Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

warnmcr: a bit miffed...

As the festival flurry dies down, if you haven't been sufficiently miffed, this weekend sees your last chance to catch MIF events including Balmy Army (until 15 Jul) at HOME; then until 16 Jul: Benji Reid's Find Your Eyes at the Academy + R.O.S.E at New Century Hall; Tino Seghal's This Entry at the Whitworth and Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust.

Next week (w/c 17 Jul) for us, the story of the week is that, on Sat 22 Jul we are back at Z-arts for the madness that is Haphazard - an afternoon of all ages live art with all sorts from a giant spinning jellyfish to a laser show.
Signdance Collective's Oriente Plus/Power Cut is also at the Whitworth Art Garden on Thu 20 Jul while in Sheffield, Owen + Slater's Try | Trying | Tried is Theatre Deli on Sat 22 Jul. Much further afield there's Journey's Festival in Leicester (Sat 22 + Sun 23 Jul).

The following week (w/c 24 Jul) CYC are on Castlefied Viaduct while Gracefool Collective take to the streets of Leeds and Ayse Balkoso and Wency Lam are in Sheffield.

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.

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

warnmcr: it's just not cricket, tennis...

As unwelcome colourful interventions into the sporting arena make headline news, I think I'll stick to a world of welcome colourful interventions - like the forthcoming Haphazard! Meanwhile...

IRL:
This weekend at MIF look out for Balmy Army (1-15 Jul) and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night (until Sat 8 Jul) both at HOME, plus Ryuichi Sakamoto's Kagami (until 9 Jul) and the ongoing Tino Seghal's This Entry and Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust (both running throughout). GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two (Fri 7 Jul) + Salford Arts Theatre (Sat 8 Jul).

In Wigan Touretteshero's Burnt Out in Biscuitland is at Wigan Pier tonight, Fri 7 Jul; while in Leeds Yorkshire Dance has Encounters on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Jul.

Next week (w/c 10 Jul) brings MIF to a close - with, among other things, Benji Reid Find Your Eyes (12-16 Jul) at the Academy + R.O.S.E (13-16 Jul) at New Century Hall.
In Liverpool Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival has Mahmoud El Haddad's Self-Entitlement on Tue 11 Jul and What the dog said to the harvest on Wed 12 Jul.

The following week (w/c 17 Jul) Signdance Collective is at the Whitworth Art Garden, while we at Word of Warning are back at Z-arts for the madness that is Haphazard. In Sheffield, Owen + Slater are at Theatre Deli.

Online - tonight, Fir 7 Jul, Lancaster Arts is showing Van Huynh Co's Re:birth and Bobby Baker's Drawing on a Grandmother's Experience. CLAY have the Chasm Digital projects, possibly until 21 July and GM Fringe has Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July.

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

warnmcr: festival fever...

Those of us seeing spots in front of our eyes this morning needn't worry, it's just an early case of festival fever and there's certainly plenty of it to catch:

This weekend among many other things, Manchester International Festival also has Tino Seghal's This Entry, Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust (both running throughout) and Ryuichi Sakamoto's Kagami (until 9 Jul). GM Fringe also gets going (1-31 July) including a couple of intriguing online works: Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July; while Didsbury Arts Festival has James Rowland's Learning to Fly at Didsbury Baptist Church on Sat 1 Jul.

The Lowry also has Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi's From the Daughter of a Dictator tonight Fri 30 Jun + Mohamed Toukabri's The Power of the Fragile tomorrow Sat 1 Jul.

Beyond Mancunia, in Preston, Derelict continues Superphonic tonight Fri 30 Jun at Media Factory, UCLAN, while in Liverpool, there's Physical Fest (until 7 Jul) with Tmesis Theatre's Sealskin at the Everyman (until 1 Jul).

Next week (w/c 3 Jul) at MIF, look out for Balmy Army (1-15 Jul) and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night (6-8 Jul) both at HOME, while GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two (Fri 7 Jul) + Salford Arts Theatre (Sat 8 Jul).

In Liverpool, Physical Fest at the Unity has Julia Masli's Choosh! on Mon 3 Jul, Dive on Tue 4 Jul and Duda Paiva Co's Blind on Wed 5 Jul. In Wigan Touretteshero's Burnt Out in Biscuitland is at Wigan Pier on Thu 6 + Fri 7 Jul. In Leeds Yorkshire Dance has Encounters on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Jul.

The following week (w/c 10 Jul) brings MIF to a close - with, among other things, Benji Reid Find Your Eyes (12-16 Jul) + R.O.S.E (13-16 Jul).

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

warnmcr: the longest day...

As we the solstice comes and goes and the glasto revelries kick off, here we are in a different kind of festival season:

This weekend Jenni Jackson's Endurance is at HOME (until Sat 24 Jun); Emergence is at the New Adelphi on Fri 23 Jun; while Didsbury Arts Festival runs 24 Jun - 2 Jul - look out for Darkfield's Flight on Sat 24 Jun at Didsbury Library. Elsewhere on Sat 24 Jun, there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman and Liz Richardson's Swim is at Sheffield Playhouse.

Next week (w/c 26 Jun) The Lowry has Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi's From the Daughter of a Dictator on Fri 30 Jun + Mohamed Toukabri's The Power of the Fragile on Sat 1 Jul. In Didsbury, Owen + Slater's Try | Trying | Tried is at Pizza Express on Tue 27 Jun; while James Rowland's Learning to Fly is at Didsbury Baptist Church on Sat 1 Jul.

The week also sees the start of Manchester International Festival (29 Jun-16 July), look out for Tino Seghal This Entry, Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem We Cut Through Dust both running throughout.
GM Fringe also gets going (1-31 July) including a couple of intriguing things online: Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July.

Beyond Mancunia, Lancaster Arts has Rendez-Vous Dance What Songs May Do on Tue 27 Jun + UKRLAND on Wed 28 Jun; while in Preston Derelict presents Superphonic on Thu 29 + Fri 30 Jun at Media Factory, UCLAN.
In Liverpool, there's Physical Fest (29 Jun-7 Jul) with Tmesis Theatre's Sealskin at the Everyman (29 Jun - 1 Jul).

The following week (w/c 3 Jul) look out for Balmy Army and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night at MIF, while GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two + Salford Arts Theatre.
In Liverpool, Physical Fest at the Unity has Choosh!, Dive and Blind. In Wigan Touretteshero is at Wigan Pier. In Leeds there's Encounters.

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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | youtube.com/@warnmcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2023

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

HAPHAZARD 2023

warnmcr: tie me kangaroo down, sport...

Has Boris finally lost his bounce amidst trumpian bleats of witch hunts + kangaroo courts? Meanwhile the rest of us continue to sweat in the economic heat he left behind. Meanwhile in performance world...

This weekend Horizons Festival is on Fri 16+ Sat 17 Jun at HOME; while Liz Richardson's Swim is at The Edge tonight Fri 16 Jun. Further afield, Emergence is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Fri 16 Jun.

Next week (w/c 19 Jun) Shahireh Sharif's I am an Orange Dot. Part Human, Part Not is at Oldham Libray on Tue 20 Jun, Gandini Juggling's The Games We Play is at The Lowry on Wed 21 Jun, Jenni Jackson's Endurance is at HOME (22-24 Jun),
Emergence is at the New Adelphi on Fri 23 Jun; while Didsbury Arts Festival runs 24 Jun - 2 Jul - look out for Darkfield's Flight on Sat 24 Jun at Didsbury Library. Elsewhere on Sat 24 Jun, there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman and Liz Richardson's Swim is at Sheffield Playhouse.

The following week (w/c 26 Jun) is a big one with the start of Manchester International Festival (29 Jun-16 July), GM Fringe (1-31 July) and Physical Fest (29 Jun-7 Jul) in Liverpool. There's also Transparency at 53Two; and From the Daughter of a Dictator + The Power of the Fragile at The Lowry, Owen + Slater in Didsbury. Beyond Mancunia, Rendez-Vous Dance + UKRLand are in Lancaster and Superphonic in Preston + Tmesis Theatre 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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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: the temperature's rising...

As the South braces for a heatwave, Mancunian cynicism might dictate that we will see rain, but if the heat does hit, an air-conditioned theatre space might be a good plan...

IRL:
This weekend YESYESNONO's We Were Promised Honey and Hot Brown Honey The Remix are at HOME until Sat 10 Jun while tonight Fri 9 Jun, Company Chameleon's Refuse premiers at their Studio in Openshaw and Quarantine's Underscore is at Manchester Central Library also on Fri 9 Jun.
Meanwhile The Gods The Gods The Gods is on Fri 9 Jun at Chester Storyhouse.

Next week (w/c 12 Jun) HOME has Jo Fong + George Orange's The Rest of Our Lives on Tue 13 + Wed 14 Jun and Horizons Festival on Fri 16+ Sat 17 Jun; while Liz Richardson's Swim is at The Edge on Thu 15 + Fri 16 Jun.
Further afield, on Tue 15 Jun Russell Maliphant's Vortex is at The LBT, Huddersfield and Godot is a Woman is at Sheffield Playhouse. YESYESNONO We Were Promised Honey is at Unity, Liverpool on Thu 15 Jun, and Emergence is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Fri 16 Jun.

The following week (w/c 19 Jun) Shahireh Sharif is in Oldham, Gandini Juggling at The Lowry, Jenni Jackson at HOME, Emergence at the New Adelphi; while Didsbury Arts Festival runs 24 Jun - 2 Jul. There's a Scratch Studio in Liverpool and Liz Richardson is in Sheffield

Online:
HOME has Talking Bodies (2 May - 17 Jun) and as ever, there's also Unity Online; and there's Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN + Sadlers Wells Digital Stage and the Word of Warning YouTube.

Here at Word of Warning, next up is Haphazard - and if you have an idea for a piece of all ages Live Art - there's still time to apply.

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

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warnmcr: whatsapp doc?...

As the virtual paper trail left by the platform takes centre stage, you can almost hear people scurrying to turn disappearing messages on... meanwhile

IRL:
This weekend, Botis Seva's Mama is at The Lowry tonight, Fri 2 Jun while Brawn is at The Dukes, Lancaster on Sat 3 Jun and The Gods The Gods The Gods is at Slung Low at Temple, Leeds on Sun 4 Jun.

Next week (w/c 5 Jun) YESYESNONO's We Were Promised Honey and Hot Brown Honey The Remix are at HOME (7-10 Jun). Company Carpi's When You Light a Candle You Cast a Shadow is at The Whitworth on Thu 8 Jun; Company Chameleon's Refuse premiers on Fri 9 Jun at their Studio in Openshaw; and 30 and Out is at 53Two on Wed 7 + Thu 8 Jun.

Meanwhile The Gods The Gods The Gods is on Fri 9 Jun at Chester Storyhouse.

The following week (w/c 12 Jun) Jo Fong + George Orange are at HOME and maybe in Hebden Bridge and Liz Richardson is at The Edge.
Further afield, Russell Maliphant is in Huddersfield, Godot is a Woman in Sheffield, YESYESNONO in Liverpool, and Emergence in Leeds.

Online:
HOME has Talking Bodies (2 May - 17 Jun) and as ever, there's also Unity Online; and there's Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN + Sadlers Wells Digital Stage and the Word of Warning YouTube.

Here at Word of Warning, next up is Haphazard - and if you have an idea for a piece of all ages Live Art - there's still time to apply.

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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | youtube.com/@warnmcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

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warnmcr: checkmate...

As partygate rumbles on to Chequers, a certain sense of déjà vu hangs in the air. Mercifully in performance world there's still some forward momentum...

IRL:
This weekend, tonight Fri 26 May, HOME has The Tiger Lilies while Emergence Triple Bill is at Sale Waterside and Tuning-In is at The Lowry Fri 26 + Sat 27 May. Tomorrow, Sat 27 May Rowan McCabe's Door to Door Poetry: Nationwide is at The Edge in Chorlton.

Elsewhere, Seeds, Dreams + Constellations is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds (until 27 May); Forced Entertainment's If All Else Fails is at the Playhouse in Sheffield on Fri 26 May; and there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman on Sat 27 May.

Next week (w/c 29 May) Action Hero + Deborah Pearson's The Talent is at HOME on Wed 31 May + Thu 1 Jun; and Botis Seva's Mama is at The Lowry on Thu 1 + Fri 2 Jun. Rowan McCabe's Door to Door Poetry: Nationwide is at the New Continental, Preston on Mon 29 May; Leo & Hyde's The VR Diary of Attica Lehane is at the Drama Studio, Sheffield on Wed 31 May; Brawn is at The Dukes, Lancaster on Sat 3 Jun and or The Gods The Gods The Gods at Slung Low at Temple, Leeds on Sun 4 Jun.

The following week (w/c 5 Jun) seems to be a really quiet one, all I can spot is YESYESNONO and Hot Brown Honey at HOME; Company Carpi at The Whitworth; Company Chameleon at their Studio or 30 and Out at 53Two and The Gods The Gods The Gods in Chester.

Online:
HOME has Talking Bodies (2 May - 17 Jun) and as ever, there's also Unity Online; and there's Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN + Sadlers Wells Digital Stage and the Word of Warning YouTube.

Here at Word of Warning, next up is Haphazard - and if you have an idea for a piece of all ages Live Art - there's still time to apply.

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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | youtube.com/@warnmcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

warnmcr: working ahead...

I have to confess that this week I've been pretty much locked into a certain black box, so the rest of the world has passed me by. You can still catch the fruits of that incarceration tonight, Fri 19 May, with Works Ahead at Contact - three short pieces, pay what you decide.

IRL:
This weekend, at Sale Waterside there's Bi-Topia (until Sat 20 May) + Levantes Dance Theatre's High Tea with a Twist on Sat 20 May. At Chorlton Arts Festival there's MMU Soda Electronic Ensemble at St Clement's and Rachael Field at Barlow Hall both on Sat 20 May; and The Last Word at the Spread Eagle on Sun 21 May. Further afield, Alice Christina Corrigan's Past Life is at the Unity, Liverpool tonight Fri 19 May.

Next week (w/c 22 May) HOME has Made in (India) Britain (23-25 May) and The Tiger Lilies on Fri 26 May. The Sexuality Summer School is at Contact with Nando Messias's Transmission Sissy TV on Tue 23 May and Whiskey Chow + Ro Robertson's Up Against Nature on Thu 25 May. Emergence Triple Bill is at Sale Waterside on Fri 26 May and Rowan McCabe's Door to Door Poetry: Nationwide is at The Edge on Sat 27 May.
Elsewhere, Seeds, Dreams + Constellations is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds (25-27 May); Forced Entertainment's If All Else Fails is at the Playhouse in Sheffield on Thu 25 + Sat 26 May; and there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman on Sat 27 May.

The following week (w/c 29 May) Action Hero + Deborah Pearson are at HOME and Botis Seva at The Lowry. Leo & Hyde are in Sheffield and Brawn in Lancaster.

Online:
HOME has Talking Bodies (2 May - 17 Jun) and as ever, there's also Unity Online; and there's Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN + Sadlers Wells Digital Stage and the Word of Warning YouTube.

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

facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | youtube.com/@warnmcr

Information for artists: www.habmcr.org

Word of Warning Performance Programme 2023

Thu 18 + Fri 19 May, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2023
A sample of new performance.

Christian Asare | Jade Williams | Kellie Colbert

warnmcr: from pomp to pop...

As Liverpool revels in all things eurotastic, for us there's still work ahead...

This weekend, Happy Place is at Bolton Octagon on Sat 13 May.
Drama Studio Sheffield has The Chosen Haram on Fri 12 May and Emergence Triple Bill 2023 on Sat 13 May.
ACE dance's Unknown Realms is at the Dukes, Lancaster on Fri 12 May; and Ridiculusmus's SO is at Slung Low's Warehouse, Leeds on Sat 13 May.

IRL:

Next week (w/c 15 May) Word of Warning is back at Contact with Works Ahead on Thu 18 + Fri 19 May. Three short new works in development from Christian Asare, Jade Williams and Kellie Colbert.

Sale Waterside has The Chosen Haram on Wed 17 May, Bi-Topia (17-20 May) Levantes Dance Theatre's High Tea with a Twist on Sat 20 May. Chorlton Arts Festival (19-28 May) kicks off - look out on Sat 20 May for MMU Soda Electronic Ensemble at St Clement's and Rachael Field at Barlow Hall; and on Sun 21 May The Last Word at the Spread Eagle.
Further afield, The Polar Bear is Dead at the Civic Barnsley on Wed 17 May and Alice Christina Corrigan's Past Life is at the Unity, Liverpool on Fri 19 May.

The following week (w/c 22 May) Made in (India) Britain and The Tiger Lilies are at HOME and The Sexuality Summer School is at Contact with Nando Messias and Whiskey Chow + Ro Robertson. Emergence Triple Bill is at Sale Waterside and Rowan McCabe is at The Edge.
Elsewhere, Seeds, Dreams + Constellations is in Leeds; Forced Entertainment in Sheffield and there's a Scratch Studio in Liverpool.

Online:
HOME has Talking Bodies (2 May - 17 Jun) and as ever, there's also Unity Online; and there's Lowry Digital, HOMESCREEN + Sadlers Wells Digital Stage and the Word of Warning YouTube.

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

Thu 18 + Fri 19 May, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2023
A sample of new performance.

Christian Asare | Jade Williams | Kellie Colbert