Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

warnmcr: total eclipse...

2024-04-12T19:43:17Z

In this week of planetary phenomena, only Donald Trump could inflate his (anti-)messianic ambition to suck the very light from the sky - in my mind it should be soundtracked by this devastating eclipse anthem.

This weekend everywhere seems to be erring towards plays and only NYDC's Wall at Leeds Playhouse on Sat 13 Apr jumps out.

Next week (w/c 15 Apr) on Tue 16 Apr Andy Smith + Lynsey O'Sullivan's A Citizen's Assembly is at HOME while Aakash Odedra's Mehek is at The Lowry. You could also try HOME Young Company's We're All Just Wasps in Glass Houses on Fri 19 + Sat 20 Apr.

In Liverpool, Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein is at the Playhouse (17-20 Apr), while the Liverpool Improv Festival runs 19-21 Apr including Rowena Gander's Freeing My Body With The Pole on Fri 19 Apr at the Unity. In Lancaster, The Dukes plays host to Blast Fest also on Fri 19 Apr.

The following week (w/c 22 Apr) on Sat 27 Apr we, at Word of Warning are back at The Lowry with ELOINA's High Steaks while David Hoyle's Still Got It is at Aviva Studios and Ute Lemper's Time Traveller is at the RNCM on Sun 28 Apr.

In Liverpool, Up Next Festival is at the Unity (24 Apr - 4 May) including Andrew McKay/Filla Crack's WO-MAN (24 Apr) and Habibi Funk's Berber Boy (26 Apr).
Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein is at The Duke's, Lancaster (24-27 Apr), as is An Attempt To Lose Time on Thu 25 Apr.
Tom Yum Sim's A Suffocating, Choking Feeling is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Thu 25 + Fri 26 Apr; while Jo Hauge + Nicol Parkinson's kiss&cry is at CLAY in Leeds on Fri 26 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.

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Tamsin

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Sat 27 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
HIGH STEAKS
ELOINA

warnmcr: scooped...

2024-04-05T10:00:06Z

During this damp post-Easter lull, at least we have the riveting prospect of the celebrity-filled latest episode of the great Windsor soap opera.

For something more edifying, this weekend, in Mancunia there's Alice Christina Corrigan's FADE at The Lowry tonight Fri 5 Apr.
Also tonight, Fri 5 Apr, in Warrington, Thick & Tight's Tits and Teeth is at Pyramid Arts Centre; and Richard Chappell Dance's Hot House is at Barnsley Civic. In Leeds, Fat Chance is at the Playhouse on Fri 5 + Sat 6 Apr; and Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My F**** Look Big In This? is at Slung Low on Sat 6 Apr. In Chester, Motionhouse's Starchitects is at the Storyhouse on Sun 7 Apr.

Next week, (w/c 8 Apr) Ephemeral Ensemble's Rewind is at HOME on Wed 10 + Thu 11 Apr, while David Hoyle starts his takeover of Aviva Studios on Wed 10 Apr. In Leeds, NYDC's Wall is at Leeds Playhouse on Sat 13 Apr.

The following week (w/c 15 Apr) on Tue 16 Apr Andy Smith + Lynsey O'Sullivan's A Citizen's Assembly is at HOME while Aakash Odedra's Mehek is at The Lowry.

In Liverpol, Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein is at the Playhouse (17-20 Apr), while the Liverpool Improv Festival runs 19-21 Apr. In Lancaster, The Dukes plays host to Blast Fest on Fri 19 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.

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Tamsin

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Sat 27 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
HIGH STEAKS
ELOINA

warnmcr: egg hunt...

2024-03-29T11:00:04Z

We're in full easter lull so there aren't many hidden easter eggs and pickings are pretty slim, unlike waistlines by the end of this chocaholic weekend:
This weekend, you can still catch Robert Wilson + CocoRosie's The Jungle Book at Aviva Studios (until Sun 31 Mar) - or -
in Leeds tonight, Fri 29 Mar, there's CLAYground Spring at CLAY.

Next week (w/c 1 April) things take a turn to the theatrical with Alice Christina Corrigan's FADE at The Lowry on Thu 4 + Fri 5 Apr.

Fat Chance is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 5 + Sat 6 Apr. On Fri 5 Apr in Barnsley there's also Richard Chappell Dance's Hot House at the Civic;and in Warrington, Thick & Tight's Tits and Teeth at Pyramid Arts Centre. Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My F**** Look Big In This? is at Slung Low in Leeds on Sat 6 Apr; and Motionhouse's Starchitects is at Chester Storyhouse on Sun 7 Apr.

The following week, (w/c 8 Apr) Ephemeral Ensemble's Rewind is at HOME on Wed 10 + Thu 11 Apr, while David Hoyle starts his teakeover of Aviva Studios. In Leeds, NYDC's Wall is at Leeds Playhouse on Sat 13 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.

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Tamsin

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Sat 27 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
HIGH STEAKS
ELOINA

warnmcr: turning out nice...

2024-03-22T11:00:03Z

In these first days of 'spring', you may be relieved to know that I've been too buried in a dark box this week to cook up political witticism - suffice it to say focus is on:
This weekend, tonight Fri 22 Mar, Turn 2024 at Company Chameleon Studios. Come and join us for this pay what you decide evening of North West dance with eight short pieces from chris brown, Fabiola Santana, Isaac Glenister, Jake Evans, Just_Ina, Lily Antonia, Lisa Chearles + Louiseanne Wong (programme here).

For full dance immersion, join us on Friday, then on Saturday there's Company Chameleon's Refuse in St Peter's Square, Stockport on Sat 23 Mar (11am + 2pm) and in the evening, Emergence 2024 at the New Adelphi, Salford.

Elsewhere, on Fri 22 Mar, Jenny Sealey's Self-Raising is at Leeds Playhouse; and Tom Dale Dance's Surge & Sub:Version is at Barnsley Civic.

Next week (w/c 25 Mar) - it's Easter so things are a bit sparse, but you can see Alleyne Dance's Far From Home at The Lowry on Tue 26 + Wed 27 Mar; and Robert Wilson + CocoRosie's The Jungle Book at Aviva Studios (27-31 Mar).
In Leeds there's CLAYground Spring on Fri 29 Mar.

The following week, (w/c 1 Apr) things take a turn to the theatrical with Alice Christina Corrigan's FADE at The Lowry on Thu 4 + Fri 5 Apr; and Fat Chance at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 5 + Sat 6 Apr. There's also Richard Chappell Dance's Hot House at the Civic, Barnsley on Fri 5 Apr; Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My F**** Look Big In This? at Slung Low in Leeds on Sat 6 Apr; and Motionhouse's Starchitects at Chester Storyhouse on Sun 7 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.

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Tamsin

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Up Next…

Fri 22 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Company Chameleon Studios
TURN 2024
New North West Dance.

Sat 27 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
HIGH STEAKS
ELOINA

warnmcr: altered images...

2024-03-15T11:00:03Z

Between Princess Photoshop, Duchess domestic, more Tory wrongism and Louis Walsh, this week has been a beginner's guide on how *not* to PR your image - more Song Sung Blue than I Could Be Happy. Closer to home, our thoughts are turning to dance...

This weekend, Criptic Arts' Self and Other is at HOME on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Mar while The Lowry has Marisa Carnesky's Showwomen on Sat 16 Mar. The Not Quite Light Festival takes place in Swinton (15-17 Mar) - look out for Lowri Evans + Biff Roxby's These Will Vanish on 16+17 Mar).

Next week (w/c 18 Mar) for us at Word of Warning, it's all about Turn 2024 at Company Chameleon studios on Fri 22 Mar. Eight short pieces from chris brown, Fabiola Santana, Isaac Glenister, Jake Evans, Just_Ina, Lily Antonia, Lisa Chearles + Louiseanne Wong. A full evening and pay what you decide!

In a dance-heavy week, there's also Lisa Simpson + Susan Kempster's Being Human at The Lowry on Wed 20 Mar; the New Adelphi has the return of Action Hero + Deborah Pearson's The Talent on Thu 21 Mar and Emergence 2024 on Fri 22 + Sat 23 Mar; while Company Chameleon's Refuse is in St Peter's Square, Stockport on Sat 23 Mar (11am + 2pm).

Futher afield, the Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Dam Van Huynh's Exquisite Noise on Tue 19 Mar and Company Carpi's Disunited Jukebox on Thu 21 Mar. On Fri 22 Mar, Jenny Sealey's Self-Raising is at Leeds Playhouse; and Tom Dale Dance's Surge & Sub:Version is at Barnsley Civic.

The following week, (w/c 25 Mar) is Easter week, but you can see Alleyne Dance's Far From Home at The Lowry on Tue 26 + Wed 27 Mar; and Robert Wilson + CocoRosie's The Jungle Book at Aviva Studios (27-31 Mar).

In Chester, at the Live Rooms, there's The Upside Down Cabaret on Wed 27 Mar; while in Leeds there's CLAYground Spring on Fri 29 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.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: starving rodents...

2024-03-08T11:00:04Z

You can tell we're in the fading months of a government when that bastion of lefty wokeism, the Daily Mail, calls the Budget an 'under-nourished gerbil'. One might be forgiven for thinking it was possibly less geared to vote-winning than successor-sabotaging... or even that there's another giveaway budget yet to come? In artsworld, meanwhile, things have definitely fattened up:

This weekend, Verve are at New Adelphi, University of Salford on Sat 9 Mar; or you might want to check out Dark Noon at Aviva Studios (until Sun 10 Mar).

Izzie Major's The Bedroom is at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool while in Leeds, FlawBored's It's a Motherf*cking Pleasure is at Leeds Playhouse, both until Sat 9 Mar; or Kasra Jalilipour's Apocrypha of the Later Saints is at CLAY on Fri 8 Mar.

Next week (w/c 11 Mar) Seamas Carey's Help! I Think I'm A Nationalist is at Bolton Octagon on Mon 11 Mar.
The Lowry has Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein (12-14 Mar), Wendy Houstoun's Watch It on Thu 14 Mar and Marisa Carnesky's Showwomen on Sat 16 Mar (also in Lancaster on Thu 14 Mar).
Jenny Baines & Anna Macdonald's Collaborative Sharing is at Pink in Stockport on Thu 14 Mar; and Criptic Arts' Self and Other is at HOME on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Mar. The Not Quite Light Festival takes place in Swinton (15-17 Mar) - look out for Lowri Evans + Biff Roxby's These Will Vanish on 16+17 Mar).

The following week, (w/c 18 Mar) Lisa Simpson + Susan Kempster's Being Human is at The Lowry on Wed 20 Mar; Action Hero + Deborah Pearson's The Talent returns, this time to the New Adelphi on Thu 21 Mar which also has Emergence 2024 on Fri 22 + Sat 23 Mar. Word of Warning is back with Turn 2024 at Company Chameleon studios on Fri 22 Mar, so dance aficionados can join us on Friday, head to Stockport for Company Chameleon's Refuse in St Peter's Square Saturday (11am + 2pm), then head to Salford for the evening!

Futher afield, the Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Dam Van Huynh's Exquisite Noise on Tue 19 Mar and Company Carpi's isunited Jukebox on Thu 21 Mar. On Fri 22 Mar, Jenny Sealey's Self-Raising is at Leeds Playhouse; and Tom Dale Dance's Surge & Sub:Version is at Barnsley Civic.

As a footnote, if you're looking for a night out in Cheshire - check out The Upside Down Cabaret at the Live Rooms, Chester, on the last Wednesday of the month.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: bad language...

2024-03-01T11:00:00Z

This week the Government has seemingly developed an acute case of logophobia - or another phobia they'd rather couch as 'wrongism'; while in Rochdale, the Opposition has simply ceded the debate to the Big Brother cat.

On this delightful first day of 'Spring' in parts cultural:
This weekend, Chris Thorpe's A Family Business is at HOME (until 2 Mar); while in Leeds, Verve are at the Riley Theatre tonight Fri 1 Mar.

Next week (w/c 4 Mar) in a tribute to Nigel Charnock, Marco D'Agostin's Best Regards is at The Lowry on Tue 5 Mar. Verve are at New Adelphi, University of Salford on Sat 9 Mar - or for something more discursive there's a Bunker Talk at The Salutation on Tue 5 Mar.
To the West, the Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Wendy Houstoun's Watch It on Tue 5 Mar and Vanhulle Dance's Olive Branch on Thu 7 Mar; while in Liverpool, Izzie Major's The Bedroom is at the Adelphi Hotel (6-9 Mar). To the East, The Polar Bear (is dead) is at The LBT, Huddersfield on Wed 6 Mar; while in Leeds, FlawBored's It's a Motherf*cking Pleasure is at Leeds Playhouse (7-9 Mar) and Kasra Jalilipour's Apocrypha of the Later Saints is at CLAY on Fri 8 Mar.

The following week, (w/c 11 Mar) on Mon 11 Mar Seamas Carey's Help! I Think I'm A Nationalist is at Bolton Octagon. The Lowry has Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein (12-14 Mar), Wendy Houstoun's Watch It on Thu 14 Mar and Marisa Carnesky's Showwomen on Sat 16 Mar (also in Lancaster on Thu 14 Mar). Jenny Baines & Anna Macdonald's Collaborative Sharing at Pink in Stockport on Thu 14 Mar. Criptic Arts' Self and Other is at HOME on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Mar and there's the Not Quite Light Festival in Swinton (15-17 Mar - though details of what it entails are sparse).
The Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Altered Skin's Fatherhood on Tue 12 Mar and The Polar Bear (is dead) on Thu 14 Mar. Also on Thu 14 Mar, Rosy Carrick's Musclebound is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield.

As a footnote, if you're looking for a night out in Cheshire - check out The Upside Down Cabaret at the Live Rooms, Chester, on the last Wednesday of the month.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: order, order...

2024-02-23T11:00:03Z

As our elected leaders hijack the suffering of thousands to play out partisan toddler-worthy squabbling worthy of toddlers, in artsworld the order of business is still quite sparse:

This weekend, Figs in Wigs' Big Finish is at HOME (until Sat 24 Feb); and Drag & Draw is at PINK in Stockport on Fri 23 Feb.
Elsewhere, Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein is at Leeds Playhouse (until Sat 24 Feb); and Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My Fanny Look Big In This? is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Fri 23 Feb. Bi-Topia is at Blackpool Grand on Fri 23 Feb; while Jenny Sealey's Self-Raising is at Liverpool Everyman on Fri 23 + Sat 24 Feb.

Next week (w/c 26 Feb) Chris Thorpe's A Family Business is at HOME (29 Feb - 2 Mar) + New Arrangements: Method Over Matter is at PINK in Stockport on Thu 29 Feb.
In Leeds, Verve are at the Riley Theatre on Fri 1 Mar.

The following week, (w/c 4 Mar) Marco D'Agostin's Best Regards is at The Lowry on Tue 5 Mar, and Verve are at New Adelphi, University of Salford on Sat 9 Mar - or for something more discursive there's a Bunker Talk at The Salutation on Tue 5 Mar.
Further afield, in Ormskirk there's Wendy Houstoun's Watch It on Tue 5 Mar (coming to The Lowry on Thu 14 Mar) and Vanhulle Dance's Olive Branch on Thu 7 Mar. Izzie Major's The Bedroom is at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool 6-9 Mar; The Polar Bear (is dead) is at The LBT, Huddersfield on Wed 6 Mar; while FlawBored's It's a Motherf*cking Pleasure is at Leeds Playhouse (7-9 Mar).

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: receding hairline...

2024-02-16T10:45:02Z

As the UK economy turns the corner - into recession, the only things not receding are the hairline cracks - or aching chasms in the Tory vote.

This weekend, at The Lowry, there's Scratch Nights x New Earth Academy Fri 16 Feb. For some physical spectacle, you could see Ockham's Razor's Tess (until 17 Feb) or, for some great performers, Wise Children's Blue Beard at HOME (until 24 Feb) . Elsewhere, Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein is at Leeds Playhouse (until 24 Feb); and Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My Fanny Look Big In This? is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Fri 16 + 23 Feb.

Next week (w/c 19 Feb) Figs in Wigs' Big Finish is at HOME (21-24 Feb); and Drag & Draw is at PINK in Stockport on Fri 23 Feb.
Further afield, Andy Smith + Lynsey O'Sullivan's A Citizen's Assembly is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 21 Feb; Bi-Topia is at Blackpool Grand on Thu 22 + Fri 23 Feb; while Jenny Sealey's Self-Raising is at Liverpool Everyman on Fri 23 + Sat 24 Feb.

The following week, (w/c 26 Feb) is very quiet: Chris Thorpe's A Family Business is at HOME (29 Feb - 2 Mar) + New Arrangements: Method Over Matter is at PINK in Stockport on Thu 29 Feb. In Leeds, Verve are at the Riley Theatre on Fri 1 Mar.

Meanwhile, we at Word of Warning have a couple of things creeping up this spring: Turn 2024 spins into sight on Fri 22 Mar; while the ante is upped with ELOINA's High Steaks on Sat 27 Apr.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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Up Next…

Fri 22 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Company Chameleon Studios
TURN 2024
New North West Dance.

Sat 27 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
HIGH STEAKS
ELOINA

warnmcr: lonely hearts club...

2024-02-09T11:00:05Z

... or flat as a pancake? Possibly apt descriptors for this slow start to the season...

This weekend, TS Crew's No Dragon, No Lion is at Company Chameleon Studios, tonight Fri 9 Feb; while Maura Jackson's Even More O' Me is at Bolton Octagon on Sun 11 Feb.

Next week, w/c 12 Feb parts Mancunian are pretty quiet, but there's Scratch Nights x New Earth Academy at The Lowry on Fri 16 Feb.
Elsewhere, Dora Colqhoun's Jam and Chemicals is at the Arts Centre, Edgehill University on Tue 13 Feb; Imitating the Dog's Frankenstein is at Leeds Playhouse (15-24 Feb); Gamble is at The Duke's, Lancaster on Thu 15 Feb; and Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My Fanny Look Big In This? is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Fri 16 + 23 Feb.

The following week, w/c 19 Feb Figs in Wigs' Big Finish is at HOME (21-24 Feb); Andy Smith + Lynsey O'Sullivan's A Citizen's Assembly is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 21 Feb; Bi-Topia is at Blackpool Grand on Thu 22 + Fri 23 Feb; while Jenny Sealey's Self-Raising is at Liverpool Everyman on Fri 23 + Sat 24 Feb.

Keep checking our News page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: fit for the future...

2024-01-19T11:00:05Z

So we launch into the new year and a new season with what we will inevitably look back on as a true artistic highlight: Joe Wicks's MOVE Manchester at Aviva Studios... a taste of the future of cultural venues?

For those of us not into PE with Joe, next week (w/c 22 Jan) there's an unseasonal blast of activity with Future Flares at MMU featuring award-winning Enkidu Khaled's Working Method on Wed 24 + Fri 26 Jan, Reckless Sleepers' String Section, Michael Pinchbeck's Another Way of Telling and Gillian Dyson's Nerve in the Bone on Thu 25 Jan and An Image is an Act Not a Thing on Fri 26 Jan.
The Lowry has Bitteroot's If It's To Break on Wed 24 Jan, Company Chameleon Studios has Beyond The Studio - Connect on Thu 25 Jan and Hope Mill has the Create sharing on Fri 26 Jan.
In Leeds, Northern Rascals' Shed is at the Riley Theatre on Sat 27 Jan.

The following two weeks (w/c 29 Jan + w/c 5 Feb) see a return to a more traditional seasonal lull - but there's Bi-Topia at Sale Waterside on Fri 2 + Sat 3 Feb; and at The LBT, Huddersfield on Wed 7 Feb.
Marisa Carnesky's Showwomxn is at the Drama Studio in Sheffield on Sat 3 Feb (coming to the Lowry in March).
On Thu 8 Feb, As SHE Likes It is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University; and Gandini Juggling Project is at the Duke's in Lancaster; while, on Sat 10 Feb, Maura Jackson Even More O' Me is at Bolton Octagon on Sun 11 Feb.

The Weekly Warning will be back in a couple of weeks when activity starts to pic up a bit more.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: fiscal drag...

2023-11-24T11:00:05Z

... not the next new cabaret night, but the sleight of hand where the Chancellor pulls a tax rabbit from his hat and yet we're still worse off. Surely the illusion wasn't a Spring election bunny? Meanwhile in winter:

This weekend, Rowland's Leaving's 100 Screens is at Longsight Art Space and Ridiculusmus's So is at The Lowry both tonight, Fri 24 Nov; while Tom Dale Company's Surge 360 is at Sale Waterside on Sat 25 Nov. In Liverpool, at the Williamson Tunnels, Homotopia has an EAT ME Cave Weekender (Fri 24-Sun 26 Nov) including EM Williams + Henri T's Always Been Here on Sat 25 Nov.

Next week (w/c 27 Nov) is the start of the seasonal slow-down. There's Laura Murphy's A Spectacle of Herself on Tue 28 Nov at The Lowry. Van Huynh Company's In Realness is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 30 Nov; and Company Mek's Father Politics is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 1 Dec.

For the rest of December there's Debut at the New Adelphi, Salford on Mon 4 Dec; a Bunker Talk with Jade Monserrat at the Salutation on Tue 5 Dec; Lightwaves on Salford Quays (7-10 Dec) and two nights of queer Jewish performance at Manchester Jewish Museum (Sun 10 Dec) and Islington Mill (Sat 16 Dec) respectively. In Leeds, there's Motus Mori's Corpus at the Art Gallery (8-10 Dec); in Liverpool there's Top Joe's Christmas Mass at the Everyman on Sat 16 Dec.
One to look out for in January is Andy Smith + Lynsey O'Sullivans A Citizens' Assembly at the Lowry on 18 Jan.

The Weekly Warning is going to take a seasonal break now and will be back mid January when the early shoots of performance start to appear.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: lord of the flies...

2023-11-17T11:00:00Z

As one former party leader enters the Lords and another the Jungle, we can only wonder which one is Piggy...

This weekend, Company Chameleon present Uplift in Openshaw, tonight Fri 17 Nov, and Deep Flow at Aviva Studios on Sun 19 Nov. Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis at The Lowry and Reece Williams's This Kind of Black at HOME both continue until Sat 18 Nov

In Liverpool, Homotopia has David Hoyle's Ten Commandments at the Unity on Fri 17 Nov; and Queercore Double Bill at the Playhouse on Sat 18 Nov.
In Sheffield In the Realm of the Dark Rabbit is at the Drama Studio on Fri 17 Nov and Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at Theatre Deli on Sat 18 Nov.
In Hebden Bridge, Siobhan Davies + Charlie Morrissey are at Wainsgate Chappel on Sat 18 Nov.

Next week (w/c 20 Nov) Rowland's Leaving's 100 Screens is at Lonsight Art Space and Ridiculusmus's So at The Lowry both on on Fri 24 Nov; while Tom Dale Company's Surge 360 is at Sale Waterside on Sat 25 Nov.

Further afield Forced Entertainment's If All Else Fails is at Lancaster Arts on Tue 21 Nov. In Leeds Harry-Clayton Wright's A Night at the Plaza is at Howard Assembly Room on Wed 22 Nov + Eloina's High Steaks is at CLAY on Thu 23 Nov.

Also on Thu 23 Nov: Rose Condo's How To Starve An Artist is at Theatre Deli in Sheffield, Will Dickie's White Sun is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University and Porcelain Delaney The Toilet Paper Diaries is at Unity, Liverpool.

Also in Liverpool, Homotopia has an EAT ME Cave Weekender Fri 24-Sun 26 Nov at the Williamson Tunnels.

The following couple of weeks (from 27 Nov) really see the seasonal slow-down. There's Laura Murphy at The Lowry, Van Huynh Company in Ormskirk and Company Mek in Leeds. Into December there's Debut at the New Adelphi, Salford; a Bunker Talk with Jade Monserrat at the Salutation and two nights of queer Jewish performance for Chanukah at Manchester Jewish Museum and Islington Mill respectively.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: losing the plot...

2023-11-10T11:00:07Z

While cruellagate rages through the central cabal, on the fringes, the former cultural supremo unleashes her latest opus, conspiracy-theorising the plight of her fallen idol... Meanwhile, in the real world, the rest of us are getting on with the last big charge before the seasonal venus flytraps overtake us...

This weekend, ACE Dance's Unknown Realms is at The Lowry on Fri 10 + Sat 11 Nov; while The Welcome takes over Aviva Studios (11-19 Nov).
Further afield Sheffield Plahyouse has Penguin on Fri 10 Nov and Parler Femme on Sat 11 Nov. In Warrington Company Carpi's When You Light A Candle is at the Pyramid on Sat 11 Nov; while Homotopia kicks off in Liverpool (11 Nov-2 Dec).

Next week (w/c 13 Nov) is seriously busy! Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis is at The Lowry (14-18 Nov); Miranda Prag's An Attempt to Lose Time is at the New Adelphi on Wed 15 Nov; Reece Williams's This Kind of Black (Requiem for Black Boy) is at HOME (15-18 Nov); Company Chameleon's Uplift is in Openshaw on Fri 17 Nov and Tim Crouch's Truth's A Dog Must To Kennel is at Contact on Thu 16 Nov (also at Lancaster Arts on Wed 15 Nov); and Company Chameleon's Deep Flow is at Aviva Studios on Sun 19 Nov.

In Liverpool, Homotopia at the Unity has Black Sheep on Wed 15 Nov and David Hoyle's Ten Commandments on Fri 17 Nov; at the Invisible Wind Factory: Chosen Haram on Thu 16 Nov; and at the Playhouse: Queercore Double Bill on Sat 18 Nov.
Hidden Track's The Cost of Everything is at Sheffield Drama Studio on Tue 14 Nov and The Duke's Lancaster on Thu 16 Nov. There's a Scratch Night at Pyramid Arts in Warrington on Thu 16 Oct; while in Sheffield In the Realm of the Dark Rabbit is at the Drama Studio on Fri 17 Nov and Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at Theatre Deli on Sat 18 Nov. In Hebden Bridge, Siobhan Davies + Charlie Morrissey are at Wainsgate Chappel on Sat 18 Nov.

The following week (w/c 20 Nov) Mancunia seems a bit quiet: Rowland's Leaving is at Lonsight Art Space; Ridiculusmus at The Lowry and Surge 360 at Sale Waterside. Further afield Forced Entertainment are in Lancaster; Harry-Clayton Wright + High Steaks in Leeds; Rose Condo in Sheffield; Porcelain Delaney in Liverpool; Will Dickie in Ormskirk while Homotopia has an EAT ME Cave Weekender!

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

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Tamsin

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warnmcr: explosive...

2023-11-03T11:00:02Z

In a week of explosive revelations surrounding Bojo the clown and his cabal, suddenly the fireworks recalling the Gunpowder Plot seem a little more tame. As performative as it all may be, in the actual world of performance, the next couple of weeks are pretty busy:

This weekend, Lewys Holt's The Empty Orchestra is at Waterside Arts, Sale on Sat 4 Nov; while Mark Thoma s is in England + Son at HOME until Sat 4 Nov; and Free Your Mind comes to a close at Aviva Studios on Sun 5 Nov.
In Leeds, Ellie Harrison's All That Lives is at CLAY on Sat 4 Nov; while in Sheffield, James Wilton Dance's Lore is at the Drama Studio also on Sat 4 Nov.

Next week (w/c 6 Nov) at The Lowry there's Joe Sellman-Leava's Fanboy on Thu 9 Nov and ACE Dance's Unknown Realms on Fri 10 + Sat 11 Nov; while The Welcome takes over Aviva Studios (11-19 Nov) - alternatively there's a Bunker Talk with The Long Dead Stars at The Salutation on Tue 7 Nov.
Further afield Black Sheep is at The Duke's in Lancaster on Wed 8 Nov; at Sheffield Plahyouse, Penguin is on Thu 9 + Fri 10 Nov and Parler Femme is on Sat 11 Nov. In Warringtoin Company Carpi's When You Light A Candle is at the Pyramid on Sat 11 Nov; while Homotopia kicks off in Liverpool (11 Nov-2 Dec).

The following week (w/c 13 Nov) Frantic Assembly is at The Lowry; An Attempt to Lose Time at the New Adelphi; Reece Williams at HOME; Company Chameleon in Openshaw and Tim Crouch at Contact (also in Lancaster).
In Liverpool, Homotopia has Black Sheep, Chosen Haram, David Hoyle, Queercore Double Bill. Hidden Track are in Sheffield and Lancaster. There's a Scratch Night in Warrington; In the Realm of the Dark Rabbit and Avital Raz in Sheffield and Siobhan Davies + Charlie Morrissey in Hebden Bridge.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: the darkside...

2023-10-27T10:00:03Z

As the clocks go back, All Hallows' Eve looms and every self-respecting goth makes their way to Whitby, this side of the Pennines is only a touch less dark...

This weekend, Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at HOME (until 28 Oct) and Free Your Mind continues at Aviva Studios (until 5 Nov); while, tonight Fri 27 Oct Watch Us Dance is at New Adelphi and Spam Valley is at 53Two.
In Leeds, Encounters Festival is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds on Sat 28 Oct; while in Glasgow Take Me Somewhere continues until 28 Oct; and in Ipswich SPILL continues until 29 Oct.

Next week (w/c 30 Oct) Mark Thoma s is in England + Son is at HOME (31 Oct-4 Nov).
In Sheffield, at the Playhouse, there's Luca Rutherford's You Heard Me on Mon 30 Oct; while at the Drama Studio there's Bawren Tavaziva's Boys Khaya on Tue 31 Oct and James Wilton Dance's Lore on Sat 4 Nov (also at The Duke's Lancaster on Tue 31 Oct). Fallen Angels' Traces Through Time is at Storyhouse, Chester on Wed 1 Nov; Company Carpi's When You Light a Candle... at the Arts Centre, Edgehill University on Thu 2 Nov; and Ellie Harrison's All That Lives at CLAY, Leeds on Sat 4 Nov.

The following week (w/c 6 Nov) there's Fanboy and Unknown Realms at The Lowry; and The Welcome at Aviva Studios or
for something discursive there's a Bunker Talk with The Long Dead Stars.
Further afield Black Sheep is in Lancaster; Penguin and Parler Femme in Sheffield, Company Carpi in Warrington; while Homotopia kicks off in Liverpool.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: stormy...

2023-10-20T10:00:03Z

As the winds of change blow through the blue heartlands and Babet blows through the remainder of the country, I find myself thinking twice about the wisdom of a trip to Transform in Leeds today.

This weekend Free Your Mind continues at Aviva Studios (until 5 Nov) and Dibby Theatre's Toxic at HOME (until 28 Oct).
In Liverpool, Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis is at the Playhouse (until 21 Oct); Close to Home's Identities is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield tonight, Fri 20 Oct; Wired Aerial's As The World Turned is in St Helens on Sat 21 Oct; and Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at Leeds Playhouse Fri 20 and Sat 21 Oct.
At Transform, on Fri 20 Oct there's Miet Warlop's One Song. On Fri 20 + Sat 21 Oct there's Mexa's Pumpitopera Transatlantica, Katy Baird's Get Off, Silke Huysmans + Hannes Dereere O ut of the Blue. On Sat 21 Oct only there's Nastaran Razawi Khorasani's Songs for No One and Chiara Bersani's Sottobosco.
In Glasgow Take Me Somewhere continues until 28 Oct; and in Ipswich SPILL continues until 29 Oct.

Next week (w/c 23 Oct) in Mancunia, joining the line-up are Northern Rascals' Shed on Wed 25 Oct and Watch Us Dance on Fri 27 Oct both at New Adelphi. Ali Matthews + Co's Mushroom Language is at the Lowry on Wed 25 + Thu 26 Oct; and Spam Valley is at 53Two on Fri 27 Oct.
Further afield Richard Chappell Dance's Infinite Ways Home is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 26 Oct while Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik! is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Thu 26 Oct; and Encounters Festival is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds on Sat 28 Oct.

The following week (w/c 30 Oct) Mark Thomas is at HOME. In Sheffield, there's You Heard Me, Bawren Tavaziva and James Wilton Dance (also in Lancaster); Fallen Angels are in Chester; Company Carpi in Ormskirk and All That Lives in Leeds.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: glitterati...

2023-10-13T10:00:05Z

As our putative future leader is sprinkled by stardust in Liverpool, closer to home, this weekend, we welcome our own glittering addition to the landscape as Free Your Mind brings the opening of Aviva Studios (13 Oct - 5 Nov); while Ailey 2 is at The Lowry on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct.

Elsewhere, Two Destination Language's 40/40 is at Wainsgate Dances in Hebden Bridge on Fri 13 Oct; while The Lighthouse is at Theatre Deli in Sheffield on Sat 14 Sep while in Leeds, Transform Festival (11-22 Oct) has Aphids' Oh Deer! on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct and Cherish Menzo's Dark Matter on Sat 14 Oct. Much further afield, in Glasgow there's Take Me Somewhere (13-28 Oct) and in Ipswich there's SPILL (13-29 Oct).

Next week (w/c 16 Oct) Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at HOME (18-28 Oct); Victor Esses's The Death + Life of Us All is at The Lowry on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Oct; and Victoria Melody's Head Set is at The Edge on Thu 19 Oct.
Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis is at the Playhouse, Liverpool (17-21 Oct); Close to Home's Identities is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Thu 19 and Fri 20 Oct; Wired Aerial's As The World Turned in St Helens on Sat 21 Oct; and Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at Leeds Playhouse Fri 20 and Sat 21 Oct.
Also in Leeds, Transform has Miet Warlop's One Song (19+20), Mexa's Pumpitopera Transatlantica (19-21), Katy Baird's Get Off (20+21), Silke Huysmans + Hannes Dereere O ut of the Blue (20+21), Nastaran Razawi Khorasani's Songs for No One (21) and Chiara Bersani's Sottobosco (21).

The following week (w/c 23 Oct) Unless you're heading to Glasgow or Ipswich, then things quieten down a bit.
In Mancunia, joining the line-up are Shed and Watch Us Dance at New Adelphi; Mushroom Language at the Lowry; and Spam Valley at 53Two. Further afield Richard Chappell Dance are in Ormskirk and Bobak Champion is in Huddersfield.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: derailed...

2023-10-06T10:00:04Z

As the ruling class jets back off to London, leaving us to take the slow train, over the next few weeks we'll be experiencing the legacy of "northern powerhouse" with no fast link to Leeds for Transform - but at least we have Aviva Studios...

This weekend The Commission for New and Old Art's The Long 40s is at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation tonight Fri 6 Oct; while HOME has Two Destination Language's 40/40 on Sat 7 Oct.
In Leeds, Daniel Lukehurst's 1,2 Punch is at Interplay Theatre on Fri 6 Oct; and Invisible Flock's This is a Forest runs 6 Oct - 26 Nov at Moda.

Next week (w/c 9 Oct) Curious Monkey + Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at HOME (10-12 Oct), Free Your Mind is at Aviva Studios (13 Oct - 5 Nov) and Ailey 2 at The Lowry on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct.

Beyond Mancunia, Two Destination Language's 40/40 is in Lancaster Arts on Wed 11 Oct, the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 12 Oct and Wainsgate Dances in Hebden Bridge on Fri 13 Oct; while The Lighthouse is at Theatre Deli in Sheffield on Sat 14 Sep.

Over in Leeds, Transform Festival (11-22 Oct) kicks off with Ásrún Mágnúsdóttir's Secrets (Wed 11 + Thu 12 Oct), Aphids' Oh Deer! on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct and Cherish Menzo's Dark Matter on Sat 14 Oct. The festival flurry continues in Glasgow with Take Me Somewhere (13-28 Oct) and in Ipswich with SPILL (13-29 Oct).

The following week (w/c 16 Oct) Dibby Theatre is at HOME; Victor Esses at The Lowry and Victoria Melody at The Edge. Frantic Assembly are in Liverpool; Identities in Sheffield; Penguin in Leeds. Also in Leeds, Transform has Miet Warlop, Mexa, Katy Baird, Out of the Blue, Songs for No One and Sottobosco.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: full-blown emergency...

2023-09-29T10:00:04Z

So here we are again... as inevitable as death and taxes, it's time for Emergency to roll into view... and in this, its 23rd iteration, it's now older than some of its artists! From human pin cushions to dancing crisp packets, it's a full afternoon and evening of pay what you decide work taking over the whole of Contact, tomorrow, Sat 30 Sep (noon-10pm).

Elsewhere, this weekend, you can see Earwig at The Lowry, tonight Fri 29 Sep; while Manchester Independents has Sam + Shirley Jamil's Ward 76 at M6 in Rochdale, also this afternoon Fri 29 Sep plus Leo & Hyde's Ruins of Earth dystopian tour of the city on Sat 30 Sep.
Further afield Lydia Cottrell's Brightside is at Ryde Studio, Leeds (until 30 Sep) and Pepa Duarte's Eating Myself is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Sun 1 Oct.

Next week (w/c 2 Oct) HOME has Peyvand Sadeghian's Dual on Wed 4 + Fri 5 Oct, and Two Destination Language's 40/40 on Sat 7 Oct. Bobak Champion's I'm Mulamic Don't Panik! is at The Lowry on Wed 4 Oct; Princess Arinola's Portrait of A Poet is at The Whiworth on Thu 5 Oct; and The Commission for New and Old Art's The Long 40s is at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Fri 6 Oct.
Beyond Mancunia, Wired Aerial's Me Vs Me is at the Pyramid Arts Centre in Warrington on Tue 3 Oct and Daniel Lukehurst's 1,2 Punch is in Leeds on Fri 6 Oct and Invisible Flock's This is a Forest runs 6 Oct - 26 Nov at Moda.

The following week (w/c 9 Oct) Penguin is at HOME, Free Your Mind at Aviva Studios, Ailey 2 at The Lowry. Beyond Mancunia, Two Destination Language are in Lancaster, Ormskirk and Hebden Bridge; and The Lighthouse is in Sheffield.
It's festival-tastic time again with Transform Festival kicking off in Leeds, while for any long-distance livearterati there's Take Me Somewhere in Glasgow and SPILL in Ipswich

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Hope to see lots of you at Emergency!

Best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

warnmcr: climate emergency...

2023-09-22T10:00:05Z

As the powers that be's climate commitment crumbles as fast as their concrete, at least in performance world things are standing firm...

This weekend, you can catch The Commission for New and Old Art's When You Made Me Laugh at the Talleyrand, tonight Fri 22 Sep. Rhum + Clay's Project Dictator is at HOME (until 30 Sep); and Hidden Track's The Cost of Everything is at The Lowry on Fri 22 + Sat 23 Sep. Manchester Independents commissions see a double bill featuring See Me + Kao Hove at Contact tonight, Fri 22 Sep, and, for the more theatrically minded, Porcelain Delaney's Toilet Paper Diaries at 53Two on Sun 24 Sep. For the young at heart The Really Fabulous Family Cabaret is at Z-arts on Sat 23 Sep.
Elsewhere ADHD The Musical is at the Unity in Liverpool on Fri 22 Sep. Much further afield, in Billingham, The Festival of Thrift is on Sat 23 + Sun 24 Sep.

Next week (w/c 25 Sep) For us, the big story of the week is the 23rd Emergency which takes over Contact on Sat 30 Oct - train strike-willing 23 pieces of work in one day - full afternoon and evening programme details now available!

Elsewhere, The Lowry has an eclectic mix of Eun-Me Ahn's - Dragons on Tue 26 + Wed 27 Sep, and Earwig on Thu 28 + Fri 29 Sep. Manchester Independents has Leo & Hyde's Ruins of Earth dystopian tour of the city on Sat 30 Sep and Sam + Shirley Jamil's Ward 76 is at M6 in Rochdale. For those looking for something more discursive, Michael Pinchbeck's Bunker Talks re-start on Tue 26 Sep at The Salutation.

Further afield there's an Open Stage night at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Tue 26 Sep, Lydia Cottrell's Brightside is at Ryde Studio, Leeds (28-30 Sep) and Pepa Duarte's Eating Myself is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Sun 1 Oct.

The following week (w/c 2 Oct) Peyvand Sadeghian and Two Destination Language are at HOME, Bobak Champion at The Lowry; Princess Arinola at The Whiworth; and The Commission for New and Old Art at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Beyond Mancunia, Wired Aerial are in Warrington and Daniel Lukehurst in Leeds.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

warnmcr: autumn hazing...

2023-09-15T10:00:04Z

On this, the eve of the annual student influx, it always feels like the City, or my bit of it at least, is holding its breath, waiting for the autumn to start in earnest...

This weekend, you can still catch Malandra Jacks' Census (until Sat 16 Sep) at Contact (or you could if it wasn't sold-out!)
In Liverpool, Top Joe's Autumn Mass is at the Everyman on Fri 15 Sep; while in Leeds Excessive Human Collective's Discopia is at CLAY on Sat 16 Sep; and in Sheffield, Theatre Deli has Raina Greifer's Manic on Fri 15 and Phil Green's A Good Neet Aht on Sat 16 Sep.

Next week (w/c 18 Sep) sees three nights of Liminal at Manchester School of Theatre (19-21 Sep). Rhum + Clay's Project Dictator is at HOME (20-30 Sep); and Hidden Track's The Cost of Everything is at The Lowry on Fri 21 + Sat 22 Sep. Manchester Independents commissions see a double bill featuring See Me + Kao Hove at Contact on Fri 22 Sep, and Porcelain Delaney's Toilet Paper Diaries at 53Two on Sun 24 Sep.
Elsewhere Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik is at the Duke's in Lancaster on Thu 21 Sep and ADHD The Musical is at the Unity in Liverpool on Fri 22 Sep.

The following week (w/c 25 Sep) The Lowry has an eclectic mix of Dragons and Earwig. Manchester Independents has Leo & Hyde's dystopian tour of the city plus Hafsah Aneela Bashir and Sam + Shirley Jamil are in Rochdale. Meanwhile, the 23rd Emergency takes over Contact. For those looking for something more discursive, Michael Pinchbeck's Bunker Talks re-start on Tue 26 Sep at The Salutation.

Further afield there's an Open Stage night in Sheffield, Lydia Cottrell is in Leeds and Pepa Duarte is in Huddersfield.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

warnmcr: autumn daze...

2023-09-08T10:00:03Z

So, in typically contrary fashion, just as we head back into our crumbling institutions, the long, dank summer has given way to a short, ferocious autumn... nevertheless, even before the student influx things are waking up a touch in performance world:

Over the next week, Contact is busy with Human Rights Tattoo tomorrow, Sat 9 Sep; then don't miss our friends Malandra Jacks' Census (13-16 Sep) (a hÅb/Contact co-commission).

In Liverpool, Top Joe's Autumn Mass is at the Everyman on Fri 15 Sep; while in Leeds Excessive Human Collective's Discopia is at CLAY on Sat 16 Sep; and in Sheffield, Theatre Deli has Raina Greifer's Manic on Fri 15 and Phil Green's A Good Neet Aht on Sat 16 Sep.

The following week (w/c 18 Sep) sees Liminal at Manchester School of Theatre, Rhum + Clay at HOME and Hidden Track at The Lowry. Elsewhere Bobak Champion is in Lancaster and ADHD The Musical in Liverpool.

And finally have a look at Emergency 23 (Sat 30 Sep, Contact) for the full artist list.
Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

warnmcr: and another thing...

2023-08-04T10:00:05Z

Just a very quick addendum as a little nudge and a little bit of extra:

Malandra Jacks' Census is at Simpson Memorial Hall next Thu 10 and Fri 11 Aug.
The Men's Room + Company Chameleon's Consumed is at the Royal Exchange Den in Beswick on Thu 17 Aug
Chanje Kunda's Bisexual Baddies is at 53Two on Wed 23 + Thu 24 Aug

... and save the date for Emergency 23 on Sat 30 Sep at Contact

See you in September. Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: depths of summer...

2023-07-21T10:00:05Z

As Europe fries, for once I'm almost grateful for Mancunian dankness and downpour... but it is the height of summer and as such things theatrical are going pretty quiet.

This weekend, though, we are at Z-arts tomorrow, Sat 22 Jul, for Haphazard - an afternoon (12-3) of all ages live art with all sorts, from a giant spinning jellyfish to a laser show... get there early if you want to dance with a slinky! Featuring Gemma Lees, Jana Aizupe & Gi Vasey,Joe Beedles, Julie Burrow, Kitunda Argyle, Krissi Musiol & Amy Vreeke, Luna Ælflæd, Maddie Wakeling & Rowan Szulek, Nicola Smith, Orla Collier & Magdalena Górnikiewicz, Puppetfingers, Thomas Daniel Byrne

In Sheffield, Owen + Slater's Try | Trying | Tried is Theatre Deli on Sat 22 Jul while in Leicester there's Journey's Festival in Leicester (Sat 22 + Sun 23 Jul).

The following week (w/c 24 Jul) CYC's Hand Me Down is at Castlefied Viaduct on Thu 27 Jul, while in Leeds Gracefool Collective's Kick-Off takes to the streets 27-29 Jul. In Sheffield Theatre Deli has Ayse Balkos's Canine Teeth on Thu 27 Jul and Wency Lam's Anybody Home? on Fri 28 Jul.

Thereafter things go pretty quiet for August. You could make a trip north eastwards for Stockton International Riverside Festival (3-6 Aug). Or MUCH closer to home, in Moston, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Simpson Memorial Hall on Thu 10 and Fri 11 Aug.

And then there's Edinburgh... Below is my usual longlist spreadsheet. The things I'm thinking of trying to see are Haranczak / Navarre Performance Projects, Ben Target, Max Percy and Friends, Junk Ensemble, Katrine Turner, Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello, BULLYACHE, Adam Scott-Rowley, Raquel Meseguer Zafe / Unchartered Collective, Daniel Kitson, Victor Esses, Mark Thomas, Emily Woof, Lula Mebrahtu, SUPERFAN, Brook Tate.

Usual tip for the Edinburgh newbie - what I do is sign into my EdFringe account, and go through the site, finding by category + genre; and then by key venues. Any show that might be interesting I add to My Favourites - then I export them all as a longlist from which I can plan. That longlist is below as a spreadsheet so you can edit and sort as you please.

Online - CLAY have the Chasm Digital projects, possibly until 21 July and GM Fringe has Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July. Edinburgh Fringe also has an online programme which I'm yet to really study though some of the Voices from the South work might be interesting.

Unless something unmissable pops up, this Weekly Warning is going to take a bit of a break until things pick up pace again in September. Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

Sat 22 Jul, Noon-3pm. FREE | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2023

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warnmcr: a bit miffed...

2023-07-14T10:00:07Z

As the festival flurry dies down, if you haven't been sufficiently miffed, this weekend sees your last chance to catch MIF events including Balmy Army (until 15 Jul) at HOME; then until 16 Jul: Benji Reid's Find Your Eyes at the Academy + R.O.S.E at New Century Hall; Tino Seghal's This Entry at the Whitworth and Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust.

Next week (w/c 17 Jul) for us, the story of the week is that, on Sat 22 Jul we are back at Z-arts for the madness that is Haphazard - an afternoon of all ages live art with all sorts from a giant spinning jellyfish to a laser show.
Signdance Collective's Oriente Plus/Power Cut is also at the Whitworth Art Garden on Thu 20 Jul while in Sheffield, Owen + Slater's Try | Trying | Tried is Theatre Deli on Sat 22 Jul. Much further afield there's Journey's Festival in Leicester (Sat 22 + Sun 23 Jul).

The following week (w/c 24 Jul) CYC are on Castlefied Viaduct while Gracefool Collective take to the streets of Leeds and Ayse Balkoso and Wency Lam are in Sheffield.

Online - CLAY have the Chasm Digital projects, possibly until 21 July and GM Fringe has Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

Sat 22 Jul, Noon-3pm. FREE | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2023

warnmcr: it's just not cricket, tennis...

2023-07-07T10:00:03Z

As unwelcome colourful interventions into the sporting arena make headline news, I think I'll stick to a world of welcome colourful interventions - like the forthcoming Haphazard! Meanwhile...

IRL:
This weekend at MIF look out for Balmy Army (1-15 Jul) and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night (until Sat 8 Jul) both at HOME, plus Ryuichi Sakamoto's Kagami (until 9 Jul) and the ongoing Tino Seghal's This Entry and Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust (both running throughout). GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two (Fri 7 Jul) + Salford Arts Theatre (Sat 8 Jul).

In Wigan Touretteshero's Burnt Out in Biscuitland is at Wigan Pier tonight, Fri 7 Jul; while in Leeds Yorkshire Dance has Encounters on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Jul.

Next week (w/c 10 Jul) brings MIF to a close - with, among other things, Benji Reid Find Your Eyes (12-16 Jul) at the Academy + R.O.S.E (13-16 Jul) at New Century Hall.
In Liverpool Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival has Mahmoud El Haddad's Self-Entitlement on Tue 11 Jul and What the dog said to the harvest on Wed 12 Jul.

The following week (w/c 17 Jul) Signdance Collective is at the Whitworth Art Garden, while we at Word of Warning are back at Z-arts for the madness that is Haphazard. In Sheffield, Owen + Slater are at Theatre Deli.

Online - tonight, Fir 7 Jul, Lancaster Arts is showing Van Huynh Co's Re:birth and Bobby Baker's Drawing on a Grandmother's Experience. CLAY have the Chasm Digital projects, possibly until 21 July and GM Fringe has Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July.

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

Sat 22 Jul, Noon-3pm. FREE | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2023

warnmcr: festival fever...

2023-06-30T10:00:03Z

Those of us seeing spots in front of our eyes this morning needn't worry, it's just an early case of festival fever and there's certainly plenty of it to catch:

This weekend among many other things, Manchester International Festival also has Tino Seghal's This Entry, Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust (both running throughout) and Ryuichi Sakamoto's Kagami (until 9 Jul). GM Fringe also gets going (1-31 July) including a couple of intriguing online works: Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July; while Didsbury Arts Festival has James Rowland's Learning to Fly at Didsbury Baptist Church on Sat 1 Jul.

The Lowry also has Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi's From the Daughter of a Dictator tonight Fri 30 Jun + Mohamed Toukabri's The Power of the Fragile tomorrow Sat 1 Jul.

Beyond Mancunia, in Preston, Derelict continues Superphonic tonight Fri 30 Jun at Media Factory, UCLAN, while in Liverpool, there's Physical Fest (until 7 Jul) with Tmesis Theatre's Sealskin at the Everyman (until 1 Jul).

Next week (w/c 3 Jul) at MIF, look out for Balmy Army (1-15 Jul) and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night (6-8 Jul) both at HOME, while GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two (Fri 7 Jul) + Salford Arts Theatre (Sat 8 Jul).

In Liverpool, Physical Fest at the Unity has Julia Masli's Choosh! on Mon 3 Jul, Dive on Tue 4 Jul and Duda Paiva Co's Blind on Wed 5 Jul. In Wigan Touretteshero's Burnt Out in Biscuitland is at Wigan Pier on Thu 6 + Fri 7 Jul. In Leeds Yorkshire Dance has Encounters on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Jul.

The following week (w/c 10 Jul) brings MIF to a close - with, among other things, Benji Reid Find Your Eyes (12-16 Jul) + R.O.S.E (13-16 Jul).

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

Sat 22 Jul, Noon-3pm. FREE | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2023

warnmcr: the longest day...

2023-06-23T10:02:49Z

As we the solstice comes and goes and the glasto revelries kick off, here we are in a different kind of festival season:

This weekend Jenni Jackson's Endurance is at HOME (until Sat 24 Jun); Emergence is at the New Adelphi on Fri 23 Jun; while Didsbury Arts Festival runs 24 Jun - 2 Jul - look out for Darkfield's Flight on Sat 24 Jun at Didsbury Library. Elsewhere on Sat 24 Jun, there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman and Liz Richardson's Swim is at Sheffield Playhouse.

Next week (w/c 26 Jun) The Lowry has Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi's From the Daughter of a Dictator on Fri 30 Jun + Mohamed Toukabri's The Power of the Fragile on Sat 1 Jul. In Didsbury, Owen + Slater's Try | Trying | Tried is at Pizza Express on Tue 27 Jun; while James Rowland's Learning to Fly is at Didsbury Baptist Church on Sat 1 Jul.

The week also sees the start of Manchester International Festival (29 Jun-16 July), look out for Tino Seghal This Entry, Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem We Cut Through Dust both running throughout.
GM Fringe also gets going (1-31 July) including a couple of intriguing things online: Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July.

Beyond Mancunia, Lancaster Arts has Rendez-Vous Dance What Songs May Do on Tue 27 Jun + UKRLAND on Wed 28 Jun; while in Preston Derelict presents Superphonic on Thu 29 + Fri 30 Jun at Media Factory, UCLAN.
In Liverpool, there's Physical Fest (29 Jun-7 Jul) with Tmesis Theatre's Sealskin at the Everyman (29 Jun - 1 Jul).

The following week (w/c 3 Jul) look out for Balmy Army and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night at MIF, while GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two + Salford Arts Theatre.
In Liverpool, Physical Fest at the Unity has Choosh!, Dive and Blind. In Wigan Touretteshero is at Wigan Pier. In Leeds there's Encounters.

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

Sat 22 Jul, Noon-3pm. FREE | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2023

warnmcr: tie me kangaroo down, sport...

2023-06-16T10:00:06Z

Has Boris finally lost his bounce amidst trumpian bleats of witch hunts + kangaroo courts? Meanwhile the rest of us continue to sweat in the economic heat he left behind. Meanwhile in performance world...

This weekend Horizons Festival is on Fri 16+ Sat 17 Jun at HOME; while Liz Richardson's Swim is at The Edge tonight Fri 16 Jun. Further afield, Emergence is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Fri 16 Jun.

Next week (w/c 19 Jun) Shahireh Sharif's I am an Orange Dot. Part Human, Part Not is at Oldham Libray on Tue 20 Jun, Gandini Juggling's The Games We Play is at The Lowry on Wed 21 Jun, Jenni Jackson's Endurance is at HOME (22-24 Jun),
Emergence is at the New Adelphi on Fri 23 Jun; while Didsbury Arts Festival runs 24 Jun - 2 Jul - look out for Darkfield's Flight on Sat 24 Jun at Didsbury Library. Elsewhere on Sat 24 Jun, there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman and Liz Richardson's Swim is at Sheffield Playhouse.

The following week (w/c 26 Jun) is a big one with the start of Manchester International Festival (29 Jun-16 July), GM Fringe (1-31 July) and Physical Fest (29 Jun-7 Jul) in Liverpool. There's also Transparency at 53Two; and From the Daughter of a Dictator + The Power of the Fragile at The Lowry, Owen + Slater in Didsbury. Beyond Mancunia, Rendez-Vous Dance + UKRLand are in Lancaster and Superphonic in Preston + Tmesis Theatre in Liverpool.

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