Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

So, after our excursion to parts south and east, here we are back to the chilly-dark, firework-fuggy days of a Manchester November, gearing up, not only for the next bargain Word of Warning outing but for the panoply of northern festival activity about to land...

This weekend, you can still catch Action Hero's Wrecking Ball at the Royal Exchange; Andy Field's Lookout (City Tower, courtesy of Contact) and Volker Girling's Portraits in Motion at HOME (all running until Sat 5 Nov); plus, on Saturday only, Bridget Fiske & Co After Hours in the Galleries at the Lowry.

Next week (w/c 7 Nov) obviously in parts Mancunian the only place to be is be with Word of Warning at Two Destination Language's Manpower at the Lowry on Thu 10 Nov (£5 TICKET OFFER: Manpower5).
If that doesn't sate your appetite, then it's time to hit the road.  On Wed 9 Nov The Continental, Preston has Louise Orwin's A Girl and a Gun and Theatre Delicatessen, Sheffield has Forest Sounds Theatre's The Church of Jim; and on Thu 10 Nov, Lancaster Arts has Hetain Patel's American Man. 

It's also Autumn Festival time:
In Liverpool, Homotopia has Penny Arcade on Thu 10 Nov; David Hoyle on Sat 12 Nov and Mandy Romero in St Helens on Thu 17 Nov.

In Leeds Compass Festival (11-20 Nov) will be my destination, starting on Fri 11 Nov with Deborah Pearson's History, History, History, continuing over the weekend with Rosana Cade's Walking:Holding, Etheridge + Persighetti's Personal Shopper and Bethany Wells's WARMTH: a mobile sauna.  The second week includes Stan's Cafe, Playing Up, Jordan Mackenzie, Tim Hodge Felicity Barrow, Stephen Hodge, Rhiannon Armstorng and Lone Twin.

Back to Liverpool, the following weekend also sees the start of DaDaFest (17 Nov - 3 Dec) including Liz Carr, Martin O'Brien + Sheree Rose, Project O, Claire Cunningham, Jo Bannon and Tim Jeeves.

Beyond the festivals, the week commencing 14 Nov sees Candoco at Contact; Katy Baird at Sale Waterside; and Barrel Organ at the Royal Exchange.  Further afield there's Reckless Sleepers in Lancaster; Jamal Gerald and Katy Baird in Sheffield; and Josh Coates and Tin Can People in Preston.

I'm off now for a little lunchtime Lookout and hope to see lots of you next week at Two Destination Language's manifesto of maleness in a post-Brexit milieu!

best

Tamsin

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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]

As we at WoW peruse the hefty tome that is next week's Spill brochure, this weekend you can still catch Gecko's Institute at HOME and Thick Richard's Swear School at Waterside, Sale (both until 22 Oct); Keisha Thompson's Man on the Moon at STUN, tonight Fri 21 Oct (technically sold out but check for returns); and Unlimited Theatre's Am I Dead Yet? at the Lowry on Sat 22 Oct.  Beyond Mancunia there's also Katy Baird's Workshy, tonight Fri 21 Oct at Live Art Bistro in Leeds... and for younger viewers Lone Twin's Beastie (til 22 Oct) at Unity, Liverpool.

Next week (w/c 24 Oct) sees Manchester with art-activism at Manchester Art Gallery in the form of Proud & Loud's Cells on Thu 27 Oct; dance, courtesy of Soul's Paths at the Wonder Inn and Clay at STUN (both Fri 28 Oct); and street gaming through Playfuel's Downpour at Manchester Science Festival on Sat 29 Oct. If wanderlust is kicking in, further afield there's Nasi Voutsas + Bertrand Lesca's Eurohouse at the LBT in Huddersfield on Mon 24 Oct, Jamal Harewood's Word at the Unity, Liverpool on Tue 25 Oct, Action Hero's Wrecking Ball at Axis, Crewe on 27 Oct (also coming to the Royal Exchange the following week); and Lola Maury's Figurines + Two To Touch at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford on Fri 29 Oct.  Leeds is also a destination with Yorkshire Dance's Juncture festival (performances 27-30 Oct, including Lucy Suggate, immigrants + animals and Quarantine).  Or you could really push the envelope and join us on the long journey to Ipswich for Spill Festival...

The following week (w/c 31 Oct) seems to be a tale of two cities - in Manchester there's Action Hero, Andy Field, Flexer & Sandiland and Volker Girling; while in Leeds Action Hero pop up again, alongside Mark Thomas

We, meanwhile, are gearing up for the forthcoming Manpower at the Lowry, but, in the meantime, if you've been to a Word of Warning event recently and would like to give us a hand, please complete our online survey - a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency to learn about national audiences for live art.

best

Tamsin

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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]

On the eve of October, we at Word of Warning find ourselves poised (dream-on!) for a double outing of all things -ergency, in the shape of both old faithful Em-ergency and shiny new kid Div-ergency! With this full-on explosion of activity please forgive my self-indulgence in this issue - or just skip the next 2 blocks!

From the sensory to the subversive, the emotional to the eccentric: glimpse the heart of Europe; a blinding revelation; gilded scars and a little touch of magic…
First up is the logistical feat that is Emergency 2016 - you'd think that by its 17th outing this would be easy... but no way... 28 works over 11 hours still has huge potential for cataclysmic failure.  So if you want to indulge in the anticipation of schadenfreude - or better still sample the longest running, most varied day of live work going, join us from midday at Z-arts.  See the return of old friends like Simon Bowes (as Ding & sich) and Paul O'Donnell, or meet new faces like Elena Molinaro and Tom Cassani... The programme runs in 4 sessions: 
12noon-2pm: dip in + out of ongoing performances, installations + 1-2-1s;
2pm-4pm: join us for a series of short sit-down shows;
4pm-7pm: see new spaces, ongoing performances, installations + 1-2-1s;
7pm-11pm: a final burst of short sit-down shows.

From the earth beneath our feet to the stars in our skies, an evening of emerging works by a group of artists as diverse as their subject matter…
Next comes Divergency on Thu 6 Oct, also at Z-arts  - a unique insight into eight new works in various stages of development, from first sketches to ready-to-go shows:
Installation:     6-8.30pm. FREE: Jamil E-R Keating |  Chelsea Morgan | Yvonne Shelton
Tabletop Trio: 6pm. £6/3 (very limited capacity): Maya Chowdhry | Afreena Islam | Toni-Dee Paul
Double Bill:      8.30pm. £6/3:  Chanje Kunda | Cheryl Martin

Anyway, if joining us in our double folly doesn't appeal, elsewhere this weekend you can catch Sh!t Theatre's Women's Hour (til 1 Oct) and Jamal Harewood's The Privileged (til 1 Oct) both at HOME; or further afield, Furnace Festival (to 8 Oct) at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Next week (w/c 3 Oct) is equally busy with Jamie Wood O No! (3-5 Oct) at HOME; and Black Gold Arts Festival at various venues (of which Divergency is a part).   Further afield Vincent Gambini's This is not a magic show is at Axis, Crewe on Tue 4 Oct; and Live Art Bistro, Leeds springs into action with Nicola Hunter's Lost Bodies on Fri 7 Oct, and Panic Lab's Swan Lake II: Dark Waters on Sat 8 Oct.

The following week (w/c 10 Oct) there's Belarus Free Theatre at Contact; and, as part of the ongoing Orbit Festival at HOME you can catch RashDash and Sleepwalk Collective while Waterside, Sale has Mark Thomas.  Beyond Mancunia, Crewe is frenetic with Igor and Moreno, Flexer & Sandiland and Vincent Gambini touring and Live Art Bistro, Leeds has Jamal Gerald.

best

Tamsin

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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Sat 1 Oct, 12noon-10pm. FREE | Z-arts
EMERGENCY 2016
A free day-out for the curious

Thu 6 Oct, 6-10pm
DIVERGENCY
An evening of the different
6-8.30pm. FREE | Z-arts
Installation
Jamil Keating | Chelsea Morgan | Yvonne Shelton

6pm. £6/3 (very ltd capacity) | Z-arts
Tabletop Trio
Maya Chowdhry | Afreena Islam | Toni-Dee Paul

8.30pm. £6/3 | STUN Studio/Z-arts
Double Bill
Chanje Kunda | Cheryl Martin

Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]

So here we are, the students have landed and we find ourselves just a week from the tumult of the 17th Emergency - check out its full unfeasibility online now..!

But before that, this weekend, you can still catch see the Bryony Kimmings + Brian Lobel penned A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer at HOME (until Sat 24 Sept) or join Democracy Outside in Exchange Square on Sat 24 Sept.

Next week (w/c 26 Sept) gets busy! There's Rachael Young's I, Myself and Me at the Lowry on Thu 29 Sept; or Sh!t Theatre's Women's Hour (29 Sep - 1 Oct) and Jamal Harewood's The Privileged (30 Sep + 1 Oct) both at HOME; or further afield, Furnace Festival at West Yorkshire Playhouse. 

Then of course there's the small matter of the aforementioned Emergency 2016 at Z-arts on Sat 1 Oct... I'm not sure what made me think that 29 pieces in a single day was a good idea, but we will be attempting that very feat, so please do join us for a true free performance marathon!

The following week (w/c 3 Oct) is equally busy with Jamie Wood at HOME, Vincent Gambini at Axis, Crewe, Black Gold Arts Festival - and as if Emergency wasn't enough, we at WoW will be back with Divergency - another 8 works in development!

I'll leave you now to return to the joys of Emergency risk assessments!

best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Been to one of our events recently? 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.

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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Sat 1 Oct, 12noon-10pm. FREE | Z-arts
EMERGENCY 2016
A free day-out for the curious

Thu 6 Oct, 6-10pm
DIVERGENCY
An evening of the different
6-8.30pm. FREE | Z-arts
Installation
Jamil Keating | Chelsea Morgan | Yvonne Shelton

6pm. £6/3 (very ltd capacity) | Z-arts
Tabletop Trio
Maya Chowdhry | Afreena Islam | Toni-Dee Paul

8.30pm. £6/3 | STUN Studio/Z-arts
Double Bill
Chanje Kunda | Cheryl Martin

Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]

Epic heatwaves and apocalyptic deluges, while the country obsesses about baking... not the synopsis of Emergency but the first week of British autumn... We at Word of Warning prefer our waters calmer - so this weekend are off to the blue calm of the Royal Exchange Studio for Rachel Mars Our Carnal Hearts (tonight Fri 16 + tomorrow Sat 17 Sept) and are mulling a dive across the quays to the Lowry to take a pick from Strawberry Blonde Curls' Tanja (also 16+17 Sept), and Tim Crouch + the Royal Court's Adler and Gibb (ongoing til 17 Sep).  And if you're after a brolly - you could check out Chun Hua Catherine Dong's The Yellow Umbrella at Islington Mill on Sat 17 Sep.

Next week (w/c 19 Sept) the waters seems strangely calm - but you can see the Bryony Kimmings + Brian Lobel penned A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer at HOME (20-24 Sept) or for a bit of hazard-like action: Democracy Outside in Exchange Square on Sat 24 Sept.

The following week (w/c 26 Sept) heats up metaphorically with Sh!t Theatre and Jamal Harewood at HOME; Rachael Young at the Lowry and Furnace Festival at West Yorkshire Playhouse. 
But of course, *you* wouldn't want to watch the unfeasibly jam-packed hothouse that is the 17th Emergency at Z-arts.

Time to return to polishing our very shiny, animalistic new print... keep your eyes peeled for all 4 of the new Word of Warning season cards!

best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Been to one of our events recently? 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.

Spread the word that #CultureMatters | Watch and share the new ACE video

Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Sat 1 Oct, 12noon-10pm. FREE | Z-arts
EMERGENCY 2016
A free day-out for the curious (artists tbc)

Thu 6 Oct, 6-10pm
DIVERGENCY
An evening of the different
6-8.30pm. FREE | Z-arts
Installation
Jamil Keating | Chelsea Morgan | Yvonne Shelton

6pm. £6/3 (very ltd capacity) | Z-arts
Tabletop Trio
Maya Chowdhry | Afreena Islam | Toni-Dee Paul

8.30pm. £6/3 | STUN Studio/Z-arts
Double Bill
Chanje Kunda | Cheryl Martin

Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]

So here we go again... shockingly it's officially Autumn, the schools are back (the students will be soon) and those fortunate enough to have holidays are dragging themselves back to work... it also means that the performance world is waking back up after its caledonian foray...

We at Word of Warning are also emerging out of our self-imposed summer hermitry to launch a ferocious (or at least furry) season on the unsuspecting burgers of Mancunia. Kicking off in traditional style with Emergency (it's 17 this year - seriously, would you let this event drive?!), followed hard on by its brand new baby sibling Divergency, then a brief pause before returning with a little manpower and a special comeback.

But before all that, tonight (Fri 9 Sep) you can catch Joey Hateley's diRTy at Z-arts, and the Meraki Collective's TranspireMcr at Islington Mill; or over the weekend Matthew Bellwood + Alison Andrews' The Story Is Not Set In Stone at Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley (Leeds).

Next week (w/c 12 Sept) things pick up pace - with Rachel Mars Our Carnal Hearts at the Royal Exchange Studio on 16+17 Sept, while the Lowry really gets into the swing of things with both Strawberry Blonde Curls' Tanja (16+17 Sept), and, for the more theatrically minded: Tim Crouch + the Royal Court's Adler and Gibb (13-17 Sep).  For something completely different, check out Chun Hua Catherine Dong's The Yellow Umbrella at Islington Mill on Sat 17 Sep.

Coming up the following week (w/c 19 Sept) look out for Bryony Kimmings + Brian Lobel at HOME, or for a bit of hazard-like action: Democracy Outside in Exchange Square.

I'm back to pruning the rare shrub that is the Emergency programme, which is currently looking a little overgrown..!

best

Tamsin

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Been to one of our events recently? 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.

Spread the word that #CultureMatters

Word of Warning
Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2016
Sat 1 Oct, 12noon-10pm. FREE | Z-arts
EMERGENCY 2016
A free day-out for the curious (artists tbc)

Thu 6 Oct, 6-10pm
DIVERGENCY
An evening of the different
6-8.30pm. FREE | Z-arts
Installation
Jamil Keating | Chelsea Morgan | Yvonne Shelton

6pm. £6/3 (very ltd capacity) | Z-arts
Tabletop Trio
Maya Chowdhry | Afreena Islam | Toni-Dee Paul

8.30pm. £6/3 | STUN Studio/Z-arts
Double Bill
Chanje Kunda | Cheryl Martin

Thu 10 Nov, 8pm. £12/10 | The Lowry
MANPOWER
Two Destination Language

Tue 22 — Thu 24 Nov, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Greg Wohead [post-show Q&A Tue 22]