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Word of Warning... 

Thanks to all who joined us last night for Ria Hartley's Matilda and Me last night at STUN - great to end the season with a sold-out show! Whilst WoW's programme now takes a break til late September, festival season is seriously upon us.

But before that, you can still catch Re:Con's Sensored at Contact, tomorrow, Sat 27 June. It's a day long sensory exploration including Jo Bannon, Frances Kay, Ali Matthews, Façade and more.  Starting at 3pm, it's a bit of a lucky dip with lots of one to ones and small capacities, so getting there early to sign up might be a smart move.  

Next week sees the start of MIF and I have to confess to being a little miftified by their website - in the office we've reverted to the calendar pages of their brochure to get an overview of what's on! (If you are without a brochure we've posted the calendar pages below!) That said, the main thing that jumps out to me is Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes (2-10 July) though Ed Atkins's Performance Capture at Manchester Art Gallery might be of some interest. 

Flare Festival accompanies the second week of MIF (13-18 July).  Recognisable UK names include Sleepwalk Collective, Hannah Sullivan + Figs in Wigs, Rachael Clerke (Clerke + Joy) and Andy Smith plus Jamal Harewood's The Privileged.  Alongside these of course are its USP - the whole host of european guests to get to know! Again there's a lot on and the easiest at a glance is possibly either the the brochure or the booking page - performances take place at the Royal Exchange, Contact, Z-arts and the Martin Harris Centre (University) - generally one around lunchtime, one early evening and one normal showtime.  The nightly triple bills might be a good place to start if you want to catch something but haven't got the whole week.

Unless  something unmissable crops up in the next few weeks, this mailer is going to take a bit of a break and will be back with our quick Edinburgh hints in early August (when we've actually worked out what they are!) and the WoW programme will be back in late September, hopefully in a tower block somewhere in these environs...

Best,

Tamsin

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So, you find WoW poised to head off on a rare safari into the 'country' or at least, the nearest I get : the tranquil little green haven that is Hulme Community Garden Centre for Tom Marshman's We Need to Talk About Bambi (tomorrow Sat 13 June at 3, 5+8pm and Sun 14 June at 3+5pm).  The danger of my general sarcasm is that no one knows when I'm not joking - but for anyone that doesn't know the community garden, it's genuinely really lovely - and you can even indulge in some of Ooh La La's al fresco foodie treats.

You can also still catch Moving Dance Forward, tonight (Fri 12 June) at Contact featuring Joseph Lau, Bridget Fiske, Christopher Owen and Lisi Perry; Theatrestate's Tribute Acts at Bradford Theatre in the Mill on Sat 13 June and Kate O'Donnell's Big Girl's Blouse at Slung Low's HUB in Leeds on Sun 14 June.  Slightly differently, if you fancy a change of life, there's a Life Exchange going on in Macclesfield on Sat 13 June.

Next week (w/c 15 June) seems to be back in lull mode, though on Thu 18 June there's Stella Grundy's Rise and Fall of a Northern Star at Bradford's Theatre In The Mill and Idle Motion's That Is All You Need To Know at the HUB in Leeds.

The following week (w/c 22 June) there's Greg Wohead at LAB Leeds and Re:con's Sensored at Contact and of course WoW is back (with Divergency and STUN) for Ria Hartley's Matilda and Me.

Ponchos and iconic greenroom brollies at the ready - see you and Bambi in the garden!

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Tamsin

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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2015

13+14 Jun, various. £5/3 | Hulme Garden Ctr
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BAMBI
Tom Marshman [booking essential]

25 Jun, 7.30pm. £5/3 | STUN Studio at Z-arts
MATILDA AND ME
Ria Hartley

Word of Warning... 

Finally, seemingly, the storms have given way to some relatively clement weather... just hoping it holds out for our little outing to the urban oasis that is Hulme Community Garden Centre next weekend for Tom Marshman's We Need to Talk About Bambi (Sat 13 and Sun 14 June).

Before that, the performance climate has brightened up a bit too.  At The Lowry, you can still catch Luisa Omielan's Am I Right Ladies?! on Sun 7 June; then next week on Wed 10 + Thu 11 June there's Igor and Moreno Idiot-Syncrasy (you may remember Moreno from a rather unique rendition of Nessun Dorma at Emergency in 2012..!)  At Contact on Thu 11 and Fri 12 June there's Moving Dance Forward, featuring Joseph Lau, Bridget Fiske, Christopher Owen and Lisi Perry.

Over the Pennines there's Theatrestate's Tribute Acts at Bradford Theatre in the Mill on Sat 13 June and Kate O'Donnell's Big Girl's Blouse at Slung Low's HUB in Leeds on Sun 14 June. 

The following week parts Mancunian seem a bit quiet again, though there's Stella Grundy in Bradford and Idle Motion in Leeds.
The combined forces of WoW and Derelict meanwhile are off on a daytrip to see Robert Wilson IN Krapp's Last Tape before coming back for WoW's final show of Spring/Summer - Ria Hartley's Matilda and Me.

I'm off to order rain ponchos as insurance to keep the rain away through to next weekend! Have a good week.

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Tamsin

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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2015

13+14 Jun, various. £5/3 | Hulme Garden Ctr
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BAMBI
Tom Marshman [booking essential]

25 Jun, 7.30pm. £5/3 | STUN Studio at Z-arts
MATILDA AND ME
Ria Hartley

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Here we're looking forward to a bank holiday weekend and a bit of a lull in proceedings, unless you're headed for a certain homewarming...

Still to come over this weekend, tonight (Fri 22 May) in Liverpool on  there's Wendy Houstoun's Pact with Pointlessness at the Unity as part of Physical Fest. Last seen at Hazard 2014, Hidden Track's Scavengers also makes an appearance at Chorlton Arts Festival on Sat 23 + Sun 24 May.

Next week brings Chris Thorpe's Confirmation to the Royal Exchange (Tue 26 - Sat 30 May); Leo Burtin's Midnight Soup to Live at LICA on Thu 28th and Instant Dissidence's auto/mobile to Theatre in the Mill on Sat 30 May. Over in Liverpool Physical Fest has, The Wild Trio (Mon 25+ Tue 26 May) and Jamie Wood's O No!  also at the Unity on Sat 30 May. 

The following week (w/c 1 June) worth an glance is Kathryn Beaumont's  I Told You This Would Happen in Bradford and Luisa Omielan's Am I Right Ladies?! at The Lowry. 

I think that's about it for this week - have a good bank holiday!

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Tamsin

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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2015

13+14 Jun, various. £5/3 | Hulme Garden Ctr
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BAMBI
Tom Marshman [booking essential]

25 Jun, 7.30pm. £5/3 | STUN Studio at Z-arts
MATILDA AND ME
Ria Hartley

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With the election storm clouds blowing over, we find ourselves in rather calmer theatrical time in these parts, though tonight Fri 15 May you can still see: Ellie Harrison, Bethany Wells + Adam Young's The Unfair at Bradford's Theatre in the Mill have or Guillermo Katz's To Sing at Live at LICA, Lancaster.

In the week ahead (w/c 18 May) in Manchester there's David Hoyle's I Victim on Wed 20 May at Contact.
Further afield, in Bradford at Theatre in the Mill there's the intriguing Luca Rutherford's Learning How To Die; on Tue 19 May, while in Liverpool on Fri 22 May there's Wendy Houstoun's Pact with Pointlessness at the Unity as part of Physical Fest (in which also look out for the Wild Trio (25+ 26 May) and Jamie Wood's O No!  also at the Unity on Sat 30 May.)

The following week brings Chris Thorpe's Confirmation to the Royal Exchange; Leo Burtin to Live at LICA and Instant Dissidence to Theatre in the Mill. 

The summer slumber is creeping ever nearer, though we at WoW still want to entice you out for a seasonal stroll in the garden in June with the lovely Tom Marshman followed by the less al fresco but equally lovely Ria Hartley.


Best,

Tamsin

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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2015

13+14 Jun, various. £5/3 | Hulme Garden Ctr
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BAMBI
Tom Marshman [booking essential]

25 Jun, 7.30pm. £5/3 | STUN Studio at Z-arts
MATILDA AND ME
Ria Hartley

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After a long bleak political night, art musings seem a little redundant, save to say that spreading the word that culture matters is going to be ever more vital over the five years ahead...  In lieu of anything more positive to say, here goes with the week ahead.

Contact's Flying Solo (5-9 May) reaches its conclusion but you can still see Ester Natzijl's Watching (Ceci n'est pas de deux), 
Louise Orwin's A Girl And A Gun, and Jackie Hagan's Some People Have Too Many Legs.  We would flag Jamie Lewis-Hadley but it's sold out! Meanwhile in Liverpool, the U-decide Festival at Unity, Coney's Early Days (of a Better Nation) tonight, Fri 8 May.

Next week (w/c 11 May) there's the regular Tales of Whatever at Gulliver's on Wed 13 May and on Thu 14 May, there's Manchester After Hours  including  Li Binyuan's Deathless Love at CFCCA.

Over in Bradford, Theatre in the Mill have Ellie Harrison, Bethany Wells + Adam Young's The Unfair on Wed 13 - Fri 15 May. Up in Lancaster, as part of OPEN15, Live at LICA has Guillermo Katz's To Sing also on Wed 13 - Fri 15 May.

The following week (w/c 18 May) in Manchester there's David Hoyle at Contact, while over in Liverpool there's Wendy Houstoun and Physical Fest.

That brings us to the end of what has been a somewhat 'out of body' mailer - a mildy sprained wrist gained through reckless Bank Holiday D.I.Y  has meant this has been typed by another pair of beautiful hands!
 
Best,

Tamsin

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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2015

13+14 Jun, various. £5/3 | Hulme Garden Ctr
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BAMBI
Tom Marshman [booking essential]

25 Jun, 7.30pm. £5/3 | STUN Studio at Z-arts
MATILDA AND ME
Ria Hartley