warnmcr: Friday the 13th, Part II...


So, another Friday the 13th has dawned, the temperature's dropped, the heavens have finally opened, Trumpton is on my mind and, as we at Word of Warning gear up for some Hazardous behaviour, I find myself fascinated by a certain over-inflated orange blimp...
 
Meanwhile, so much for taking a break, no sooner had I hit send on the last Weekly Warning, than I discovered the dates for the Royal Exchange's CO:LAB Festival!
 
Before that, just a reminder that this weekend you can catch Greg Wohead's Celebration Florida at 
Warrington Arts Festival tonight, Fri 13 Jul; and Liverpool Biennial's performance events on Sat 14 + Sun 15 Jul - including Kevin Beasley Performance + Suki Seokyeong Kang: Land Sand Strand – Activation at Tate; Taus Makhacheva Sculptural Signature Facial at Blackburne House; and Iacopo Seri - What Is (A drunken meditation on the mystery of existence) at The Playhouse. 
Much, much further afield, in Croydon, Tempting Failure is also ongoing to 22 Jul. 
 
Next week, Friday 20th is all go: if you fancy a bit of discussion there's a free symposium at the University of Manchester - Kidnap@20: The Art of Incarceration, exploring Blast Theory's groundbreaking 1998 project (no self-promotion here!). Then there's the aforementioned CO:LAB Festival 2018 (Fri 20-Sun 22 July) at the Royal Exchange Theatre - catching the eye are Ali Wilson + James Monaghan's Over My Dead Body; Amy Lawrence's Tuch; Lydia Cottrell + Michael-Jon Mizra's Altar/Alter;and Ali Matthews + Leo Burtin's The Witching Way. 
Plus Waterside Sale has Refract18 Festival including Hawk Dance's Getting From A to B, Chad Taylor's Awakening and Mother's Ruin all on Fri 20 Jul; plus Ellie Dubois's Stuntman on Tue 24 Jul. 
 
I've been trawling the Edinburgh listings and to be frank am not over-enthused. For me, the week to go remains w/c 13 Aug - with the Live Art Bistro ZOO takeover on Wed 15 Aug; and DICE Festival 16-18 Aug at Summerhall - details of which I'll be back with on Fri 27 Jul, alongside my (rather slimmer than usual) long-list. 
 
In the interim - if you've been to a Word of Warning event lately and fancy helping us to know you better, the latest audience survey with Live Art UK is now live!
 
I'm back off to my darkened crypt to prepare for the impending return of the heatwave...

Best

Tamsin
 
PS.  Anyone itching to exercise (or exorcise) their performance urges - the annual call for proposals for Emergency is open til 15 Aug!

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Sat 4 Aug, afternoon | Manchester City Centre
HAZARD 2018 — SHADOW GIRL

warnmcr: the hazards of summer...



So here we are on the cusp of July... When we asked for some heat, I'm sure no one meant a literal inferno - and for once we find ourselves wishing for a good old mancunian downpour. If you can face the indoors, there are a few things still happening (and some of the venues might even have aircon!)
 
This weekend and next week (w/c 2 Jul) there's a flurry of more theatrical activity, from new writing to puppetry - including Gael Le Cornec's The Other at STUN Studio at Z-arts, tonight Fri 29 Jun; and the Incoming Festival (29 Jun - 8 Jul) at HOME.  Of the latter, I don't pretend to know much, but the things that caught my eye were YESYESNONO, Outrage and Boy. Also worth checking out could be Byron Vincent's Live Before You Die at The Lowry on Fri 6 Jul.
 
If you fancy a sortie further afield, in Leeds Adam Young is doing a work in progress at Live Art Bistro on Sun 1 Jul; while yet further, on Tyneside, there's Curious Festival (1-8 July) - catching my eye are Zoe Murtagh's Iconography + Peter Groom's Dietrich: Natural Duty both at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle on Wed 4 + Thu 5 Jul; and the redoubtable Liz Agiss's Slap and Tickle at the Baltic, Gateshead on Sun 8 Jul. 
 
The following week (w/c 9 Jul) is pretty quiet on the home front, though Warrington Arts Festival does have Greg Wohead's Celebration Florida on Fri 13 Jul.  It is however the opening weekend of Liverpool Biennial and there are a few performance events on Sat 14 + Sun 15 Jul - including Kevin Beasley Performance + Suki Seokyeong Kang: Land Sand Strand – Activationat Tate; Taus Makhacheva Sculptural Signature Facial at Blackburne House; and Iacopo Seri - What Is (A drunken meditation on the mystery of existence) at The Playhouse.
 
Thereafter, the summer slump appears to be upon us in these parts, though hard core live art watchers might want to foray to wildest Croydon for Tempting Failure (9-22 Jul).  Closer to home, mid-month look out for Mother's Ruin and Ellie Dubois at Refract18 at Waterside, Sale. 
 
Word of Warning is also sneaking out a mini-outbreak of Hazardous behaviour on Sat 4 Aug, with Christina Jones's Shadow Girl - details are still emerging, so keep your eyes peeled!
 
Unless something unmissable crops up, this Weekly Warning is going to take a break for a few weeks - but will be back late July with a Hazard update; and an Edinburgh preview (heads-up - w/c 14 Aug might be a good time to be in Edinburgh as Live Art Bistro is doing a one day takeover on Tue 15 Aug).
 
In the interim - if you've been to a Word of Warning event lately and fancy helping us to know you better, the latest audience survey with Live Art UK is now live!
 
Have a good July.
 

Best

Tamsin
PS.  Anyone itching to exercise (or exorcise) their performance urges - the annual call for proposals for Emergency opens later today!

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Sat 4 Aug, afternoon | Manchester City Centre
HAZARD 2018 — SHADOW GIRL

warnmcr: feeling hectored...



While the country might be feeling a little hectored, in parts performative we're heading into the calm after this week's storm. Certain colleagues insist that the pursuit of a spherical object in Russia offers all the drama needed, but I'll be flipping a Robbie-style bird at that and going to ground.
 
This weekend tonight, Fri 15 and tomorrow, Sat 16 Jun you can still catch Breach's The Drill at HOME; and Barrel Organ's Anyone's Guess How We Got Here at the Royal Exchange Theatre (also at The HUB, Leeds on Sun 17 Jun).  Elsewhere, tomorrow Sat 16 Jun there's also Eggs Collective's Make Noise In The Library at Parr Library, St Helen's and Living Record Production's Thrown at Bradford Theatre in the Mill.   
 
The remainder of June is pretty quiet.  You could check out House of Ghetto at Tribeca on Sat 23 Jun; or, further afield, in Bradford Stand and Be Counted's Where We Began is also on Sat 23 Jun, and CLASS:The Elephant in the Room is at Theatre in the Mill on Tue 26 Jun; and in Leeds Adam Young is doing a work in progress at Live Art Bistro on Sun 1 Jul. Things haven't quite ground to a halt, however, as June's penultimate day sees the start of a big burst of new writing activity at HOME in the shape of Incoming Festival (29 Jun - 8 Jul).
 
Given how quiet things are, I might give your inboxes a break for a week - so unless something unmissable pops up, I'll be back on Fri 29 Jun. 

Best

Tamsin


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warnmcr: history in the making...



As the city lurches into vast outdoor music festivities, in parts theatrical it's a bit feast or famine... Tonight, Fri 8 Jun you can catch Rachel Mars's Joke Translation Service at the Royal Exchange and Drift at Great Northern Warehouse; or North & South's Theatre with Legs at Bradford Theatre in the Mill; and tomorrow, Sat 9 Jun Motionhouse's Charge is at Media City. 
 
Next week (w/c 11 Jun) is one of total gluttony. Word of Warning is back in action with Deborah Pearson's History History History at The Lowry on Wed 13 Jun (Pay What You Decide) - I don't often do this but it's genuinely one of the best shows I've seen in years, so please don't miss it!  Elsewhere, HOME is also stuffed full with David Hoyle's Diamond (11-13 Jun); Chris Thorpe + Mala Voadora's Your Best Guess (Mon 11 + Tue 12 Jun) and Breach's The Drill  (14-16 Jun); while the Royal Exchange Theatre has Barrel Organ's Anyone's Guess How We Got Here(14-16 Jun) - also at The HUB, Leeds on Sun 17 Jun.  Further afield on Sat 17 Jun there's also Eggs Collective's Make Noise In The Library at Parr Library, St Helen's and Living Record Production's Thrown at Bradford Theatre in the Mill.
 
The following week (w/c 18 Jun) the cupboard's looking pretty bare - but you could check out House of Ghetto at Tribeca; or in Bradford, Where We Began.
 
Fill your boots and join us at The Lowry on Wednesday for a bit of History.

Best

Tamsin


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    warnmcr: half-term, half-life or half-baked...



    Here we are in the hinterland between Spring and Summer - it's the first of June and things are already looking a touch quiet out there.  Tonight, Fri 1 Jun you can catch the Performing Gender event at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds - or - at the risk of shooting myself in the foot: Deborah Pearson's History, History, History at Warrington Festival (*of course* coming Pay What You Decide to The Lowry, courtesy of Word of Warning, on Wed 13 Jun)

    Next week (w/c 4 Jun) it's kind o all about Friday 8th: Rachel Mars's Joke Translation Service is at the Royal Exchange and there's Drift, a new artist-led event at Great Northern Warehouse, plus North & South's Theatre with Legs is at Bradford Theatre in the Mill. Other days have a smattering: on Wed 6 Jun there's the NEWK Scratch night at Live Art Bistro; on Thu 7 Jun Frances Kay's FK vs KT The Showdown is at Huddersfield University; and on Sat 9 Jun Motionhouse's Charge is at Media City. 
     
    The following week (w/c 11 Jun) there's an unfathomably fleeting flurry - with David Hoyle, Chris Thorpe + Mala Voadora and Breach - all at HOME; Barrel Organ at the Royal Exchange (and in Leeds); Eggs Collective in St Helen's and Thrown in Bradford.  Naturally, though, the week wouldn't be complete without carving a small window in your diaries to join us at The Lowry, for the aforementioned very excellent Deborah Person's History History History!  
     
    Enjoy Sprummer..!

    Best

    Tamsin


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      warnmcr: Greatly Depleting Personal Resources...



      ... or losing the will to live. Yes, welcome to GDPR day everybody - hopefully the day when the desperate pleas to stay on mailing lists you never joined finally stop; and email gets back to being the spammed-out-semi-useful tool it was before they started 'protecting our data'! 

      Back in the real world, things are calming down for the Bank Holiday/half term/summer. This weekend Week 53 Festival continues at The Lowry, including Fat Roland's Seven Inch tonight Fri 25 May; Madhouse's Re-exit ongoing til Sat 26 May and Fuse's Dökk on Sun 27 May. Barrel Organ's Anyone Guess How We Got Here is at Theatre Delicatessen, Sheffield on Fri 25 May; and the Pink Suits + Sam Kennedy double bill is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds on Sat 26 May.

      Next week (w/c 28 May) Contact presents Sophie Willan's Branded at The Lowry on Thu 31 May and the Performing Gender event is at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds on Fri 1 Jun.

      The following week (w/c 4 Jun) Rachel Mars is at the Royal Exchange; a new artist-led event entitled Drift is at Great Northern Warehouse; and North & South at Bradford Theatre in the Mill.  Since it's such slim-pickings I'll just take the opportunity to let you know that tickets are now available (PWYD) for Deborah Person's History History History at The Lowry on Wed 13 Jun.

      I'm off to empty my inbox! 

      Best

      Tamsin


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        warnmcr: pulling a blinder...


        I'm exceedingly bleary today after a week in a hot dark room staring at very bright lights to bring you Works Ahead 2018 - huge congrats to both Emma Geraghty and Vijay Patel. From maggots to Scalextric, tequila to Ed Sheeran... there's a handful of tickets left for tonight, Fri 18 May at STUN Studio at Z-arts if you'd like to sample the fruits(!) of our labours...

        Elsewhere this weekend at The Lowry you can still catch Fat Roland's Seven Inch tonight Fri 18 May (also on 24 + 25 May); Night Walks with Teenagers on Fri 18 + Sun 20 May;  MADHOUSE: Re-exit (18-25 May); Swan Lake on Fri 18 + Sat 19 May; and Joseph Toonga + Grace Surman on Sat 19 May (Pay What You Decide tickets still seem to be available for all shows). On Sat 19 May there's also the women only Lone Women In The Not Quite Light-Flashes Of Wildernesshappening late night in a Salford car park; while in Bradford Christopher Brett Bailey's Suicide Notes is at Theatre in the Mill, tonight Fri 18 May.

        Next week (w/c 21 May) Week 53 Festival continues at The Lowry, including the aforementioned Fat Roland's Seven Inch on Thu 24 + Fri 25 May; and Fuse's Dökk on Sun 27 May; while HOME has Scottee's Fat Blokes (22-24 May). Further afield, Cheryl Martin's Who Wants To Live Forever is at Unity, Liverpool on Thu 24 May; Pauline Mayers + Jax Griffin's Nameless is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford also on Thu 24 May; Barrel Organ's Anyone Guess How We Got Here is at Theatre Delicatessen, Sheffield on Fri 25 May; and the Pink Suits + Sam Kennedy double bill is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds on Sat 26 May.

        The following week (w/c 28 May) we seem to have another Bank Holiday lull - though look out for Sophie Willan at The Lowry and the Performing Gender event at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds.

        I'm off to play with toy cars - erm, I mean do some work - in the studio, please join us tonight at Works Ahead!

        Best

        Tamsin


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          • Thu 17 + Fri 18 May, 7.30pm | STUN Studio at Z-arts
          • WORKS AHEAD 2018
          • Emma Geraghty + Vijay Patel (double bill)
          Wed 13 Jun, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
          HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY
           
           

          warnmcr: what's bugging you...



          Today sees me starting the gear-up process for the upcoming Works Ahead 2018 - it's less smell of the greasepaint and more rustle of the kitchen foil as we set about reinforcing the black out... never say I don't treat you to trade secrets..!

          This weekend: Rash Dash's Three Sisters is ongoing at the Royal Exchange Theatre (til 19 May); while in Leeds Live Art Bistro has Sh!t Theatre's DollyWould (courtesy of WYP) tonight Fri 11 and tomorrow Sat 12 May, when it is followed by JUICEBOX feat Mykki Blanco + David Hoyle; and Slung Low's HUB has Cheryl Martin's Who Wants To Live Forever on Sun 13 May.

          Next week (w/c 14 May) it's all systems go. The aforementioned Works Ahead 2018 takes over STUN Studio at Z-arts on Thu 17 and Fri 18 May with a debugging of the Asperger's mind from Vijay Patel and an anthem to body positivity from Emma Geraghty.

          Elsewhere, The Lowry's Week 53 Festival kicks off on Thu 16 May and includes Fat Roland's Seven Inch on Thu 17 + Fri 18 May (also on 24 + 25 May); Night Walks with Teenagers on Fri 18 + Sun 20 May;  MADHOUSE: Re-exit (18-25 May); Joseph Toonga + Grace Surman, in a parent and daughter double bill on Sat 19 May; and Swan Lake on Fri 18 + Sat 19 May.  Quick tip - if you look a bit lively there may be some Pay What You Decide tickets left...

          On Sat 19 May there's also the women only Lone Women In The Not Quite Light-Flashes Of Wilderness happening late night in a Salford car park.

          Beyond Mancunia there's Running Dog Theatre's Wanna Dance With Somebody on Tue 15 May at Axis, Crewe; and Christopher Brett Bailey's Suicide Notes at Bradford Theatre in the Mill on Fri 18 May.

          The following week (w/c 21 May) Week 53 Festival continues til 28 May, with Dökksparking my interest, while Scottee is at HOME.  Further afield, Cheryl Martin is in Liverpool; Pauline Mayers in Bradford; Pink Suits + Sam Kennedy in Leeds; and Barrel Organ in Sheffield.

          Really hoping to see you at Works Ahead - please do come and join us and support these fragile early steps for two new works. 

          And just a final word... for all you eagerly following the riveting EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
          We (Habarts Limited t/a hÅb; + Word of Warning) are processing your data for the purpose of sending you information about new performance in Manchester and beyond; and believe that this is on the basis of legitimate business interests.  You can see our privacy policy here. Should you wish to be removed from this list you can unsubscribe here.

          Best

          Tamsin


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            • WORKS AHEAD 2018
            • Emma Geraghty + Vijay Patel (double bill)
            Wed 13 Jun, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
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            warnmcr: banking the holiday...



            So with the bank holiday looming and seemingly threatening fine weather, the last thing you may want to do is sit in a black box - but if you do...

            This weekend: Rash Dash's Three Sisters is at the Royal Exchange Theatre (til 19 May); while Sh!t Theatre's DollyWould is at HOME (until Sat 5 May); or over in Bradford Gameshow's Dancing Bear, Dancing Bear is at Bradford Theatre in the Mill tonight Fri 4 May. And, if you really want a big weekend outing, GIFT Festival is on in Gateshead (Fri 4 - Sun 6 May - though check before you set out as their online box office seems to say everything is sold out).

            Next (w/c 7 May) is looking a bit on the quiet side but there's the LAUNCH 2018 graduand platform at Manchester College's Waterside Theatre on Wed 9 May; or Lucy Suggate + Conor Schumacher's OK Future is at the Bluecoat, Liverpool on Thu 10 May.  You can also head to Leeds where Live Art Bistro has Sh!t Theatre's DollyWould (courtesy of WYP) on Fri 11 + Sat 12 May, followed on Saturday by JUICEBOX feat Mykki Blanco + David Hoyle; and Slung Low's HUB has Cheryl Martin's Who Wants To Live Forever on Sun 13 May.

            The following week (w/c 14 May) things pick up pace with a vengeance. The Lowry's Week 53 Festival kicks off  with Fat Roland, Night Walks with Teenagers, MADHOUSE: Re-exit; Joseph Toonga + Grace Surman - and Swan Lake.  Further afield there's Running Dog Theatre in Crewe; and Christopher Brett Bailey in Bradford. 
            And, without the slightest glimmer of bias, *the* place to be will be with Word of Warning for Works Ahead 2018 in STUN Studio at Z-arts (17+18 May)!

            Have a nice bank holiday!

            best

            Tamsin


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              • Thu 17 + Fri 18 May, 7.30pm. Tickets on-sale in April | STUN Studio at Z-arts
              • WORKS AHEAD 2018
              • Emma Geraghty + Vijay Patel (double bill)
              Wed 13 Jun, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
              HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY
                

              warnmcr: mayday, mayday...



              Terrifyingly we're already on the cusp of May and with it the looming round of elections... while it might not be 'the big one', in this suffra-versary year, it's definitely time to make our voices heard.

              This weekend: in Mancunia, tonight Fri 27 Apr, there's Rachael Young's Nightclubbing at The Lowry; and Xavier Bobés's Things Easily Forgotten at HOME (until Sat 28 Apr); while in Bradford The Believers Are But Brothers is at Theatre in the Mill (also til Sat 28 Apr).

              Next week (w/c 30 Apr) Rash Dash's Three Sisters starts at the Royal Exchange Theatre (3-19 May); while Sh!t Theatre's DollyWould is at HOME (3-5 May). Further afield there's Two Destination Language's Breaking Bread: On Otherness event at Lancaster Arts on Thu 3 May; and Gameshow's Dancing Bear, Dancing Bear at Bradford Theatre in the Mill on Fri 4 May.

              The following week (w/c 7 May) brings a bit of bank holiday breathing space, but you can find Lucy Suggate at the Bluecoat, Liverpool; while in Leeds, WYP has Sh!t Theatre and the HUB has Cheryl Martin.

              Have a nice mayday!

              best

              Tamsin


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                • Thu 17 + Fri 18 May, 7.30pm. Tickets on-sale in April | STUN Studio at Z-arts
                • WORKS AHEAD 2018
                • Emma Geraghty + Vijay Patel (double bill)
                Wed 13 Jun, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
                HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY