Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

Welcome to Tier 3, now the topsy turvy government poker game has wound down, the chips are being counted but the stakes are still unclear. To date, it *seems* like the optional extras to close cultural venues haven't been invoked: I've been hitting refresh, but as of 1115am there's no mention of any on gov.uk; but Manchester City Council is still holding off saying anything in the absence of full Govt information! 

I'm really hoping that my outing to a real show in an actual theatre - Rash Dash's Don't Go Back To Sleep at HOME (running til Sat 24 Oct) doesn't prove a one-off! The live flurry of the past week seems to have calmed down, but you can still catch Petrichor, a live VR and online experience at The Lowry (26 Oct - 1 Nov), while next up, HOME has Javaad Alipoor's The Believers Are But Brothers (3-5 Nov).

Apologies to anyone reading from beyond Greater Manchester, but since we're now advised not to travel beyond our borders,  for now I'm not going to taunt Mancunians with mentions of live performance beyond these realms... I suspect work purposes might lead me to start looking further afield again in the not too distant; so if you're doing something outside Greater Manchester that you think really fits and should be mentioned, then email me!

Online: this weekend it's all about Black Gold Arts Festival (23-25 Oct) including High Rise Theatre's Lil.Miss.Lad and Travis Alabanza's Smashing Down The Doors (both tonight Fri 23 Oct); Mele Broomes's Surrounding by Listening to Manifestations of Love and Solidarity #4and Cheryl Martin's One Woman (both tomorrow Sat 24 Oct); and The Garden Party Sunday Sessions on Sun 25 Oct.
CLAY's Chasm programme also has Jo Hauge's Kiss and Cry tonight, Fri 23 Oct. 
HOME's Homemakers continues, with new content, including Stacy Makishi's Homeward (house) Bound (5-7 Nov - book early it's a one to one phone encounter and very lovely).
LevyFringe is online until 31 Oct, including, on Fri 30 Oct Janet Charlesworth with Proud + Loud Arts' Article 19 UNCRPD (keep scrolling down the bookings list); while elsewhere Katye Coe, performs perch by Amy Voris from her home on Thu 29 Oct .

As ever keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

I'm on tenterhooks waiting for the Tier 3 edicts so I can finalise (or not) the Emergency programme... fingers crossed we can do it!

Best

Tamsin


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...Tiers of a Clown or No More Tiers, Enough is Enough - the song-pun potential is endless as the great battle of Manchestier3 rages on. Planning live performance becomes ever more precarious as we try to second guess potential impact - will the optional extras restricting performing arts venues be invoked? Can we ask artists to travel? My programming preoccupations aside, looking at the weeks ahead inevitably, the usual pinch of salt caveat is to be employed...

In the physical world, it should actually be quite a busy week or so: The Lowry has Imitating the Dog's Dr Blood's Old Travelling Show on Sat 17 Oct (also at Lancaster Arts, 20+21 Oct); Circuit - a trio of dance and circus works on Sun 18 Oct; and Petrichor, a live VR and online experience (26 Oct - 1 Nov). HOME has Rash Dash's Don't Go Back To Sleep (21-24 Oct).
Elsewhere Krapp's Last Tape + La Voix Humaine continues at Leeds Playhouse to Sat 17 Oct.

Online: CLAY's Chasm programme runs through October and November, including Ellie Harrison's Loose Ends tonight, Fri 16 Oct, Nando Messias's Aurora on Mon 19 Oct and Jo Hauge's Kiss and Cry on Fri 23 Oct. 
In more discursive territory, celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Pan African Congress in Manchester (until Sun 18 Oct) are happening at See My World Festival (Sunday's programme has more performative work); and at PAC@75 - including Tania Camara's Poetics of Freedomaudio work. 
HOME's Homemakers continues, with new content, including Stacy Makishi's Homeward (house) Bound (5-7 Nov - book early it's a one to one phone encounter and very lovely).
LevyFringe goes online 22-31 Oct, while elsewhere Katye Coe, performs perch by Amy Voris from her home on Thu 22 + 29 Oct .
Next weekend (23-25 Oct) sees Black Gold Arts Festival including Cheryl Martin, High Rise Theatre, Mele Broomes and Travis Alabanza.

As ever keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Right, back to trying to piece together a reasonably achievable Emergency programme without too many tiers.

Best

Tamsin


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