warnmcr: the darkside...

As the clocks go back, All Hallows' Eve looms and every self-respecting goth makes their way to Whitby, this side of the Pennines is only a touch less dark...

This weekend, Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at HOME (until 28 Oct) and Free Your Mind continues at Aviva Studios (until 5 Nov); while, tonight Fri 27 Oct Watch Us Dance is at New Adelphi and Spam Valley is at 53Two.
In Leeds, Encounters Festival is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds on Sat 28 Oct; while in Glasgow Take Me Somewhere continues until 28 Oct; and in Ipswich SPILL continues until 29 Oct.

Next week (w/c 30 Oct) Mark Thomas is in England + Son is at HOME (31 Oct-4 Nov).
In Sheffield, at the Playhouse, there's Luca Rutherford's You Heard Me on Mon 30 Oct; while at the Drama Studio there's Bawren Tavaziva's Boys Khaya on Tue 31 Oct and James Wilton Dance's Lore on Sat 4 Nov (also at The Duke's Lancaster on Tue 31 Oct). Fallen Angels' Traces Through Time is at Storyhouse, Chester on Wed 1 Nov; Company Carpi's When You Light a Candle... at the Arts Centre, Edgehill University on Thu 2 Nov; and Ellie Harrison's All That Lives at CLAY, Leeds on Sat 4 Nov.

The following week (w/c 6 Nov) there's Fanboy and Unknown Realms at The Lowry; and The Welcome at Aviva Studios or
for something discursive there's a Bunker Talk with The Long Dead Stars.
Further afield Black Sheep is in Lancaster; Penguin and Parler Femme in Sheffield, Company Carpi in Warrington; while Homotopia kicks off in Liverpool.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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warnmcr: stormy...

As the winds of change blow through the blue heartlands and Babet blows through the remainder of the country, I find myself thinking twice about the wisdom of a trip to Transform in Leeds today.

This weekend Free Your Mind continues at Aviva Studios (until 5 Nov) and Dibby Theatre's Toxic at HOME (until 28 Oct).
In Liverpool, Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis is at the Playhouse (until 21 Oct); Close to Home's Identities is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield tonight, Fri 20 Oct; Wired Aerial's As The World Turned is in St Helens on Sat 21 Oct; and Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at Leeds Playhouse Fri 20 and Sat 21 Oct.
At Transform, on Fri 20 Oct there's Miet Warlop's One Song. On Fri 20 + Sat 21 Oct there's Mexa's Pumpitopera Transatlantica, Katy Baird's Get Off, Silke Huysmans + Hannes Dereere Out of the Blue. On Sat 21 Oct only there's Nastaran Razawi Khorasani's Songs for No One and Chiara Bersani's Sottobosco.
In Glasgow Take Me Somewhere continues until 28 Oct; and in Ipswich SPILL continues until 29 Oct.

Next week (w/c 23 Oct) in Mancunia, joining the line-up are Northern Rascals' Shed on Wed 25 Oct and Watch Us Dance on Fri 27 Oct both at New Adelphi. Ali Matthews + Co's Mushroom Language is at the Lowry on Wed 25 + Thu 26 Oct; and Spam Valley is at 53Two on Fri 27 Oct.
Further afield Richard Chappell Dance's Infinite Ways Home is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 26 Oct while Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik! is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Thu 26 Oct; and Encounters Festival is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds on Sat 28 Oct.

The following week (w/c 30 Oct) Mark Thomas is at HOME. In Sheffield, there's You Heard Me, Bawren Tavaziva and James Wilton Dance (also in Lancaster); Fallen Angels are in Chester; Company Carpi in Ormskirk and All That Lives in Leeds.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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warnmcr: glitterati...

As our putative future leader is sprinkled by stardust in Liverpool, closer to home, this weekend, we welcome our own glittering addition to the landscape as Free Your Mind brings the opening of Aviva Studios (13 Oct - 5 Nov); while Ailey 2 is at The Lowry on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct.

Elsewhere, Two Destination Language's 40/40 is at Wainsgate Dances in Hebden Bridge on Fri 13 Oct; while The Lighthouse is at Theatre Deli in  Sheffield on Sat 14 Sep while in Leeds, Transform Festival (11-22 Oct) has Aphids' Oh Deer! on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct and Cherish Menzo's Dark Matter on Sat 14 Oct. Much further afield, in Glasgow there's Take Me Somewhere (13-28 Oct) and in Ipswich there's SPILL (13-29 Oct).

Next week (w/c 16 Oct) Dibby Theatre's Toxic is at HOME (18-28 Oct); Victor Esses's The Death + Life of Us All is at The Lowry on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Oct; and Victoria Melody's Head Set is at The Edge on Thu 19 Oct.
Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis is at the Playhouse, Liverpool (17-21 Oct); Close to Home's Identities is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Thu 19 and Fri 20 Oct; Wired Aerial's As The World Turned in St Helens on Sat 21 Oct; and Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at Leeds Playhouse Fri 20 and Sat 21 Oct.
Also in Leeds, Transform has Miet Warlop's One Song (19+20), Mexa's Pumpitopera Transatlantica (19-21), Katy Baird's Get Off (20+21), Silke Huysmans + Hannes Dereere Out of the Blue (20+21), Nastaran Razawi Khorasani's Songs for No One (21) and Chiara Bersani's Sottobosco (21).

The following week (w/c 23 Oct) Unless you're heading to Glasgow or Ipswich, then things quieten down a bit.
In Mancunia, joining the line-up are Shed and Watch Us Dance at New Adelphi; Mushroom Language at the Lowry; and Spam Valley at 53Two. Further afield Richard Chappell Dance are in Ormskirk and Bobak Champion  is in Huddersfield.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org






warnmcr: derailed...

As the ruling class jets back off to London, leaving us to take the slow train, over the next few weeks we'll be experiencing the legacy of "northern powerhouse" with no fast link to Leeds for Transform - but at least we have Aviva Studios...

This weekend  The Commission for New and Old Art's The Long 40s is at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation tonight Fri 6 Oct; while HOME has Two Destination Language's 40/40 on Sat 7 Oct.
In Leeds, Daniel Lukehurst's 1,2 Punch is at Interplay Theatre on Fri 6 Oct; and Invisible Flock's This is a Forest runs 6 Oct - 26 Nov at Moda.

Next week (w/c 9 Oct) Curious Monkey + Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at HOME (10-12 Oct), Free Your Mind is at Aviva Studios (13 Oct - 5 Nov) and Ailey 2 at The Lowry on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct.

Beyond Mancunia, Two Destination Language's 40/40 is in Lancaster Arts on Wed 11 Oct, the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 12 Oct and Wainsgate Dances in Hebden Bridge on Fri 13 Oct; while The Lighthouse is at Theatre Deli in  Sheffield on Sat 14 Sep.

Over in Leeds, Transform Festival (11-22 Oct) kicks off with Ásrún Mágnúsdóttir's Secrets (Wed 11 + Thu 12 Oct), Aphids' Oh Deer! on Fri 13 + Sat 14 Oct and Cherish Menzo's Dark Matter on Sat 14 Oct. The festival flurry continues in Glasgow with Take Me Somewhere (13-28 Oct) and in Ipswich with SPILL (13-29 Oct).

The following week (w/c 16 Oct) Dibby Theatre is at HOME; Victor Esses at The Lowry and Victoria Melody at The Edge. Frantic Assembly are in Liverpool; Identities in Sheffield; Penguin in Leeds. Also in Leeds, Transform has Miet Warlop, Mexa, Katy Baird, Out of the Blue, Songs for No One and Sottobosco.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org



warnmcr: full-blown emergency...

So here we are again... as inevitable as death and taxes, it's time for Emergency to roll into view... and in this, its 23rd iteration, it's now older than some of its artists! From human pin cushions to dancing crisp packets, it's a full afternoon and evening of pay what you decide work taking over the whole of Contact, tomorrow, Sat 30 Sep (noon-10pm). 

Elsewhere, this weekend, you can see Earwig at The Lowry, tonight Fri 29 Sep; while Manchester Independents has Sam + Shirley Jamil's Ward 76 at M6 in Rochdale, also this afternoon Fri 29 Sep plus Leo & Hyde's Ruins of Earth dystopian tour of the city on Sat 30 Sep.
Further afield Lydia Cottrell's Brightside is at Ryde Studio, Leeds (until 30 Sep) and Pepa Duarte's Eating Myself is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Sun 1 Oct.

Next week (w/c 2 Oct) HOME has Peyvand Sadeghian's Dual on Wed 4 + Fri 5 Oct, and Two Destination Language's 40/40 on Sat 7 Oct. Bobak Champion's I'm Mulamic Don't Panik! is at The Lowry on Wed 4 Oct; Princess Arinola's Portrait of A Poet is at The Whiworth on Thu 5 Oct; and The Commission for New and Old Art's The Long 40s is at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Fri 6 Oct.
Beyond Mancunia, Wired Aerial's Me Vs Me is at the Pyramid Arts Centre in Warrington on Tue 3 Oct and Daniel Lukehurst's 1,2 Punch is in Leeds on Fri 6 Oct and Invisible Flock's This is a Forest runs 6 Oct - 26 Nov at Moda.

The following week (w/c 9 Oct) Penguin is at HOME, Free Your Mind at Aviva Studios, Ailey 2 at The Lowry. Beyond Mancunia, Two Destination Language are in Lancaster, Ormskirk and Hebden Bridge; and The Lighthouse is in Sheffield.
It's festival-tastic time again with Transform Festival kicking off in Leeds, while for any long-distance livearterati there's Take Me Somewhere in Glasgow and SPILL in Ipswich

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Hope to see lots of you at Emergency!

Best

Tamsin

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WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact
Emergency 23
A day out for the curious.
Afternoon, Noon-4pm.
Chris Brown | E.M. Parry | GOWD | Hot Storm Productions | ITZATNA | Kelvin Atmadibrata | Lauren Greer | Louise Ward Morris | Porcelain Delaney | Sweætshops® | Theresa Bradbury | Victoria Bone
Evening, 4pm-10pm.
Alex Billingham | Egan & Pinchbeck | Gillian Dyson | Gisou Golshani | Heather Alice | Jana Aizupe & Company | Kellie Colbert | Laurie Bayley-Higgins | new func | Orla Collier | Raz & Khan
Participating artists subject to change.







warnmcr: climate emergency...

As the powers that be's climate commitment crumbles as fast as their concrete, at least in performance world things are standing firm...

This weekend, you can catch The Commission for New and Old Art's When You Made Me Laugh at the Talleyrand, tonight Fri 22 Sep. Rhum + Clay's Project Dictator is at HOME (until 30 Sep); and Hidden Track's The Cost of Everything is at The Lowry on Fri 22 + Sat 23 Sep. Manchester Independents commissions see a double bill featuring See Me + Kao Hove at Contact tonight, Fri 22 Sep, and, for the more theatrically minded, Porcelain Delaney's Toilet Paper Diaries at 53Two on Sun 24 Sep. For the young at heart The Really Fabulous Family Cabaret is at Z-arts on Sat 23 Sep.
Elsewhere ADHD The Musical is at the Unity in Liverpool on Fri 22 Sep. Much further afield, in Billingham, The Festival of Thrift is on Sat 23 + Sun 24 Sep.

Next week (w/c 25 Sep) For us, the big story of the week is the 23rd Emergency which takes over Contact on Sat 30 Oct - train strike-willing 23 pieces of work in one day - full afternoon and evening programme details now available!

Elsewhere, The Lowry has an eclectic mix of Eun-Me Ahn's - Dragons on Tue 26 + Wed 27 Sep, and Earwig on Thu 28 + Fri 29 Sep. Manchester Independents has Leo & Hyde's Ruins of Earth dystopian tour of the city on Sat 30 Sep and Sam + Shirley Jamil's Ward 76 is at M6 in Rochdale. For those looking for something more discursive, Michael Pinchbeck's Bunker Talks re-start on Tue 26 Sep at The Salutation.

Further afield there's an Open Stage night at Theatre Deli, Sheffield on Tue 26 Sep, Lydia Cottrell's Brightside is at Ryde Studio, Leeds (28-30 Sep) and Pepa Duarte's Eating Myself is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Sun 1 Oct.

The following week (w/c 2 Oct) Peyvand Sadeghian and Two Destination Language are at HOME, Bobak Champion at The Lowry; Princess Arinola at The Whiworth; and The Commission for New and Old Art at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Beyond Mancunia, Wired Aerial are in Warrington and Daniel Lukehurst in Leeds.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

A day out for the curious.
Afternoon, Noon-4pm.
Chris Brown | E.M. Parry | GOWD | Hot Storm Productions | ITZATNA | Kelvin Atmadibrata | Lauren Greer | Louise Ward Morris | Porcelain Delaney | Sweætshops® | Theresa Bradbury | Victoria Bone
Evening, 4pm-10pm.
Alex Billingham | Egan & Pinchbeck | Gillian Dyson | Gisou Golshani | Heather Alice | Jana Aizupe & Company | Kellie Colbert | Laurie Bayley-Higgins | new func | Orla Collier | Raz & Khan
Participating artists subject to change.



warnmcr: autumn hazing...


On this, the eve of the annual student influx, it always feels like the City, or my bit of it at least, is holding its breath, waiting for the autumn to start in earnest...

This weekend, you can still catch Malandra Jacks' Census (until Sat 16 Sep) at Contact (or you could if it wasn't sold-out!)
In Liverpool, Top Joe's Autumn Mass is at the Everyman on Fri 15 Sep; while in Leeds Excessive Human Collective's Discopia is at CLAY on Sat 16 Sep; and in Sheffield, Theatre Deli has Raina Greifer's Manic on Fri 15 and Phil Green's A Good Neet Aht on Sat 16 Sep.

Next week (w/c 18 Sep) sees three nights of Liminal at Manchester School of Theatre (19-21 Sep). Rhum + Clay's Project Dictator is at HOME (20-30 Sep); and Hidden Track's The Cost of Everything is at The Lowry on Fri 21 + Sat 22 Sep. Manchester Independents commissions see a double bill featuring See Me + Kao Hove at Contact on Fri 22 Sep, and Porcelain Delaney's Toilet Paper Diaries at 53Two on Sun 24 Sep.
Elsewhere Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik is at the Duke's in Lancaster on Thu 21 Sep and ADHD The Musical is at the Unity in Liverpool on Fri 22 Sep.

The following week (w/c 25 Sep) The Lowry has an eclectic mix of Dragons and Earwig. Manchester Independents has Leo & Hyde's dystopian tour of the city plus Hafsah Aneela Bashir and Sam + Shirley Jamil are in Rochdale. Meanwhile, the 23rd Emergency takes over Contact.  For those looking for something more discursive, Michael Pinchbeck's Bunker Talks re-start on Tue 26 Sep at The Salutation.

Further afield there's an Open Stage night in Sheffield, Lydia Cottrell is in Leeds and Pepa Duarte is in Huddersfield.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

A day out for the curious.
Afternoon, Noon-4pm.
Chris Brown | E.M. Parry | GOWD | Hot Storm Productions | ITZATNA | Kelvin Atmadibrata | Lauren Greer | Louise Ward Morris | Porcelain Delaney | Sweætshops® | Theresa Bradbury | Victoria Bone
Evening, 4pm-10pm.
Alex Billingham | Egan & Pinchbeck | Gillian Dyson | Gisou Golshani | Heather Alice | Jana Aizupe & Company | Kellie Colbert | Laurie Bayley-Higgins | new func | Orla Collier | Raz & Khan
Participating artists subject to change.



warnmcr: autumn daze...

So, in typically contrary fashion, just as we head back into our crumbling institutions, the long, dank summer has given way to a short, ferocious autumn... nevertheless, even before the student influx things are waking up a touch in performance world:

Over the next week, Contact is busy with Human Rights Tattoo tomorrow, Sat 9 Sep; then don't miss our friends Malandra Jacks' Census (13-16 Sep) (a hÅb/Contact co-commission).

In Liverpool, Top Joe's Autumn Mass is at the Everyman on Fri 15 Sep; while in Leeds Excessive Human Collective's Discopia is at CLAY on Sat 16 Sep; and in Sheffield, Theatre Deli has Raina Greifer's Manic on Fri 15 and Phil Green's A Good Neet Aht on Sat 16 Sep.

The following week (w/c 18 Sep) sees Liminal at Manchester School of Theatre, Rhum + Clay at HOME and Hidden Track at The Lowry. Elsewhere Bobak Champion is in Lancaster and ADHD The Musical in Liverpool.

And finally have a look at Emergency 23 (Sat 30 Sep, Contact) for the full artist list.
Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org


WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023
Sat 30 Sep, Noon-10pm. PWYD | Contact

Emergency 23

A day out for the curious.
Afternoon, Noon-4pm.
Chris Brown | E.M. Parry | GOWD | Hot Storm Productions | ITZATNA | Kelvin Atmadibrata | Lauren Greer | Louise Ward Morris | Porcelain Delaney | Sweætshops® | Theresa Bradbury | Victoria Bone
Evening, 4pm-10pm.
Alex Billingham | Egan & Pinchbeck | Gillian Dyson | Gisou Golshani | Heather Alice | Jana Aizupe & Company | Kellie Colbert | Laurie Bayley-Higgins | new func | Orla Collier | Raz & Khan
Participating artists subject to change.






warnmcr: and another thing...

Just a very quick addendum as a little nudge and a little bit of extra:

Malandra Jacks' Census is at Simpson Memorial Hall next Thu 10 and Fri 11 Aug.
The Men's Room + Company Chameleon's Consumed is at the Royal Exchange Den in Beswick on Thu 17 Aug
Chanje Kunda's Bisexual Baddies is at 53Two on Wed 23 + Thu 24 Aug

... and save the date for Emergency 23 on Sat 30 Sep at Contact
 
See you in September.  Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org


warnmcr: depths of summer...

As Europe fries, for once I'm almost grateful for Mancunian dankness and downpour... but it is the height of summer and as such things theatrical are going pretty quiet.

This weekend, though, we are at Z-arts tomorrow, Sat 22 Jul, for Haphazard - an afternoon (12-3) of all ages live art with all sorts, from a giant spinning jellyfish to a laser show... get there early if you want to dance with a slinky! Featuring Gemma Lees, Jana Aizupe & Gi Vasey,Joe Beedles, Julie Burrow, Kitunda Argyle, Krissi Musiol & Amy Vreeke, Luna Ælflæd, Maddie Wakeling & Rowan Szulek, Nicola Smith, Orla Collier & Magdalena Górnikiewicz, Puppetfingers, Thomas Daniel Byrne
 

In Sheffield, Owen + Slater's Try | Trying | Tried is Theatre Deli on Sat 22 Jul while in Leicester there's Journey's Festival in Leicester (Sat 22 + Sun 23 Jul).

The following week (w/c 24 Jul) CYC's Hand Me Down is at Castlefied Viaduct on Thu 27 Jul, while in Leeds Gracefool Collective's Kick-Off takes to the streets 27-29 Jul. In Sheffield Theatre Deli has Ayse Balkos's Canine Teeth on Thu 27 Jul and Wency Lam's Anybody Home? on Fri 28 Jul.

Thereafter things go pretty quiet for August. You could make a trip north eastwards for Stockton International Riverside Festival (3-6 Aug). Or MUCH closer to home, in Moston, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Simpson Memorial Hall on Thu 10 and Fri 11 Aug.

And then there's Edinburgh... Below is my usual longlist spreadsheet. The things I'm thinking of trying to see are Haranczak / Navarre Performance Projects, Ben Target, Max Percy and Friends, Junk Ensemble, Katrine Turner, Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello, BULLYACHE, Adam Scott-Rowley, Raquel Meseguer Zafe / Unchartered Collective, Daniel Kitson, Victor Esses, Mark Thomas, Emily Woof, Lula Mebrahtu, SUPERFAN, Brook Tate.

Usual tip for the Edinburgh newbie - what I do is sign into my EdFringe account, and go through the site, finding by category + genre; and then by key venues.  Any show that might be interesting I add to My Favourites - then I export them all as a longlist from which I can plan. That longlist is below as a spreadsheet so you can edit and sort as you please.

Online - CLAY have the Chasm Digital projects, possibly until 21 July and GM Fringe has Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July. Edinburgh Fringe also has an online programme which I'm yet to really study though some of the Voices from the South work might be interesting.

Unless something unmissable pops up, this Weekly Warning is going to take a bit of a break until things pick up pace again in September.  Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

Best

Tamsin

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org


WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

Sat 22 Jul, Noon-3pm. FREE | Z-arts

HAPHAZARD 2023

A day out for the curious of all ages.
Gemma Lees | Jana Aizupe & Gi Vasey | Joe Beedles | Julie Burrow | Kitunda Argyle | Krissi Musiol & Amy Vreeke | Luna Ælflæd | Maddie Wakeling & Rowan Szulek | Nicola Smith | Orla Collier & Magdalena Górnikiewicz |  Puppetfingers | Thomas Daniel Byrne