro Robertson's Up Against Nature on Thu 25 May. Emergence Triple Bill is at Sale Waterside on Fri 26 May and Rowan McCabe's Door to Door Poetry: Nationwide is at The Edge on Sat 27 May.
Elsewhere, Seeds, Dreams + Constellations is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds (25-27 May); Forced Entertainment's If All Else Fails is at the Playhouse in Sheffield on Thu 25 + Sat 26 May; and there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman on Sat 27 May.

The following week (w/c 29 May) Action Hero + Deborah Pearson are at HOME and Botis Seva at The Lowry. Leo & Hyde are in Sheffield and Brawn in Lancaster.
 

IRL:

Next week (w/c 15 May) Word of Warning is back at Contact with Works Ahead on Thu 18 + Fri 19 May. Three short new works in development from Christian Asare, Jade Williams and Kellie Colbert.

Sale Waterside has The Chosen Haram on Wed 17 May, Bi-Topia (17-20 May) Levantes Dance Theatre's High Tea with a Twist on Sat 20 May.  Chorlton Arts Festival (19-28 May) kicks off - look out on Sat 20 May for MMU Soda Electronic Ensemble at St Clement's and Rachael Field at Barlow Hall; and on Sun 21 May The Last Word at the Spread Eagle.
Further afield, The Polar Bear is Dead at the Civic Barnsley on Wed 17 May and Alice Christina Corrigan's Past Life is at the Unity, Liverpool on Fri 19 May.

The following week (w/c 22 May) Made in (India) Britain and The Tiger Lilies are at HOME and The Sexuality Summer School is at Contact with Nando Messias and Whiskey Chow + Ro Robertson. Emergence Triple Bill is at Sale Waterside and Rowan McCabe is at The Edge.
Elsewhere, Seeds, Dreams + Constellations is in Leeds; Forced Entertainment in Sheffield and there's a Scratch Studio in Liverpool.
 

IRL:
This weekend, continuing until Sat 29 Apr is Complicité's Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead  at The Lowry; and in Liverpool Imitating the Dog's Macbeth at the Playhouse,  Song for Europe at the Unity and a Scratch Studio at the Everyman. Tonight, Fri 28 Apr, RAWD's Super! is at Chester Storyhouse; Russell Maliphant's Vortex at Lancaster Arts and tomorrow, Sat 29 Apr Equilibrio Dinamico's Gold: The Journey of Light is at the Riley Theatre in Leeds.

Next week (w/c 1 May) Word of Warning is back in action with Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles - A Ghost Story on Wed 3 Apr at The Lowry, which also has Alice Christina-Corrigan's Past Life on Thu 4 May, Howool Baek and Siga Dance on Sat 6 May, and Aakash Odedra's Little Murmur on Sun 7 May. HOME has Ad Infinitum's If You Fall (3-13 May).
Further afield, Marianne Tuckmann's The Dirt is at Stage@Leeds on Tue 2 May and SLAP presents Drop Pin at Leeds Assembly House on Thu 4 May. UKRland is at Liverpool Unity (2-4 May); and Imitating the Dog's Macbeth is at the LBT in Huddersfield (3-6 May).

The following week (w/c 8 May) Tamasha are at Contact and Happy Place is at Bolton Octagon. Proto-type Theater are in Leeds and Sheffield, Emergence 2023 in Lancaster and Sheffield; while Lancaster also has ACE dance and Sheffield also has Hazel Lam and The Chosen Haram. Meanwhile Gary Clarke is in Huddersfield and Ridiculusmus in Leeds.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Synagogue Scratch continues til Sun 23 Apr at Manchester Jewish Museum while Impermanence's Venus is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 21 Apr and Gary Clarke's Wasteland is at Barnsley Civic on Fri 21 + Sat 22 Apr and, in London, NOW 2023 is on at The Yard until 13 May.

Next week (w/c 24 Apr) The Lowry has Kontemporary Korea - Korea National on Mon 24 Apr, Complicité's Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead  (25-29 Apr); and both Bert & Nasi's The End and The Beginning on Wed 26 and Thu 27 Apr respectively.

In Liverpool, Imitating the Dog's Macbeth is at the Playhouse (25-29 Apr);  Song for Europe is at the Unity on Fri 28 and Sat 29 Apr; and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman on Sat 29 Apr. RAWD's Super! is at Chester Storyhouse on Thu 27 and Fri 28 Apr Chester; Russell Maliphant's Vortex is at Lancaster Arts also on Thu 27 and Fri 28 Apr and Equilibrio Dinamico's Gold: The Journey of Light is at the Riley Theatre in Leeds on Sat 29 Apr.

The following week (w/c 1 May) HOME has Ad Infinitum; we at Word of Warning are back with Avital Raz at the Lowry, which also has more Kontemporary Korea, Alice Christina-Corrigan and Aakash Odedra.
Further afield, Marianne Tuckmann and SLAP are in Leeds; UKRland is in Liverpool; Imitating the Dog in Huddersfield
 

IRL:
The next ten days, Synagogue Scratch continues til Sun 23 Apr at Manchester Jewish Museum while The Lowry has Scratch Nights X Circus on Wed 19 Apr.
Further afield, Saphena Aziz's Martha, Me and My Family is at at the Unity in Liverpool, tonight Fri 14 Apr; BlastFest is at the Duke's Lancaster on Thu 20 Apr; Impermanence's Venus is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 21 Apr while Gary Clarke's Wasteland is at Barnsley Civic on Fri 21 + Sat 22 Apr.
If you happen to be in London, NOW 2023 is on at The Yard (18 Apr-13 May).

The following week (w/c 24 Apr) The Lowry picks up the pace with Kontemporary Korea, Complicité; and both Bert & Nasi's The End and The Beginning. Elsewhere, Imitating the Dog, Song for Europe and a Scratch Studio are in Liverpool; RAWD in Chester; Russell Maliphant and Equilibiro Dinamico in Leeds.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Rory Aaron's This Town is already sold out at Contact; while Yusra Warsama's Of All The Beautiful Things In The World starts its run at HOME (until 6 Apr); and Synagogue Scratch (26 Mar - 23 Apr) kicks off at Manchester Jewish Museum. In Liverpool, Izzie Major's Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains is at the Cornerstone Theatre on Sun 26 Mar.

Next week (w/c 27 Mar) I haven't spotted much additional in Mancunia, but Avant Garde Dance's Illegal Dance is at Storyhouse, Chester on Tue 28 Mar; Black Sheep is at the Drama Studio in Sheffield on Wed 29 Mar. In Liverpool, the Capstone Theatre has Jo Fong + George Orange's The Rest of Our Lives on Wed 29 Mar and Whispered Tales' Release on Fri 31 Mar; while Top Joe's Spring Mass is at the Everyman also on Fri 31 Mar. Balbir Singh's Reflections of an Indian Dancer is at Leeds Playhouse on Sat 1 Apr. Much further afield Buzzcut Festival is happening in Glasgow 3o Mar- 1 Apr.

The following weeks (w/c 3 + 10 Apr) see the Easter slow-down and the only new things I've spotted are Rowena Gander's Barely Visible Thu 6 Apr and Saphena Aziz's Martha, Me and My Family on 14 Apr both at the Unity in Liverpool; and Forget About the Dog's Happy Place at the Duke's in Lancaster on Thu 13 Apr.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Jade Montserrat's Where We Gather featuring Ella Otomewo, Mandla Rae & Princess Arinola Adegbite is outside Manchester Central Library on Sat 18 Mar (12-2pm).
In Leeds, Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Mar and Say's The Album is at the Riley Theatre on Sat 19 Mar.

Next week (w/c 20 Mar) The Lowry has The Overhead Project's What is Left? on Mon 20 Mar and Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice on Tue 21 + Wed 22 Mar. Rory Aaron's This Town is already sold out at Contact; Yusra Warsama's Of All The Beautiful Things In The World starts its run at HOME (24 Mar - 6 Apr); and Emergence is at the New Adelphi, Salford on Thu 24 Mar. Synagogue Scratch (26 Mar - 23 Apr) kicks off at Manchester Jewish Museum.

The Arts Centre at Edgehill University is busy once more with Little Soldier's Nothing Happens Twice on Tue 21 Mar,  Balbir Singh's Reflections of an Indian Dancer on Wed 22 Mar and Van Huynh Company's Re:birth on Thu 25 Mar. Barrel Organ presents LIVE at Barnsley Civic on Wed 23 Mar and Izzie Major's Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains is at the Cornerstone Theatre, Liverpool on Sun 26 Mar.

The following week (w/c 27 Mar) I haven't spotted much additional in Mancunia, but Avant Garde Dance are in Chester; Black Sheep in Sheffield, Whispered Tales and Top Joe in Liverpool, and Balbir Singh in Leeds. Much further afield (and where I'll be headed in scenes reminiscent of the old National Review of Live Art) Buzzcut Festival is happening in Glasgow 3o Mar- 1 Apr.
 

IRL:
This weekend, we're all about Turn 2023 at Contact, tonight, Fri 10 Mar. Now 9 pieces (thanks to Covid) from Christian Asare, Jack Evans, Lizzy Owen, Maisha Kungu Dance, Matrafisc Dance Company, Matter of Fact, Orla Collier, taciturn, Zara Jane - and all Pay What You Decide (but book ahead as it's quite busy see full programme details here). Mixed Movement x Open Floor follows on Sat 11 Mar at Contact and if you want to perform, you can sign up on the night.
You can also still catch Imitating the Dog's Macbeth at The Lowry (until 11 Mar).

Further afield, the Riley Theatre, Leeds has Jesús Rubio Gamo x WDP Fri 10 + Sat 11 Mar; while Jane Mason + Grace Surman's Same Room, Same Time is at Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge on Sat 11 Mar.

Next week (w/c 13 Mar) Avant Garde Dance's Freedom Is Never Free is at The Lowry on Tue 14 + Wed 15 Mar; plus Jade Montserrat's Where We Gather is outside Manchester Central Library on Sat 18 Mar (12-2pm).
The Arts Centre at Edgehill University is busy with Steph + Louisa's Flip Flop on Mon 13 Mar, Paul O'Donnell's Dia-be-tes on Tue 14 Mar and Jane Mason + Grace Surman's Same Room, Same Time on Thu 16 Mar.  In Leeds, Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Mar and Say's The Album is at the Riley Theatre on Sat 19 Mar.

The following week (w/c 20 Mar) The Overhead Project and Dada Masilo are at The Lowry; Rory Aaron is at Contact; Yusra Warsama at HOME; and Emergence at the New Adelphi.
Nothing Happens Twice, Balbir Singh and Van Huynh Company are in Ormskirk; Barrel Organ in Barnsley and Curtains, Curtains, Curtains in Liverpool
 

IRL:
This weekend seems pretty quiet, but you can catch The Pappy Show's What Do You See? at the Turnpike Gallery in Leigh, on Fri 3 + Sat 4 Mar.

Next week (w/c 6 Mar) for something technically theatrical, Imitating the Dog's Macbeth is at The Lowry (8-11 Mar).
Contact moves into dance mode, with the return of Turn on Fri 10 Mar. 10 pieces from Christian Asare, Jack Evans, James Hewison + Company, Lizzy Owen, Maisha Kungu Dance, Matrafisc Dance Company, Matter of Fact, Orla Collier, taciturn, Zara Jane - and all Pay What You Decide (see full programme details here). Mixed Movement also returns to Contact on Sat 11 Mar - this time as a partnership: Mixed Movement x Open Floor - if you want to perform, you can sign up on the night.

Further afield, the Arts Centre at Edgehill Univesity has a screening of Hedda on Tue 7 Mar and Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is on Thu 9 Mar. Liz Richardson's Swim is at the Dukes in Lancaster also on Thu 9 Mar. The Riley Theatre, Leeds has Jesús Rubio Gamo x WDP Fri 10 + Sat 11 Mar; while Jane Mason + Grace Surman's Same Room, Same Time is at Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge on Sat 11 Mar.
In London, Sprint Festival is at CPT (7-27 Mar).

The following week (w/c 13 Mar) Avant Garde Dance are at The Lowry and the intriguing Where We Gather is outside Manchester Central Library. In Ormskirk, there's Flip Flop, Paul O'Donnell and Jane Mason + Grace Surman. Bobak Champion and The Album are in Leeds.
 

IRL:
This weekend - things seem uncannily quiet - unless you fancy dragging to Queer Contact venturing east for the ubiquitous Verve at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Feb.

Next week (w/c 20 Feb) Mancunia remains quiet - but you can catch Dance with Us on Fri 24 Feb and Verve on Sat 25 Mar at the New Adelphi, Salford. Verve is also at Lancaster Arts on Wed 22 Mar; while in Leeds, the Riley Theatre has Alethia Antonia's Inscribed in Me on Thu 23 Feb and #Black Boy Joy Gone: Realise on Sat 25 Feb. In Liverpool, Rawd's Super is at the Unity on Thu 23 Feb and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman on Sat 25 Feb; while in Chester, Family Catwalk Extravaganza is at the Storyhouse on Fri 24 Feb while i

The following week (w/c 27 Feb) Company Chameleon premier a new work; HOME has An Evening Without Kate Bush; and Macondo is at The Lowry and The Pappy Show is in Leigh. Elsewhere, Rendez-Vous Dance is in Liverpool and Joseph Toonga in Lancaster.
 

IRL:
This weekend - PUSH at HOME has Amy Townsend-Lowcock's My Fruits and Liam Rees's The Enlightened (both until Sat 11 Feb). Further afield, Leeds has Encounters Festival at Yorkshire Dance until Sat 11 Feb, while tomorrow, Sat 11 Feb Joseph Toonga's Born to Exist is at the Riley Theatre; and Eva Recacha's Because I Can is at Lancaster Arts.

Next week (w/c 13 Feb) Thu 16 Feb is a popular night: Queer Contact has François Pandolfo's An Audience with Milliy Liu and Luke Hereford's Grandmother's Closet. Also on Thu 16 Feb, in Liverpool, Josh Coates's Sunday Morning is at the Unity, while in Lancaster Rowena Gander's Barely Visible is at the Duke's. Bucking the Thursday trend, Verve is at the Riley Theatre in Leeds on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Feb.

The following week (w/c 20 Feb) Dance with Us and Verve are at the New Adelphi, Salford. Verve is also in Lancaster; Alethia Antonia and #Black Boy Joy Gone in Leeds and there's a Scratch Studio in Liverpool.
 

IRL:
This weekend - this afternoon, Future Flares has Devise one action or gesture that can easily be repeated and Michael Pinchbeck + Kevin Egan's Matchsticks Remastered (w-i-p); while Arnold and Komarov Travelling Theatre's Shame on You! is at the New Adelphi, Salford University tonight Fri 27 Jan. Tomorrow, Sat 28 Jan, PUSH has Mothers Who Make's Test the Waters.

Next week (w/c 30 Jan) Gary Clarke Company's Wasteland is at Contact (1-3 Feb); and Alexa Vox's Patron Saint of Cabaret is at PUSH at HOME on Thu 2 Feb.

The Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Theatre Re's The Nature of Forgetting on Wed 1 Feb and Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evlil Things on Thu 2 Feb; while at the Unity, Liverpool there's a screening of Hedda (after Ibsen) on Sat 4 Feb.

The following week (w/c 6 Feb) PUSH has #Black Boy Joy Gone, Amy Townsend-Lowcock, Liam Rees; and  Queer Contact (until 18 Feb) enters the fray, so if you're looking for more cabaret-style activity look no further. Elsewhere, Rowena Gander is in Ormskirk, Eva Recacha in Lancaster and Joseph Toonga in Leeds.
 

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IRL:
This weekend Turn On Festival at Hope Mill Theatre (14-21 Jan) has its Development Grant Evening tonight, Fri 20 Jan. You can also still catch Factory International's First Breath until 29 Jan; and PUSH Festival at HOME's programme of exhibitions and workshops gets going.
In Liverpool on Sat 21 Jan, the Everyman has a Scratch Studio and Raven Radha's Gaslit is at the Unity.

Next week (w/c 23 Jan) the pace really picks up:
The Lowry has Andrea Salustri's Materia and Zinnia Oberski's Dreams of the Small Gods on a double ticket deal on Tue 24 Jan; plus there's a screening of Yewande 103's Fountain on Thu 26 Jan (as part of their LIVE NOW digital workshop programme). At PUSH, Mothers Who Make's Test the Waters jumped out at me on Sat 28 Jan.

Meanwhile, there's Future Flares at Manchester School of Theatre (tickets max £5) with: on Wed 25 + Thu 26 Jan Arnold and Komarov Travelling Theatre's Shame on You! (also at New Adelphi on Fri 27 Jan); on Thu 26 Jan Tania Camara's As I Am Naturally and Will Dickie's White Sun; and on Fri 27 Jan Devise one action or gesture that can easily be repeated and Michael Pinchbeck + Kevin Egan's Matchsticks Remastered (w-i-p).

Elsewhere, on Wed 25 Jan, Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at The New Continental in Preston; and Proto-type Theater's Dead Cats is at Lancaster Arts.

The following week (w/c 30 Jan) calms down again - Gary Clarke Company is at Contact; Macondo is at The Lowry and Alexa Vox is at PUSH at HOME. Theatre Re and Ad Infinitum are in Ormskirk; and David Hoyle is in the film Hedda (after Ibsen) in Liverpool.
 

IRL:
The next 10 days: sees the kick off Turn On Festival at Hope Mill Theatre (14-21 Jan) - catching my eye are Ladyfriends on Mon 16 Jan and the Development Grant Evening on Fri 20 Jan. 
Thick & Tight's Tits & Teeth is at The Lowry on Wed 18 Jan; while Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at Oldham Library on Thu 19 Jan, and Factory International's First Breath is ongoing (until 29 Jan).

PUSH Festival at HOME enters the fray on Fri 20 Jan (until 18 Feb); shows seem to be from 26 Jan including Ink & Curtains, Monkeywood Theatre, Mothers Who Make, Alexa Vox, #BlackBoyJoyGone, Amy Townsend Lowcock, Liam Rees, Isabella Leung and Josh Coates.

Further afield, in Barnsley, the Civic has Proto-type Theater's Dead Cats on Wed 18 Jan; while in Liverpool on Sat 21 Jan, the Everyman has a Scratch Studio and Raven Radha's Gaslit is at the Unity.

The following week (w/c 23 Jan) The Lowry has Andrea Salustri and Zinnia Oberski on a double ticket deal; plus there's a screening of Fountain. At PUSH, Mothers Who Make scratch event jumped out at me. The third festival also gets going: Future Flares at Manchester School of Theatre (24-27 Jan) including Will Dickie, Tania Camara and Michael Pinchbeck + Kevin Egan.

Elsewhere Avital Raz is in Preston and Proto-type Theater are in Lancaster.

IRL:
This weekend, seems pretty quiet in parts Mancunian, but in Liverpool, tomorrow Sat 26 Nov Kezia Cannon's The idea is to keep you inside is at the Unity and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman. Warrington Contemporary Fringe Festival runs 25-27 Nov + 1-4 Dec; while in Leeds Compass Festival is ongoing and The Lighthouse is at the Holbeck on Sat 26 Nov.

Next week (w/c 28 Nov) feels like the final flurry before the great panto takeover: Proteus's The Bloody Chamber is at The Lowry on Tue 29 Nov, Split Britches' The Last Gap at Contact on Wed 30 and Thu 1 Nov; and The Dan Daw Show is at HOME (1-3 Dec); while Lightwaves runs on Salford Quays (1- 4 Dec). Elsewhere, on Wed 30 Nov Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at Sheffield Playhouse and Van Huynh Company Re:birth is at Lancaster Arts. In Liverpool, Mary Pearson's Witnessed in Translation is at Kitty's Launderette on Thu 1 Dec (and FACT on Tue 13 Dec); and Top Joe's Christmas MASS is at the Everyman on Fri 2 Dec. There's a Dance Scratch Night at the Pyramid in Warrington on Thu 1 Dec; and CLAYground: With Echoes is at CLAY in Leeds on Fri 2 Dec.

In December, as ever, festive shows take over ... but you could keep an eye out for Rob Newman and Bourgeois + Maurice at HOME and Occupational Hazard at the Holbeck and Northern Rascals at Interplay Theatre in Leeds.

IRL:
This weekend, Frantic Assembly's Othello is at The Lowry (until 19 Nov).
Further afield, a trip east could be on the cards. Leeds is busy with Compass Festival (18-27 Nov), featuring Silvia Mercuriali, Toni Lewis, Amy Lawrence, Empathy Museum, Popeye Collective, Satellite. Yorkshire Dance has No Dress Code dance scratch night on Fri 18 Nov; while on Sat 19 Nov Vincent Dance's Hold Tight is at NSCD and gobscure' heartfelt is at the Holbeck. Down the road in Sheffield, the Drama Studio has Ridiculusmus's Beautiful People on Sat 19 Nov.
To the west, Ugly Bucket's Stuffed is at the Unity (until 19 Nov) while Julia Griffin, Steve Sutton + Jamie Colvin's Trap is at New Arts Spaces, Warrington also on Sat 19 Nov. 

Next week (w/c 21 Nov)
Mark Thomas's Black and White is at Sale Waterside on Tue 22 Nov, and UKRLand is at The Lowry on Wed 23 Nov
In Liverpool, Mary Pearson's Witnessed in Translation is at FACT on Tue 22 Nov; on Sat 26 Nov Kezia Cannon's The idea is to keep you inside is at the Unity and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman. Lancaster Arts has Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles on Tue 22 Nov and Will Dickie's White Sun on Thu 24 Nov. Warrington Contemporary Fringe Festival runs 25-27 Nov + 1-4 Dec; while in Leeds Compass Festival is ongoing and The Lighthouse is at the Holbeck on Sat 26 Nov.

The following week (w/c 28 Nov)
Proteus is at The Lowry, Split Britches at Contact and The Dan Daw Show at HOME; while Lightwaves runs on Salford Quays. Elsewhere, Avital Raz is in Sheffield; Van Huynh Company in Lancaster; Mary Pearson and Top Joe in Liverpool; there's a Dance Scratch Night in Warrington; CLAYground: With Echoes in Leeds

IRL:
This weekend, Reckless Sleepers' Schrödinger is at New Adelphi, Salford on Fri 11 + Sat 12 Nov. Also tonight, Fri 11 Nov there's cabaret with Lava Elastic at Contact and CRIPtic Cabaret at HOME; while The Lowry has Rendez-Vous Dance What Songs May Do on Fri 11 Nov and a Scratch Night on Sat 12 Nov.
Further afield, in Liverpool, at the Unity Theatre there's Symoné's Utopian (T&Cs apply) on Fri 11 Nov; and at the Bluecoat: Bus Regulation, the Musical is on Sun 13 Nov. In St Helen's, Turntable Theatre's Made of Stars is at St Mary's Market (11-13 Nov), Unfinished Business's Sauerkraut Spell Sharing is at Lucem House on Sat 12 Nov and Xhi Ndubisi + Sarah Hunter's Feast: Pear is also at St Mary's Market on Sun 13 Nov.

Next week (w/c 14 Nov)
Frantic Assembly's Othello is at The Lowry (15-19 Nov) and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F*ckin Sorry is at Contact Tue 15 + Wed 16 Nov.
Further afield Sheffield's Drama Studio has Proto-type Theater's Dead Cats on Mon 14 Nov and Ridiculusmus's Beautiful People on Sat 19 Nov. LavaElastic is at the Arts Centre Edgehill University on Tue 15 Nov; in Liverpool, Mark Thomas's Black and White is at the Playhouse on Wed 16 + Thu 17 Nov; and Ugly Bucket's Stuffed is at the Unity (17-19 Nov). Bobby Baker's Drawing on a (Grand)mother's Experience (film and discussion) is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 17 Nov. Julia Griffin, Steve Sutton + Jamie Colvin's Trap is at New Arts Spaces, Warrington on Sat 19 Nov.  In Leeds, No Dress Code dance scratch night is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 18 Nov; while on Sat 19 Nov Vincent Dance's Hold Tight is at NSCD and gobscure' heartfelt is at the Holbeck in Leeds. Also in Leeds, Compass Festival  (18-27 Nov) kicks off, featuring Silvia Mercuriali, Toni Lewis, Amy Lawrence, Empathy Museum, Popeye Collective, Satellite.

The following week (w/c 21 Nov) Mark Thomas is in Sale, and UKRLand and Le Gateau Chocolat are at The Lowry.
Mary Pearson, Kezia Cannon and a Scratch Studio are in Liverpool; Avital Raz and Will Dickie in Lancaster; while in Leeds there's The Lighthouse and Compass Festival is ongoing; and Warrington Contemporary Fringe Festival joins the fray.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Anna Clover's Going Deutsch is at Manchester Jewish Museum on Sun 6 Nov; while in Leeds. Back to Back Theatre's The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes continues at Leeds Playhouse (until Sat 5 Nov) and Alethia Antonia's Inscribed in "Me" is at NSCD; and Aura is at CLAY, both tonight, Fri 4 Nov.
Also tonight Fri 4 Nov: Vincent Dance Theatre's Hold Tight is at the Unity in Liverpool; and in St Helens, Figs in Wigs' Astrology Bingo is at Thatto Heath Labour Club; while tomorrow, Sat 5 Nov Sonia Hughes's I am from Reykjavik is in Church Square.

Next week (w/c 7 Nov) Reckless Sleepers' Schrödinger is at New Adelphi, Salford on Fri 11 + Sat 12 Nov. Also on Fri 11 Nov there's cabaret with Lava Elastic at Contact and CRIPtic Cabaret at HOME. The Lowry has Rendez-Vous Dance What Songs May Do on Fri 11 Nov and a Scratch Night on Sat 12 Nov; and Anna Clover's Going Deutsch is at the Old Courts, Wigan on Thu 10 Nov.
Vincent Dance's Hold Tight is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Tue 8 Nov. In Liverpool, at the Unity Theatre there's WomanHood on Tue 8 Nov and Symoné's Utopian (T&Cs apply) on Fri 11 Nov; and at the Bluecoat: Bus Regulation, the Musical is on Sun 13 Nov. In St Helen's, Turntable Theatre's Made of Stars is at St Mary's Market (11-13 Nov), Unfinished Business's Sauerkraut Spell Sharing is at Lucem House on Sat 12 Nov and Xhi Ndubisi + Sarah Hunter's Feast: Pear is also at St Mary's Market on Sun 13 Nov.

The following week (w/c 14 Nov) Frantic Assembly are at The Lowry and Not F*ckin Sorry is at Contact.
Further afield is much busier: Proto-type Theater and Ridiculusmus are in Sheffield: LavaElastic in Ormskirk; Mark Thomas and Ugly Bucket in Liverpool; Bobby Baker in Lancaster; Julia Griffin in Warrington; and No Dress Code dance scratch night, Vincent Dance and gobscure in Leeds.

Compass Festival also joins the festival line-up (18-27 Nov) alongside Homotopia (1-20 Nov) and DaDaFest (until 3 Dec).
 

IRL:
This weekend Contact has Artists Make Space on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Oct; and Watch Us Dance is at the New Adelphi Theatre, University of Salford, tonight, Fri 28 Oct.
Further afield, in Liverpool, Sonia Sabri's Roshni is at the Capstone Theatre on Sat 29 Oct; while at the Unity Theatre DaDaFest has Kadisha Kayana Sunshine and Shadows  on Fri 28 Oct and Rhiannon May's Crash Landing on Sat 29 Oct.  In St Helens Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022  runs 28 Oct - 13 Nov including Jenny Gaskell's The Cloakroom and David Hoyle's Ten Commandments both on Sat 29 Oct.
In Leeds, Slung Low has Pigfoot's Hot in Here at the Holbeck on Fri 28 Oct; while in Sheffield Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evil is at the Drama Studio, Sheffield on Sun 30 Oct

Next week (w/c 31 Oct) Pigfoot's Hot in Here is at Contact (1-3 Nov); IMPact's Dance Lab is at The Lowry on Wed 2 Nov; and Anna Clover's Going Deutsch is at Manchester Jewish Museum on Sun 6 Nov.
Elsewhere, Witch Hunt is in Sheffield on Mon 31 Oct.
If there's one thing to make an effort for this week it's Back to Back Theatre's The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes at Leeds Playhouse (2-5 Nov). Also in Leeds, Alethia Antonia's Inscribed in "Me" is at NSCD; and Aura is at CLAY, both on Fri 4 Nov.
Vincent Dance Theatre's Hold Tight is at the Unity in Liverpool also on Fri 4 Nov; while in St Helens, Figs in Wigs' Astrology Bingo is at Thatto Heath Labour Club on Fri 4 Nov and Sonia Hughes's I am from Reykjavik is in Church Square on Sat 5 Nov.

Keep checking the various festivals: Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022 (until 13 Nov); DaDaFest (until 3 Dec);  and Homotopia (1-20 Nov).

The following week (w/c 7 Nov) Reckless Sleepers are at New Adelphi, Lava Elastic is at Contact; CRIPtic Cabaret at HOME; Rendez-Vous Dance and a Scratch Night at The Lowry; and Going Deutsch at the Old Courts, Wigan.
Vincent Dance are in Ormskirk; while Liverpool has WomanHood, Symoné and Bus Regulation, the Musical. Eva Recacha is in Lancaster; and Unfinished Business and Feast: Pear and and Turntable Theatre's Made of Stars are in St Helens.
 

IRL:
This weekend Amy Vreeke's Glowing is at Contact (until Sat 22 Oct; while HOME has Boy Blue's Blak, Whyte, Gray (also until Sat 22 Oct) and Javaad Alipoor's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (22 Oct - 5 Nov). Elsewhere, there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman on Sat 22 Oct.

Next week (w/c 24 Oct) Contact has CYC's Halo (24-26 Oct) and Artists Make Space on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Oct; Extraordinary Bodies' Delicate at The Lowry on Tue 25 + Wed 26 Oct; and Watch Us Dance is at the New Adelphi Theatre on Fri 28 Oct.

Further afield, to the west: Sweetshop Revolution's Your Heart Is Too Loud is at the Arts Centre, Edgehill University on Tue 25 Oct.
Liverpool is really busy with Seke Chimutengwede's It Begins In Darkness at the Bluecoat on Thu 27 Oct and Sonia Sabri's Roshni at the Capstone Theatre on Sat 29 Oct. Plus, at the Unity Theatre, DaDaFest has Rosa Faye Garland's Trash Salad (Wed 26 Oct), Chronic Insanity's 24,23,22 (Thu 27 Oct), Kadisha Kayana Sunshine and Shadows (Fri 28 Oct) and Rhiannon May's Crash Landing (Sat 29 Oct).
In St Helens, Heart of Glass has Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022  (28 Oct - 13 Nov) including Jenny Gaskell's The Cloakroom and David Hoyle's Ten Commandments both on Sat 29 Nov.
To the east:  in Leeds, CLAY has Ray Young's BODIES at Bramley Baths on Thu 27 Nov while Slung Low has Pigfoot's Hot in Here at the Holbeck on Fri 28 Nov; while Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evil is at the Drama Studio, Sheffield on Sun 30 Nov.

The following week (w/c 31 Oct) Pigfoot is at Contact; IMPact's Dance Lab is at The Lowry and Going Deutsch is at Manchester Jewish Museum.
Elsewhere, Witch Hunt is in Sheffield; Back to Back Theatre, Alethia Antonia and Aura are in Leeds; Vincent Dance Theatre are in Liverpool and Figs in Wigs and Turntable Theatre in St Helens.
It's generally gone a bit festival-tastic with the ongoing Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022 and DaDaFest, now joined by Homotopia... and if you happen to be in Croydon, Drunken Chorus's A Bit of a Do.
 

IRL:
This weekend, closer to home there's dance: tonight Fri 14 Oct Joseph Toonga's Born to Exist is at The Lowry; tomorrow, Sat 15 Oct Avant Garde Dance's Illegal Dance is at NSCD in Leeds. The second Up Next is at the Unity in Liverpool (until 15 Oct) including Frankie Blaus, Benjamina Albanese + Arianna Sansone and Stan's Café's River Tours is in Lancaster on Sat 15 Oct.

Next week (w/c 17 Oct) Amy Vreeke's Glowing is at Contact (18-22 Oct); while Clorinda Agonistes's Clorinda the Warrior is at The Lowry on Tue 18 + Wed 19 Oct. HOME has Boy Blue's Blak, Whyte, Gray (20-22 Oct) and Javaad Alipoor's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (22 Oct - 5 Nov).
Elsewhere, The Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Rhiannon Faith's Drowntown on Tue 18 Oct + Fertile Ground's Myths & Dreams on Wed 19 Oct. In Liverpool, Rendez-Vous Dance's What songs may do is at the Capstone Theatre on Wed 19 Oct; and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman on Sat 22 Oct; while Mark Thomas's Black and White is at the Dukes, Lancaster on Wed 19 Oct.

The following week (w/c 24 Oct) CYC's Halo and Artists Make Space are at Contact; Extraordinary Bodies at The Lowry; and Watch Us Dance at the New Adelphi Theatre.
Further afield, to the west: Sweetshop Revolution are in Ormskirk; Seke Chimutengwede, Trash Salad, DaDaFest and Sonia Sabri in Liverpool; and in St Helens, Heart of Glass has Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022 including Jenny Gaskell and David Hoyle.
To the east: Ray Young and Pigfoot are in Leeds; and Ad Infinitum in Sheffield.
 

IRL:
This weekend The Lowry has Scarabeus Aerial Theatre's Emerging on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Oct; and Aakash Odedra's Samsara on Sun 9 Oct. Contact has Outbox's Groove, tonight Fri 7 Oct and Roma Havers's Lob Fri 7 + Sat 8 Oct.
Further afield: Akeim Toussaint Buck hosts Radical Vision at NSCD, Leeds on Sat 8 Oct and Charlie Ford/Lucy Suggate's DRIFT PAPER TENDER STONE is at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge also on Sat 8 Oct.

Next week (w/c 10 Oct) The Lowry has Mark Thomas's Black and White on Tue 11 Oct and Joseph Toonga's Born to Exist on Fri 14 Oct. Further afield, Leeds Carriageworks has Proto-Type Theater's Dead Cats on Tue 11 Oct and NSCD has Avant Garde Dance's Illegal Dance on Sat 15 Oct.  The second Up Next Weekender is at Unity in Liverpool (13-15 Oct) including Paul Betney, Frankie Blaus, Benjamina Albanese + Arianna Sansone; Stan's Café's River Tours are in Lancaster on Sat 15 Oct. Further still, the big one is Fierce Festival in Birmingham (11-16 Oct) - Fri 14, Sat 15 or Sun 16 would be the days to go for if you're thinking of making a trip.

The following week (w/c 17 Oct) Amy Vreeke is at Contact, Boy Blue + Javaad Alipoor at HOME and Clorinda Agonistes at The Lowry. Rhiannon Faith + Fertile Ground are in Ormskirk; Rendez-Vous Dance and a Scratch Studio in Liverpool; and Mark Thomas in Lancaster.
 

Next week (w/c 3 Oct) is an awful lot busier than I thought: The Lowry has SAY's The Album on Tue 4 Oct; Scarabeus Aerial Theatre's Emerging on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Oct; and Aakash Odedra's Samsara on Sun 9 Oct. Contact has Outbox's Groove (5-7 Oct) and Roma Havers's Lob (5-8 Oct); while The Edge has Untied Theatre's Head Gardener on Thu 6 Oct.

Further afield: Rachel Hammond's Joshua and Me is at the Duke's, Lancaster on Thu 6 Oct; Akeim Toussaint Buck hosts Radical Vision at NSCD, Leeds on Sat 8 Oct and Charlie Ford/Lucy Suggate's DRIFT PAPER TENDER STONE is at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge also on Sat 8 Oct.

The following week (w/c 10 Oct) Mark Thomas and Joseph Toonga are at The Lowry. Further afield, Proto-Type Theater and Avant Garde Dance are in Leeds; the second Up Next Weekender is in Liverpool; Stan's Café are in Lancaster and further still, Fierce Festival is in Birmingham (10-16 Oct).
 

Next week (w/c 26 Sep) Gecko's Kin is at HOME 27 Sep - 1 Oct while Contact has Spoken Movement's Family Honour on Thu 29 Sep, and the aforementioned Emergency 22 on Sat 1 Oct.
Elsewhere, mandla's As British as a Watermelon is part of Blackfest at Unity, Liverpool on Mon 26 Sep.

The following week (w/c 3 Oct) I think I need to do another web trawl (post Emergency) as so far things seem strangely quiet, but you can catch Charlie Ford/Lucy Suggate's DRIFT PAPER TENDER STONE at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge on Sat 8 Oct.