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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Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr     @warnmcr
Information for artists:  www.habarts.org

warnmcr: and so the autumn emerges....


Word of Warning...

It's time to stop pretending it's summer and face the full frontal assault of the autumn season.  Things really get going from next week with a flurry of activity across the region....

Of course, here at Word of Warning, our focus is firmly on Emergency, on Sat 5 Oct at BLANKSPACE and Z-arts.  Full artist details are now only and we will release the schedule next week. It's a more chilled out affair than some years, but still promises 28 pieces all for free - don't miss commissions from Becky Bowley and Mike Chavez-Dawson, and the return of old friends like Drunken Chorus.

Meanwhile, next week, over at Edgehill there's still the 12 Degrees North Dance Company's Triple Bill on Mon 30 Sept and Mary Pearson's Failure on Thu 3 Oct. Axis Arts Centre in Crewe gets going with Jean Abreu's Blood also on Thu 3 Oct.  Leeds has its annual Light Night on Fri 4 Oct; and in Liverpool, ever inventive, The Kazimier has an intriguing art/club crossover - FuturePrimed (also on Fri 4 Oct).

Closer to home, on Fri 4 and Sat 5 Oct, The Lowry has Holly Bodmer + Dot Howard's sited Would Be Nice Though. Then of course there's Emergency..!

The following week, on Monday 7 October, Lancaster gets busy when Live at LICA opens two performance related exhibitions - Raisin + Willow's Sea Breeze, An Archive, and the Transformed doublebill with works by Louise Ann Wilson and Wrights & Sites/Katie Etheridge and the Duke's also has the fantastically off the wall  No Big Deal: La Petite Mort double bill featuring George Adams + Ellen Turner (winner of the Turn Prize 2013).

The week of 7 Oct continues in Manchester with the regular Tales of Whatever and Ailis Ni Rian's A Shadow on Summer at The Waterside, Sale and the Lowry has Hannah Silva's The Disappearance of Sadie Jones (also at the Lantern, Liverpool).

Not that we're biased or anything but the highlight of the week has to be the marvellously warped RashDash's Ugly Sisters at Contact.

Further afield, Melanie Wilson's Landscape II is at Axis, Crewe and MDI presents Northern Dances at the Capstone, Liverpool.

I'm off to get on with the annual juggling act that is Emergency - this year the shopping list seems to include scaffolding, ropelight and 360 apples... and that's before we start feeding the artists!

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


Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr     @warnmcr
Information for artists:  www.habarts.org

warnmcr: domestic dramas...


Word of Warning...

All the signs of Autumn are truly here, forget the turning leaves, the fresher welcoming committees have taken up residence in the supermarkets - so this week's word of warning is to order your food online as the shelves will soon be bare...

Back on topic, less mainstream seasons don't really kick in in earnest for a couple of weeks so there's not a lot new to report.  Reminders that Chris Thorpe's There May Have Been An Incident (4-21 Sept) is ongoing at the Royal Exchange, as is Daniel Kitson's Tree (13-21 Sept) and Chris Goode's Monkey Bars (13/14 Sept) at The Lowry and the first Mother's Ruin of the season is at Contact on Fri 20 Sept. 

Leaping Out 2 is at the Dukes, Lancaster tonight, Fri 13 Sept and the Seven Traces Festival is at the University of Lancaster, Fri 13 til  Tue 17 Sept.

A couple of new discoveries:  Tomorrow,Sat 14 Sept, Sometimes We Play's We Can Be Heroes (Work in Progress) is at Bradford's Theatre in the Mill.  A little further ahead, Manchester's Victoria Baths plays host to Audible Silence: A Concert for the Architecture on Thu 26 Sept; a little further afield, Rose Theatre, Edgehill has l i g h t o u c h that same night and 12 Degrees North Dance Company: A Triple Bill on Mon 30 Sept.  And fellow 80's hangovers may be intrigued by Thomas Dolby's The Invisible Lighthouse at Waterside Arts Centre of Fri 27 Sept.

Booking is now largely open for Domestic (8-17 Nov) - Word of Warning's mini-festival in a block of flats featuring  Jo Bannon, Alex Bradley + Scott Smith, J. Fergus Evans, Small Acts, the vacuum cleaner, Leentje Van de cruys and Greg Wohead.   Please bear with us if there are a few booking glitsches, I underestimated the massive amount of work it would be to set up online bookings for so many limited capacity shows and the lovely John has been battling it all week (hence the lateness of today's mail).  For appointments for Alex Bradley + Scott Smith's Field Test in Garageland, or any problems call us on 07581 299 439.   Everything is limited capacity and is already selling fast so do book early.

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
**look out for a ticket deal coming soon to see Stacy Makishi on Friday + Bryony Kimmings on Saturday.

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr     @warnmcr
Information for artists:  www.habarts.org

warnmcr: calm before the metaphoric storm...


Word of Warning...

A very quick WoW and a very quickie welcome to all the freshers we inflicted ourselves upon and cajoled into signing up this week!

It's all a little bit quiet out there - the calm before the season storm: the first Mother's Ruin of the season is at Contact tonight Fri 20 Sept; and interestingly Blast Theory's My Neck of the Woods is online with the Royal Exchange's Truth About Youth programme, tonight and tomorrow Sat 21 Sept.

Next week, Thu 26 Sept is decidedly busy: Manchester's Victoria Baths plays host to Audible Silence: A Concert for the Architecture whilst Ellie Harrison's Etiquette of Grief  is at Stage@Leeds; and Rose Theatre, Edgehill has l i g h t o u c h. 
Thomas Dolby's The Invisible Lighthouse is at Waterside Arts Centre on Fri 27 Sept then Edgehill is active again with 12 Degrees North Dance Company's Triple Bill on Mon 30 Sept and Mary Pearson's Failure on Wed 2 Oct. 

We're just gearing up for the annual jamboree that is Emergency, of which more next week, whilst a quick warning that the vacuum cleaner's Mental as part of  Domestic is on the brink of selling-out.

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
**look out for a ticket deal coming soon to see Stacy Makishi on Friday + Bryony Kimmings on Saturday.

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr     @warnmcr
Information for artists:  www.habarts.org

warnmcr: autumn chill in the air and with it a new season...


Word of Warning...

Autumn seems to have hit with a vengeance weather-wise and with it the world of warm, dark performance spaces is gradually re-opening its doors.

This mail marks the launch of Word of Warning's Autumn/Winter Programme which gets going in earnest on Sat 5 Oct with our traditional season opener, Emergency at BLANKSPACE  and Z-arts; followed by an outing to Contact with RashDash's Ugly Sisters (11/12 Oct). 

November sees us venture into new, but strangely familiar territory, with a site-specific mini-festival in a block of flats. Not that it's me taking my work home with me or anything, but Hulme tower block Cooper House will play home to Domestic (8-17 Nov) - a series of very intimate pieces by Jo Bannon, Alex Bradley + Scott Smith, J. Fergus Evans, Small Acts, the vacuum cleaner, Leentje Van de Cruys and Greg Wohead. Ticket booking opens on next Fri 13 Sept (auspicious) - book early as everything is VERY limited capacity.

We then round off the season on Fri 29 Nov with the return of the very marvellous Stacy Makishi, back at Z-arts (make a weekend of it, with Stacy on Friday and Bryony Kimmings at Contact on Saturday - look out for a forthcoming ticket offer!)

In the nearer future, there are a few things to keep an eye out for in the next couple of weeks:
At the more theatrical end of the scale, the Royal Exchange Studio has Chris Thorpe's There May Have Been An Incident (4-21 Sept) and The Lowry has Chris Goode's Monkey Bars (13/14 Sept).

Manchester Dance Consortium's Platform 0.3 is at Piccadilly Place on Tue 10 Sept, and the monthly Tales of Whatever is at the Castle on Wed 11 Sept and the first Mother's Ruin of the season is at Contact on Fri 20 Sept.

Up in Lancaster, LEAP are busy with Paper People Theatre's Uncanny Corner  (tonight Fri 6 Sept) and Leaping Out 2 on Fri 13 Sept. Also opening on Fri 13 (til  Tue 17), is the Seven Traces Festival at the University of Lancaster. 

Over the next couple of weeks we'll be updating the Word of Warning Google calendar with what's coming up around the region, alongside bringing more information about the full Emergency programme.

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

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr     @warnmcr
Information for artists:  www.habarts.org

warnmcr: taking the sea air in Morecambe...


Word of Warning...

Following the frenetic excess of Edinburgh, we're just crawling back towards normality and felt moved to do a quick, slightly off-the-cuff WoW flagging up a couple of things:

This weekend's don't miss is up in Morecambe, when the iconic Winter Gardens gets taken over for Sea Breeze - a Live at LICA commission from Raisin & Willow with imitatingthedog.

The Whitworth Art Gallery is marking its closure for refurb with Whitworth Weekending - of special interest is Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson's Six White Horses from 6pm on Sunday.

Coming up,  keep an eye out for LEAP's activities - with Paper People Theatre's Uncanny Corner on Fri 6 Sept and Leaping Out 2 the following week.

Meanwhile, we're gearing up to get back to normal - so look out for a season preview, hopefully next week.

best

Tamsin


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Become a Supporter of Warning
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Information for artists:  www.habarts.org

warnmcr: Edinburgh supplemental

Word of Warning... 


A little top-up on the Edinburgh info:

Another venue to check out is Dancebase - particularly if you happen to be going up this coming weekend (14-17 August) when they have their Heads-Up mini-festival, including our very own 70/30 Split, Ellen Turner and The Mustdashios. 
Beyond those dates, Dancebase also has Dan Canham, Elena Molinaro and Billy Cowie (strangely no booking link) amongst lots of others.

And, thanks to Daniel Weaver, a little note that Aurora Nova is back in Edinburgh, not as a venue but with a series of shows at various venues.  Red Bastard and LEO caught my eye.

I've updated the big spreadsheet below if anyone's that keen.  I'd better stop telling everyone else what to see and actually book some shows myself now! 

warnmcr: Edinburgh special

Word of Warning... 

 
Welcome to WoW's occasional summer missive... my attempt at a digestible route into Edinburgh!
But first, closer to home, if you're feeling the need for a bit of distraction, the quite remarkable Ennio Marchetto is at Z-arts tonight (9 Aug), the regular Tales of Whatever is at the Castle on Wed 14 Aug and our friends, Gareth Cutter, Tuheen Huda and Sarah Evans are performing in Identity Parade at the Lass O'Gowrie on Sat 24 Aug.

Having spent more than a little time trying to bend time by seeing 30 Edinburgh shows in 36 hours, I thought I'd attempt to put all that to good use and pass it on.  Obviously if you aren't planning on going to Edinburgh feel free to hit delete right now...

If you ARE going - I'd be here all year if I tried to be comprehensive and link to every show worth a look,  so the easiest route in is to use venues and programmes and their own websites as signposts and plan from there. 

If you're a seasoned Edinburgh-goer and want my work in progress spreadsheet planner with a long-list of 75+ shows, then it's here!  I've only really looked at the week of 19 August, so please bear that in mind...

As a no-brainer, the easy, one-stop shop is to head out a little way towards Leith and spend a day at Forest Fringe (16-25 August at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, EH6 8RG) with the likes of Action Hero, Invisible Flock, Richard DeDomenici, Ira Brand, Sam Halmareck, Deborah Pearson, Tim Crouch, Brian Lobel and the (hÅb/Word of Warning supported) Michael Pinchbeck's The Middle etc etc!

The Escalator East to Edinburgh  programme crops up at various venues including the Hunt and Darton Cafe. In particular look out for: Buzzcut, Little Bulb Theatre, Victoria Melody, Hannah Jane Walker & Chris Thorpe, Bryony Kimmings, Vicki Weitz, Sh!t Theatre, Chris Dobrowolski, Martin O'Brien.

The British Council Showcase (again various venues) - look out for Billie Cowie, Daniel Bye, imitating the dog, Michael Pinchbeck, Probe, Sylvia Rimat, Third Angel.

Summerhall, catching my eye are Rachel Mars, Made In China, Mamoru Iriguchi, Sugar and Honey Theatre Company

Northern Stage at St Stephens including Daniel Bye, Hannah Nicklin, Third Angel (again different show)

If you're around Zoo and Zoo Southside then worth having a look at are Guilty Party, TheatreState, h2dance, Lost Dog, Gramophones Theatre Company;
or at the Pleasance, Belarus Free Theatre ; and Bill Aitchison at the Counting House Loft (venue 170).
 
If you're pressed for time or slightly phased by the list above then either head for Forest Fringe and settle in for the day - or for a very rapid selection try Victoria Melody's Major Tom, Mamoru Iriguchi's Projector Conjector, Hannah Nicklin's A Conversation With My Father, Rachel Mars's The Way You Tell Them, Made in China's Gym Party and Third Angel's Cape Wrath

Word of Warning will be back towards the end of August with a preview of our season to come.  And finally, for the artists amongst you, the deadline for the  Emergency call for proposals is next Wednesday 14 August, details at  emergencymcr.org.


best

Tamsin