Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

On this April Fool's morning, it's the weather that appears to be pulling the biggest pranks, overshadowed only by the general wind-up that is the cost of living... In performance world April seems very much to be offering up an Easter lull. 

IRL:
This weekend: this afternoon, Fri 1 Apr, University of Salford's Adelphi Theatre may or may not have a Non-event while tonight Nothing Happens (Twice) at The Lowry (until 2 Apr) and Contact hosts Platform's The Showcase.

Also tonight, Fri 1 Apr in Sheffield, the University has Untold Dance Theatre's On the Insidewhile in Leeds,  Tom Cassani is at CLAYground and Transform has Sable Radio's A Soft Raptureand Rachel Mars's Forge (until Sat 2 Apr).

The next weeks of April seems pretty quiet. You can catch DIS:Play on Sat 9 Apr at Contact and Victor Esses's The Death And Life Of All Of Us on Thu 13 Apr at Manchester Jewish Museum. In the week commencing 18 Apr Theo Clinkard  and Jean Daniel Brouss are at The Lowry and Artesbandes, Bertrand Lesca + Nasi Voutsas are at HOME.

Further afield, Victoria Firth's How to be Amazingly Happy is in Sheffield on Wed 6 April and Amanda Piña's Frontera is in Leeds on Fri 8 + Sat 9 Apr. Also coming up at CLAY in Leeds is Howl Yuan's Impossible Homecoming (12-16 Apr) and Will Dickie is at Unity, Liverpool on Thu 21 Apr (coming to Manchester in May). 

Online: 
You can watch Imitating the Dog's Dracula on demand til 3 Apr; and Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning. There's also still Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN MIF Watch On Demand, Sadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

This Weekly Warning is going to take a couple of weeks break until things liven up, so will be back after Easter.

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
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

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

As Spring makes a bid to be the new Summer, and the clocks spring forward this Sunday, we also see the last couple of weeks of the pre-Easter performance flurry. Be sure to keep checking for latest info as cancellations are still high.

IRL:
This weekend, tonight Fri 25 Mar is the Manchester Writers for Ukraine event at the Kings Arms. While tomorrow, Sat 26 Mar Submerge concludes with Protest! A Live Art Takeover at Manchester Art Gallery then Club Submerge at Soup. Further afield Seahorse promenades round Chester Storyhouse on Sun 27 Mar. 
Spanning this and next week, Miray Sidhom's The Bread We Break is at Contact Fri 25 + Sat 26 Mar and 29-31 Mar. 

Next week (w/c 28 Mar) on the afternoon of Tue 29 Mar you can see Verve's Triple Bill at University of Salford's Adelphi Theatre; or if you dare risk it given the date, they may or may not have a Non-event on April Fool's Day. Nothing Happens (Twice) at The Lowry 31 Mar-2 Apr and Contact hosts Platform's The Showcase on Fri 1 Apr.

Further afield in Sheffield the University has SnapShot (including Tom Cassani) on Mon 28 Mar and Untold Dance Theatre's On the Inside. In Leeds, CLAY has SH!T Theatre's work in progresson Tue 29 Mar and Tom Cassani pops up again at CLAYground on Fri 1 Apr; while Transform has Sable Radio's A Soft Rapture on Fri 1 Apr and Rachel Mars's Forge (31 Mar-2 Apr).

The following week (w/c 4 Apr) sees the start of the Easter slowdown but you can catch DIS:Play on Sat 9 Apr at Contact while Victoria Firth is in Sheffield and Amanda Piña in Leeds.

Online: 
Katherine + Gemma Hollinson's Would You Care To continues via HOME until 1 Apr; you can watch Imitating the Dog's Dracula on demand til 3 Apr; and Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning. There's also still 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.

As a closing word, we at Word of Warning were shocked to hear of the loss of Maggie Fox of Lip Service, and send our thoughts and love to Sue and the family.

Best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

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

So we now have a duo of Spring festivals you can sink into, each urging you to submerge, transform or both!

IRL:
This weekend Eleanor May Blackburn's Subdural Haematoma is at the King's Arms tonight Fri 11 Mar, while for younger viewers, Reckless Sleepers' It's Hot It's Not is at The Lowry until Sat 12 Mar.
In Leeds tonight, Fri 11 Mar Transform has Jaha Koo's The History of Korean Western Theatreat Leeds Playhouse; or, for dance, there's Northern Connections 22 at NSCD.

Next week (w/c 14 Mar) Submerge Festival (17-26 Mar) pops up: at HOME with The Dan Daw Show (17-19 Mar); in the Northern Quarter with Sarah Leghissa's Will You Marry Me? (on Sat 19 Mar) and at SeeSa with Saeborg's Pigpen and Samuli Laine's Nurture (runs 18-20 Mar). 
Meanwhile The Lowry has Lost Dog's Tale of Two Cities on Tue 15 + Wed 16 Mar: and Talk Show's Telethon on Fri 18 + Sat 19 Mar.

In Leeds, Transform has Lua Bairstow's The Sound Grief Project at Leeds Playhouse on Wed 16 Mar; Jamal Gerald's Jumbie at CLAY (17-19 Mar ); + Nadia Beugré's Quartiers Libres at Northern Ballet on Fri 18 +Sat 19 Mar.
In Liverpool, Angel Field Festival has SynBia on Mon 14 Mar and Dora Frankel's Trails on Tue 15 Mar; while on The Truth To Power Café is at the LBT, Hudersfield on Sat 10 Mar.

The following week (w/c 21 Mar) Submerge continues with a Dance Double Bill at Salford Lad's Club, Protest! A Live Art Takeover at Manchester Art Gallery and David Hoyle at The Lowry; which also welcomes Alexander Whitley Dance.  Jamal Gerald is at HOME and Miray Sidhom is at Contact. 

Online: 
Lowry Digital launches on 15 Mar including Nigel Barrett + Louise Mari's Mystery Trip until 19 Mar. New to HOME is Katherine + Gemma Hollinson's Would You Care To until 1 April; Transform has The More You Rehearse The Worse It Gets on demand til 12 Mar. You can also now see Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning, and there's still HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand 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

Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

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

No quips or word play this week - the only news story that matters is not joke fodder - but for anyone that hasn't seen it, a clip of Zelenskyy's 'piano playing' seems a fitting tribute in this particular arena.

In performance world the pace continues to pick up, and we've even got some work to save the date for; before that though: 

IRL:
This weekend News News News (created with Andy Field + Beckie Darlington) is at Contact on Sat 5 Mar; while You Heard Me is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and Verve is at the Riley Theatre, NSCD both on Fri 4 + Sat 5 Mar.

Next week (w/c 7 Mar) on Tue 8 Mar All Things Equal is at Mayfield and Oddly Moving's Atlasis at The Lowry. Eleanor May Blackburn's Subdural Haematoma is at the King's Arms on 10 + 11 Mar, while for younger viewers, Reckless Sleepers' It's Hot It's Not is at The Lowry (10-12 Mar).

Further afield Transform (9 Mar-9 Apr) kicks off in Leeds with Jaha Koo's The History of Korean Western Theatre while also in Leeds, Northern Connections 22 is at NSCD.
Much further afield Sprint kicks off at Camden People's Theatre on 8 Mar.

The following week (w/c 14 Mar) is busy: Submerge Festival (17-26 Mar) gets going including The Dan Daw Show at HOME, Sarah Leghissa in the street and Pigpen and Nurture at SeeSaw. Meanwhile Phoebe Francis Brown is also at Contact and Lost Dog and Talk Show are at The Lowry.

In Leeds, Transform has The Sound Grief Project, Jamal Gerald + Nadia Beugré.
In Liverpool, Angel Field Festival has Synbia  and Trails while The Truth To Power project arrives in Hudersfield. 

Online: 
You can see Nigel Barrett + Louise Mari's Mystery Trip (5-19 Mar) via The Lowry; while Lancaster Arts has Mind The Gap's A Little Space on Mon 7 Mar, while Transform has The More You Rehearse The Worse It Gets streaming on Wed 9 Mar, then on demand 10-12 Mar. You can also see Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning from Mon 7 Mar.
Plus there's always HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand 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
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

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

After a tempestuous month, let's just hope that March's winds can turn back the tide and blow some positive change on all fronts... 

By contrast, the performance world is still in a bit of a lull, but more is blowing into view:

IRL:
Over the next 10 days: Sadiq Ali's The Chosen Haram is at The Lowry on Thu 3 Mar and News News News (created with Andy Field + Beckie Darlington) at Contact on Sat 5 Mar. In Leeds Small Acts' Future Pub is on Sat 26 Feb at The Holbeck and Verve is at the Riley Theatre, NSCD on Fri 4 + Sat 5 Mar.

The following week (w/c 7 Mar) the pace starts to pick up: on Tue 8 Mar  All Things Equal is at Mayfield and Oddly Moving's Atlas is at The Lowry. Eleanor May Blackburn's Subdural Haematoma is at the King's Arms on 10 + 11 Mar, while for younger viewers, Reckless Sleepers' It's Hot It's Not is at The Lowry (10-12 Mar).
Further afield Transform (9 Mar-9 Apr kicks off in Leeds with Jaha Koo's The History of Korean Western Theatre while also in Leeds, Northern Connections 22 is at NSCD.
Much further afield Sprint kicks off at Camden People's Theatre on 8 Mar. 

Online: 
You can see Nigel Barrett + Louise Mari's Mystery Trip (5-19 Mar) via The Lowry; while Lancaster Arts has Mind The Gap's A Little Space on Mon 7 Mar, and Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing has also landed on their platform until 7 Mar.
Plus there's always HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand 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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As we head into 2 weeks of Queer Contact and vogueing for all, we also see to be heading towards a half-term lull.

IRL:
This weekend,  Motionhouse's Nobody is at HOME (until Sat 12 Feb) while Queer Contact has (I think both sold-out) Scratch on Sat 12 Feb and The Family Vogue Ball on Sun 13 Feb.
Tonight, Fri 11 Feb Levantes Dance Theatre's The Band is at The Duke's, Lancaster and Silvia Mercuriali's Macondo is at the Unity, Liverpool; 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).

Next week (w/c 14 Feb) Queer Contact continues including Emma Frankland's Hearty on Thu 17 Feb and the Vogue Ball is at Manchester Academy on Fri 18 Feb. Elsewhere, Gecko's The Wedding is at Storyhouse, Chester (16-19 Feb); The Empathy Experiment 2.0 is at LBT, Huddersfield on Thu 17 Feb and Rowena Gander's Barely Visible is at Unity, Liverpool on Sat 19 Feb.

Thereafter, the remainder of February and early March seem to be quiet - but you could look out for Small Acts' Future Pub on Sat 26 Feb at The Holbeck, Leeds and Sadiq Ali's The Chosen Haram at The Lowry on Thu 3 Mar. If you want to get ahead, moving into mid March there is then a flurry of further flung festivals with Transform in Leeds and Sprint in London.

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 or CPT Digital

In light of the lull, this Weekly Warning might take a couple of weeks breaks (unless I spot something unmissable) but will be back early March.

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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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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