warnmcr: Aloha Manchester


Word of Warning

We, at Word of Warning, busy gearing up to welcome the marvellous Stacy Makishi. Whilst we can't promise meatballs or the mob, we are plotting some Hawaiian-inspired frivolity as a post-show, end of season festivity. 

Stacy Makishi's The Falsettos at Z-arts, tonight, Fri 29 Nov and this is your last chance to grab a bargain double-ticket (£15/8) for that and Bryony Kimmings's Credible, Likeable Superstar Role Model at Contact on Sat 30 Nov as the offer closes today at 5pm. 
For a full-on Saturday experience, join our friends The Larks at Contact from 5pm.

Elsewhere, tonight Fri 29 Nov,  Third Angel's The Life and Loves of A Nobody (work in progress) is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and in Stockport Rachel Dean's Nativity is at St Mary's Church.

Looking ahead into December, things are starting to quieten down.  Contact has First Floor Theatre's Our Front Room (4-7 Dec) and Mother's Ruin (Fri 6 Dec).

For the dance-oriented, not to be missed is Yorkshire Dance's Arrivals/Departures in Leeds on Fri 6 and Sat 7 December, with European inspired work by Moreno Solinas/Moreno + Igor, Jordan Massarella, Riccardo Meneghini, Carlos Pons Guerra and more. 

Uncanny Theatre's Instructions for a Better Life is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford on Fri 6 Dec; and on Sat 7 Dec. Beyond that, also in Bradford, there's Jane Wakeman Company's The Wake (10-14 Dec) and the last Tales of Whatever of the year at The Castle on Wed 11 December... after which I'm not sure that there's a vast amount to talk of apart from panto.

So, this may be our final Word of Warning of the year unless we spot something we've monumentally missed or get excited by! Aside from that, WoW will be back sometime in January as the new season gets into its swing.

Really hoping to see loads of you tonight at Z-arts to give this, our second full year of Word of Warning a rousing send-off with the lovely Stacy Makishi otherwise see you all in 2014!

best

Tamsin


Still to come on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: feisty females...


Word of Warning

I'm reeling a bit from our domestic excesses - not leaving the place that you live for 2 weeks does funny things to you - but a huge thanks to artists, audiences and volunteers alike.

Still to come this week is Spectacle is at the Media Factory, Preston, tonight Fri 22 Nov - and PGB's They Never Let Me Play at Contact tonight and tomorrow (though I've heard rumbles that it may be sold out.)

Next week (w/c 25 Nov) in Manchester, Word of Warning is back in action with our season closer: Stacy Makishi's The Falsettos at Z-arts on Fri 29 Nov. For a double-fix of feisty females, team that with Bryony Kimmings's Credible, Likeable Superstar Role Model at Contact on Saturday 30 Nov with a bargain double-ticket (£15/8)... plus join in The Larks larking about from 5pm on Sat 30th, also at Contact.  And, whilst I don't normally mention exhibitions, just a quick word for former DooCot member, Nenagh Watson's DEADpuppet at Z-arts from Mon 25 Nov.     

Elsewhere, Laila Diallo's Hold Everything Dear is at Live at LICA on Tue 26 Nov; Third Angel's The Life and Loves of A Nobody (work in progress) is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford on Fri 29th, and also on Fri 29th in Stockport at St Mary's Church is Rachel Dean's Nativity.

Looking ahead into December, things are starting to quieten down, but there's Mother's Ruin at Contact;  Uncanny Theatre in Bradford and J.Fergus Evans at the Duke's, Lancaster.

My final word of warning, therefore is to get out and see stuff now, before the slow creep of xmas erases culture from the map... chiefly of course, join us at our end of season blow-out with the marvellous Ms Makishi.

best

Tamsin


Still to come on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: domestic bliss

Word of Warning

With slight trepidation after last week's multiple technology gremlins, here goes with this week's Word of Warning!

Very last call to join me at home, for the final weekend of Domestic this Sat 16 and Sun 17 Nov at Cooper House.  There are still spaces left for the very charming Greg Wohead's I like the way you wear your hair and you can team that with a pair of individual experiences: Jo Bannon's Exposure and Small Acts Shower Scenes plus Alex Bradley + Scott Smith's Field Test in Garageland is ongoing. J. Fergus Evans's My heart is hitch-hiking down Peach Tree Street has literally one or two available tickets on Sunday. We strongly advise booking online before the end of today, though you can sign up for any remaining spaces and returns in person on the day(s) at our lovely garage box office. For ticket enquiries on the day call 0758 129 9439.

Beyond my tower block domain life goes on, and in Liverpool Two Destination Language + Natasha Davis are at The Capstone, Liverpool Hope University tonight Fri 15th; and West Yorkshire Playhouse's Furnace is on Fri 15 and Sat 16 Nov.

Saturday 16th is generally busy - in Liverpool, Affront is at Homotopia and House of Suarez:Vogue-Deco at the Bluecoat; whilst in Yorkshire Stan's Cafe's The Anatomy of Melancholy is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, and closer to home Kieran Hurley's Beats is at Contact.

Next week, (w/c 18 Nov) the lavishly eccentric Levantes Dance Theatre's Two Peas Without A Pod is at the Rose Theatre, Edgehill University on Mon 18 Nov;  Stan's Cafe's The Anatomy of Melancholy is at Live at LICA, Tue 19 + Wed 20 Nov, Lancaster; and Spectacle is at the Media Factory, Preston on Fri 22 Nov.
Closer to home PGB's They Never Let Me Play is at Contact on Fri 22 and Sat 23 Nov.

The following week (w/c 25 Nov) sees Laila Diallo at Live at LICA; Third Angel in a work in progress at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and our stablemates The Larks gaming at Contact.  Word of Warning springs back into life for its final outing of the season with Stacy Makishi's The Falsettos at Z-arts.  Combine that with Bryony Kimmings at Contact on the Saturday with a bargain double-ticket (£15/8).

It's all very well getting 1/4 ton of potatoes onto the 8th floor and worth it for the hot coals effect but figuring out getting them out again - that's another matter.  I'm off back to my glamorous life!

best

Tamsin


Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: domestic dramas continue...corrected!

warnmcr: domestic dramas continue...corrected!

Word of

Correction: Oops so the game's up, I can't actually time travel. I do write these in advance and schedule them, but the gremlins of technology have chosen to send this week's WoW out a day early... so for anything saying tonight on the first mailer read tomorrow etc - or see corrected version below!



And so, with a car park full of twinkling fairy lights, a quarter of a ton of potatoes and fifty peaches on order, we are holding our breath to kick off Domestic tomorrow night.  Lyn Gardners's lovely Guardian Guide preview didn't take account of the fact that, shockingly, not everyone knows the well-known Manchester arts venue: Cooper House... so here's a clue, it's a red brick block of flats, a stone's throw from the RNCM, between Trinity High School and the Gamecock pub!

Fri 8 + Sat 9 Nov we start with Alex Bradley + Scott Smith's Field Test in Garageland, Small Acts Shower Scenes and the vacuum cleaner's Mental (sold out). Continuing next week with a brand new piece Leentje Van de Cruys's Kitsch'n Sink (Thu 14 + Fri 15 Nov), then Sat 16 + Sun 17 Nov sees a pairing of J. Fergus Evans's My heart is hitch-hiking down Peach Tree Street and Greg Wohead's I like the way you wear your hair plus Jo Bannon's Exposure (with Field Test and Shower Scenes continuing).  For ticket enquiries on the day call 0758 129 9439.

In my frantically domesticated mind, there is no life beyond the perimeter of my home, but unbelievably elsewhere the world goes on! In Liverpool Homotopia has Rosana Cade's Walking Holding, a Triple Dance Bill and David Hoyle (all Sat 9 Nov). 

The coming week (w/c 11 Nov) continues to be busy round the region, with Sleepwalk Collective's Amusements (plus Paul O'Donnell's So Far West) on Wed 13 + Thu 14th, at Axis, Crewe; Every House Has Its Door's Testimonium at Live at LICA also on Wed 13th; Two Destination Language + Natasha Davis at The Capstone, Liverpool Hope University on Fri 15th and West Yorkshire Playhouse's Furnace is on Fri 15 and Sat 16 Nov.

Saturday 16th is generally busy - in Liverpool, Affront is at Homotopia and House of Suarez:Vogue-Deco at the Bluecoat; whilst  in Yorkshire Stan's Cafe's The Anatomy of Melancholy is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, and closer to home Kieran Hurley's Beats is at Contact.

Coming up the following week (w/c 18 Nov) is one of our last ever Method Lab commissions - Levantes Dance Theatre's Two Peas Without A Pod at Edgehill University (they're also showing work with students on 13+14th);  Stan's Cafe at Live at LICA; Spectacle at the Media Factory, Preston and PGB at Contact.

Back to the housework...in reality to take delivery of the potatoes... hoping to see you at our very own 'at home'!

best

Tamsin


Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: domestic dramas continue

warnmcr: domestic dramas continue
 

 Word of Warning...



And so, with a car park full of twinkling fairy lights, a quarter of a ton of potatoes and fifty peaches on order, we are holding our breath to kick off Domestic tonight.  Lyn Gardners's lovely Guardian Guide preview didn't take account of the fact that, shockingly, not everyone knows the well-known Manchester arts venue: Cooper House... so here's a clue, it's a red brick block of flats, a stone's throw from the RNCM, between Trinity High School and the Gamecock pub!

Tonight (Fri 8 + tomorrow Sat 9 Nov) we start with Alex Bradley + Scott Smith's Field Test in Garageland, Small Acts Shower Scenes and the vacuum cleaner's Mental (sold out). Continuing next week with a brand new piece Leentje Van de Cruys's Kitsch'n Sink (Thu 14 + Fri 15 Nov), then Sat 16 + Sun 17 Nov sees a pairing of J. Fergus Evans's My heart is hitch-hiking down Peach Tree Street and Greg Wohead's I like the way you wear your hair plus Jo Bannon's Exposure (with Field Test and Shower Scenes continuing).  For ticket enquiries on the day call 0758 129 9439.

In my frantically domesticate mind, there is no life beyond the perimeter of my home, but unbelievably elsewhere the world goes on! In Liverpool Homotopia has Rosana Cade's Walking Holding, a Triple Dance Bill and David Hoyle (all tomorrow Sat 9 Nov). 

The coming week (w/c 11 Nov) continues to be busy round the region, with Sleepwalk Collective's Amusements (plus Paul O'Donnell's So Far West) on Wed 13 + Thu 14th, at Axis, Crewe; Every House Has Its Door's Testimonium at Live at LICA also on Wed 13th; Two Destination Language + Natasha Davis at The Capstone, Liverpool Hope University on Fri 15th and West Yorkshire Playhouse's Furnace is on Fri 15 and Sat 16 Nov.

Saturday 16th is generally busy - in Liverpool, Affront is at Homotopia and House of Suarez:Vogue-Deco at the Bluecoat; whilst  in Yorkshire Stan's Cafe's The Anatomy of Melancholy is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, and closer to home Kieran Hurley's Beats is at Contact.

Coming up the following week (w/c 18 Nov) is one of our last ever Method Lab commissions - Levantes Dance Theatre's Two Peas Without A Pod at Edgehill University (they're also showing work with students on 13+14th);  Stan's Cafe at Live at LICA; Spectacle at the Media Factory, Preston and PGB at Contact.

Back to the housework... hoping to see you at our very own 'at home'!

best

Tamsin


Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: having a domestic


Word of Warning...

Welcome to November, dark nights, loud bangs, bright flashes, and when, with keys newly in my hot little hand, we look forward to moving into the Domestic flats... I see a weekend of household chores ahead!

Tonight, meanwhile, Forced Entertainment's All Tomorrow's Parties continues at Contact followed by a rehearsed reading of And Night Follows Day on the afternoon of Sat 2 Nov. 

Next week (w/c 4 Nov) Axis Arts Centre is busy with GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN's Number 1, the Plaza on Tues 5 Nov and Florence Peake's Make on Thurs 7 Nov, while Company Chameleon's double bill Eden + The Pictures We Make is at Live at LICA, Lancaster on Weds 6th.

Over in Liverpool, worth checking out at Homotopia are: Joseph Mercier's Of Saints and Go-go Boys (Wed 6); Dickie Beau's  Lost in Trans (Wed 6 + Thu 7) Rosana Cade's Walking Holding, a Triple Dance Bill and David Hoyle (all on Sat 9 Nov).   Also in Liverpool, a new space to us,  the Lantern, has Nostalgia>>2012 on Tues 7 Nov followed, on Wed 8 Nov by Lena Simic's 1994 (a hÅb/WoW commission). 

MUCH closer to home, in Manchester, Domestic kicks off at Cooper House (M15 6DX) on Fri 8th + Sat 9 Nov with three pieces: Alex Bradley + Scott Smith's Field Test in Garageland (we're only saying by appointment so we know to let you in - you can just ring the box office phone on arrival too!), Small Acts Shower Scenes (yes you get to take a shower, but really, honestly there's NO ONE watching  and it's a really gentle experience - I'm a wuss and I've done it) and the, the vacuum cleaner's Mental (unfortunately already sold out).

Domestic continues the following week with Leentje Van de Cruys's Kitsch'n Sink (Thu 14 + Fri 15 Nov), then our big weekend of Sat 16 + Sun 17 Nov sees a pairing of J. Fergus Evans's My heart is hitch-hiking down Peach Tree Street and Greg Wohead's I like the way you wear your hair plus Jo Bannon's Exposure (with Field Test and Shower Scenes continuing).

Elsewhere, the week of 11 Nov continues to be busy round the region, with Kieran Hurley's Beats at Contct; Sleepwalk Collective at Axis, Crewe; Every House Has Its Door at Live at LICA; Two Destination Language + Natasha Davis at The Capstone, Liverpool Hope; Affront at Homotopia; Vogue-Deco at the Bluecoat; Stan's Cafe at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford.

I'm off to clean a flat, or three (such a glamorous life) and look forward to welcoming you home...

best

Tamsin


Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: forcing it home...


Word of Warning...

I seem to be increasingly writing these through the power of time-travel... or maybe I've finally succeeded in cloning myself (be afraid)... as I'm presently actually carrying out interviews with a lovely group of possible interns!

Next week (w/c 28 Oct) seems quite calm - the big event being the arrival of Forced Entertainment's All Tomorrow's Parties (Wed 30- Sat 2 Nov) at Contact; Reckless Sleepers' String Section is at Axis, Crewe on Tues 29 Oct and Mary Pearson's Failure is at the Unity, Liverpool on Wed 30 Oct.

The following week (w/c 4 Nov) gets crazy again with GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN and Florence Peake at Axis; Homotopia in full swing in Liverpool, with performances by Joseph Mercier, Rosana Cade, David Hoyle and Dickie Beau; Lena Simic also in Liverpool at the Lantern;  and Company Chameleon at Live at LICA.

We meanwhile enter the Domestic fray on Friday 8th,  and the real meaning of taking work home has started to sink in! We've sold over 100 tickets and whilst the vacuum cleaner's Mental is already sold-out, there are still spaces for all the other shows, the one to ones and the garage installation!

best

Tamsin


Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: woman on the verge...


Word of Warning...

Brought to you by the power of time travel as I'm actually currently in Liverpool at Hope Street Ltd's On The Verge, a sited festival featuring emerging artists working in a variety spaces all over Liverpool city centre (running until this Sunday 20 October). Also in Liverpool,  Philip Jeck & Rebecca Sharp are at the Bluecoat, Liverpool tonight, Fri 18th.

In the Manchester environs next week, Tim Crouch's I, Malvolio comes to Z-arts on Tues 22 Oct (daytime);  Michael Clark visits the Lowry on Weds 23 Oct, and the Assemble DIY performance platform event is at Sand Bar, Grosvenor St, Manchester on Thurs 24 Oct.

Further afield,  Zoo Indigo's Doublebill is at Live at LICA, Lancaster on Tues 22 Oct; La Petite Morte's No Big Deal (two works by Ellen Turner and George Adams) at Edgehill on Thurs 24th; and New Art Club's Feel About Your Body is at Axis, Crewe also on Thurs 24th.

The following week (w/c 28 Oct) sees Forced Entertainment land at Contact; Reckless Sleepers at Axis Crewe, Mary Pearson at the Unity, Liverpool.

Back to my time-travelling ways in Liverpool and wondering how I'll get to Leeds by this evening.

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013
Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600


warnmcr: not so ugly...

Word of Warning...

A big thanks to everyone who joined us for last Saturday's Emergency - we had a great time and we hope you did too.  At the risk of cheese-factor, the warmth and enthusiasm of the audience really makes an event and the Emergency audiences gets 5 stars!

On to regular business, we're at it again, tonight Fri 11 and tomorrow Sat 12 October, this time at (and with) Contact for the full-on blast that is RashDash's Ugly Sisters.

Ailis Ni Rian's A Shadow on Summer is ongoing at The Waterside, Sale (10-12 Oct), as is Hannah Silva's The Disappearance of Sadie Jones at the Lowry; and the annual Manchester Weekender (10-13 Oct) has kicked off all over the city.

Next week Manchester feels a bit quieter, but there's Caroline Horton + Company's Mess
at Contact on Wed 16 + Thu 17 Oct, and on Sat 19th, Z-arts has The Icebook (nb keep scrolling down!)

Further afield, Live at LICA, Lancaster is seriously busy with Forced Entertainment's Tomorrow's Parties  on Tue 15 + Wed 16 (also at Contact at the end of the month) and Tim Crouch & A Smith on Thu 17, followed by Tim Crouch's I, Malvolio (18+19th daytime - also coming to Z-arts and elsewhere).

Retina Dance's Corporalis is at Edgehill on Thu 17th; young Leeds company The Skeleton Project's Fall is at Stage@Leeds (17-19 Oct) and Philip Jeck & Rebecca Sharp are at the Bluecoat, Liverpool on Fri 18th.

The week after (w/c 21 Oct) things to look out for are  Zoo Indigo at Live at LICA; then it gets a bit dancestastic - with Michael Clark at the Lowry; La Petite Morte at Edgehill; and New Art Club at Axis, Crewe.

After a long day of meetings ahead, I'm looking forward to letting off some steam at RashDash's Ugly Sisters - hoping you can join us!

best

Tamsin

PS.  The Bryony Kimmings/Stacy Makishi ticket offer I teased you with is now available. 
Book for Stacy Makishi at Z-arts on Fri 29 Nov and Bryony Kimmings at Contact on Sat 30 Nov and get tickets for both shows for only £15/8. Offer available via Contact's online booking or box office on 0161 274 0600.

Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013

Fri 11 + Sat 12 Oct, 8pm. Contact
THE UGLY SISTERS
RashDash

Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi
* Stacy Makishi/Bryony Kimmings ticket offer or call Contact on 0161 274 0600

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warnmcr: here we go...


Word of Warning...

Here at Word of Warning we are gearing up for the full onslaught of Emergency, tomorrow Sat 5 Oct - random acts of the week include suspending 100 red apples and creating a chiffon sea...

The full schedules are now online, with the usual 'subject to change' caveat.  Kicking off from midday at BLANKSPACE there are series of durational and one to one performances in a more meditative vein, before moving across to Z-arts for a more 'show' based schedule, with durationals starting at 3pm and shows from 4pm - as ever all free.

Elsewhere,  tonight Fri 4 (and tomorrow Sat 5 Oct), The Lowry has Holly Bodmer + Dot Howard's sited Would Be Nice Though and tonight Leeds has its annual Light Night and Liverpool FuturePrimed as part of AND Festival.  Regrettably we can't make it to the other big event of the weekend - yet further afield it's also Fierce Festival in Birmingham this weekend (4-6 Oct)

Next week in Manchester there's the regular Tales of Whatever at the Castle on Wed 9.  From Thu 10 to Sat 12 Oct Ailis Ni Rian's A Shadow on Summer is at The Waterside, Sale (10-12 Oct) and the Lowry has Hannah Silva's The Disappearance of Sadie Jones (which is also at the Lantern, Liverpool on 8+9 Oct) and the ever-provocative Mark Thomas's 100 Acts of Minor Dissent is at Dancehouse on 9+10 Oct.

Word of Warning is back in action co-promoting the rumbustious RashDash's Ugly Sisters at Contact on Fri 11 and Sat 12 Oct - don't miss it, we've been chasing this one since this time last year!

The week rounds off with the annual Manchester Weekender (10-13 Oct) a chance for the city to show off what's best about its art scene!

Further afield - on Mon 7th, Lancaster is the place to be with two exhibitions at Live at LICA  (Raisin + Willow's Sea Breeze, An Archive, and the Transformed doublebill) and the really exciting pairing at the Duke's -  No Big Deal: La Petite Mort double bill featuring George Adams + Ellen Turner (winner of the Turn Prize 2013).Elsewhere, Thursday 10 Oct is a popular night with Melanie Wilson's Landscape II at Axis, Crewe and MDI presents Northern Dances at the Capstone, Liverpool.

Things to look out for the following week include - Forced Entertainment (also coming to Contact at the end of the month) and Tim Crouch & A Smith at Live at LICA;  Caroline Horton & Co at Contact; Retina Dance at Edgehill; the Skeleton Project at Stage@Leeds and Philip Jeck & Rebecca Sharp at the Bluecoat - plus, for the young at heart, the intriguing The Icebook at Z-arts.

I'm off to fret that I've forgotten to do something for Emergency - hoping to see loads of you there!

best

Tamsin

Next up on Word of Warning: Performance Programme Autumn/Winter 2013

Sat 5 Oct, 12noon-11pm. BLANKSPACE | Z-arts
EMERGENCY 2013
A free day-out for the curious.

Fri 11 + Sat 12 Oct, 8pm. Contact
THE UGLY SISTERS
RashDash

Fri 8 — Sun 17 Nov. Cooper House
DOMESTIC
Performance stripped bare.
the vacuum cleaner | Leentje Van de Cruys | J. Fergus Evans | Greg Wohead | Small Acts | Alex Bradley + Scott Smith | Jo Bannon

Fri 29 Nov, 7.30pm. Z-arts
THE FALSETTOS
Stacy Makishi


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