Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

Not a proper Weekly Warning but just an updated issue with a couple of things that have come to my notice:

IRL:
This weekend Refract Festival is at Sale Waterside until 30 Jul with Off the Jacket's Withered Optimism on Fri 29 Jul and Ermini/Van Huynh's Glam and Facades on Sat 30 Jul.
Castlefield sees the return of Streets Ahead with Castlefield Follies on Sat 30 + Sun 31 Jul.
Meanwhile Contact has CYC with Gob Squad's While we were waiting something changed (until 30 Jul).
Further afield, The Holbeck, Leeds has Holly Beaseley-Garrigan's Opal Fruits on Sat 30 Jul.

Next week (w/c 1 Aug) Black Gold Arts' Whitworth Takeover happens on Sat 6 + Sun 7 Aug, including Chad Taylor's Closer To My Dreams.
Or you can travel to Stockton International Riverside Festival (4-7 Aug) for more outdoor arts or, the following week, to Leicester, for Journeys Festival (12-14 Aug).

Thereafter we at Word of Warning will be taking to the streets with Proud & Loud's Gambit on Sat 20 Aug... and you might want to check out Xhi Ndubisi's The Grand Pear Supper at Lonsight Art Space on Wed 17 Aug and Spill Yer Tea at Tapestry in Liverpool on Sat 20 Aug.

For details of my Edinburgh Fringe longlist got to last week's blog version of the Weekly Warning- but don't forget to check Edinburgh International Festival for our own Mandla's As British As A Watermelon and Akeim Toussaint Buck's Windows of Displacement.

Online: 
Edinburgh Fringe also has an online programme which I'm yet to really study.
Greater Manchester Fringe Festival has an online programme you might want to check out, alongside the ongoing youtube.com/c/WordofWarning, Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances and last chance for theEmergency (1 Oct) call for proposals (deadline 5 Aug).

I'll try an take that break now!
Best

Tamsin
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For those of us old enough to remember 1976, the weather this week brought back some more innocent and less portentous memories... Now the heat crisis has abated, however temporarily, the prospect of seeing work is maybe a little more palatable, just in time for festival flurries...

IRL:

Next week (w/c 25 Jul) Mancunia is in mini festival mode: Greater Manchester Fringe continues with Leo & Hyde's Double Life  at Whitworth Locke (until 28 Jul); Refract Festival is at Sale Waterside until 30 Jul with John Osborne's John Peel's Shed on Wed 27 Jul;  Superfan Performance's Just Like Animals on Thu 28 Jul; Off the Jacket's Withered Optimism on Fri 29 Jul and Ermini/Van Huynh's Glam and Facades on Sat 30 Jul. Castlefield sees the return of Streets Ahead with Castlefield Follies on Sat 30 + Sun 31 Jul.

Meanwhile Contact has CYC with Gob Squad's While we were waiting something changed (28-30 Jul).

Further afield Unity Liverpool has Alex Roberts's No Place Like Home and The Holbeck, Leeds has Holly Beaseley-Garrigan's Opal Fruits.

Into August I've not spotted a lot to write about close to home. We at Word of Warning will be taking to the streets with Proud & Loud's Gambit on Sat 20 Aug... though you might want to check out Xhi Ndubisi's The Grand Pear Supper at Lonsight Art Space on Wed 17 Aug and Spill Yer Tea at Tapestry in Liverpool on Sat 20 Aug.

Beyond that it's a case of travelling - there's Stockton International Riverside Festival (4-7 Aug) for more outdoor arts or, in Leicester, there's Journeys Festival (12-14 Aug).

Then of course there is the behemoth that is Edinburgh...
First up, unusually, is Edinburgh International Festival with our own Mandla's As British As A Watermelonand Akeim Toussaint Buck's Windows of Displacement.

Moving on to more familiar territory  - the Fringe (5-29 Aug). Possibly unsurprisingly I'm finding it quite a funny year and failing to recognise many names, which may be a good or a bad thing, and makes my list even more of a lucky dip than usual. I also did my research a couple of weeks ago so there may be latecomers I've not scrutinised.

Timing-wise my tip would be w/c 22 Aug - largely because, for (relatively) safe bets, there's the Horizon Showcase (which replaced the British Council event). Beyond that, as ever, I'm focusing attention on Summerhall,Zoo + Pleasance, and tbh, the most interesting things I've spotted feel like they're at DanceBase.

For my own 30 hour whistlestop, on the shortlist is: emma + pj, Sarah Hopfinger w/ Alicia Jane Turner, Liz Lea, Yolanda Mercy, Marikiscrycrycry, Sung Im Her, Dan Daw,Emma Martin, Jo Fong + George Orange, Haley McGee, Aidan Moesby, Liv Ello, Victoria Melody, Craig Manson and I would see the vacuum cleaner if I was there on the right day. Do the math... it doesn't leave much time for sleep! ;)

A tip for Edinburgh newbies: 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 spreadsheet from which I can plan. That longlist is below - both as pdf and Excel (so you can edit and sort as you please).

Online: 
Edinburgh Fringe also has an online programme which I'm yet to really study.
Greater Manchester Fringe Festival has an online programme you might want to check out, alongside the ongoing youtube.com/c/WordofWarning, Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances and a reminder that the Emergency (1 Oct) call for proposals remains open until 5 Aug.

Unless something unmissable pops up the Weekly Warning might take a bit of a break in August (though expect a Gambit reminder!).

Best

Tamsin
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COMING SOON

Sat 20 Aug | St Ann's Square
GAMBIT
Proud & Loud Arts.

Sat 1 Oct | Contact
EMERGENCY 22
A day out for the curious.

What a difference a fortnight makes - from pecs flexing to skulking off with tail between legs, leaving an ever diminishing gaggle to squabble over who runs the country. The lack of choice needn't trouble us voters though, as we can do no more than look-on as our fate is decided by 200k paid-up party members...
If you need less depressing entertainment, in performance world, there's a small flurry over the next couple of weeks...

IRL:
Next week (w/c 18 Jul) Greater Manchester Fringe continues with Leo & Hyde's Double Life  at Whitworth Locke (20-28 Jul); HUMANHOOD's ∞ {Infinite} is at The Lowry on Thu 21 Jul; while Refract Festival is at Sale Waterside 21-30 Jul. Further afield Mandla's As British As A Watermelon is at Sheffield Theatres on Thu 21 Jul.

The following week (w/c 25 Jul) Refract in Sale has John Osborne's John Peel's Shed; Superfan Performance's Just Like Animals; Off the Jacket's Withered Optimism and Ermini/Van Huynh's Glam. Contact has CYC with Gob Squad's While we were waiting something changed.
Further afield Unity Liverpool has Alex Roberts's No Place Like Home and The Holbeck, Leeds has Holly Beaseley-Garrigan's Opal Fruits.

After that things go pretty dead - so next week, I will do my attempt to make some sense of Edinburgh - maybe it'll help me make a final decision whether to go!

Online: 
Thank you for getting us to our YouTube target - you can still see Helena Ascough's What a clown or my exciting take on the new NLPG!
Greater Manchester Fringe Festival has an online programme you might want to check out, alongside the ongoing Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online,Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances and a reminder that theEmergency (1 Oct) call for proposals remains open until 5 Aug.

Best

Tamsin
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COMING SOON

Sat 20 Aug | St Ann's Square

GAMBIT

Proud & Loud Arts.

Sat 1 Oct | Contact

EMERGENCY 22

A day out for the curious.

As our clown in chief flexes his pecs, you do wonder if it's part of this year's crop of pre-Edinburgh comedy warm-up gigs? Elsewhere we're heading into a July slow-down, but there's stll stuff to see...

IRL:
This weekend, Dorcas Seb's  Vice Versa is at HOME on Fri 1 + Sat 2 Jul; while Greater Manchester Fringe runs 1-31 Jul. Meanwhile, in Liverpool, Leo & Hyde's Double Life is at the Unity (28 Jun-Jul); while over in Leeds, Yorkshire Dance hosts the Ageless Festival, including work by Emilyn Claid, Angus Balbernie, Eva Recacha + the Royale Dancehall Flamingoes. Even further afield, in Birmingham, Healing Gardens of Bab runs until 18 Jul. 

Next week (w/c 4 Jul) there's a Bunker Talk live with FrankoB at the Salutation on Tue 5 Jul;  while HOME hosts Trân Tran's Here & Now (7-9 Jul) and the return of Scottee's Fat Blokes on Sat 9 Jul. Up in the Norther Quarter, Short Supply invites you to Eat Shit at SOUP on Fri 8 Jul. In Liverpool Dorcas Seb's Vice Versa is at Unity on Fri 8 Jul.

The following week (w/c 11 Jun) looks pretty quiet though Freddie Hayes's Potatohead  on Thu 14 Jul at the Kings Arms looks intriguing as does Curfew on sat 16 Jul at the Unity; while Daniel Kitson is in Chester, but sold-out.

Coming soon: in July, Humanhood's ∞ {Infinite} at The Lowry; Seren Marimba's Dawn at MMU; CYC with Gob Squad and Sale Waterside's Refract Festival; plus Mandla's As British As A Watermelon in Shefield.
In August, look out for a little invasion of public spaces courtesy of Proud & Loud Arts' Gambit; and the Emergency (1 Oct) call for proposals remains open until 5 Aug.

Online: 
If one more kind person would like to subscribe to our YouTube, I can shut up about it and you can see Helena Ascough's What a clown or my exciting take on the new NLPG! 

LIFT has a Digital Programme running until 10 July; Greater Manchester Fringe Festival also has an online programme alongside the ongoing Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online,Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

As the summer lull sets in I might slow the frequency of these mails, but will be back sporadically when there's stuff to talk about and with the return of my futile attempt to dissect Edinburgh.

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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COMING SOON

Sat 20 Aug | St Ann's Square

GAMBIT

Proud & Loud Arts.

Sat 1 Oct | Contact

EMERGENCY 22

A day out for the curious.

Not so much a u-turn as a failure to launch, our rulers' latest attempt to join Russia in the ethically elite club excluded from the European Convention on Human Rights has been put on pause. Meanwhile in performance world...

IRL:
This weekend, this afternoon, Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at New Adelphi, Salford. Tomorrow, Sat 18 Jun: Art Assembly's Taking Up Space, Taking In Space is at Manchester Art Gallery and Melissa Johns's Snatched is at Bolton Octagon. For the young: Family Catwalk Extravaganza (formerly Family Vogue Ball) is at Z-arts and Chrissy Jones's Shadow Girl is at Gorse Hill Studios. 
Much further afield, in Bristol, there's a weekend of Wildness courtesy of IBT.

Next week (w/c 20 Jun) is somewhat dance-tastic: Humanhood's ∞ (Infinite) is at The Lowry on Tue 21 Jun; Hofesh Schechter's Double Murder is at HOME (22-25 Jun); Emergence is at New Adelphi Fri 24 + Sat 25 Jun; while Company Carpi's When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow is at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery on Sat 25 Jun. 

The following week (w/c 27 Jun) Dorcas Seb is at HOME; and Greater Manchester Fringekicks off. Meanwhile, over in Leeds, Yorkshire Dance hosts the Ageless Festival, including work by Emilyn Claid, Angus Balbernie, Eva Recacha + the Royale Dancehall Flamingoes. 

Online: 
You can see Helena Ascough's What a clown via Word of Warning's YouTube - or if you're really in for self-punishment there's my take on the new NLPG (please subscribe, we're 5 away from getting a proper URL!)
As ever check out Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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So now the ruling party has given its partial blessing to its party planner in chief, we can look forward to possibly another 2 years of good times (in Downing Street only)...

IRL:
This weekend, This Lands Heart is Greater Than Its Map is a walk from HOME until Sun 12 Jun; while in Leeds, NHSmackdown is on tonight Fri 9 and tomorrow, Sat 10 Jun at CLAY.  In Liverpool, Black Gold Arts' Made of Gold can be seen between Church Street and the Bluecoat on Sat 10 Jun.

Next week (w/c 13 Jun) Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is at New Adelphi, Salford on Fri 17 Jun; while on Sat 18 Jun: Art Assembly's Taking Up Space, Taking In Space is at Manchester Art Gallery. Melissa Johns's Snatched is at Bolton Octagon (also at Liverpool Unity on Thu 16 Jun); while, for the young at heart Family Catwalk Extravaganza (formerly Family Vogue Ball)is at Z-arts.

Further afield, on Wed 15 Jun: Motionhouse's Nobody is at Storyhouse, Chester and The Collective's Double Bill is at NSCD, Leeds. In Lancaster, Paul O'Donnell's We've Got Each Otheris at the Duke's on Thu 16 Jun. Much further afield, in Bristol, there's a weekend of Wildnesscourtesy of IBT.

The following week (w/c 20 Jun) is all dance: Humanhood's ∞ (Infinite) is at The Lowry on Tue 21 Jun; Hofesh Schechter's Double Murder is at HOME (22-25 Jun); Emergence is at New Adelphi Fri 24 + Sat 25 Jun; while Company Carpi's When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow is at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery on Sat 25 Jun. 

Online: 
You can see Helena Ascough's What a clown via Word of Warning's YouTube (please subscribe, we need a proper URL!!)
As ever check out Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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It's lovely to know that the cost of living crisis has been solved, just in time for state-endorsed partying to be extended to us all in the forthcoming celebration of hierarchy... but before that...

IRL:
This weekend, tonight, Fri 27 May you can still catch Works Ahead at Contact - it's PWYD so don't miss out.
Alternatively, tonight there's Everything I Didn't Say at The Lowry or tomorrow, Sat 28 May, Company Chameleon's Witness This is in Harpurhey; and there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman.

Next week (w/c 30 May) you can catch Chrissy Jones' Shadow Girl Origins at Manchester Central Library on Wed 1 Jun  - also at Beswick Library on Mon 30 May and, later in June, at Gorse Hill Studios.  After that the world gives way to flag-waving.

The following week (w/c 6 Jun) Ali Matthews's Mushroom Language is in Salford; This Lands Heart is Greater Than Its Map is a walk from HOME; and Ergon Theatre are at Manchester Central Library. Meanwhile, in Leeds, Harry Clayton-Wright will also take you on a walk or there's an NHSmackdown at CLAY.

Online:
You can catch Mele Broomes's Grin (digital) courtesy of BAC 30 May-5 Jun. As ever check out Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

The Weekly Warning might have a week off while I hide in the shadows, 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 you IRL at Works Ahead!

Best

Tamsin
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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie

While the media has us in a January Sue Gray timewarp, in the real world, somewhow we're creeping towards the end of May and in my world I'm creeping back into the dark realms of a theatre for Works Ahead:

IRL:
This weekend RashDash's Oh Mother continues at HOME until 28 May; while tonight, Fri 20 May Babel Theatre's In Search of Fathers  is at Manchester School of Theatre and Pete the Terrible x Pen:Chant is at The Edge Theatre; while Katherina Radeva's 40 Minutes for 40 yearsis at Media Factory, Preston on Sat 21 May.

Next week (w/c 23 May) for us, it's all about Works Ahead at Contact on Thu 26 + Fri 27 May - a pay what you decide evening with a macabre film about how we see others; a one-man work-in-progress about revolution, hope, and our capacity for change; and a lo-fi solo symphony of words and movement. It features Helena Ascough's Oh What a Clown,  Ross McCaffrey's Sometimes history needs a push + Will Dickie's White Sun.
 
Meanwhile, there's Lip Service's A Life of Laughter at Chorlton High School on Mon 23 May; and on Fri 27 May: Everything I Didn't Say at The Lowry and Seren Marimba's Dawn at Manchester School of Theatre. Included in SICK! Festival is mandla rae's Category Mistake at Anthony Burgess on Tue 24 May; Essi Rossi's Ejaculation Falls at STUN on Wed 25 + Thu 26 May; + Company Chameleon's Witness This in Harpurhey on Sat 28 May. In Liverpool, there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman on Sat 28 May.

The following week (w/c 30 May) we're back in Bank Holiday hiatus but you can catch Chrissy Jones' Shadow Girl Origins at Manchester Central Library on Wed 1 Jun  - also at Beswick Library on Mon 30 May and, later, at Gorse Hill Studios.

Keep keeping an eye on Chorlton Arts Festival and Lancashire Fringe Festival + Mayfest in Bristol for anything that may take your fancy!

Online: 
You can catch Mele Broomes's Grin (digtial) courtesy of BAC 30 May-5 Jun. As ever check out Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN, MIF Watch On Demand, Unity Online, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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 you at Works Ahead!

Best

Tamsin
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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie

Having been born on a 13th, I generally look upon it favourably - but I did stop short of pushing the button on our NPO application on Friday the 13th (and yes, we did play it as we submitted). Meanwhile, in a world beyond Grantium...

IRL:
This weekend - RashDash's Oh Mother continues at HOME until 19 May); while the Debut student festival ends today at the New Adelphi theatre. Company Chameleon's The Shadow is at NSCD's Riley Theatre in Leeds on Sat 14 May while  Mayfest kicks off in Bristol  until 29 May.

Next week (w/c 16 May) Rowena Gander's Barely Visible is at Sale Waterside on Wed 18 May; and on Fri 20 May Performance Research Group/Babel Theatre's In Search of Fathers  is at Manchester School of Theatre and Pete the Terrible x Pen:Chant is at The Edge Theatre. 

The following week (w/c 23 May) there's Lip Service A Life of Laughter at Chorlton High School;  and Everything I Didn't Say at The Lowry. SICK! Festival has mandla rae at Anthony Burgess; Ejaculation Falls at STUN; + Company Chameleon in Harpurhey; while we at Word of Warning are back at Contact with Works Ahead.

Keep keeping an eye on Chorlton Arts Festival and Lancashire Fringe Festival for anything that may take your fancy!

Online: 
Unity Online has just relaunched, offering ticketed catch-up access to their live programme. Keep an eye on Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN MIF Watch On Demand, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie