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No. 572/ FY 4

With shortages mooted, the powers may be dusting off the old ‘stay at home’ advice. Will the return of the streamed show follow? 

If, however, you’re not a fan of governmental directive, here are your options…

This weekend, Leila Navabi's Relay is at Lowry on Fri 17 Apr; while for younger viewers, Z-arts has Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and the Polar Bear on Sat 18 Apr.

Further afield, on Sat 18 Apr, in the afternoon, Malandra Jacks' Census is at 3B Systems in Nelson; while that evening Burrows & Fargion's The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece are at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge.  

Much further afield, Buzzcut is happening in Glasgow (until 18 Apr).

Next week (w/c 20 Apr) seems pretty quiet in Mancunia - but you might want to check out. Mole Wetherell, Teresa Brayshaw & Hannah Butterfield's Mob at New Adelphi on 23 + 24 Apr. 

Beyond parts Mancunian, on Fri 24 Apr Markéta Stránská and Charlie Morrissey's Scáling is at Wainsgate Chapel; and, with the start of LEAP 26 (24 Apr-26 May) Cathy Waller Company's You and Us is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. On Sat 25 Apr, Northern Rascals' Sunny Side is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds. 

The following week (w/c 27 Apr) for us it's all about the extraordinary Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool at Lowry on Sat 2 May. Also at Lowry Circa's Wolf is on Wed 29 + Thu 30 Apr (£15 with promo code CIRCUS15).

Before that, on Tue 28 Apr Building,Tearing Repairing is at SeeSaw; ; The Dreamtime Fellrunner is at The Edge in Chorlton on Thu 30 Apr; and on Fri 1 May Emergence Dance 2026 is at Sale Waterside

Further afield, in Liverpool LEAP has Liverpool Dance Prize on Thu 30 Apr; Queer Moves on Fri 1 May and Akeim Toussaint Buck's Windows of Displacement on Sat 2 May all at Unity. Also in Liverpool Roy Claire Potter's Comms Fail is at Bluecoat on Sat 2 May.
Meanwhile, It's the Economy Stupid is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 30 Apr. 

Much further afield GIFT is in Gateshead 1-3 May. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

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After glimpsing the dark side of the Moon, re-entry approaches for Integrity; whether its namesake lands in certain dire Straits hangs in the balance...

This weekend, having joined us at Social Experiment last night, Matt Miller's Fixing comes to Lowry on Fri 10 Apr and to Slung Low's Warehouse in Leeds on Sat 11 Apr. 

Next week (w/c 13 Apr) Leila Navabi's Relay is at Lowry on Fri 17 Apr; while for younger viewers, Z-arts has Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and the Polar Bear on Sat 18 Apr.

Further afield, in Huddersfield, RONiN is at the LBT on Wed 15 Apr. On Sat 18 Apr, in the afternoon, Malandra Jacks' Census is at 3B Systems in Nelson; while that evening Burrows & Fargion's The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece are at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge.  

Much further afield, Buzzcut is happening in Glasgow (15-18 Apr).

The following week (w/c 20 Apr) seems pretty quiet in Mancunia.

Further afield, on Fri 24 Apr Markéta Stránská and Charlie Morrissey's Scáling is at Wainsgate Chapel; and, with the start of LEAP 26 (24 Apr-26 May) Cathy Waller Company's You and Us is at Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. On Sat 25 Apr, Northern Rascals' Sunny Side is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

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No. 570/ FY 2

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

Thu 11 Jun, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

After a few laps inspecting Earth from above, Integrity has now officially left the planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth we look for Easter eggs and other rarities, perhaps even integrity...

This weekend is predictably quiet but fish in a dress's The City For Incurable Women is at HOME (2-4 Apr).

Next week (w/c 6 Apr) On Thu 9 Apr we're back in action with another Social Experiment at Contact featuring Daniel Nicholas, Gin Niemtus, Kathy Rivett, Lisa Ford, Orla Collier and special guest Natalie Spanner.
Sale Waterside also has the Breaking Ground Scratch on Thu 9 Apr; then Matt Miller's Fixing comes to Lowry on Fri 10 Apr.

Malandra Jacks' Census is at Wortley Hall, nr Sheffield on Tue 7 Apr; Motionhouse's Hidden is at Chester Storyhouse on Thu 9 Apr and Matt Miller's Fixing is at Slung Low's Warehouse in Leeds on Sat 11 Apr. 

The following week (w/c 13 Apr) Leila Navabi's Relay is at Lowry on Fri 17 Apr; while for younger viewers, Z-arts has Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and the Polar Bear on Sat 18 Apr.

Further afield, in Huddersfield, RONiN is at the LBT on Wed 15 Apr, and in Hebden Bridge, Burrows & Fargion's The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece are at Wainsgate Chapel on Sat 18 Apr.

Much further afield, Buzzcut is happening in Glasgow (15-18 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open (deadline 8 May) and the rolling call for Social Experiment (next edition 11 June) remains open. 

Best

Tamsin

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On this World Theatre Day, certain powers seem to have misinterpreted it as theatre of war.  Meanwhile, as we spring forward:

This weekend, Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand are both at HOME (until 28 Mar) and Emergence 26 is at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar. Look out for Get-in! to Eccles which has Lowri Evans's Train Dreaming at Eccles station over the weekend and, in Wigan, Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak is at Wigan & Leigh College on Sun 29 Mar. 

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar.  Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (until 28 Mar) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has Roadhouse 22 on Fri 27 Mar. At the Unity in Liverpool, Up Next Festival runs  until 28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 Mar.

Next week (w/c 30 Mar) It's all a touch quite but on Tue 31 Mar Joe Kiney Whitmore's The Weight of the Light is at Pier 4 in Wigan; while Payal Ramchandani + Chandenie Gobardhan's Just Enough Madness & Caught In The Net Of Rebirth is at Lowry. fish in a dress's The City For Incurable Women is at HOME (2-4 Apr).

The following week (w/c 6 Apr) On Thu 9 Apr we've got another Social Experiment at Contact; while Sale Waterside has the Breaking Ground Scratch. Matt Miller's Fixing comes to Lowry on Sat 10 Apr.

Malandra Jacks' Census is at Wortley Hall, nr Sheffield on Tue 7 Apr; Motionhouse's Hidden is at Chester Storyhouse on Thu 9 Apr and Matt Miller's Fixing is at Slung Low's Warehouse in Leeds on Sat 11 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. 

Notes for Artists - the call for Haphazard - all ages Live Art - is open and we have an online info session for prospective artists on Tue 31 Mar. 

Best

Tamsin

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Today's equinox marks the Earth’s annual turn towards spring, while the rest of the world continues its own gyrations...

This weekend,  therefore, it's truly all about Turn 2026 tonight, Fri 20 Mar at Contact - 9 pieces of North West dance in 3 spaces across the building, featuring Alice Robinson Moves, Blood Bones Jones,  Clara Selberg, Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan, Hui-Hsin Lu, Joseph Adamson, Joseph Lau & friends, printerror, Sap Dance. Read the programme notes here.

Elsewhere Wigan Arts Festival runs until 31 Mar; and in Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab (until Sat 21 Mar), Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar.

Next week (w/c 23 Mar) there's VAMPYR at Gulliver's Lounge on Wed 25 Mar; Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand both at HOME (26-28 Mar) and Emergence 26 at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar. 

Get-in! to Eccles has Lowri Evans's Train Dreaming at Eccles station over the next couple of weeks. 

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab (until Sat 21 Mar), Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar.

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Verve on Tue 24 Mar and Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar and Shakespeare North has a Scratch on Tue 25 Mar.  Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25-28 Mar) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has Roadhouse 22 on Fri 27 Mar. At the Unity in Liverpool, Up Next Festival runs 26-28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 Mar.

The following week (w/c 30 Mar) sees the Easter slow down, but on Tue 31 Mar Joe Kiney Whitmore's The Weight of the Light is at Pier 4 in Wigan; while Payal Ramchandani + Chandenie Gobardhan's Just Enough Madness & Caught In The Net Of Rebirth is at Lowry. fish in a dress's The City For Incurable Women is at HOME 2-4 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. 

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open. 

Best

Tamsin

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While today may be the second unlucky Friday 13th in a row, here's hoping that next Friday brings a better Turn. Before that...

This weekend, Mancunia seems a bit quiet, while elsewhere, in Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North today Fri 13 Mar (2+6pm).

Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (13,14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

Next week (w/c 16 Mar) For us, it's all about Turn 2026 on Fri 20 Mar at Contact - 9 pieces of North West dance featuring Alice Robinson Moves, Blood Bones Jones,  Clara Selberg, Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan, Hui-Hsin Lu, Joseph Adamson, Joseph Lau & friends, printerror, Sap Dance.

Elsewhere in Mancunia, RNS Moves with Candoco Dance Co is at RNCM on Tue 17 Mar; The Other Neville is at New Adelphi on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Mar and Wigan Arts Festival kicks off (until 31 Mar). 

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab, Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar. 

The following week (w/c 23 Mar) there's VAMPYR at Gulliver's Lounge on Wed 25 Mar; Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand both at HOME (26-28 Mar) and Emergence 26 at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar. 

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Verve on Tue 24 Mar and Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar and Shakespeare North has a Scratch on Tue 25 Mar.  Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25-28 Mar) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Fri 27 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has Roadhouse 22 on Fri 27 Mar. At the Unity in Liverpool, Up Next Festival runs 26-28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 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. 

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open. 

Best

Tamsin

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Against a backdrop best left to the headlines, Westminster discovered dance therapy, musicians discovered politics, and artificial intelligence discovered the national grid.

This weekend, beyond Mancunia, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at Liverpool Playhouse (untl 7 Mar); while Verve 26 is as Riley Theatre and Motionhouse's Hidden is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Mar.

Next week (w/c 9 Mar) Mancunia seems a bit quiet, though Lowry has Vortex's Humanhood on Tue 10 + Wed 11 Mar.

Elsewhere, Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (12-14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

In Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Mar.

The following week (w/c 16 Mar) For us, it's all about Turn 2026 on Fri 20 Mar at Contact. 
Elsewhere, RNS Moves with Candoco Dance Co is at RNCM on Tue 17 Mar; The Other Neville is at New Adelphi on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Mar, Dry Bits is at Lowry on Fri 20 and Wigan Arts Festival kicks off (until 31 Mar). 

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab, Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 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. 

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open. 

Best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact
TURN 2026
A night of new North West dance.
Thu 9 Apr, 6pm–9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright
Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)

As the BRITs March into town, the city breathes a sigh of relief at the first Green shoots of Spring...

This weekend, Lowry has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (until Sat 28 Feb) and Lydia de La Murray's Closure? on Fri 27 Feb. HOME has Kate Ireland's Golden Time (until Sat 28 Feb) and Dance With Us is at New Adelphi on Fri 27 Feb

Next week (w/c 2 Mar) Malandra Jacks's Census is at Billingtons, Oldham on Thu 5 Mar and there's a Bunker Talk with Jamal Gerald at The Salutation on Tue 3 Mar.

Beyond Mancunia, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at Liverpool Playhouse (4-7 Mar); Matt Miller's Fixing is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 5 Mar; and at Slung Low in Leeds on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Mar; while Verve 26 is as Riley Theatre and Motionhouse's Hidden is at Leeds Playhouse.

The following week (w/c 9 Mar) Mancunia seems a bit quiet, though Lowry has Vortex's Humanhood on Tue 10 + Wed 11 Mar.

Elsewhere, Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (12-14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

In Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North on Thu 12 + Fri 13 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. 

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open. 

Best

Tamsin

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Just when the headlines felt peak-lurid, a royal brush with handcuffs suggests a form of bondage not entirely by choice. Meanwhile, in parts more whoesome...

This weekend, on Sat 21 Feb, Queer Contact has Graham Clayton-Chance's Less Like Ourselves and More Like Each Other (11-1700) plus, in the evening, Hunter King's A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny. 

 In Lancaster, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at the Duke's; while in Sheffield, Perfect Show For Rachel is at Sheffield Theatres (both until Sat 21 Feb).

Next week (w/c 23 Feb) Lowry has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25- 28 Feb) and Lydia de La Murray's Closure? on Fri 27 Feb. HOME has Kate Ireland's Golden Time (26-28 Feb) and Dance With Us is at New Adelphi on Fri 27 Feb

In Chester, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Storyhouse on Mon 23 Feb. 
In Sheffield, Dry Bits is at Sheffield Theatres Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb; while Stage@Leeds has If Words Had Wings on Wed 25 Feb

The following week (w/c 2 Mar) Malandra Jacks's Census is at Billingtons, Oldham on Thu 5 Mar and there's a Bunker Talk with Jamal Gerald at The Salutation on Tue 3 Mar.

Beyond Mancunia, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at Liverpool Playhouse (4-7 Mar); Matt Miller's Fixing is at Barnsley Civic on Thu 5 Mar; and at Slung Low in Leeds on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Mar; while Verve 26 is as Riley Theatre and Motionhouse's Hidden is at Leeds Playhouse.

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. 

Notes for Artists - last call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY)including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry. Deadline is Mon 23 Feb. 
For those of you fresh from last night's Social Experiment, who might want to get involved, the call for the April 9 edition is open. 

Best

Tamsin

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…as queer as a Social Experiment joining the Queer Contact programme, with a bill running from line dancing to Cats. But before that: 

This weekend, Queer Contact has Main Character Energy on Fri 13 Feb and You're Not Getting Any Younger on Sat 14 Feb.

In Leeds, at Riley Theatre, Co-Lab 2026 is on Fri 13 Feb and Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and The Polar Bear is on Sat 14 Feb.  

Next week (w/c 16 Feb) Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition is on Thu 19 Feb featuring Ariel Hebditch, Ben Hodge, Failed Artist Society, lucy, Maddie Maycock, PHOBIA; and guest Graham Clayton-Chance with a preview of his Less Like Ourselves and More Like Each Other - also 11-1700 on Sat 21 Feb.

Further afield, in Lancaster, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at the Duke's (18-21 Feb) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 19 Feb. In Sheffield, Perfect Show For Rachel is at Sheffield Theatres (18-21 Feb).

The following week (w/c 23 Feb) HOME has Kate Ireland's Golden Time (26-28 Feb) while Lowry has Lydia de La Murray's Closure? on Fri 27 Feb.

In Chester, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Storyhouse on Mon 23 Feb. In Sheffield, Dry Bits is at Sheffield Theatres Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb

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. 

Notes for Artists - The call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY) workshop programme remains open until 23 Feb, including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry. 

Best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Thu 19 Feb, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT: QUEER CONTACT EDITION
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact
TURN 2026
A night of new North West dance.

Thu 9 Apr, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)

With any luck, next week may see us move away from global sleaze and skulduggery towards people-powered Digging for land. Trouble and struggle in the best way - though the squealing may inevitably continue...

This weekend, Lowry has Ockham's Razor's Collaborator until 7 Feb; while HOME has Company Chameleon's Obscura on Fri 6 Feb.

In Leeds, Ebnflõh's La Probabilité du Néant is at Riley Theatre on Sun 8 Feb.

Next week (w/c 9 Feb) Dickson Mbi's Tell Us is on Mon 9 + Tue 10 Feb at Lowry; where Word of Warning also returns on Wed 11 Feb with Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble & Squeak, directed by Mark Thomas (Pay What You Decide).

Queer Contact returns with has Main Character Energy on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Feb and You're Not Getting Any Younger on Sat 14 Feb.

In Leeds, at Riley Theatre, Co-Lab 2026 is on Thu 12 and Fri 13 Feb and Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and The Polar Bear is on Sat 14 Feb.  

The following week (w/c 9 Feb) We're once more in action with Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition on Thu 19 Feb, while, also at Contact, Graham Clayton-Chance's Less Like Ourselves and More Like Each Other runs 11-1700 on Sat 21 Feb.

Further afield, in Lancaster, Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds is at the Duke's (18-21 Feb) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 19 Feb.
Perfect Show For Rachel is at Sheffield Theatres (18-21 Feb).

Not content with shows in Mancunia on consecutive weeks, from 23 Feb Word of Warning also has a hand in the tour of Malandra Jacks' Census - coming to Chester, Oldham, Prescot and more very soon. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - The call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY) workshop programme remains open until 23 Feb, including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry. 

Best

Tamsin

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As January draws to a close, it’s been a week thick with documentaries, from Take That to Paris, the monarch to Melania, life paused, framed, and narrated. Meanwhile, pressing play on the live world:

This weekend, HOME x Malandra Jacks' The Home We Made runs until Sat 31 Jan. Lowry has Motionhouse's Hidden on Fri 30 Jan; and The Kings Arms has Under The Lamp Post on Sat 31 Jan.

Further afield at Lancaster Arts, Adam York Gregory + Gillian Jane Lees's BALANCE is on Sat 31 Jan (daytime).

Next week (w/c 2 Feb) Lowry has Dance Consortium's MÁM on Tue 3 + Wed 4 Feb and Ockham's Razor's Collaborator 5-7 Feb. HOME has Company Chameleon's Obscura on Fri 6 Feb.

Beyond Mancunia, Matt Miller's Fixing is at Storyhouse, Chester on Wed 4 Feb; while Ebnflõh's La Probabilité du Néant is at Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sun 8 Feb. 

The following week (w/c 9 Feb) Dickson Mbi's Tell Us is on Mon 9 + Tue 10 Feb at Lowry; where Word of Warning also returns on Wed 11 Feb with Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble & Squeak, directed by Mark Thomas (Pay What You Decide).

Queer Contact returns with has Main Character Energy on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Feb and You're Not Getting Any Younger on Sat 14 Feb.

In Leeds, at Riley Theatre, Co-Lab 2026 is on Thu 12 and Fri 13 Feb and Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and The Polar Bear is on Sat 14 Feb.  

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. 

Notes for Artists - last call for Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition (19 Feb) call (closes on 2 Feb).
Just launched is the call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY) workshop programme, including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry. 

Best

Tamsin

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No. 560 / FY 31

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Wed 11 Feb, 8pm. PWYD | Lowry

TROUBLE, STRUGGLE, BUBBLE & SQUEAK

Victoria Melody (dir. Mark Thomas)

Thu 19 Feb, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT: QUEER CONTACT EDITION

A gathering for Live Art and performance.

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2026

A night of new North West dance.

Thu 9 Apr, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A gathering for Live Art and performance.

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)

It’s been a week of ‘family’ fall-outs: the Beckhams playing it out via gossip and pop charts, NATO soothing a toddler tantrum, and a Westminster whisper of the return of a prodigal son...

This weekend, you can catch the final pieces in Future Flares, this afternoon (Fri 23 Jan) with Pinchbeck & Smith and Arts and Humanities students, alumni, Jenny Baines & Brigid McLeer.

Also tonight, Fri 23 Hope Mill Theatre has Marm's Spotlight.

Further afield, in Leeds, the Riley Theatre has PCK Dance's Into The Light on Sat 24 Jan.

Next week (w/c 26 Jan) The End Times is at RNCM on Tue 27 Jan; then HOME x Malandra Jacks' The Home We Made runs 28-31 Jan. Lowry has Motionhouse's Hidden on Fri 30 Jan; and The Kings Arms has Under The Lamp Post on Sat 31 Jan.

Further afield at Lancaster Arts, Adam York Gregory + Gillian Jane Lees's BALANCE is on Sat 31 Jan (daytime).

The following week (w/c 2 Feb) Lowry has Dance Consortium's MÁM on Tue 3 + Wed 4 Feb and Ockham's Razor's Collaborator 5-7 Feb. HOME has Company Chameleon's Obscura on Fri 6 Feb.

Beyond Mancunia, Matt Miller's Fixing is at Storyhouse, Chester on Wed 4 Feb; while Ebnflõh's La Probabilité du Néant is at Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sun 8 Feb. 

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. 

Notes for Artists - the Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition (19 Feb) call closes on 2 Feb.
Just launched is the call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY) workshop programme, including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry. 

Best

Tamsin

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As 2026 ‘normality’ struggles to establish itself, ten years after David Bowie’s death The Man Who Fell to Earth reads less like metaphor and more like a CV — an unpredictable billionaire dominating the news cycle with a platform in meltdown, AI embarrassment and a spacecraft forced back to Earth — while elsewhere loyalty collapses into spectacle, Westminster running its own season of The Traitors...

This weekend, for fans of contemporary circus, Sadiq Ali Company's Tell Me is at Lowry tonight Fri 16 and tomorrow Sat 17 Jan. 

Next week (w/c 19 Jan) things pick up in earnest with Future Flares  (21-23 Jan) including Will Dickie, Anemone Valcke & Verona Verbakel, Brigitte Jurack, Peader Kirk, Jérémie Cyr-Cooke, Pinchbeck & Smith and Arts and Humanities students, alumni, Jenny Baines & Brigid McLeer.

Also on Fri 23 Hope Mill Theatre has Marm's Spotlight; and The Kings Arms has Varnish (also on Sat 24 Jan).

Further afield, to the West, Unity has Sober Scribbles: Scratch Night on Wed 21 Jan and The Old Electric, Blackpool also has a Scratch Night on Thu 22 Jan. To the East, in Leeds, the Riley Theatre has PCK Dance's Into The Light.

The following week (w/c 26 Jan) The End Times is at RNCM on Tue 27 Jan; then HOME x Malandra Jacks' The Home We Made runs 28-31 Jan. Lowry has Motionhouse's Hidden on Fri 30 Jan; and The Kings Arms has Under The Lamp Post on Sat 31 Jan.

Further afield at Lancaster Arts, Adam York Gregory + Gillian Jane Lees's BALANCE is on Sat 31 Jan (daytime).

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. 

Artists take note - the Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition call closes on 2 Feb.

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Tamsin

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With the cold settling in and another social experiment in dickensian hardship unfolding, there's a faint whiff of seasonal humbug in the air...

This weekend, Malandra Jacks' (award-winning) Census continues tonight, Fri 21 Nov and tomorrow Sat 22 Nov at HOME. 
Elsewhere in Mancunia, Perfect Show for Rachel is at Contact (until Sat 22 Nov); Night People's Bloom After Dark is at Sale Waterside (until Sat 22 Nov); and Uplift is at Company Chameleon tonight, Fri 21 Nov. For something a bit different, in the afternoon of Sat 22 Nov, Graham Clayton-Chance's Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede premieres at Aviva Studios, along with a talk and social country and western dancing. 

In Sheffield, Imogen Reeve & Co's We Are The World is at the Drama Studio on Fri 21 Nov. Also on Fri 21 Nov, in Leeds, there's the No Dress Code Scratch at Yorkshire Dance; while in Lancaster, Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at Lancaster Arts. In St Helens, Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is at Chester Lane Library on Sat 22 Nov. 

Next week (w/c 24 Nov) Things look like they're quietening down for the festive lull, but we're still active for our final burst of the year - this time at Contact on Thu 27 Nov for another Social Experiment.
Elsehwere, trialled at July's Social Experiment, now developed, Rachel Smith's Mother Dark is at 53Two on Wed 26 Nov; or for something more discursive, Roberto Sifuentes of La Pocha Nostra is giving a presentation at MMU, also on Wed 26 Nov (afternoon). 

Further afield, Unity has a Scratch Night on Wed 26 Nov, and Main Character Energy is at Sheffield Theatres on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Nov. 

Thereafter we really do dive towards the December deadzone — and, as the original Scrooge, I’m all for hibernation… If, however, you fancy a twisted take on Dickens, there's Uncurbed Collective's Tiny Tim (formerly Proud & Loud Arts) at Contact on 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 + 16 Dec; or in Salford, there's Debut Festival at New Adelphi on Tue 9 Dec.

Further afield, on Fri 12 Dec Eggs Collective's Dark Nights is at Bradford's Loading Bay and Eleanor Sikorski + Lewys Holt's Roadhouse #21 is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds. 

This mail is going to go into seasonal hibernation now until probably mid January - but you might want to put a 'save the date' in your diaries for Future Flares  (21-23 Jan).

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. 

Artists take note -  the Turn 2026 call is now open (deadline 16 Jan), and the Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition call closes on 2 Feb.

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Tamsin

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As the Traitors reach No10 and selective editing trends, closer to home Census finds quieter change — unspun and human...

This weekend, tonight, Fri 14 Nov Lowry also has Corinne's The Severed Wing; while Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at New Adelphi. On Fri 14 and Sat 15 Nov, Seren Marimba's Letsby Avenue is at NIAMOS. Also on Sat 15 Nov, in Heywood, Rowland Hill's SET YOU FREE: A Eurotrance Deep Listening Event is at St Luke's Church as part of the Xmas Lights Switch on!

To the east, Rhythmosaic Dance Company's Shattered Silence is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 14 Nov and Nyako's Roots of Lives is at Riley Theatre on Sat 15 Nov. In Bradford, Theatre in the Mill has New Work Festival (until 15 Nov). 

To the west, in Liverpool at Homotopia, Unity has Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool's Seaside Spectacular on Fri 14 Nov and An Evening With Dross on Sat 15 Nov.  In Southport, Rowena Gander's Woman | Women is at The Atkinson on Fri 14 Nov; while in Huyton, Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is at Huyton Library on Sat 15 Nov (and Sat 22 Nov)

Next week (w/c 17 Nov) We find ourselves at HOME for 3 days with Malandra Jacks' (award-winning) Census (20-22 Nov).

It's a busy week as, elsewhere in Mancunia, Perfect Show for Rachel is at Contact (19-22 Nov); Hasbian is at the New Adelphi on Wed 19 Nov; Night People's Bloom After Dark is at Sale Waterside (20-22 Nov); and Uplift is at Company Chameleon on Fri 21 Nov.

In Sheffield, Matt Miller's Fixing is at the Playhouse on Wed 19 Nov and Imogen Reeve & Co's We Are The World is at the Drama Studio on Fri 21 Nov. Also on Fri 21 Nov, in Leeds, there's the No Dress Code Scratch at Yorkshire Dance; while in Lancaster, Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at Lancaster Arts. 
 
The following week (w/c 24 Nov) Things look like they're quietening down for the festive lull, but we're still active - this time at Contact on Thu 27 Nov for another Social Experiment. Trialled at July's Social Experiment, now developed, Rachel Smith's Mother Dark is at 53Two on Wed 26 Nov; or for something more discursive, Roberto Sifuentes of La Pocha Nostra is giving a presentation at MMU, also on Wed 26 Nov (afternoon). 

Elsewhere, Unity has a Scratch Night on Wed 26 Nov, and Main Character Energy is at Sheffield Theatres on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Nov. 

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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On screen or off, everyone’s performing: The Traitors triumphs, the Duchess reclaims her close-up, and the Captain of Culture scores an own goal...

This weekend, on Sat 8 Nov TS DÆMON's No Silence, No Saints is at New Adelphi; while further afield, in Sheffield Bad Immigrant is at the Drama Studio; and in Leeds, ACE Dance's TWASI is at the Riley Theatre. 

Next week (w/c 10 Nov) sees the start of another hectic 3 week run for Word of Warning, starting at Lowry with Hetain Patel's Mathroo Basha on Wed 12 Nov.  

On Fri 14 Nov Lowry also has Corinne's The Severed Wing; while Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at New Adelphi. On Fri 14 and Sat 15 Nov, Seren Marimba's Letsby Avenue is at NIAMOS. Also on Sat 15 Nov, in Heywood, Rowland Hill's SET YOU FREE: A Eurotrance Deep Listening Event is at St Luke's Church as part of the Xmas Lights Switch on! 

To the east, in Leeds Hetain Patel's Mathroo Basha is also at Stage@Leeds on Tue 11 Nov; Rhythmosaic Dance Company's Shattered Silence is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 14 Nov and Nyako's Roots of Lives is at Riley Theatre on Sat 15 Nov. In Bradford, Theatre in the Mill has New Work Festival (13-15 Nov). 

To the west, in Liverpool at Homotopia the Playhouse has Grace Tompkins's Scrambled on Thu 13 Nov; and Unity has Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool's Seaside Spectacular on Fri 14 Nov and An Evening With Dross on Sat 15 Nov.  In Southport, Rowena Gander's Woman | Women is at The Atkinson on Fri 14 Nov; while in Huyton, Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is at Huyton Library on Sat 15 Nov (and Sat 22 Nov). 

The following week (w/c 17 Nov) We find ourselves at HOME with Malandra Jacks' (award-winning) Census (20-22 Nov).
It's a busy old week as, elsewhere in Mancunia, Perfect Show for Rachel is at Contact (19-22 Nov); Hasbian is at the New Adelphi on Wed 19 Nov; Night People's Bloom After Dark is at Sale Waterside (20-22 Nov); and Uplift is at Company Chameleon on Fri 21 Nov.

In Sheffield, Matt Miller's Fixing is at the Playhouse on Wed 19 Nov and Imogen Reeve & Co's We Are The World is at the Drama Studio on Fri 21 Nov. Also on Fri 21 Nov, in Leeds, there's the No Dress Code Scratch at Yorkshire Dance; while in Lancaster, Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at Lancaster Arts. 

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.  The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.

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Tamsin

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Skeletons in closets, ghouls at the gates, and a familiar chill in the headlines — must be autumn at the Palace. Meanwhile, the ghost of Grantium continues to haunt us with the latest ACE developments...

This weekend, seems pretty quiet - but on Sat 1 Nov Lowri Evans + Martina Coggins's Ghost Store is at Middleton Shopping Centre; and on Sun 2 Nov, Aviva Studios has Street Symphony x Krump.

Further afield in Blackpool Lightbox continues until Sat 1 Nov; and in Liverpool November sees the start of the month-long Homotopia in Liverpool - though most performance seems to be between 12+21 Nov.

Next week (w/c 3 Nov) Lowry has Sung Im Her's 1 Degree Celsius on Tue 4 Nov and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Wed 5 Nov. For something more discursive there's Rachel Smith's Bunker Talk on Tue 4 Nov.

In Huddersfield, Matt Miller's Fixing is at the LBT on Wed 5 Nov. In Sheffield the Drama Studio has Casson + Friends' Shed Stories on Thu 6 Nov and Bad Immigrant on Sat 8 Nov. In Leeds ACE Dance's TWASI is at the Riley Theatre also on Sat 8 Nov. 

The following week (w/c 10 Nov) we are back Lowry with Hetain Patel's Mathroo Basha on Wed 12 Nov. On Fri 14 Nov Lowry also has Corinne's The Severed Wing; while Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at New Adelphi. On Fri 14 and Sat 15 Nov, Seren Marimba's Letsby Avenue is at NIAMOS.

To the east, in Leeds Hetain Patel's Mathroo Basha is also at Stage@Leeds on Tue 11 Nov; Rhythmosaic Dance Company's Shattered Silence is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 14 Nov and Nyako's Roots of Lives is at Riley Theatre on Sat 15 Nov. In Bradford, Theatre in the Mill has New Work Festival (13-15 Nov). 

To the west, in Liverpool at Homotopia the Playhouse has Grace Tompkins's Scrambled on Thu 13 Nov; and Unity has Harry Clayton-Wright's Mr Blackpool's Seaside Spectacular on Fri 14 Nov and An Evening With Dross on Sat 15 Nov.  In Southport, Rowena Gander's Woman | Women is at The Atkinson on Fri 14 Nov; while in Huyton, Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is at Huyton Library on Sat 15 Nov (and Sat 22 Nov). 

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.  The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.

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Tamsin

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Information for artists: habmcr.org
 

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 

The black grass looks good in photos, less so under wheels. Abramović’s epic is Manchester’s quietly inaccessible reality...

This weekend, Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic concludes at Aviva Studios and Quarantine's Telescope is at Manchester Museum daytimes (both until 19 Oct). 

Further afield, Sue Palmer + Sheila Ghelani's Atmospheric Forces is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 17 Oct; Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 18 Oct and Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Storyhouse, Chester on Sun 19 Oct. 

Much further afield, Take Me Somewhere Festival is in Glasgow until 26 Oct. 

Next week (w/c 20 Oct) sees Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow), Transform (Leeds) and Spill (Ipswich) all collide! 
Meanwhile, in Mancunia, New Adelphi has Raina Greifer's Manic on Wed 22 Oct and Dance With Us on Fri 24 Oct. Vicky Clarke's Latent Spaces is at SEESAW (24-26 Oct); and on Fri 24 Oct Hofesh Schechter's Theatre of Dreams is at Lowry and  Processed Words' Orphans of Water is at PINK in Stockport. 

Focus (and my satnav) is firmly set on Leeds for Transform Festival (21-25 Oct) with work by Amrita Hepi, Tiran Willemse, Dan Daw, Eve Stainton, Ira Brand and Mexa among others.

Elsewhere, in Morecambe, Lancaster Arts has zuppa's Here Now This on Fri 24 + Sat 25 Oct. In Bradford, Javaad Alipoor's Elmet is at Loading Bay (22 Oct-2 Nov).

The following week (w/c 27 Oct) seems to be curiously quiet apart from Thun 30 Oct when Rowena Gander's Woman | Women is at New Adelphi and Manchester Camerata's Black Skies Over Blue Hawaii with Company Chameleon at The Stoller Hall. 

Elsewhere, the beginning of November sees the start of the monthi-long Homotopia in Liverpool - with most performance seemingly between 12+21 Nov. 

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.  The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.

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Tamsin

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...erotic. As the Madonna of Performance Art goes all Balkan on us, the world of politics also descends on Hulme:

This weekend, Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic continues at Aviva Studios (until 19 Oct). Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Sale Waterside on Thu 9 Oct; on Thu 9 + Fri 10 Oct Miranda Prag's An Attempt To lose Time is at New Adelphi; and Rhianna Ilube + Coney's 1884 is at HOME, while on Fri 10 Oct Lowry has Mufutau Yusuf's Impasse and The World Transformed Festival also comes to Hulme 10-12 Oct.

On Sat 11 Oct, in Chester, Sam Danson's Daddy's First Gay Date is at the Storyhouse; while in Leeds, Miranda Prag's An Attempt To Lose Time is at Slung Low; and in Sheffield, Dani Abulhawa's Saltwater Crossing is at GLOAM Gallery. 

Next week (w/c 13 Oct) added to the Abramovic mix, Twawsi - The World As We See It is at New Adelphi on Thu 16 Oct and Quarantine's Telescope is at Manchester Museum daytimes 16-19 Oct. 

Further afield, there's a Scratch at Shakespeare North, Prescot on Tue 14 Oct; Sue Palmer + Sheila Ghelani's Atmospheric Forces is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 17 Oct; Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 18 Oct and Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Storyhouse, Chester on Sun 19 Oct. 
Much further afield, Take Me Somewhere Festival is in Glasgow 15-26 Oct. 
 
The following week (w/c 20 Oct) is battle of the national festivals as this is the week where Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow), Transform (Leeds) and Spill (Ipswich) all collide! 

Meanwhile, in Mancunia, New Adelphi has Raina Greifer's Manic on Wed 22 Oct and Dance With Us on Fri 24 Oct. Vicky Clarke's Latent Spaces is at SEESAW (24-26 Oct); and Hofesh Schechter's Theatre of Dreams is at Lowry on Fri 24 oct. 

Keeping within reach of Manchester, focus is firmly on Leeds for Transform Festival (21-25 Oct) with work by Amrita Hepi, Tiran Willemse, Dan Daw, Eve Stainton, Ira Brand and Mexa among others.

Elsewhere, in Morecambe, Lancaster Arts has zuppa's Here Now This on Fri 24 + Sat 25 Oct. In Bradford, Javaad Alipoor's Elmet is at Loading Bay (22 Oct-2 Nov).

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.  The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.

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Tamsin

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Following the 10 hour marathon that was Emergency 25 last weekend, the coming week is almost a sprint: a game of two halves, Reckless Sleepers featuring in the first and Marina Abramovic's 4 hour epic kicking off the second. But first...

This weekend, Lowry has Chisato Minamimura's Mark of a Woman and Hannes Langolf's How About Now, both on Sat 4 Oct. Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at HOME on Fri 3 + Sat 4 Oct.

In Lancaster, Victoria Firth's Batty! is at The Duke's on Sat 4 Oct.
At Leeds Playhouse Ay Kash/If Only is also on Sat 4 Oct 

Next week (w/c 6 Oct) Lowry has Reckless Sleepers' Binary Opposition on Tue 7 + Wed 8 Oct and Mufutau Yusuf's Impasse on Fri 10 Oct.  Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic starts its run (9-19 Oct). Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Sale Waterside on Thu 9 Oct;  and on Thu 9 + Fri 10 Oct Miranda Prag's An Attempt To lose Time is at New Adelphi; and Rhianna Ilube + Coney's 1884 is at HOME. The World Transformed Festival also comes to Hulme 10-12 Oct. 

In Leeds, Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak is at The Old Wollen on Tue 7 Oct, 
In Blackpool Gary Clarke Co's Detention is at the Grand Theatre on We 8 + Thu 9 Oct.
In Liverpool, Unity has a Scratch Night on Thu 9 Oct. 
In Chester, Sam Danson's Daddy's First Gay Date is at the Storyhouse on Sat 11 Oct. 

The following week (w/c 13 Oct) added to the Abramovic mix, Twawsi - The World As We See It is at New Adelphi on Thu 16 Oct.

Further afield, there's a Scratch at Shakespeare North, Prescot on Tue 14 Oct; Sue Palmer + Sheila Ghelani's Atmospheric Forces is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 17 Oct; Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 18 Oct and Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Storyhouse, Chester on Sun 19 Oct. 
Much further afield, Take Me Somewhere Festival is in Glasgow 15-26 Oct. 

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.  The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.

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Tamsin

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… here’s the bonkers: from flesh to fictions, drag to divinations, and yes — even a bathtub — Emergency marks its silver jubilee of testing what a stage can hold.

This weekend, Emergency 25 is at Contact on Sat 27 Sep, with 22 works over a 10 hour period - lots of new faces and some old friends, including the 20 year return of Action Hero's A Western. From body based practice to cold-reading, drag king to taxidermy: from 12-4pm we have ClusterFlux Collective, Dongting Huang, Faye Yan, GOWD, Leon Clowes, Lisa Ford, Luca Federici, Luke McDonnell, Madeleina Kay, Mises Freda Wallace, The Paula Davy and Kris Canavan; then from 4pm we have Action Hero, Burt Turdgirth & special guests, Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton, n:u (melissandre varin), Tom Cassani, Elana Binysh, Mole Wetherell & UoS Performance, Nathan Birkinshaw, Rachael Gooch and Rosie Hart & Poppy Waxman, 

Elsewhere in Mancunia, Lowry has Tom Yum Sim's A Suffocating Choking Feeling tonight, Fri 26 Sep. Stuntman is at both Sale Waterside on Fri 26 Sep and at Lowry on Sat 27 Sep. 

Further afield in Liverpool, Unity has New works in progress on Fri 26 Sep.
In Shipley Upswing's Bloom is in the Market Square on Fri 26 + Sat 27 Sep.
In Blackpool, Martha Pailing's Chat Sh*t, Get Hit is at the Grand on Sat 27 Sep.
In Leeds, JV2's Triple Bill is at the Riley Theatre also on Sat 27 Sep.
In Huddersfield, Victoria Firth's Batty! is at the Lawrence Batley Theatre on Sun 28 Sep. 

Next week (w/c 29 Sep) Lowry has Liam Francis's Alchemy on Tue 30 Sep, plus Chisato Minamimura's Mark of a Woman and Hannes Langolf's How About Now, both on Sat 4 Oct. Lip Service's Funny Stuff is at Oldham Library on Wed 1 Oct. Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at HOME on Fri 3 + Sat 4 Oct.

In Liverpool Houmi Miura's In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun is at Unity on Thu 2 Oct.
In Lancaster, Victoria Firth's Batty! is at The Duke's on Sat 4 Oct.
At Leeds Playhouse Ay Kash/If Only is also on Sat 4 Oct 

The following week (w/c 6 Oct) Lowry has Reckless Sleepers' Binary Opposition  on Wed 8 Oct and Mufutau Yusuf's Impasse on Fri 10 Oct.  Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic starts its run (9-19 Oct). Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Sale Waterside on Thu 9 Oct;  and on Thu 9 + Fri 10 Oct Miranda Prag's An Attempt To lose Time is at New Adelphi; and Rhianna Ilube + Coney's 1884 is at HOME. The World Transformed Festival also comes to Hulme 10-12 Oct. 

In Leeds, Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak is at The Old Wollen on Tue 7 Oct, 
In Blackpool Gary Clarke Co's Detention is at the Grand Theatre on We 8 + Thu 9 Oct.
In Liverpool, Unity has a Scratch Night on Thu 9 Oct. 
In Chester, Sam Danson's Daddy's First Gay Date is at the Storyhouse on Sat 11 Oct. 

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.  The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.

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Tamsin

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...Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub. It doesn't get much grubbier than the in camera toy soldier Trumpton episode with even the current crop of flag-wavers kept out of sight... Elsewhere, in more public performance:

This weekend, Lowry has Art for A Rainy Day's How A Spiral Works on Sun 21 Sep (discount code CIRCUS8 for £8 ticket).

In Bradford, Mind the Gap's The Invite is on at The Beacon, Lister Park, until Sat 20 Sep. 

Next week (w/c 22 Sep) things pick up pace. Lowry has Ella Tighe's Disco Queen on Wed 24 Sep and Tom Yum Sim's A Suffocating Choking Feeling on Fri 26 Sep. Stuntman is at both Sale Waterside on Thu 25 + Fri 26 Sep and at Lowry on Sat 27 Sep. There's also a Bunker Talk with Alex Kelly at the Salutation pub on Tue 23 Sep. 

Of course, for us, it's all about Emergency 25 at Contact on Sat 27 Sep - Emergency's 25th birthday, with 23 works over a 10 hour period - lots of new faces and some old friends, including the 20 year return of Action Hero's A Western.

Further afield in Liverpool, Unity has Lip Service's Funny Stuff on Wed 24 Sep and New works in progress on Fri 26 Sep.
In Preston, Shouting Out Loud Preston (no link) is at the Media Factory on Thu 25 Sep (6.30 pm).
In Shipley Upswing's Bloom is in the Market Square on Fri 26 + Sat 27 Sep.
In Blackpool, Martha Pailing's Chat Sh*t, Get Hit is at the Grand on Sat 27 Sep.
In Leeds, JV2's Triple Bill is at the Riley Theatre also on Sat 27 Sep.
In Huddersfield, Victoria Firth's Batty! is at the Lawrence Batley Theatre on Sun 28 Sep. 

The following week (w/c 29 Sep) Lowry has Liam Francis's Alchemy on Tue 30 Sep, plus Chisato Minamimura's Mark of a Woman and Hannes Langolf's How About Now, both on Sat 4 Oct. Lip Service's Funny Stuff is at Oldham Library on Wed 1 Oct. Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at HOME on Fri 3 + Sat 4 Oct.

In Liverpool Houmi Miura's In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun is at Unity on Thu 2 Oct.
In Lancaster, Victoria Firth's Batty! is at The Duke's on Sat 4 Oct.
At Leeds Playhouse Ay Kash/If Only is also on Sat 4 Oct. 

Looking ahead, in a busy November we are completing our Autumn with the return of Malandra Jacks' Census at HOME (20-22 Nov). The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12noon.

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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Autumn is officially upon us, and with it the pavements overflow, the traffic stalls, and culture braces for its annual student influx — a great unpacking to rival an Ambassador's hasty relocation. 

This weekend, Darkfield's Arcade at Lowry, Flight at Aviva Studios and Séance at HOME -  continue until 21 Sep.

In Hebden Bridge, at 11 am on Sunday 14 Sep there's The Alternative Sunday Sermon with Tim Etchells at Wainsgate  Chapel followed by Maya Carroll & Soul Roberts's Sunday Session. 

Next week (w/c 15 Sep) Lowry has a Double Bill: New Work in Dance on Wed 17 Sep (discount code ANET FOR £5 ticket) and Art for A Rainy Day's How A Spiral Works on Sun 21 Sep (discount code CIRCUS8 for £8 ticket).

In Bradford, Mind the Gap's The Invite is on at The Beacon, Lister Park, 17-20 Sep; while in Liverpool, Unity has a Scratch Night on Thu 18 Sep. 

The following week (w/c 22 Sep) things pick up pace. Lowry has Ella Tighe's Disco Queen on Wed 24 Sep and Tom Yum Sim's A Suffocating Choking Feeling on Fri 26 Sep. Stuntman is at both Sale Waterside on Thu 25 + Fri 26 Sep and at Lowry on Sat 27 Sep.
Of course, for us, it's all about Emergency 25 at Contact on Sat 27 Sep. 

Further afield in Liverpool, Unity has Lip Service's Funny Stuff on Wed 24 Sep and New works in progress on Fri 26 Sep.
In Preston, Shouting Out Loud Preston (no link) is at the Media Factory on Thu 25 Sep.
In Shipley Upswing's Bloom is in the Market Square on Fri 26 + Sat 27 Sep.
In Blackpool, Martha Pailing's Chat Sh*t, Get Hit is at the Grand on Sat 27 Sep.
In Leeds, JV2's Triple Bill is at the Riley Theatre also on Sat 27 Sep.
In Huddersfield, Victoria Firth's Batty! is at the Lawrence Batley Theatre on Sun 28 Sep. 

Looking ahead, we are delighted to welcome the return of Hetain Patel with Mathroo Basha, on Wed 12 November at Lowry (on sale today).
The call for the November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12noon.

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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Nothing says the future of the arts is secure like the latest defection to Farago Inc - we can all sleep secure! Meanwhile...

This weekend, tonight, Fri 5 Sep, Nuua Circus's Meanwhile is at Lowry and there's a discount code: 'CIRCUS8' for £8 tickets (also applies to Art for A Rainy Day's How A Spiral Works on Sun 21 Sep).

Also on Fri 5 Sep, Eggs Collective's Dark Nights is at Bradford's Loading Bay. 

Next week (w/c 8 Sep) sees a triple outing for Darkfield with Arcade at Lowry, Flight at Aviva Studios and Séance at HOME - all running 10-21 Sep. Also at HOME, Houmi Miura's In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun is on Thu 11 Sep. 

In Hebden Bridge, at 11 am on Sunday 14 Sep there's The Alternative Sunday Sermon with Tim Etchells at Wainsgate  Chapel followed by Maya Carroll & Soul Roberts's Sunday Session. 

The following week (w/c 15 Sep) Lowry has a Double Bill: New Work in Dance on Wed 17 Sep (discount code ANET FOR £5 ticket) and Art for A Rainy Day's How A Spiral Works on Sun 21 Sep (discount code CIRCUS8 for £8 ticket).

In Bradford, Mind the Gap's The Invite is on at The Beacon, Lister Park, 17-20 Sep; while in Liverpool, Unity has a Scratch Night on Thu 18 Sep. 

Still a few weeks off, the 25th Emergency is on Sat 27 Sep at Contact; and the call for the November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12noon.

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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After a weirdly truncated August, with the falling of the leaves and the betrothal of a pop icon, Autumn looms large...

This weekend, So La Flair, Night People and Beg, Steal & Borrow's Pleasure Rebellion is at HOME on Fri 29 and Sat 30 Aug. 

Next week (w/c 1 Sep) Lois Weaver's Long Table takes place at Aviva Studios on Tue 2 Sep.
On Fri 5 Sep, Nuua Circus's Meanwhile is at Lowry and there's a discount code: 'CIRCUS8' for £8 tickets (also applies to Art for A Rainy Day's How A Spiral Works on Sun 21 Sep).

Also on Fri 5 Sep, Eggs Collective's Dark Nights is at Bradford's Loading Bay. 

The following week (w/c 8 Sep) sees a triple outing for Darkfield with Arcade at Lowry, Flight at Aviva Studios and Séance at HOME - all running 10-21 Sep. Also at HOME, Houmi Miura's In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun is on Thu 11 Sep. 

In Hebden Bridge, at 11 am on Sunday 14 Sep there's The Alternative Sunday Sermon with Tim Etchells at Wainsgate  Chapel followed by Maya Carroll & Soul Roberts's Sunday Session. 

For a bit of advanced notice, we at Word of Warning are gearing up for our 25th Emergency (Sat 27 Sep at Contact) - including special guests Action Hero with the return of A Western, to mark their 20th anniversary. 

While you have missed the boat applying for Emergency, the call for the November edition of Social Experiment remains open until  Wed 12 Nov 12noon.

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.

Best

Tamsin

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As August dawns and the summer lull is now upon us, I make no apologies for this week being a shameless plug for tomorrow's Haphazard -  Sat 2 Aug from 1-4pm at Z-arts.

From Frankendiva to Nigel Cabbage, a giant mushroom to a flying witch and a haphazard attempt to find balance, it's another free afternoon of all ages mayhem featuring Aimee Williamson, Madame Zucchini, Orla Collier, Puppetfingers, Shannon Mulvey, the institute for crazy dancing and TurnAround Dance Theatre. Full programme details here.  

Thereafter, for the remainder of August, it looks pretty quiet. Sneaking into the end of the month is So La Flair, Night People and Beg, Steal & Borrow's Pleasure Rebellion at HOME on Fri 29 and Sat 30 Aug. 

This mail is going to take a break until, probably, the first week of September. My indolence in not attempting the usual spreadsheet of Edinburgh picks is vindicated, as the Fringe has turned off that facility, so I couldn't do it anyway - but a list of url's for shows that Edinburgh producers have recommended is on the blog version of this mail.

This is your final call for proposals for Emergency on 27 Sep (deadline 8 Aug); but the November edition of Social Experiment remains open until  Wed 12 Nov 12noon).

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.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 

Sat 2 Aug, 1pm-4pm. FREE | Z-arts

Haphazard 2025

An afternoon for the curious of all ages.
Aimee Williamson | Madame Zucchini | Orla Collier | Puppetfingers | Shannon Mulvey | the institute for crazy dancing | TurnAround Dance Theatre
 

As the Left equivocates inauspiciously over its name, we can only hope their offer will entice 16 + 17 year old's from the grip of the Far(age) Right. 

In artsworld, with the summer lull looming:

This weekend,  as part of Refract Festival 25 (until 27 Jul), Sale Waterside has Levantes Dance Theatre's Hug today Fri 25 Jul and Linden Dance's Caged on Sun 27 Jul. At Contact, MMU's Performance Research Group has PRG Presents - A Sharing of New Work this afternoon, Fri 25 Jul.  Liverpool Biennial has Aroma Cantonese Opera Troupe's Participatory Performance at Pine Court on Fri 25 Jul and Alice Rekab + collaborators' Mythlantics at Bluecoat on Sat 26 Jul. 

Next week (w/c 21 July) for us, it's all about Haphazard on Sat 2 Aug from 1-4pm at Z-arts. From Frankendiva to Nigel Cabbage, it's another free afternoon of all ages mayhem featuring Aimee Williamson, Madame Zucchini, Orla Collier, Puppetfingers, Shannon Mulvey, the institute for crazy dancing and TurnAround Dance Theatre.

Thereafter, as August dawns, things go quiet and all eyes turn to Edinburgh. I'm in two minds about the trip myself, so haven't done my usual trawl through the listings - but have uploaded a list of url's for shows that Edinburgh producers have recommended to the blog version of this mail.

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 - plus calls are open for Emergency on 27 Sep (deadline 8 Aug); and the November edition of Social Experiment (deadline Wed 12 Nov 12noon).

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT

Information for artists: habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 

Sat 2 Aug, 1pm-4pm. FREE | Z-arts

Haphazard 2025

An afternoon for the curious of all ages.
Aimee Williamson | Madame Zucchini | Orla Collier | Puppetfingers | Shannon Mulvey | the institute for crazy dancing | TurnAround Dance Theatre