Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

warnmcr: taking the biscuit...

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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Performance Programme

Fri 15 Oct, 7.30pm. PWYD | STUN Studio

OREO

Tania Camara

Fri 22 Oct, 7pm. Free | Holden Gallery

CONCORD

Dani Abulhawa

Ongoing to 31 Oct | Various Venues + Online

MANCHESTER INDEPENDENTS

Spotlighting Greater Manchester artists.

Ongoing to 31 Dec. Free | Online

DOMESTICATED

A home for video performance.

Beth Clayton | Freddie Watkins | Heather Bandenburg | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Mahboobeh Rajabi | Nicholas Tee | Oliver Ford | Sandra Bouguerch

warnmcr: the time of our lives..?

As Manchester bids a fond farewell to our ruling class, who undoubtedly had the time of their lives, you can only wonder where the last week went... for me it's been strangely familiar, spending a good chunk of it back in spaces theatrical! The next couple of weeks seem to be following a similar pattern:

IRL:
This weekend, CYC's Everything all of the Time continues until Sat 9 Oct, while HOME has Jennifer Jackson's Endurance (also until Sat 9 Oct). The Family Vogue Ball pops up at the Old Courts, Wigan on Sat 9 Oct and The Met, Bury on Sun 10 Oct.
Also until Sat 9 Oct Imitating the Dog's Dracula: the Untold Story continues at Leeds Playhouse.

Next week, w/c 11 Oct, HOME has Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Wed 13 Oct and Victor Esses'sWhere To Belong
on Thu 14 Oct plus Mark Thomas's 50 Things About Us on Wed 13 + Thu 14 Oct.
Manchester Jewish Museum has Klein Blue + Sophie Ablett's She Seeks Out Wool on Thu 14 Oct; while The Untold Orchestra's Bowie: An Orchestral Rendition is at Niamos on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Oct.

Word of Warning is, of course, back in action with Tania Camara's Oreo at STUN on Fri 15 Oct.

In Liverpool, Unity has One September/Aleasha Chaunte's Out of the Narrow on Thu 14 Oct and SH!T Theatre's Drink Rum With Expats on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Oct. In Sheffield, Theatre Deli has Lekhani Chirwa's Can I Touch Your Hair on Thu 14 Oct; while to the north, in Lancaster, the Duke's has Sophie's Birthday on Fri 15 Oct.

The following week, w/c 18 Oct is a hard-to-categorise hybrid week! There's in person performance including Dani Abulhawa's Concord at the Holden Gallery on Fri 22 Oct, and Mandla Rae's As British As A Watermelon (Sat 23 + Mon 25-Wed 27 Oct) at Contact. The latter is part of Black Gold Arts Festival (19-29 Oct) which sees a mixture of live, online + in person film including ascreening 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.

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.

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

Online:
The Lowry has Tamzen Moulding's Fall, Wake + Exit (until 1 Dec) while HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand. 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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Performance Programme

Fri 15 Oct, 7.30pm. PWYD | STUN Studio

OREO

Tania Camara

Fri 22 Oct, 7pm. Free | Holden Gallery

CONCORD

Dani Abulhawa

Ongoing to 31 Oct | Various Venues + Online

MANCHESTER INDEPENDENTS

Spotlighting Greater Manchester artists.

Ongoing to 31 Dec. Free | Online

DOMESTICATED

A home for video performance.

Beth Clayton | Freddie Watkins | Heather Bandenburg | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Mahboobeh Rajabi | Nicholas Tee | Oliver Ford | Sandra Bouguerch

warnmcr: winter of disinfect...

I can't quite believe it's October already, but the news, yesterday's weather and the ever-glooming evenings all serve to herald this new winter of discontent (and yes I do remember the first one!).

More cheerfully, it was great to see lots of people for Emergency last weekend; and there is definitely an air of normality in terms of things to see - in fact I seem to be clash-juggling left right and centre:

IRL:
Tonight, Fri 1 Oct HOME has Emanuel Bajiiji's Candy Floss (30 Sep - 2 Oct) while Cap & Dove, the travelling micro arts centre reaches its final stop in Wythenshawe on Sat 2 Oct.

Next week, w/c 4 Oct, Contact has CYC's Everything all of the Time (6-9 Oct) while HOME has Jennifer Jackson's Endurance (7-9 Oct) + Cassils's Human Measure on Thu 7 Oct.
The Family Vogue Ball pops up at the Old Courts, Wigan on Sat 9 Oct and The Met, Bury on Sun 10 Oct.

If you've got petrol or want to brave the trains, further afield Imitating the Dog's Dracula: the Untold Story continues at Leeds Playhouse until Sat 9 Oct; while on Wed 6 Oct Katie O'Brien's Catch 22 Years is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield; and Edelia Day's Too Pretty To Punch is at the Duke's Lancaster.

The following week, w/c 11 Oct, HOME has Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Wed 13 Oct and Victor Esses's Where To Belong
on Thu 14 Oct plus Mark Thomas's 50 Things About Us on Wed 13 + Thu 14 Oct.
Manchester Jewish Museum has Klein Blue + Sophie Ablett's She Seeks Out Wool on Thu 14 Oct; while The Untold Orchestra's Bowie: An Orchestral Rendition is at Niamos on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Oct.

Word of Warning is, of course, back in action with Tania Camara's Oreo at STUN on Fri 15 Oct.

To the west, in Liverpool, Unity has One September/Aleasha Chaunte's Out of the Narrow on Thu 14 Oct and SH!T Theatre's Drink Rum With Expats on Fri 15 + Sat 16 Oct. To the east, in Sheffield, Theatre Deli has Lekhani Chirwa's Can I Touch Your Hair on Thu 14 Oct; while to the north, in Lancaster, the Duke's has Sophie's Birthday on Fri 15 Oct.

Keep your eye on new additions to Manchester Independents; and look out for Journeys Festival(15-24 Oct) with a mix of installation and digital work.

Online:
Brian Lobel + Joon Lyn Goh's Sex with Cancer: the Grand Opening is online via Contact on Thu 7 Oct; while the Lowry has Tamzen Moulding's Fall, Wake + Exit (until 1 Dec) and Take This Test on 8-10 Oct.
HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand.
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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Performance Programme

Fri 15 Oct, 7.30pm. PWYD | STUN Studio

OREO

Tania Camara

Fri 22 Oct, 7pm. Free | Holden Gallery

CONCORD

Dani Abulhawa

Ongoing to 31 Oct | Various Venues + Online

MANCHESTER INDEPENDENTS

Spotlighting Greater Manchester artists.

Ongoing to 31 Dec. Free | Online

DOMESTICATED

A home for video performance.

Beth Clayton | Freddie Watkins | Heather Bandenburg | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Mahboobeh Rajabi | Nicholas Tee | Oliver Ford | Sandra Bouguerch

warnmcr: emerging...

So it's the eve of the 21st Emergency. A bit like the Olympics (of the bizarre), this is the 2020 Emergency happening in 2021 and unbelievably it's 10 months since we'd originally intended to do it! Join us tomorrow, Sat 25 Sep, for a walkthrough of the brand new Contact building featuring looping and durational work by Ayzmar, Helena Ascough, Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton, Kelvin Atmadibrata, Lydia Cottrell, Maryam Hashemi, Miray Sidhom, Mitzee, Rowena Gander, Sebastian H-W, Simon Carroll-Jones & Wayne Steven Jackson. It's free but you do need to book a ticket to help keep a safe capacity.

In other Word of Warning news - we can also announce two more shows - finally in person, Tania Camara's Oreo at STUN on Fri 15 Oct and Dani Abulhawa's Concord at the Holden Gallery on Fri 22 Oct.

For some strange reason, I haven't had time to do any real deep diving for shows but I do know that:
Elsewhere IRL:
Tonight, Fri 24 Oct HOME has an Evening of HipHop with new work by Anton Phung and Adam Scott plus Rhum + Clay's War of the Worlds (until Sat 2 Oct) while Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's Dracula the Untold Story (25 Sep-9 Oct)
Next week, The Lowry has Akram Khan's Xenos on Wed 29 + Thu 30 Sep; and HOME has Emanuel Bajiiji's Candy Floss (30 Sep - 2 Oct) while Cap & Dove, the travelling micro arts centre, is ongoing to 2 Oct.

The following week, w/c 4 Oct, Contact has CYC's Everything all of the Time; HOME has Jennifer Jackson's Endurance + Cassils's Human Measure; while the Family Vogue Ball pops up at the Old Courts, Wigan and The Met, Bury.
In general keep your eye on Manchester Independents as new things are still being added.

Online:
HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand.
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.

I'll be back, probably in a couple of weeks with more news of October - in the meantime, hope to see you IRL at Emergency!

Best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Performance Programme

Sat 25 Sep, 12noon-4pm entry. Free | Contact

EMERGENCY 21

A journey for the curious.

Ayzmar | Helena Ascough | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Kelvin Atmadibrata | Lydia Cottrell | Maryam Hashemi | Miray Sidhom | Mitzee | Rowena Gander | Sebastian H-W | Simon Carroll-Jones & Wayne Steven Jackson

Participating artists subject to change.

Fri 15 Oct, 7.30pm. PWYD | STUN Studio

OREO

Tania Camara

Fri 22 Oct, 7pm. Free | Holden Gallery

CONCORD

Dani Abulhawa

Ongoing to 31 Oct | Various Venues + Online

MANCHESTER INDEPENDENTS

Spotlighting Greater Manchester artists.

Ongoing to 31 Dec. Free | Online

DOMESTICATED

A home for video performance.

Beth Clayton | Freddie Watkins | Heather Bandenburg | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Mahboobeh Rajabi | Nicholas Tee | Oliver Ford | Sandra Bouguerch

warnmcr: back to reality pt2...

September finds me a little confused... the sun's finally shining but the telltale traces of the student return are screaming Autumn... it's not a Friday, yet I'm sending this... Without an office, I'm wrestling to get to grips with what the outside world now looks like - masks/no masks; distanced/not distanced; digital/in person... but, for the first time, we are edging towards what looks like an Autumn performance 'season' so this mail might start to approximate something like its BC incarnation... hopefully by the end of September it might even manage a more regular pattern!

In the meantime, a few things to look out for:

IRL
This week in Preston, The Collective Weekender (9-12 Sep) sees a variety of activity including work by Helena Ascough and Krissi Musiol on Thu 9 Sep. Watch out for the ongoing Cap & Dovetravelling micro arts centre - still to visit Oldham, Stockport, Tameside + Manchester by 2 Oct and including work from Joshua Sofaer, Afreena Islam, Jenny Gaskell, Mark Croasdale, Chanje Kunda, Megan Griffith. Plus Chorlton Arts Festival (11-19 Sep) gets underway.

Things start to pick up in the second half of September. Catching my eye in the w/c 14 Sep, the Duke's in Lancaster has Finding Folk (16 Sep) and 666 Comments (17 Sep); and in the w/c 21 Sep The Lowry has Johnny Cotsen's Louder is not Always Clearer; plus more theatrical offerings as HOME's season gets up and running with Rhum + Clay and an Evening of HipHop; and Leeds Playhouse sees the opening of Imitating the Dog's Dracula the Untold Story (25 Sep-9 Nov).

We at Word of Warning, are rebooting the Emergency that lockdown#2 prevented. Taking place at Contact on Sat 25 Sep Emergency 21 is a journey through 11 pieces of durational work. It's free, but please book as we are maintaining socially distanced capacity.

Pace builds as we head for October - in particular keep your eye on Manchester Independents with lots of new work coming up across the artforms; and a quick heads-up for Cassils's Human Measure at HOME on Thu 7 Oct.

Online:
HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running with new content and there's also still MIF Watch On Demand.
Manchester Independents supported project DreamFM asks you to phone-in your stories of what you dream of (until 19 Sep).
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.

I'll be back in a couple of weeks with a more regularly timed mail, looking at what's to come in October.

Best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Performance Programme

Sat 25 Sep, 12noon-4pm entry. Free | Contact

EMERGENCY 21

A journey for the curious.

Ayzmar | Helena Ascough | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Kelvin Atmadibrata | Lydia Cottrell | Maryam Hashemi | Miray Sidhom | Mitzee | Rowena Gander | Sebastian H-W | Simon Carroll-Jones & Wayne Steven Jackson

Participating artists subject to change.

Ongoing to 31 Oct | Various Venues + Online

MANCHESTER INDEPENDENTS

Spotlighting Greater Manchester artists.

Ongoing to 31 Dec. Free | Online

DOMESTICATED

A home for video performance.

Beth Clayton | Freddie Watkins | Heather Bandenburg | Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton | Mahboobeh Rajabi | Nicholas Tee | Oliver Ford | Sandra Bouguerch

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warnmcr: virtual normality...

So, incredibly, it's August already - no idea how that happened. There's an air of normality in the usual performance slowdown and the dawning of Edinburgh but scratch the surface and it's all a bit virtual...

IRL
Watch our for the Cap & Dove travelling micro arts centre - visiting different Greater Manchester locations most weekends from 7 Aug - 2 Oct and including work from Joshua Sofaer, Afreena Islam, Jenny Gaskell, Mark Croasdale, Chanje Kunda, Megan Griffith.

HOMEGROUND is ongoing and has RashDash's Look At Me, Don't Look At Me on Fri 13 Aug; while in Salford, The Lowry has the Big Top in the Park (11-21 Aug) and the Quays Festival takes place 14/15 Aug.

Of course, August is the time for the annual theatrical migration northwards, though it'll be another year without a visit to Tebay for me. At a very rapid perusal of the Edinburgh listings, while there is real life activity happening, not a vast amount caught my eye IRL - a couple of things at Summerhall: Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) by Mamoru Iriguchi and Community Circle – Trevor Lock; plus from Dancebase Jian Yi, Something Smashing, Fran.K and Sheen in the Buff: Late, Live and Unwrapped. In the more mainstream field, both Edinburgh International Festival and The Traverse have some in person work.

Online:
HOME's HOMEMAKERS is still running - look out particularly for Michael Pinchbeck's Cyclical on Sat 14 Aug (bookable 15 min slots. There's also still MIF Watch On Demand.

And now for the Edinburgh online list - apologies for the table format, it's the only way I could get the data out - here are the things that caught my eye at first glance, grouped by promoter, plus there's also the Shedinburgh platform to have a look at.

Summerhall

Cheryl Martin – One Woman

Mele Broomes and collaborators featuring Divine Tasinda and Kemono L.Riot: Grin

Varjack-Lowry - iMelania

Darkfield - Knot: The Trilogy

mandla rae – as british as a watermelon

Sally Charlton - Mother's Milk

MALAPROP Theatre WSTL: Epistles

Horizon Festival

Botis Seva / Far From The Norm - BLKDOG Part 1

Brownton Abbey: Talk Show

Requardt&Rosenberg Future Cargo

Janine Harrington - Screensaver Series

Every Dollar is a Soldier / With Money You’re a Dragon

Dancebase/ZooTV

Start to Finnish in association with Carl Knif Company. Fugue in Two Colors

Red Note Ensemble and Matthew Hawkins - Iconnotations

From Start to Finnish, with Johanna Nuutinen + CO - Opia

Graeme Leak - SAVED

Pleasance

Arthur Smith: SYD

Jodie Irvine - GOBBY

Natasha Brown - I Am (Not) Kanye West

Sian Clarke Experience

Various

GalataPerform - Deserted Shores / Negative Photographs

Caroline Laurin-Beaucage and Montréal Danse - Ground Unplugged

Ana Bayat - Mimi's Suitcase

Joanna Griffin - Miss Honey

Sébastien Provencher and Mathieu Leroux - Bones and Wires

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. Also keep your eye on Manchester Independents - 22 new supported works and a host of other new independent work, emerging between now and October.

I'll be back in September, with a look at what hopefully is more like an Autumn season - look out for a sneaky Emergency date announcement meanwhiles.

Best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Been to one of our events recently (even virtually)? Please help us by taking a few minutes to fill out our online survey , a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency learning about national audiences for live art.

Performance Programme

Ongoing. Online

DOMESTICATED

Date to be confirmed. Donations welcome | Contact

EMERGENCY 21

warnmcr: back to reality...

Welcome back to what I should possibly now call the Monthly Moaning. We've had a few distracting real-world delocation issues to contend with the past few weeks but I'm attempting to peek my head back over the parapet. The absurdly coined 'freedom day' may have been postponed, but there is still a bit of life out there...

IRL:
The Royal Exchange is back up and running with Bloody Elle (til 17 Jul) and HOMEGROUND is ongoing - look out for TransVegas Live on Sat 10 Jul and David Hoyle's Rebellion on Fri 23 Jul. For families, there's Hulme is Where The Art Is tomorow Sat 26 Jun, featuring dance from Company Chameleon

Of course MIF (1-18 July) is about to kick off - for obvious reasons there's limited theatrical live performance: Boris Charmatz's Sea Change would be my top pick (returns only); keep an eye out for The Walk (18 Jul) when details are released; there's Notes on Grief at Manchester Central (5-17 July) or for families at Great Northern Warehouse, there's The Global Playground (2-18 Jul). Of the installation/exhibtion work Arcadia at The Factory has some slots in the wee small hours of Sun 11 Jul; Laure Prouvost's The Long Waited, Weighted Gathering at Manchester Jewish Museum (2-18 Jul) caught my eye; Poet Slash Artist at HOME (2-18 Jul).

Contact Young Company, High Rise Theatre + Level Up's Saturnalia takes to ProjektsMcr skatepark (8-10 July) and The Lowry Uncut - CAT showcase is on Sun 11 Jul. Waterside Sale's Refract 21 is 22-31 Jul including some indoor comedy + theatre and outdoor performance from Kapow Dance, Gravity + Levity, Kate Flatt Projects + Hawk Dance. Fabiola Santana's A Home for Grief soundwalk runs from Contact 29-31 Jul while Thick Skin Theatre have 2 soundwalks: Keep Going Then Vanish (from Cross Street) and Monuments (from Cutting Room Square) available til October.

While us Mancs aren't supposed to be travelling... in Lancaster French Mottershead's Waterborne runs til this Sunday (27 Jun) and Fabiola Santana A Home for Grief soundwalk runs from Sat 26 Jun.
In Liverpool, Capstone Theatre has The Disappearing of Vincent Gambini on Sat 3 Jul + Fabiola Santana's A Home for Grief soundwalk runs from Unity 13-17 Jul. AND Festival also has a series of real world experiences on Merseyside from now until 11 Jul.
In Leeds, Yorkshire Dance has a series of Climate Encounters performances 2+3 Jul and Compass Festival is ongoing with work in July from Joshua Sofaer, Etheridge + Persighetti and Amy Sharrocks.

Online:
Focus has definitely shifted back towards the physical world, but there's still plenty of digital content out there.
HOME's HOMEMAKERS programme has plenty - look out particularly for Michael Pinchbeck's Cyclical on Sat 3 Jul (bookable 15 min slots.
There's also the full MIF Online Programme and Caitlin Gleeson's One Foot In Front Of The Other.
And the ongoing online AND Festival (27 May -11 July).

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. Also keep your eye on Manchester Independents - 22 new supported works and a host of other new independent work, emerging between now and October.

Best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Been to one of our events recently (even virtually)? Please help us by taking a few minutes to fill out our online survey , a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency learning about national audiences for live art.

Performance Programme

Ongoing. Online

DOMESTICATED

Date to be confirmed. Donations welcome | Contact

21ST EMERGENCY

warnmcr: prelude to life...

I rarely do this - but here's a gentle extemporary nudge, not to miss: Tania Camara's Oreo Prelude on Wed 26 May (7pm online, book via Eventbrite). In 2020 we presented Oreo Variations we now invite you to return on Wednesday for a new livestream of unseen material, ahead of returning to in person performance (coming soon!)

Elsewhere, in person, don't forget Emergence Dance Tour at Sale Waterside on Fri 28 May.
The Lowry's ongoing C-O-N-T-A-C-T on Salford Quays and in Central Manchester (18-27 May). SICK! is offering the Soundpaths audio walk through Moston + Harpurhey (from 19 May).
In Lancaster, The Duke's has Rebeeca Atkinson-Lord's The Class Project on Thu 27 May and Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Fri 29 May.

Online:
Lancaster Arts has The Battle of Wits (20-30 May).
Take Me Somewhere Festival (21 May - 5 June) has a massive online programme including the Contact commissioned Mele Broome's Wrapped Up In This on Sat 29 May; and, edging into June, Buzzcut Festival (3-5 June).
The Holden Gallery's Interruptions has Harold Offeh and Michelle Williams Gamaker's The Intersectional Hydra from Thu 27 May; while Independendent Dance has Mary Pearson's How To Be Afraid on Fri 28 May
AND Festival takes place (27 May -11 July) mainly online but with some events around Manchester Ship Canal + the River Mersey later on.

Hoping to virtually see you on Wed 26 May for Oreo Prelude.
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. I'll be back shortly with my attempt to discover what's coming up in June!

Best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Been to one of our events recently (even virtually)? Please help us by taking a few minutes to fill out our online survey , a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency learning about national audiences for live art.

Performance Programme

Wed 26 May, 7pm. Donations welcome | Online

OREO PRELUDE

Tania Camara

Ongoing. Online

DOMESTICATED

Date to be confirmed. Donations welcome | Contact

21ST EMERGENCY

warnmcr: hug it out...

So here we are (allegedly) on the brink of the big one... the decriminalisation of hugging!
More relevant to this missive, Indian variant-willing, in person art returns both indoors and out. Buildings are reopening, bit by bit - most of the galleries seem to be opening from Wed 19 May (with shortened hours); theatres are a much more mixed bag...

We at WoW are tiptoeing back with a studio livestream: in 2020 we presented Tania Camara's Oreo Variations, a choreographic development of one section of Tania's work for livestreaming. Rejoin us on Wed 26 May for Oreo Prelude, a new livestream of unseen material, in collaboration with In Between Time, Bristol, ahead of developing a version for an in person audience.

In person (IRL) - I haven't found a lot of new things since the last mail - so mainly to recap:
Waterside Arts kicks off from the 17 May, with a live programme for Pride in Trafford including Yours Sincerely on Tue 18 May; Disco Tea Party on Thu 20 May; Matthew Bellwood's A Perfect World on Fri 21 + Sat 22 May; Hawk Dance's A Moment + Making Waves both on Sat 22 May. They also have Emergence Dance Tour on Fri 28 May.
The Lowry has C-O-N-T-A-C-T on Salford Quays and in Central Manchester (18-27 May). SICK! is offering the Soundpaths audio walk through Moston + Harpurhey (from 19 May).
In Lancaster, The Duke's has Petrichor on Fri 21 May; Rebeeca Atkinson-Lord's The Class Project on Thu 27 May and Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Fri 29 May.
NEW: Clay in Leeds has Alicia Radage's Quake on Sat 22 May
Liverpool Biennial is entering a new gallery phase from 19 May. Compass Festival continues with a series of works popping up around Leeds;

Online:
The Lowry has Everything is Absolutely Fine online on Sat 15 May and Liverpool Everyman + Playhouse have Lauren Silver's Get Ready With Me (a clown show) livestreamed on Sat 22 May.Lancaster Arts has Protein's May Contain Food (until 16 May). Unity has Scouse Pilgrimage (17-22 May) and The Battle of Wits (20-30 May).
NEW ONLINE:
Arden School of Theatre's UnTapped Festival is online via Contact on Thu 20 + Fri 21 May
Take Me Somewhere Festival (21 May - 5 June) has a massive online programme including the Contact commissioned Mele Broome's Wrapped Up In This on Sat 29 May; and, edging into June, Buzzcut Festival (3-5 June).
The Holden Gallery's Interruptions has Harold Offeh and Michelle Williams Gamaker's The Intersectional Hydra from Thu 27 May; while Independendent Dance has Mary Pearson's How To Be Afraid on Fri 28 May
AND Festival takes place (27 May -11 July) mainly online but with some events around Manchester Ship Canal + the River Mersey later on.

While HOME is physically reopening from 17 May for film and exhibitions, for performance it's a case of checking out the online content, including, as part of PUSH, Superhero Alter Ego.
From London, Battersea Arts Centre has the ongoing Wild Times digital programme and CPT has its CPT Digital Programme until 23 May

Hoping to virtually see you on Wed 26 May for Oreo Prelude.

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. I'll be back shortly with my attempt to discover what's coming up in June!

Best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Been to one of our events recently (even virtually)? Please help us by taking a few minutes to fill out our online survey , a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency learning about national audiences for live art.

Performance Programme

Wed 26 May, 7pm. Donations welcome | Online

OREO PRELUDE

Tania Camara

Ongoing. Online

DOMESTICATED

Date to be confirmed. Donations welcome | Contact

21ST EMERGENCY

warnmcr: hybridity...

Ok, so this is all very confusing... are we locked or unlocked, socially distanced, vaccinated, tested, certificated, live or online... welcome to the hybrid world! There do seem to be some shoots of spring emerging both online and, post 17 May, live... but getting a handle on them is just a bit of a challenge, so bear with me!

Online:
This weekend, Pride Stages has a double bill from Cheddar Gorgeous + Jason Andrew Gueststreaming from The Met on Sat 24 Apr.
Queer Contact takes place 28 Apr- 1 May. Look out for film versions of Mark Croasdale Spilling the Tea + Roma Havers Lob on Thu 29 Apr; Mandla Rae's As British As A Watermelon on Fri 30 Apr and Adam Ali's Hamoody and a live Evening with Cheddar Gorgeous + Friends on Sat 1 May.
The Untold Orchestra's Four Women livestreams on Thu 29 Apr; while The Lowry has Everything is Absolutely Fine online on Sat 15 May and Liverpool Everyman + Playhouse have Lauren Silver's Get Ready With Me (a clown show) livestreamed on Sat 22 May;

Ongoing online:
Lancaster Arts has Silvia Mercuriali's Swimming Home (26 Apr-6 May) and Protein's May Contain Food (7 - 16 May). Unity have Scouse Pilgrimage (17-22 May) and The Battle of Wits(20-30 May).
While HOME is physically reopening from 17 May for film and exhibitions, for performance it's a case of checking out the online content, including, as part of PUSH, Superhero Alter Ego.
From London, Battersea Arts Centre has the ongoing Wild Times digital programme and CPT has its CPT Digital Programme.

In person events (IRL):
Waterside Arts is aiming to get back up and running from the 17 May, with a live programme for Pride in Trafford including Yours Sincerely on Tue 18 May; Disco Tea Party on Thu 20 May; Matthew Bellwood's A Perfect World on Fri 21 + Sat 22 May; Hawk Dance's A Moment + Making Waves both on Sat 22 May. They also have Emergence Dance Tour on Fri 28 May.
The Lowry has C-O-N-T-A-C-T on Salford Quays and in Central Manchester (18-27 May). SICK! is offering the Soundpaths audio walk through Moston + Harpurhey (from 19 May).
In Lancaster, The Duke's has Petrichor on Fri 21 May; Rebeeca Atkinson-Lord's The Class Project on Thu 27 May and Avital Raz's My Jerusalem on Fri 29 May.
Liverpool Biennial is entering a new gallery phase from 19 May. Compass Festival continues with a series of works popping up around Leeds; while AND Festival sails into view (27 May -11 July).

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. I'll be back with news, as and when there's something to say!

Best

Tamsin

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