Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

warnmcr: nexus or flow?

Word of Warning...

Autumn seems to be picking up apace with a series of mini festivals:

Over in Leeds (from today Fri 12 to Sun 14 Sept) there's the multi-faceted Nexus - including Live Art Bistro plus performances by some familiar faces like Lydia Cottrell, Josh Coates, Nathan Birkinshaw, Paul O'Donnell. To be honest I struggled with the website, so my tip would be to download the printable version of the programme!

Next weekend (19-21 September) gets really busy with Flow Salford including Nathan Birkinshaw, the Peel Park Project, Inkblot and Manoli Moriaty. The same weekend sees Liverpool Biennial plays host to a performance weekend entitled The Companion, in collaboration with US artist Angie Keefer; running alongside which is the Interactions' Mini-Symposium on Fri 19 Sept at the Bluecoat.

On the single show front, in Leeds Tom Frankland + Keir Cooper's Don Quijote is at Slung Low's HUB also on 19+20 September; and on Tue 23 Sep at West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Secret Project's A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts.

In Morecambe, Raisin & Willow's Sea Breeze returns to the Winter Gardens (23-27 Sept).

Closer to home, in Sale, Dog Kennel Hill Project's Tug boat experience is at The Waterside (26-28 Sept); and in Manchester, CFCCC presents ATM: Yuan Gong - Losing Control, 2014 失控 on 26+27 Sept.

And as a final word, look out for the list of Emergency artists (Sat 4 October, Z-arts) coming very soon...

best

Tamsin

warnmcr: location, location, location...

Word of Warning...

So here we are, in that funny interim period, where Summer seems to have deserted us but the full force of the student return and the Autumn seasons haven't landed...

Things are a bit quiet still, but there are a few events to look out for, before things get going in earnest in October, and it's all about the site:

with Yorkshire Sculpture Park hosting Hester Reeves's YMEDACA, an experimental open air academy on Sat 30 August.
closer to home, on Sat 6 Sept, Dance Manchester's Urban Moves Festival brings free international dance to Manchester City Centre.
looking further ahead, on Sat 12 Sept Mother's Ruin makes an outing to The Kings Arms in Salford.
Raisin & Willow's Sea Breeze returns to Morecambe's amazing Winter Gardens (23-27 Sept).
and Dog Kennel Hill Project's Tug boat experience is at Sale Waterside (26-28 Sept).

Moving back indoors, in Leeds on 4+5 September, at Slung Low's HUB, are the outcomes (installation + sharing) of a residency for Unfinished Business' Change My Mind project; and on Tue 23 Sep at West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Secret Project's A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts.

To the west, the weekend of 19-21 September sees Liverpool Biennial play host to a performance weekend entitled The Companion in collaboration with US artist Angie Keefer; running alongside which is the Interactions' Mini-Symposium on Fri 19 Sept at the Bluecoat.

Looking longer term, for those of a travelling inclination, there is a trio of festivals coming up which you might want to bookmark - Fierce in Birmingham (2-12 Oct), Spill in Ipswich (29 Oct - 2 Nov) and Compass in Leeds (13-23 Nov).

Here at Word of Warning, meanwhile, are just starting to gear up for the fifteenth (!) Emergency (Sat 4 October, Z-arts) which, in reality means reading and selecting from the 94 proposals we received!

This mailer will be back to its normal weekly pattern, towards the middle of September, with news of our Autumn programme including the Emergency line-up and a look ahead to what else is happening in October.

best

Tamsin

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warnmcr: Edinburgh special

Word of Warning...

And so it's time for WoW's occasional summer attempt at a signpost to the great theatre supermarket that is Edinburgh!

But first, a little bit closer to home, Yorkshire Sculpture Park has a series of performances starting with Helen Benigson's Breathe Harder on 2 August and coming up on 30 Aug, Hester Reeves's YMEDACA, an experimental open air academy.

Edinburgh all seems to be happening strangely early this year - including Forest Fringe - pretty much from the beginning of August onwards, so we're in the middle of a slightly panicky planning process. Obviously if you aren't planning on going that way then 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 pinpoint venues and plan from there. 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 (6-17 August at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, EH6 8RG) with the likes of Action Hero, Brian Lobel, GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN, Bryony Kimmings etc etc. Escalator East to Edinburgh is another easy mini-festival including Caroline Wright and Helen Paris; Two Destination language; the vacuum cleaner; 30 Bird, etc at a range of venues, significantly including Summerhall, which also plays host to some intriguing Belgian work, Amy and Rosana Cade, Ellie Stamp and KILN (formerly Kindle Theatre). Northern Stage has a new home at King's Hall, and includes work by Selina Thompson, Geddes Loom and Chris Thorpe + Rachel Chavkin. Fans of Aurora Nova can see various shows scattered around the Fringe; Dancebase is definitely worth a look, with a truly international programme including some old friends like Volcano and Déjà Donné.

This year's handy tip for planning (or how I went about it) is to sign-up/log-in to the new Edfringe website, search by venue (eg Summerhall) then go through and save shows to your favourites, then export them into something digestible (pdf or csv) from there! Of course Forest Fringe isn't on Edfringe, so that one you have to do separately. Once more if you're in as much as a hurry or 'dedicated' as us, I'm uploading my work in progress spreadsheet planner with a long-list of 49 shows (inc Forest Fringe) below.

Of course we shouldn't forget the main Edinburgh International Festival - I'd be intrigued to see Back to Back, Third World Bunfight and of course, Tanzteater Wuppertal (but it's all happening I'm there!). I do have to say I find their website tedious in the extreme, so try downloading the brochure

If you're pressed for time or slightly phased by the list above then either head for Forest Fringe and/or Summerhall and settle in for the day! We'll be doing our own Edinburgh supermarket sweep next week - 25 shows in 36 hours between two of us!

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 Emergency call for proposals is now open - deadline 5pm Mon 25 August, details at emergencymcr.org.

best

Tamsin

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warnmcr: #HazardMcr raring to go...

Word of Warning... Hazard Special.

Writing this, as I am, in an office piled high with yellow A-boards, banners, badges, t-shirts, gazebos (not to mention 100kg of beans - well there had to be something utterly random..!) - the fact is inescapable, that tomorrow, Saturday 12 July, brings Hazard, our micro-biennial of incursion into Manchester city centre.

Between 12 + 5pm St Ann's Square will play host to nineteen pieces of live art... It is an event that's primarily aimed at an unsuspecting city to stumble upon by chance. But, as the discerning Word of Warning public, we thought you might be after a bit more structure so... we've organised the website by the hour (ongoing, 12-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5pm), so you can see what's available - basically there'll be something happening whenever you arrive! Additionally there's now a schedule and map available to download from hazardmcr.org. Please bear in mind that, with an environment as unpredictable as the city centre, times, and sometimes locations, are very approximate! We are also aiming to be paper-free on the day, so if you're as uptight as me and approach these things like a military operation, then please print and bring with you, or, better still save the info to a mobile device!

I won't attempt to run down the whole programme but there are twelve pieces ongoing throughout the day - including very easily spottable - the ICD Life Boat (climb into a hammock for a gentle trip around the Square), and Rachel Ramchurn's crochet sculptures; ones you might need to keep your eyes a bit more peeled for - like Martin Hamblen's Level Head and No More Page 3's Hidden Women Trail; those you need to interact with - like Leo Burtin's Le Bistroquet and a trio of pervasive games hosted by The Larks and those that you will only encounter by accident like Natasha Vicar's News Feed (Display of Caution).

There are also a series of shorter performances - the whole thing kicks off a smidge before midday with Bingo Jazz + Disco Meg's Carboot Disco Bingo (1145, 1pm and 2pm); and includes Nicola Canavan's MILK (2pm) and Kris Canavan's The Leveller at 3.30pm

As a final word, as far as we know that's pretty much it for Spring/Summer... so this mailer is taking its summer break, but will be back with the usual Edinburgh special in a few weeks.

Anyway, back to transporting a large gold throne... Hope to see you on Saturday and fingers crossed for the weather!

best

Tamsin

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

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warnmr: microbiennial

Word of Warning...
So, we're back for possibly the last burst of the season, which follows what has been an emotional rollercoaster week: For the arts, courtesy of the outcomes of the ACE's National Portfolio process - congratulations and sympathies go out in equal measures - alongside our own relief and gratitude for another three years funding; and for me, courtesy of my own house-moving maelstrom.

Things seem a bit quiet out there, apart from in Liverpool where tomorrow (Sat 5 July) sees the opening of the newly extended, bumper Liverpool Biennial which runs until 26 Oct.

Closer to home Eggs Collective Get A Round at the Royal Exchange also on Sat 5 July; and the following week should see a Tales of Whatever on Wed 9 July at Gullivers Ballroom.

We, meanwhile, are gearing up for our own micro-biennial: Hazard, on Sat 12 July, 12-5pm, in and around St. Ann's Square, Manchester. Nineteen pieces of work playing with the daily life of the city, ranging from a human-powered ride in the form of a lifeboat to a trail of Hidden Women through the city streets; body-focused interventions from Nicola Canavan and Kris Canavan to gaming from The Larks. The full list of artists is at hazardmcr.org now with full detail coming early next week - seek it out or let it find you as you go about your Saturday shopping!

Word of Warning will be back next Friday with a Hazard special - so until then

best

Tamsin

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

warnmcr: football-free zone...

Word of Warning...
Welcome to a guaranteed spherical-object-free zone though I might plague you with my house-moving tales of woe!

Following the frenzy of the last couple of weeks, the slow creep towards summer hiatus has now started... Tonight, Fri 20 June, well worth catching at the Lowry is Chris Thorpe + Hannah Jane Walker's I wish I was lonely and on Sat 21 there's also Jamie Wood's Beating McEnroe is at Bradford's Theatre in the Mill.

Next week, over in Liverpool there's Tmesis Theatre's Wolf Red on 24 + 25 June, and then in Manchester there's Re:Con's Fluxus at Contact on Sat 28 June including the intriguing Will Dickie and the hyperactive Sheep Knuckle.

The following week (w/c 30 June) for the more theatrically inclined there's Square Peg Theatre's Icarus at the Lowry (3/4 July) and, on Sat 5 July, Eggs Collective Get A Round at the Royal Exchange... and then, the following weekend... we're into Hazard, on Sat 12 July... of which much more later...

I, meanwhile, am undertaking what feels like the most painfully long and drawn out house moving exercise - within the same building (those who came to Domestic will remember it)... so suspect that I may be giving this mailer a miss next week as I'll be up to my eyeballs in cardboard boxes!

best

Tamsin

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

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warnmcr: Flaring up...

Word of Warning...
Apparently and surprisingly Summer has actually been ushered in - though it's undetectable in the chilled calm of our office..!

This week Quarantine's Summer continues til Sat 14 June in its warehouse home in Salford and there's Laura Mugridge's The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike at the Lowry on Sat 14.

We at WoW are all of a flutter over the impending Flare Weekender taking place all over Z-arts tonight Fri 13 and tomorrow Sat 14 June! Our contribution has been the installation of a luxury (not) kitchen and some spuds, whilst at the more glamorous end, a host of international visitors are descending on our home base... Ten international shows for a £16/10 weekend pass, you'd be daft to miss out!

Next week sees relative calm descend: Josh Coates's Particles is at the Gregson in Lancaster on Tue 17 June; Jamie Wood's Beating McEnroe is at Bradford's Theatre in the Mill on Sat 21 June and, closer to home, the Lowry has Chris Thorpe + Hannah Jane Walker's I wish I was lonely on Fri 20 June.

Our planner starts to look a bit thin towards the end of the month, so any up coming events to the end of June that feel like they might belong here, please let me know. One date for your diary for the following week, though, is Re:Con's Fluxus at Contact on Sat 28 June...

Hoping to see you over the weekend at Flare.

best

Tamsin

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
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Pala// here is always somewhere else online artist video transmissions.
Remember to check out Arts Council England's A Credit to Britain video.
For more musings on the extraordinary and the random check out doodlebug's weekly Friday morning nugget at 8.30am on All FM radio... doodlebug mixcloud archive.
For all things independent film check Kino events

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Performance Programme Spring Summer 2014

Fri 13 Jun, 7pm + Sat 14 Jun, 1pm + 7pm. Various prices | Z-arts

The Flare Weekender 2014

Radical new international theatre.

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

warnmcr: a Flare for it...

Word of Warning...
So first week of June and the weather's typically autumnal... Nevertheless, Quarantine's Summer (5-7 + 11-14 June) is underway in a Warehouse, somewhere in Salford!
There's a busy week happening at the Royal Exchange with Benji Reid directing Hoax's My Lonely Heart (til Sat 7 June) and the spectacle of the theatre module in circus mode for Puffball (8+9 June).
Further afield in Bradford, Irregular Arts Invite You To An Odd Occasion on Sat 7 June at Theatre in the Mill.

Next week (w/c 9 June) Quarantine's Summer continues, the regular Tales of Whatever is due to return to Gulliver's Ballroom on Wed 11 June; and there's Laura Mugridge at the Lowry on Sat 14. A little addendum is that Massive Owl's We Used To Wait is on as part of the University of Salford's Create Festival. There's also the opening of HOME's new theatre season with the sited Angel Meadow (10-29 June).

Of course the thing NOT to miss is the Flare Weekender taking place all over Z-arts on Fri 13 and Sat 14 June! Ten pieces of new work with contributions from Spain, Norway, the Netherlands and the UK, including our own Drunken Chorus, Leentje Van de Cruys and SheepKnuckle.

The following week (w/c) 16 June is quieter: up in Lancaster is Josh Coates's Particles, Bradford Theatre in the Mill has Jamie Wood's Beating McEnroe and closer to home the Lowry has Chris Thorpe + Hannah Jane Walker's I wish I was lonely.

Off to dig out my flares now... or am I missing the point? (I am old enough to remember them the first time though)
best

Tamsin

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr @warnmcr
Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Pala// here is always somewhere else online artist video transmissions.
Remember to check out Arts Council England's A Credit to Britain video.
For more musings on the extraordinary and the random check out doodlebug's weekly Friday morning nugget at 8.30am on All FM radio... doodlebug mixcloud archive.
For all things independent film check Kino events

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Performance Programme Spring Summer 2014

Fri 13 Jun, 7pm + Sat 14 Jun, 1pm + 7pm. Various prices | Z-arts

The Flare Weekender 2014

Radical new international theatre.

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

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warnmcr: Summer...where did May go?!

Word of Warning...
Shockingly it's pretty much June already, where on earth did this week, and indeed, this month go?!

In Liverpool, Physical Fest comes to a close with Jamie Wood's Oh No! on Sat 31 May. This weekend could equally be a good time for a trip to Nottingham's Neat 14 with Tom Frankland and White Rabbit Red Rabbit at Hatch and Michael Pinchbeck's Bolero at Nottingham Playhouse.

Next week (w/c 2 June) in Manchester sees Quarantine's Summer (5-7 + 11-14 June) in a Salford Warehouse; and a busy week at the Royal Exchange with Benji Reid directing Hoax's My Lonely Heart (Wed 4 - Sat 7 June) and the spectacle of the theatre module in circus mode for Puffball (8+9 June).
Over in Bradford, Irregular Arts Invite You To An Odd Occasion on Sat 7 June at Theatre in the Mill.

The following week (w/c 9 June) Laura Mugridge is at the Lowry and Word of Warning gears up again to co-present the Flare Weekender at Z-arts.

best

Tamsin

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr @warnmcr
Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Pala// here is always somewhere else online artist video transmissions.
Remember to check out Arts Council England's A Credit to Britain video.
For more musings on the extraordinary and the random check out doodlebug's weekly Friday morning nugget at 8.30am on All FM radio... doodlebug mixcloud archive.
For all things independent film check Kino events

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Performance Programme Spring Summer 2014

Fri 13 Jun, 7pm + Sat 14 Jun, 1pm + 7pm. Various prices | Z-arts

The Flare Weekender 2014

Radical new international theatre.

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

You have been sent this email by hÅb as a legacy of greenroom. Word of Warning is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

warnmcr: banking on the holiday...

Word of Warning...
With a bank holiday weekend in the air (perfect for reading 70 Hazard proposals..!), things are a bit quiet in Manchester, but focus shifts to Liverpool.

Still worth considering this week are Avaes Mohammed's Of Another World on Fri 23 + Sat 24 May at Theatre in the Mill and, on Sat 24 May Léonie Kate Higgins's Dirty Old River at The Lowry.

Over in Liverpool Physical Fest kicks off tonight (23-31 May mainly at Unity Theatre) with Fest Live; continuing with a Doublebill, including Mary Pearson on Sat 24; on Tues 27 the infamous Red Bastard and Res des Res Remor (sited); and Jamie Wood's Oh No! on Sat 31 May.

Next week, the big heads-up in Manchester is for the return of Split Britches Ruff to Contact on Wed 28 May.

Local activity picks up the following week (w/c 2 June) with Quarantine's Summer , Hoax's My Lonely Heart and Puffball, both at the Royal Exchange and Irregular Arts at Bradford Theatre in the Mill.

Meanwhile, if you fancy a trip further afield Neat 14 is taking place in (Nottingham 23 May - 1 June), with contributions from Hatch Nottingham, Reckless Sleepers,Belarus Free Theatre, Proto-type Theater, Michael Pinchbeck's new show: Bolero and some interesting programming from Dance4.

best

Tamsin

Standing reminders:
Become a Supporter of Warning
www.facebook.com/warnmcr @warnmcr
Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Pala// here is always somewhere else online artist video transmissions.
Remember to check out Arts Council England's A Credit to Britain video.
For more musings on the extraordinary and the random check out doodlebug's weekly Friday morning nugget at 8.30am on All FM radio... doodlebug mixcloud archive.
For all things independent film check Kino events

Coming up on Word of Warning:

Performance Programme Spring Summer 2014

Fri 13 Jun, 7pm + Sat 14 Jun, 1pm + 7pm. Various prices | Z-arts

The Flare Weekender 2014

Radical new international theatre.

Sat 12 Jul, daytime, free | Manchester City Centre

Hazard 2014

Micro-festival of intervention.

You have been sent this email by hÅb as a legacy of greenroom. Word of Warning is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.