Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

In the face of the energy-sapping gloom of the news cycle, at least this early February is seeing lights up on a few more performative options:

IRL:
This weekend, tonight Fri 4 Feb, The Lowry has the Horizons Collective Shoots Scratch, while Hope Mill's Turn On Fest has a Development Evening on Sun 6 Feb. Further afield, in Leeds, Yorkshire Dance has No Dress Code on Fri 4 Feb and Slung Low at The Holbeck has Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Sat 5 Feb. 

Next week (w/c 7 Feb) Motionhouse's Nobody is at HOME (10-12 Feb) while Queer Contactruns roughly 10-19 Feb - this week look out for a Scratch on Sat 12 Feb and The Family Vogue Ball on Sun 13 Feb.
Levantes Dance Theatre's The Band is at the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Tue 8 Feb and The Duke's, Lancaster on Fri 11 Feb. Silvia Mercuriali's Macondo is at the Unity, Liverpool on Fri 11 Feb; while  Edalia Day's Too Pretty to Punch is at The Holbeck in Leeds on Sat 12 Feb. Much further afield, BE Festival  is at Birmingham Rep (15-18 Feb).

The following week (w/c 14 Feb) Queer Contact continues including Emma Frankland and the Vogue Ball. Elsewhere, Gecko are in Chester; The Empathy Experiment in Huddersfield and Rowena Gander in Liverpool. 

Online: 
Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing continues via The Lowry until Thu 18 Feb; you can send away for Third Angel's The Distraction Agents and there's always HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand.

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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Here we are in the groundhoggery of 2020mk2, and while our rulers' internal 'party' dissent rumbles on, unbelievably I've realised that this Spring is also Word of Warning's tin anniversary. I can definitely assure you that any parties *we* might hold *will* be completely indistinguishable from work events...

Anyway - the performance world is still pretty sleepy but there are a few things this month worth noting:

IRL:
Over the next few weeks: at the Lowry, De Nada Dance Theatre's Mariposa is this Sun 16 Jan; while Thick + Tight's Short + Sweet is Tue 18 + Wed 19 Jan; Rob Newman's The Philosophy Show is Sat 29 Jan and Horizons Collective Shoots Scratch is Fri 4 Feb.
Sat 22 Jan sees the start of Turn On Festival at Hope Mill Theatre - the schedule seems to be a bit in flux so maybe look out for the Scratch Night on Sun 30 Jan or the Development Evening on Sun 6 Feb.

Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Tania Camara's Oreo on Wed 19 Jan. Wigan Old Courts has The Empathy Experiment on Thu 20 Jan and Dibby Theatre's First Time on Wed 2 Feb. Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield has Motionhouse's Nobody on Tue 25 Jan; while in Leeds,  CLAY has Hole Again on Fri 28 Jan plus The Ofrenda installation continues until 19 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has No Dress Code on Fri 4 Feb and Slung Low at The Holbeck has Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Sat 5 Feb. 

Online: 
I have to confess I'm a bit confused by online offerings at the moment, quite a few things have vanished or paused but HOME has launched HOMESCREEN and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand.

In general, having trawled 80+ websites, I'm aware that quite a lot of organisations (us included) haven't yet published anything for this year so I will be re-examining them all and will be back, either at the end of January or early February depending on what I find!

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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Forgive the dreadful Concord pun of this week's subject line - my head is split across a number of shows and obviously humour is obviously misfiring! On this disappointingly grey October morning - there is definitely a plethora of stuff going on:

IRL:
Tonight, Fri 22 Oct Word of Warning is co-presenting Dani Abulhawa's Concord with Interruptions at the Holden Gallery.

Tomorrow, Sat 23 Oct sees the opening of the live development of Mandla Rae's As British As A Watermelon at Contact as part of Black Gold Arts Festival (until 29 Oct in person + online); while Corridor of Light runs until 23 Oct, along and around Oxford Road. There's also My White Best Friend at the Royal Exchange on Sat 23 + Sat 30 Oct while Journeys Festival (until 24 Oct) sees a mix of installation and digital.

In Liverpool at Unity, Dibby Theatre's The First Time is tonight Fri 22 Oct; while Transcend Theatre's How To Kill A Rose is tomorrow, Sat 23 Oct.
In Leeds, Quarantine's 12 Last Songs has its marathon outing at Leeds Playhouse - also tomorrow, Sat 23 Oct.

Next week, w/c 25 Oct at Contact Mandla Rae's As British As A Watermelon continues until Wed 27 Oct; followed by This House is On Fire on Sat 30 Oct. HOME has Hofesh Schechter's Political Mother Unplugged (27-30 Oct) and Emmanuela Yogolelo's Tales from the Congo Basin(2pm, Fri 29 Oct). 

And, as ever, keep your eye on the final few Manchester Independents events, including Breaking Barriers' Stories We Tell taking to the streets of Rochdale, 27-30 Oct.

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has New Art Club's Cupid's Revenge on Tue 26 Oct; while in Sheffield Namiuki Dance Theatre's Exploring The Man/Puberty is at Theatre Deli on Fri 29 Oct and the Enable US Festival also kicks off (31 Oct - 19 Dec). Liverpool sees the start of Homotopia(28 Oct -14 Nov) while much, much further afield, in Ipswich Spill Festival runs 27-31 Oct.

The following week, w/c 1 Nov, Dickson Mbi is at The Lowry; while in Castlefield Bowl, MIF welcomes The Walk: When the Birds Land; and there are two theatrical offerings: at Contact, Ergon Theatre's The Wicked Game and at HOME, Antler's Civilisation.

Lancaster Arts has Company Carpi's When You Light a Candle; and in Liverpool at Homotopia, Harry Clayton-Wright hosts You Otter Know and there's An Evening with David Hoyle

Online: 
New offerings include Chanje Kunda's Plant Fetish until 29 Oct; and an assortment of work at Unity Online (including catch ups of in person programme).
Tamzen Moulding's Fall, Wake + Exit  continues until 1 Dec via The Lowry; while HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand - plus the online offerings from Black Gold Arts Festival and other festivals listed above.  As ever, have a look at Word of Warning's YouTube channel for previous events and Domesticated our home for online video.

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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On this beautiful autumnal morning I'm taking a momentary break from theatrical darkness and technical machinations, as we at Word of Warning stand poised to finally bring Tania Camara's Oreo to an in person audience, tonight, Fri 15 Oct at STUN. Having streamed it, it still surprises me how different the impact feels IRL - it's PWYD, we're keeping to 50% capacity in the space, so do come and join us!

IRL:
Also this weekend, at NIAMOS The Untold Orchestra's Bowie: An Orchestral Rendition is on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Oct; while in Liverpool, Unity has SH!T Theatre's Drink Rum With Expats on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Oct and in Lancaster, the Duke's has Sophie's Birthday on Fri 15 Oct.

Next week, w/c 18 Oct we are back in action with Dani Abulhawa's Concord at the Holden Gallery on Fri 22 Oct. The live development of Mandla Rae's As British As A Watermelon is at Contact (Sat 23 + Mon 25-Wed 27 Oct) as part of Black Gold Arts Festival (19-29 Oct): live, online + in person film including screening of Mele Broome's Wrapped Up In This (21+22 Oct) at Contact. Also live in person, there's My White Best Friend at the Royal Exchange on Sat 23 + Sat 30 Oct.
Corridor of Light also runs 21-23 Oct, along and around Oxford Road; while Journeys Festival(15-24 Oct) sees a mix of installation and digital work.

In Liverpool, Dibby Theatre's The First Time is Unity on Thu 23 Oct; while in Leeds, Quarantine's 12 Last Songs is at Leeds Playhouse on Sat 23 Oct.

The following week, w/c 25 Oct sees the addition of Hofesh Schechter and Emmanuela Yogolelo at HOME; Breaking Barriers in Rochdale; New Art Club in Lancaster; Namiuki Dance Theatre and Enable US Festival in Sheffield; plus the start of Homotopia in Liverpool (and for the very dedicated, Spill Festival in Ipswich!)

And, as ever, keep your eye on new additions to Manchester Independents.

Online: 
As previously, Tamzen Moulding's Fall, Wake + Exit  continues until 1 Dec via The Lowry; while HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand - plus the online offerings from Black Gold Arts Festival and other festivals listed above.  As ever, have a look at Word of Warning's YouTube channel for previous events and Domesticated our home for online video.

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 Oreo tonight!

Best

Tamsin

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