Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

So as we wave goodbye to May (if only), we at WoW gear up for a weekend of battling through gridlock in the name of movie-making, followed by a week where the merest glimmer of political hope gets ultimately cruelly dashed...

This weekend you can catch Nigel Barratt + Mari Louise's Margate/Dreamland at the Royal Exchange Theatre on Fri 2 + Sat 3 Jun; and Becoming Storybook is at Hulme Community Garden Centre the next few Saturdays. In Liverpool PhysicalFest reaches its conclusion with Tmesis and Jamie Wood; and in Leeds, Live Art Bistro has Uncanny Theatre's Something Terrible Might Happen tonight Fri 2 Jun and The Gender Roadshow (til 4 Jun)

Next week (w/c 5 June) seems quite quiet, but for a bit of interactivity Blast Theory's Operation Black Antler comes to HOME (7-17 May); while the The Mayers Ensemble's What If I Told You is at Bradford Theatre in the Mill on Thu 8 Jun. Also on Thu 8th, after voting of course, I'm sorely tempted to head over to Leeds for Live Art Bistro's Election Night Special.

The following week (w/c 12 June) Powder Keg are at the Royal Exchange; Qasim Riza Shaheen + LaJohn Joseph are at HOME; while further afield Nick Cassenbaum and Hidden Track are at Theatre Delicatessen, Sheffield.

I'm off to puzzle over location logistics for Richard DeDomenici's 24 Hour Party People Redux. 

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2017

Wed 5 Jul, 6.30pm. £7/5 | HOME

24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE: REDUX

On a blazingly hot morning there seems an irony to the brilliance of sun beaming down on this most sombre of weeks... so for a small touch of escapism...

This weekend there's still Ellie Dubois's Ringside at The Lowry (Fri 26 - Sun 28 May) while further afield, PhysicalFest is  in Liverpool (26 May-3 Jun, this week including Tmesis Theatre, Kallo Collective and Chaliwate); and Debs Gatenby's A Place Called Happiness is at the HUB, Leeds on Sun 28 May.

Next week (w/c 29 May) sees Salford Works 2017 at University of Salford on Tue 30 May with Ali Wilson, James Monaghan and Josh Jones; Mark Murphy/V-TOL's Out of the World is at The Lowry on Tue 30 + Wed 31 May; while Nigel Barratt + Mari Louise's Margate/Dreamland is at the Royal Exchange Theatre on Fri 2 + Sat 3 Jun. Also look out for upcoming events from Becoming Storybook. Over in Liverpool, PhysicalFest continues, including Levantes Dance Theatre, Lauren Silver, Katy Anne Bellis, Ishumi Ashizawa and Jamie Wood.

The following week (w/c 5 June) Blast Theory comes to HOME; and the Mayers Ensemble is at Bradford Theatre in the Mill.
We, meanwhile, will be off making blockbuster movies (!)... and here's an offer you don't get every day - we are looking for named roles and extras for Richard DeDomenici's 24 Hour Party People Redux.  So, if you see yourself as Tony Wilson, Bez or just popping up in a crowd scene, we will be filming on Sun 4 - Tue 6 Jun at various locations.  Most shoots will take about an hour, no experience needed, though we'd *really* like to hear from you if you were in the original film! All the info and how to get in touch is here - please do come and join us!

best

Tamsin


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This week I find myself just a touch relieved to be able to say that there are no Word of Warning events... so I can returning to playing the role of audience member, just for a change...

This weekend there's still Jack Rooke's Good Grief (tonight Fri 19 May) and Kieran Hurley's Heads Up (til Sat 20 May) - both at HOME; while over in Sheffield the Unshut Festival runs til tomorrow Sat 20 May and includes  Jodean Sumner, Thick Richard and Ali Wilson.

Next week (w/c 22nd May) Reckless Sleepers' Schrödinger is at Contact Wed 24 + Thu 25 May; and Ellie Dubois's Ringside is at The Lowry (26-28 May). Further afield PhysicalFest starts in Liverpool (26 May-3 Jun, this week including Tmesis Theatre, Kallo Collective and Chaliwate); while Debs Gatenby's A Place Called Happiness is at the HUB, Leeds on Sun 28 May.

The following week (w/c 29 May) sees Salford Works 2017; Mark Murphy at The Lowry; Nigel Barratt + Mari Louise at Royal Exchange Theatre while in Liverpool, PhysicalFest continues (including Levantes Dance Theatre and Jamie Wood).

I'm now off to pretend to be a movie producer for the upcoming 24 Hour Party People Redux!

best

Tamsin


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This morning sees me take a momentary pause for daylight to write this, before returning to the dark depths of various Works Ahead black-boxes. You've still got a chance to join us in one of those, tonight Fri 12 May - either at STUN Studio for Chanje Kunda's Superposition or at Contact for Toni-Dee Paul's My Father's Kitchen + Tom Cassani's Someone Loves You Drive With Care.  Take your pick from astrophysical lap-dancing or dumplings + deception.  Of course I'm biased but *do* see something - they're all quite special.

Elsewhere this weekend in Leeds, there's Edythe Wooley's Did You Get That From Your Mother? at Live Art Bistro on Sat 13 May; and Best of Both Worlds's A Busker's Opera at the HUB on Sun 14 May.

Next week (w/c 15 May) rounding off our current unfeasible run, Word of Warning pops back up at The Lowry for Stephanie Ridings's The Road To Huntsville on Wed 17 May. 
Contact has James Wilton Dance's Leviathan (Tue 16 + Wed 17 May); and HOME is also busy with Jack Rooke's Good Grief (17-19 May) and Kieran Hurley's Heads Up (18-20 May).
Elsewhere, Milk Presents Joan is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Mon 15 May; the Unshut Festival is in Sheffield (18-20 May); and Afreena Islam's Daughters of the Curry Revolution is at Oldham Coliseum on Thu 18 May.

The following week (w/c 22nd May) sees Reckless Sleepers at Contact; Ellie Dubois at The Lowry; (the relocated) PhysicalFest in Liverpool (26 May-3 Jun); and Debs Gatenby at the HUB, Leeds.

While I dive back into the darkness, please do join us for Works Ahead this evening at Contact or STUN Studio.

best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2017

Thu 11 + Fri 12 May. £7/4 each night; see both nights for £13/7

Two nights, two venues, three new works in development…

at Contact: 7.30pm.

Toni-Dee Paul | Tom Cassani

at STUN Studio at Z-arts: 7.30pm.

Chanje Kunda

Wed 17 May, 8pm. Pay What You Decide | Part of WTF at The Lowry

Stephanie Ridings

Wed 5 Jul, 6.30pm. £7/5 | HOME

Richard DeDomenici

Here we are at the very brink of WoW's Spring/Summer 2017; kicking off tonight, Fri 28 Apr, with the whirlwind that is Turn 2017 at Contact. Ten live and three video works in just the one evening - if that isn't the perfect curtain raiser to International Dance Day, I don't know what is... (no, I hadn't heard of it either!)
If that hard-sell hasn't whetted your appetite, then you could join Becoming Storybook's Secret Garden (Hulme Garden Centre various dates from Sat 29 Apr); take a trip to Sheffield for Jamal Gerald's God Complex at Theatre Delicatessen, also tonight, Fri 28 Apr; or to Lancaster for Hear Me Roar Festival (until 3 May)

Next week (w/c 1 May) if you're still in the mood for dance - there's Rosie Kay Dance's MK Ultra at HOME on Wed 3 + Thu 4 May and Lucy Haighton's Ruido at the University of Sheffield.  For something completely different Thick Richard's Swear School is at Contact (Wed 3-Sat 6 May) and Nick Cassenbaum's Bubbleschmeisis is at the HUB, Leeds on Sun 7 May.

The following week (w/c 8 May) Daniel Bye is at the Met, Bury; Ellie Harrison and French Mottershead are at Lancaster Arts; Mark Murphy is at Blackpool Grand; Nick Cassenbaum is at the LBT, Huddersfield; and the Best of Both Worlds is at the HUB, Leeds.  But of course, you wouldn't want to be anywhere other than at the next stage of Word of Warning's spring production frenzy: Works Ahead at BOTH Contact and STUN Studio!

So while I'm off to wind myself up into a spin, hopefully I'll see lots of you at Turn tonight!

best

Tamsin


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So here I am writing amidst a whirl of singing fish, musical bears and a lot of silly walking... and that's just a normal day in the WoW office! Of course we're a little fixated this weekend as our fourth Haphazard is about to launch itself on an unsuspecting world.  This is not live art for children but live art for everyone - pop in to Z-arts between 12+4pm tomorrow, Saturday 1 April and join us for free... just beware there might be the odd April Fool...

I believe there is life beyond Haphazard this weekend, I'm just failing to experience it... Tonight, Fri 31 Mar AAA Theatre's The Misfit Analysis  is at the Lowry, and Republica is at HOME on Fri 31 Mar + Sat 1 Apr.  Also on Sat 1 Apr at HOME is Sol Picós's One Hit Wonders (sneaky tip use code MANCHESTERTHEATRES at checkout for £5 HOME tickets), or a bit further out, at Worsley Village Library, there's Blast Theory's Take Me To The Bridgewater.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond anyone's control Robert LePage's Far Side of the Moon has been cancelled.

Further afield John Smith LIVE: whatever being is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds, also on Sat 1 April and Unlimited Theatre's Am I Dead Yet? at the HUB, Leeds on Sun 2 Apr.

Next week (w/c 3 Apr) in parts Mancunian things slow right down in WoW territory, but if you want a dance based outing there's STRIDE at Salford Uni on Fri 7 + Sat 8 April.  Further afield you can catch Jenna Watt's Faslane on Fri 7 + Sat 8 April at WYP, Leeds... meanwhile we'll be heading way north for BUZZCUT (5-9 April) in Glasgo.

The following few weeks are a bit confusing as Easter throws its usual spanner in the works.  This Weekly Warning is going to take a bit of a break and will be back on Fri 21 Apr with news of Word of Warning's Spring/Summer programme (sneak preview of the first half below).  So, in the interim, while we haven't found much to talk about in w/c 10 April, in w/c 17 April (immediately after Easter) there's a minor explosion of activity that you shouldn't miss in the shape of Transform Festival in Leeds (19-22 April), plus SH!T Theatre at HOME; and Nick Cassenbaum at The Lowry. 

I'm now off to plot tomfoolery and chaos; fish themed karaoke and a funereal disco - hope to see you at Haphazard!

best

Tamsin
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Performance Programme Spring 2017

Sat 1 Apr, 12-4pm. FREE | Z-arts
HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

Coming soon…
Fri 28 Apr, 7.30pm. £9/5 | Contact
TURN 2017
A whirlwind night of new northern dance.

Thu 11 + Fri 12 May, 7.30pm. £7/4 each night; see both nights for £13/7
WORKS AHEAD 2017
Two nights, two venues, four new works in development:
at Contact:  Toni-Dee Paul | Tom Cassani
at STUN Studio at Z-arts:  Chanje Kunda | Jamil Keating

So here we are officially in Spring -  the evenings are getting lighter and the old and tired among us will be moaning about the loss of an hour's sleep on Sunday!

This weekend sees the finale of SICK! including, tonight, Fri 24 Mar Ahilan Ratnamohan's Michael Essien I Want To Play As You at Contact; and tomorrow,  Sat 25 Mar Milo Rau's Five Easy Pieces at HOME.  Further afield, also on Sat 25 Mar Matthew Floyd Jones's Marksman is at the HUB, Leeds; or further still, over in Hull ReRooted takes place tonight and tomorrow (Fri 24 + Sat 25 Mar) at Humber Street Gallery.

Next week (w/c 27 Mar) sees no let-up at all - with Saturday being crunchpoint.  The Lowry has AAA Theatre's The Misfit Analysis  on Fri 31 Mar and Robert LePage's Far Side of the Moon on Sat 1 and Sun 2 Apr.  HOME welcomes the Viva! Festival including, on Fri 31 Mar + Sat 1 Apr Republica (Juan Carlos Otero, Keir Cooper, Lola Ruerda with Emma Frankland)and the truly extraordinary Sol Picós's One Hit Wonders also Sat 1 Apr. Also on Saturday, out at Worsley Village Library there's also an in immersive sound installation by Blast Theory. We at WoW, meanwhile will be fooling about at Z-arts all afternoon on Sat 1 Apr with the utterly bonkers Haphazard - think singing fish, sax-playing bears and the odd April Fool.  I'm sure there's a way of getting to all of Haphazard, Republica, Sol Picó and LePage - I'll let you know next week if I've figured it out!

Further afield Gary Clarke's Coal is at The Grand, Blackpool on Wed 29 Mar, Unlimited Theatre's Am I Dead Yet? at the HUB, Leeds on Sun 2 Apr and the lovely Levantes Dance Theatres's The Band will be at Preston's Derelict on Thu 30 Mar.

The following week (w/c 3 Apr) things the Easter slow-down starts, but you can catch Jenna Watt at WYP, Leeds or if you're up for a major outing, there's BUZZCUT (5-9 April) in Glasgow!

Have a good weekend and don't forget to change your clocks!

best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.

This week WoW finds itself ensconced in the Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre for the first time, for our run (yes, run!) of Nic Green's Cock and Bull (til Sat 18 Mar).  Tonight (Fri 17 Mar) is sold-out, but there are still tickets for tomorrow (Sat 18 Mar) and all I can say is *don't miss it*!

This weekend you can also still catch SICK! Festival:  today, Fri 17 Mar in Eccles c/o The Lowry there's Claire Cunningham's Guide Gods; and, at Contact,  Hetain Patel's American Man. Tomorrow, Sat 18 Mar at STUN Studio at Z-arts there's Jaamil Olawale Kosoko's Negrophobia; and at HOME, Lucas de Man's De Man in Europe. 
Further afield, Lydia Cottrell's Atlantis is at Bradford Theatre in the Mill, also on Sat 18 Mar.

Next week (w/c 20 Mar) sees the final week of SICK! On Wed 22 + Thu 23 Mar there's Zvizdal's Berlin at The Lowry; and Robert Softly's If These Spasms Could Speak at HOME.  On Fri 24 Mar Hiraeth is in Hulme (though I believe it's sold-out);  Ahilan Ratnamohan's Michael Essien I Want To Play As You is at Contact; and on Sat 25 Mar Milo Rau's Five Easy Pieces is at HOME.
Elsewhere, on Wed 22 Mar Gracefool Collective's Convicts + Lunatics  is at The Met, Bury; and  Catherine Hoffman's free Lunch with the StenchWench is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds; while on Sat 25 Mar Matthew Floyd Jones's Marksman is at the HUB, Leeds.

The following week (w/c 27 Mar) sees AAA Theatre and Robert LePage at The Lowry; and HOME goes all spanish with Republica and Sol Pico. Further afield Gary Clarke is in Blackpool, Levantes are in Preston and Unlimited Theatre is in Leeds.  We at WoW meanwhile will be indulging in a little all ages tomfoolery with the fourth Haphazard at Z-arts.

That's it for this week, except to say that we too are gutted to see the end of Lyn Gardner's Top Tickets in the Guardian. As audience, promoter and northern micro-counterpart we are more than conscious of the value of Lyn's work and how damaging its loss will be, particularly to those of us interested in work beyond the mainstream and outside London. We would like to add Word of Warning's voice to the 40 theatres' call to the Guardian to reconsider its decision.

best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING
Performance Programme Spring 2017

Thu 16 — Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm. £12/10 | Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre
COCK AND BULL
Nic Green
Sat 1 Apr, 12noon-4pm. Free | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2017
A free day out for the curious of all ages with an April Fool's twist.