Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

warnmcr: spring forward...

The season is truly changing: the clocks go forward, the Spring budget has sprung and we may all be April fools; moreover Turn is twizzling into view...

This weekend Worklight Theatre's It's The Economy, Stupid! is at HOME on Fri 28 Mar; and Emergence's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theatre on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Mar.

Tonight, Fri 28 Mar, Sam Danson's Bi-Topia is at the Carriageworks, Leeds; while Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends is at Chester Storyhouse; and DaDaFest has the Eat Me cabaret at District in Liverpool. Intriguingly, on Sun 30 Mar, the student-run FlockFest is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds promising a festival of "live art and performance".

Next week (w/c 31 Mar) It's all go for dance: with Georgia Tegou's Homecoming on Tue 1 April and MarikisCryCryCry's Goner on Wed 2 Apr both at Lowry.

For us at Word of Warning it's all about Turn 2025 on Fri 4 April with 8 pieces from Dais Leach, Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective), JP Hon, KUDERA + MPEARSONATER, Maelstrom Theatre, Néa Synergy, Rachel Yan Ting Li, UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT - full programme here.

Either my webtrawling is failing me or everywhere beyond Mancunia is very quiet - unless you go as far as Glasgow for Buzzcut (1-3 Apr).

The following week (w/c 7 Apr) Platform 4's The Alice Project is at Lowry on Wed 9 Apr and Ridiculusmus's Alas! Poor Yorick is at The Met, Bury on Thu 10 Apr.

In Bradford Cie Moost's Palette(s) is at The Beacon, Wibsey Park (7-9 Apr) and Nathaniel J Hall/Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at Loading Bay, on Wed 9 Apr (also at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 11 Apr). In Blackpool, the Old Electric has a Scratch Night also on Fri 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

Thu 22 May, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events.)

warnmcr: equinocturnal...

As we pass the equinox and officially enter astronomical spring, the fleeting burst of sunshine has brought out the usual display of pasty shirtless bodies, regardless of actual temperature....

This weekend if you're looking for something a bit different and for all ages: Ray Bubbles' A Bubble Variety Show is at Z-arts on Fri 21 Mar (last seen at Social Experiment); or there's A Puppet Musical at the Birch Community Centre on Sat 22 Mar.

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Dibby Theatre's Toxic on Fri 21 Mar and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends on Sat 22 Mar.
In Leeds, Maya & Toussaint's An Evening with OKAN is at Yorkshire Dance and Worklight Theatre's It's the Economy, Stupid! is at The Carriageworks both on Fri 21 Mar.
In Liverpool, at the Unity, DaDaFest has Midgitte Bardot's Shooting from Below on Fri 21 Mar and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F**ckin' Sorry on Sat 22 Mar; and at the Bluecoat Dora Colquhoun's Would You Like A Seat on Sat 22 and Rage Reactor on Sat 22 + Sun 23 Mar.

Next week (w/c 24 Mar) Worklight Theatre's It's The Economy, Stupid! is at HOME on Thu 28 + Fri 28 Mar; and Emergence's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theare on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Mar.

It's all go for Scratch Nights: with one at Shakespeare North on Tue 25 Mar and another at Parr Hall, Warrington on Thu 27 Mar. Verve's Triple Bill is at Lancaster Arts on Tue 25 Mar; Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at the Unity, Liverpool on Thu 27 Mar. On Fri 28 Mar, Sam Danson's Bi-Topia is at the Carriageworks, Leeds; while Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends is at Chester Storyhouse; and DaDaFest has the Eat Me cabaret at District in Liverpool. Intriguingly, on Sun 30 Mar, the student-run FlockFest is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds promising a festival of "live art and performance".

The following week (w/c 31 Mar) for us at Word of Warning it's all about Turn 2025 on Fri 4 April. Before that Lowry has Georgia Tegou's Homecoming on Tue 1 April and MarikisCryCryCry's Goner on Wed 2 Apr.
Either my webtrawling is failing me or everywhere beyond Mancunia is very quiet - unless you go as far as Glasgow for Buzzcut (1-3 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: quasi autonomous...

In a week that saw the pruning of benefits and the severing of the limbs of quangos, the only Spring growth might be in austerity...

This weekend Verve's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theatre on Sat 15 Mar. Also worth noting, Bobby Baker's An Edible Family In A Mobile Home installation runs until 20 April at the Whitworth.
Over in Liverpool, DaDaFest's DDFI40 continues until 31 Mar.

Next week (w/c 17 Mar) Manchester is very quiet but you can see Lewys Holt's 30 Minute Set at Grosvenor East, MMU courtesy of Future Flares or, but if you're looking for something a bit different and for all ages: Ray Bubbles' A Bubble Variety Show is at Z-arts on Fri 21 Mar (last seen at Social Experiment); or there's A Puppet Musical at the Birch Community Centre on Sat 22 Mar.

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Dibby Theatre's Toxic on Thu 20 + Fri 21 Mar and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends on Sat 22 Mar.
In Leeds, Maya & Toussaint's An Evening with OKAN is at Yorkshire Dance and Worklight Theatre's It's the Economy, Stupid! is at The Carriageworks both on Fri 21 Mar.
In Liverpool, at the Unity, DaDaFest has Midgitte Bardot's Shooting from Below on Fri 21 and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F**ckin' Sorry on Sat 22 Mar; and at the Bluecoat Dora Colquhoun's Would You Like A Seat on Sat 22 and Rage Reactor on Sat 22 + Sun 23 Mar.

The following week (w/c 24 Mar) Worklight Theatre's It's The Economy, Stupid! is at HOME on Thu 28 + Fri 28 Mar; and Emergence's Triple Bill is at the New Adelphi Theare on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Mar.

It's all go for Scratch Nights: with one at Shakespeare North on Tue 25 Mar and another at Parr Hall, Warrington on Thu 27 Mar. Verve's Triple Bill is at Lancaster Arts on Tue 25 Mar; Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at the Unity, Liverpool on Thu 27 Mar. On Fri 28 Mar, Sam Danson's Bi-Topia is at the Carriageworks, Leeds; while Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends is at Chester Storyhouse; and DaDaFest has the Eat Me cabaret at District in Liverpool. Intriguingly, on Sun 30 Mar, the student-run FlockFest is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds promising a festival of "live art and performance".

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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: dedicated...

Just as the days are getting longer, I'm dedicating most of my next week to a black box and Kellie Colbert's Dedicated To The One I Love, which I've just discovered is sold-out! Before that...

This weekend in Mancunia, for something a bit different you could try Red Bastard at the Kings Arms on Sun 9 Mar.

In Liverpool, Up Next Festival takes place at the Unity (until 8 Mar) - catching my eye was the Friday Night double bill and Decolonial Dogs' Siren Blues on Sat 8 Mar. Also on Saturday, is the launch of DaDaFest's DDFI40 (8-31 Mar) at the Cunard Building with Hand Ships Sail.

Next week (w/c 10 Mar) for us at Word of Warning it's all about Kellie Colbert's Dedicated To The One I Love at Contact on Thu 13 Mar. In Salford, The Nordic Council's Happy Hour is at Lowry on Wed 12 Mar; and New Adelphi has Lip Service's Funny Stuff on Thu 13 Mar and Verve's Triple Bill on Sat 15 Mar.

In Liverpool, Reece Williams's This Kind of Black is at the Unity on Thu 13 Mar.

The following week (w/c 17 Mar) impetus seems to be back with wider region: Sheffield Theatres have Dibby Theatre's Toxic on Thu 20 + Fri 21 Mar and Daniel Bye's Imaginary Friends on Sat 22 Mar.
In Leeds, Maya & Toussaint's An Evening with OKAN is at Yorkshire Dance and Worklight Theatre's It's the Economy, Stupid! is at The Carriageworks both on Fri 21 Mar.
In Liverpool, at the Unity, DaDaFest has Midgitte Bardot's Shooting from Below on Fri 21 and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F**ckin' Sorry on Sat 22 Mar; and at the Bluecoat Dora Colquhoun's Would You Like A Seat on Sat 22 and Rage Reactor on Sat 22 + Sun 23 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: warming up...

With the advent of meteorological Spring and the unedifying spectacle of our leaders cosying up to the mendacious mandarin, we can only hope for global warming not just of the ecological variety...

This weekend Louise Orwin's Fame Hungry conitunes at HOME tonight, Fri 28 Feb.

Further afield Chester Storyhouse has Dreamtime Fellrunner on Fri 28 Feb and Barbara on Sat 1 Mar; and the LBT Huddersfield has Motionhouse's Hidden on Sat 1 Mar. Heart of Glass also presents the sold-out Resort at Bidston Observatory (28 Feb - 2 Mar).

Next week (w/c 3 Mar) In Mancunia, for something a bit different you could try Ivo Graham's Carousel at HOME on Thu 6 + Fri 7 Mar or Red Bastard at the Kings Arms on Sun 9 Mar.

In the wider region, Natalie Bellingham's Look After Your Knees is at the LBT, Huddersfield. Up Next Festival takes place at the Unity in Liverpool (6-8 Mar) - catching my eye was the Friday Night double bill and Decolonial Dogs' Siren Blues on Sat 8 Mar. Sat 8 Mar also sees the start in Liverpool of DaDaFest's DDFI40 (8-31 Mar) launching at the Cunard Building with Hand Ships Sail on Sat 8 Mar.

The following week (w/c 10 Mar) Things pick up a bit in Macunia. We at Word of Warning are back at Contact for Kellie Colbert's Dedicated To The One I Love on Thu 13 Mar.
Elsewhere, The Nordic Council's Happy Hour is at Lowry on Wed 12 Mar; and New Adelphi has Lip Service's Funny Stuff on Thu 13 Mar and Verve's Triple Bill on Sat 15 Mar.

In Liverpool, Reece Williams's This Kind of Black is at the Unity on Thu 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: As Ever...

As Duchess Domestic rebrands her American Riviera Orchard to something more quotidien, her commander-in-chief continues to rewrite a different kind of history... In performance world, we seem to have a bit of a seesaw between Mancunia and the surrounding areas:

This weekend Mancunia is on top: HOME has Reece Williams's This Kind of Black and Aviva Studios have NDT's Figures in Extinction both until Sat 22 Feb. On Fri 21 Feb there's Emilyn Claid's Untitled at Lowry; Dance with Us at New Adelphi; Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Edge (also on 22 + 27 Feb, all sold-out). Meanwhile Barbara is at the New Adelphi on Sat 22 Feb.

Next week (w/c 24 Feb) Mancunia is quiet: Barbara is at Bury Met on Wed 26 Feb; Louise Orwin's Fame Hungry is at HOME on Thu 27 + Fri 28 Feb.

Further afield is on the up with Reece Williams's This Kind of Black at Lancaster Arts on Wed 26 Feb, The Call Centre presents Jamal Gerald in Leeds on Thu 27 Feb. Chester Storyhouse has Dreamtime Fellrunner on Fri 28 Feb and Barbara on Sat 1 Mar; and the LBT Huddersfield has Motionhouse's Hidden on Sat 1 Mar. Heart of Glass also presents the sold-out Resort at Bidston Observatory (28 Feb - 2 Mar).

The following week (w/c 3 Mar) momentum remains with the wider region. In Mancunia, for something a bit different you could try Ivo Graham's Carousel at HOME on Thu 6 + Fri 7 Mar or Red Bastard at the Kings Arms on Sun 9 Mar.

Natalie Bellingham's Look After Your Knees is at the LBT, Huddersfield. Up Next Festival takes place at the Unity in Liverpool (6-8 Mar) - catching my eye was the Friday Night double bill and Decolonial Dogs' Siren Blues on Sat 8 Mar. Sat 8 Mar also sees the start in Liverpool of DaDaFest's DDFI40 (8-31 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: Hallmarked...

On this annual celebration of cardmaking, those of us with singular immunity can sit back and watch the guilt-driven scramble for all things heart-shaped...

This weekend there's not much to report in Mancunia, but further afield, Jenni Jackson's WrestleLadsWrestle is at Sheffield Theatres (until 15 Feb). Lancaster Arts has Samuel Rees + Gavriel Uboldi's Lessons on Revolution on Fri 14 Feb; while the Dukes has Daniel Bye's So Unfair on Sat 15 Feb.Chester Storyhouse has Mark Thomas's Gaffa Tapes on Sun 16 Feb.

Next week (w/c 17 Feb) Manchunia is back on form: with Reece Williams's This Kind of Black at HOME (18-22 Feb); Theatre Ad Infinitum's Last Rites is at Lowry on Tue 18 + Wed 19 Feb and NDT's Figures in Extinction at Aviva Studios (19-22 Feb). On Fri 21 Feb there's Emilyn Claid's Untitled at Lowry; Dance with Us at New Adelphi; Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Edge (also on 22 + 27 Feb, all sold-out). Meanwhile Barbara is at the New Adelphi on Sat 22 Feb.

The following week (w/c 24 Feb) Barbara is at Bury Met on Wed 26 Feb; Louise Orwin's Fame Hungry is at HOME on Thu 27 + Fri 28 Feb.

Reece Williams's This Kind of Black is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 26 Feb, The Call Centre presents Jamal Gerald in Leeds on Thu 27 Feb. Chester Storyhouse has Dreamtime Fellrunner is at on Fri 28 Feb and Barbara on Sat 1 Mar, and the LBT Huddersfield has Motionhouse's Hidden on Sat 1 Mar. Heart of Glass also presents Resort at Bidston Observatory (28 Feb - 2 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: social exhaustion...

Introvert that I am, following last nights adventures in bubbles and bingo, I am officially socialed-out for a good while - but if you want more you can join us for the next Social Experiment on Thu 22 May (either as an artist or as audience!)

This weekend PUSH 2025 has Jenny Gaskell's Sustainable Travel Agency (wip) (until 8 Feb); Hafsah Aneela Bashir's Four Dholis and a Divorce (wip) pm Fri 7 + Sat 8 Feb; and A-Hole & Propel x Dibby Theatre on Sat 8 Feb.
Tonight Fri 7 Feb Lowry has Sixth House's Lives and New Adelphi has Ocean Chillingworth's Monster Show.

Next week (w/c 10 Feb) is a bit quiet in Mancunia though Horizons Collective Showcase (featuring the Turn Prize-winning Louisanne Wong) is at Lowry on Wed 12 Feb, and there's Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Met in Bury on Thu 13 Feb.

Elsewhere, the pace picks up: in Sheffield Carlos Pons Guerra's Mariposa is at the Drama Studio on Mon 10 Feb and Jenni Jackson's WrestleLadsWrestle is at Sheffield Theatres (12-15 Feb).
Lancaster Arts has Gandini Juggling's Theka on Wed 12 Feb and Samuel Rees + Gavriel Uboldi's Lessons on Revolution on Fri 14 Feb; while the Dukes has Daniel Bye's So Unfair on Sat 5 Feb.
Chester Storyhouse has Mark Thomas's Gaffa Tapes on Sun 16 Feb.

The following week (w/c 17 Feb) Manchester takes back the crown: first up is the return of Reece Williams's This Kind of Black at HOME (18-22 Feb); while Theatre Ad Infinitum's Last Rites is at Lowry on Tue 18 + Wed 19 Feb. Coming new is NDT's Figures in Extinction at Aviva Studios (19-22 Feb)
Then on Fri 21 Feb there's Emilyn Claid's Untitled at Lowry; Dance with Us at New Adelphi; Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Edge (also on 22 + 27 Feb all sold-out). Meanwhile Barbara is at the New Adelphi on Sat 22 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 - and click here if you want to apply to perform at the next Social Experiment.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.

Thu 22 May, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

warnmcr: social experiment...

... not another foray into the Big Brother house, but our own attempt to bring people together to experiment and experience new work in hopefully convivial surroundings. But before that:

This weekend PUSH 2025 at HOME has Unhinged tonight Fri 31; Girl Gang's Millennial Pink on Fri 31 Jan + Sat 1 Feb and Mothers Who Make' s Motherkind on Sat 1 Feb.
At Contact, there's Magical Animals: A Tribute to Jackie Hagan on Sat 1 Feb.

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Jenni Jackson's Endurance on Fri 31 Jan + Sat 1 Mar.

Next week (w/c 3 Feb) is the very first Social Experiment on Thu 6 Feb at Contact. Completely free, the evening kicks off with durational pieces from Rachael Gooch and Harley Keasey, followed by short peformances from J. Edgar Staubsauger and Ray Bubbles plus a guest appearance by Malandra Jacks with a short excerpt from their award-winning Census. It's all hosted by our own Peader Kirk and there might also be a bit of interactive Live Art gaming.

PUSH 2025 has Jenny Gaskell's Sustainable Travel Agency (wip) (until 8 Feb); Hafsah Aneela Bashir's Four Dholis and a Divorce (wip) pm Fri 7 + Sat 8 Feb; and A-Hole & Propel x Dibby Theatre on Sat 8 Feb.
On Fri 7 Feb Lowry has Sixth House's Lives and New Adelphi has Ocean Chillingworth's Monster Show.

For something discursive there's a Bunker Talk by Stephen Scott-Bottoms x Andy Smith on Tue 4 Feb at the Salutation.

Further afield, the only thing I spotted was Ben Elton's Authentic Stupidity at Chester Storyhouse on Wed 5 Feb.

The following week (w/c 10 Feb) Horizons Collective Showcase is at Lowry on Wed 12 Feb, and there's Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Met in Bury on Thu 13 Feb.

Elsewhere, in Sheffield Carlos Pons Guerra's Mariposa is at the Drama Studio on Mon 10 Feb and Jenni Jackson's WrestleLadsWrestle is at Sheffield Theatres (12-15 Feb).
Lancaster Arts has Gandini Juggling's Theka on Wed 12 Feb and Samuel Rees + Gavriel Uboldi's Lessons on Revolution on Fri 14 Feb; while the Dukes has Daniel Bye's So Unfair on Sat 5 Feb.
Chester Storyhouse has Mark Thomas's Gaffa Tapes on Sun 16 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.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 6 Feb, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.

warnmcr: an ill wind...

As the winds of change blow viciously across the Atlantic, closer to home the torch passes to PUSH Festival.

This weekend Éowyn-willing, you can catch the last show at Future Flares with Pinchbeck + Smith's A Seventh Man today Fri 24 Jan; before PUSH 2025 (24 Jan - 8 Feb) at HOME takes over with Afreena Islam-Wright's Lucky Tonight (Fri 24 + Sat 25 Jan).

In Blackpool there's a Scratch Night at the Old Electric tonight Fri 24 Jan.

Next week (w/c 27 Jan) PUSH 2025 at HOME has Switch_Mcr's Bad Science on Mon 27 + Tue 28 Jan, Maz Hedgehog's What Is Love To A Goddess (wip) on Tue 28 + Wed 29 Jan; Smug Roberts' Dementia Street on Wed 29 + Thu 30 Jan; Unhinged on Thu 30 + Fri 31; Girl Gang's Millennial Pink on Fri 31 Jan + Sat 1 Feb and Mothers Who Make' s Motherkind on Sat 1 Feb.
At Contact, there's Magical Animals: A Tribute to Jackie Hagan on Sat 1 Feb.

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Eleanor May Blackburn's Does My Fanny Look Big In This? on Wed 29 Jan and Jenni Jackson's Endurance on Fri 31 Jan + Sat 1 Mar. Unity, Liverpool's Scratch Night on Thu 30 Jan; and Porcelain Delaney's Toilet Paper Diaries is at the Old Electric in Blackpool on Fri 31 Jan - although the web page appears to have disappeared so it's anyone's guess!

The following week (w/c 3 Feb) for us is all about the very first Social Experiment on Thu 6 Feb at Contact. It does what it says on the pack - a complete experiment and a bit of a lucky dip in hopefully convivial social surroundings.

PUSH 2025 has Jenny Gaskell's Sustainable Travel Agency (wip) (until 8 Feb); Hafsah Aneela Bashir's Four Dholis and a Divorce (wip) pm Fri 7 + Sat 8 Feb; and A-Hole & Propel x Dibby Theatre on Sat 8 Feb.
On Fri 7 Feb Lowry has Sixth House's Lives and New Adelphi has Ocean Chillingworth's Monster Show. For something discursive there's a Bunker Talk by Stephen Scott-Bottoms x Andy Smith on Tue 4 Feb at the Salutation.

Further afield, the only thing I spotted was Ben Elton's Authentic Stupidity at Chester Storyhouse on Wed 5 Feb.

Meanwhile have a look at Word of Warning's current performance schedule and, for the artists among you, our call for proposals for Turn 2025 closes on Fri 31 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.

Best

Tamsin

@WarnMcr: Facebook · Insta · X (Twitter) · YouTube

Information for artists: habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025

Thu 6 Feb, from 6pm. FREE | Contact

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.

Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

Kellie Colbert

Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact

TURN 2025

A night of new North West dance.