Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

IRL:
This weekend, seems pretty quiet in parts Mancunian, but in Liverpool, tomorrow Sat 26 Nov Kezia Cannon's The idea is to keep you inside is at the Unity and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman. Warrington Contemporary Fringe Festival runs 25-27 Nov + 1-4 Dec; while in Leeds Compass Festival is ongoing and The Lighthouse is at the Holbeck on Sat 26 Nov.

Next week (w/c 28 Nov) feels like the final flurry before the great panto takeover: Proteus's The Bloody Chamber is at The Lowry on Tue 29 Nov, Split Britches' The Last Gap at Contact on Wed 30 and Thu 1 Nov; and The Dan Daw Show is at HOME (1-3 Dec); while Lightwaves runs on Salford Quays (1- 4 Dec). Elsewhere, on Wed 30 Nov Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at Sheffield Playhouse and Van Huynh Company Re:birth is at Lancaster Arts. In Liverpool, Mary Pearson's Witnessed in Translation is at Kitty's Launderette on Thu 1 Dec (and FACT on Tue 13 Dec); and Top Joe's Christmas MASS is at the Everyman on Fri 2 Dec. There's a Dance Scratch Night at the Pyramid in Warrington on Thu 1 Dec; and CLAYground: With Echoes is at CLAY in Leeds on Fri 2 Dec.

In December, as ever, festive shows take over ... but you could keep an eye out for Rob Newman and Bourgeois + Maurice at HOME and Occupational Hazard at the Holbeck and Northern Rascals at Interplay Theatre in Leeds.

IRL:
This weekend, Frantic Assembly's Othello is at The Lowry (until 19 Nov).
Further afield, a trip east could be on the cards. Leeds is busy with Compass Festival (18-27 Nov), featuring Silvia Mercuriali, Toni Lewis, Amy Lawrence, Empathy Museum, Popeye Collective, Satellite. Yorkshire Dance has No Dress Code dance scratch night on Fri 18 Nov; while on Sat 19 Nov Vincent Dance's Hold Tight is at NSCD and gobscure' heartfelt is at the Holbeck. Down the road in Sheffield, the Drama Studio has Ridiculusmus's Beautiful People on Sat 19 Nov.
To the west, Ugly Bucket's Stuffed is at the Unity (until 19 Nov) while Julia Griffin, Steve Sutton + Jamie Colvin's Trap is at New Arts Spaces, Warrington also on Sat 19 Nov. 

Next week (w/c 21 Nov)
Mark Thomas's Black and White is at Sale Waterside on Tue 22 Nov, and UKRLand is at The Lowry on Wed 23 Nov
In Liverpool, Mary Pearson's Witnessed in Translation is at FACT on Tue 22 Nov; on Sat 26 Nov Kezia Cannon's The idea is to keep you inside is at the Unity and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman. Lancaster Arts has Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles on Tue 22 Nov and Will Dickie's White Sun on Thu 24 Nov. Warrington Contemporary Fringe Festival runs 25-27 Nov + 1-4 Dec; while in Leeds Compass Festival is ongoing and The Lighthouse is at the Holbeck on Sat 26 Nov.

The following week (w/c 28 Nov)
Proteus is at The Lowry, Split Britches at Contact and The Dan Daw Show at HOME; while Lightwaves runs on Salford Quays. Elsewhere, Avital Raz is in Sheffield; Van Huynh Company in Lancaster; Mary Pearson and Top Joe in Liverpool; there's a Dance Scratch Night in Warrington; CLAYground: With Echoes in Leeds

IRL:
This weekend, Reckless Sleepers' Schrödinger is at New Adelphi, Salford on Fri 11 + Sat 12 Nov. Also tonight, Fri 11 Nov there's cabaret with Lava Elastic at Contact and CRIPtic Cabaret at HOME; while The Lowry has Rendez-Vous Dance What Songs May Do on Fri 11 Nov and a Scratch Night on Sat 12 Nov.
Further afield, in Liverpool, at the Unity Theatre there's Symoné's Utopian (T&Cs apply) on Fri 11 Nov; and at the Bluecoat: Bus Regulation, the Musical is on Sun 13 Nov. In St Helen's, Turntable Theatre's Made of Stars is at St Mary's Market (11-13 Nov), Unfinished Business's Sauerkraut Spell Sharing is at Lucem House on Sat 12 Nov and Xhi Ndubisi + Sarah Hunter's Feast: Pear is also at St Mary's Market on Sun 13 Nov.

Next week (w/c 14 Nov)
Frantic Assembly's Othello is at The Lowry (15-19 Nov) and Not Your Circus Dog's Not F*ckin Sorry is at Contact Tue 15 + Wed 16 Nov.
Further afield Sheffield's Drama Studio has Proto-type Theater's Dead Cats on Mon 14 Nov and Ridiculusmus's Beautiful People on Sat 19 Nov. LavaElastic is at the Arts Centre Edgehill University on Tue 15 Nov; in Liverpool, Mark Thomas's Black and White is at the Playhouse on Wed 16 + Thu 17 Nov; and Ugly Bucket's Stuffed is at the Unity (17-19 Nov). Bobby Baker's Drawing on a (Grand)mother's Experience (film and discussion) is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 17 Nov. Julia Griffin, Steve Sutton + Jamie Colvin's Trap is at New Arts Spaces, Warrington on Sat 19 Nov.  In Leeds, No Dress Code dance scratch night is at Yorkshire Dance on Fri 18 Nov; while on Sat 19 Nov Vincent Dance's Hold Tight is at NSCD and gobscure' heartfelt is at the Holbeck in Leeds. Also in Leeds, Compass Festival  (18-27 Nov) kicks off, featuring Silvia Mercuriali, Toni Lewis, Amy Lawrence, Empathy Museum, Popeye Collective, Satellite.

The following week (w/c 21 Nov) Mark Thomas is in Sale, and UKRLand and Le Gateau Chocolat are at The Lowry.
Mary Pearson, Kezia Cannon and a Scratch Studio are in Liverpool; Avital Raz and Will Dickie in Lancaster; while in Leeds there's The Lighthouse and Compass Festival is ongoing; and Warrington Contemporary Fringe Festival joins the fray.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Anna Clover's Going Deutsch is at Manchester Jewish Museum on Sun 6 Nov; while in Leeds. Back to Back Theatre's The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes continues at Leeds Playhouse (until Sat 5 Nov) and Alethia Antonia's Inscribed in "Me" is at NSCD; and Aura is at CLAY, both tonight, Fri 4 Nov.
Also tonight Fri 4 Nov: Vincent Dance Theatre's Hold Tight is at the Unity in Liverpool; and in St Helens, Figs in Wigs' Astrology Bingo is at Thatto Heath Labour Club; while tomorrow, Sat 5 Nov Sonia Hughes's I am from Reykjavik is in Church Square.

Next week (w/c 7 Nov) Reckless Sleepers' Schrödinger is at New Adelphi, Salford on Fri 11 + Sat 12 Nov. Also on Fri 11 Nov there's cabaret with Lava Elastic at Contact and CRIPtic Cabaret at HOME. The Lowry has Rendez-Vous Dance What Songs May Do on Fri 11 Nov and a Scratch Night on Sat 12 Nov; and Anna Clover's Going Deutsch is at the Old Courts, Wigan on Thu 10 Nov.
Vincent Dance's Hold Tight is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Tue 8 Nov. In Liverpool, at the Unity Theatre there's WomanHood on Tue 8 Nov and Symoné's Utopian (T&Cs apply) on Fri 11 Nov; and at the Bluecoat: Bus Regulation, the Musical is on Sun 13 Nov. In St Helen's, Turntable Theatre's Made of Stars is at St Mary's Market (11-13 Nov), Unfinished Business's Sauerkraut Spell Sharing is at Lucem House on Sat 12 Nov and Xhi Ndubisi + Sarah Hunter's Feast: Pear is also at St Mary's Market on Sun 13 Nov.

The following week (w/c 14 Nov) Frantic Assembly are at The Lowry and Not F*ckin Sorry is at Contact.
Further afield is much busier: Proto-type Theater and Ridiculusmus are in Sheffield: LavaElastic in Ormskirk; Mark Thomas and Ugly Bucket in Liverpool; Bobby Baker in Lancaster; Julia Griffin in Warrington; and No Dress Code dance scratch night, Vincent Dance and gobscure in Leeds.

Compass Festival also joins the festival line-up (18-27 Nov) alongside Homotopia (1-20 Nov) and DaDaFest (until 3 Dec).
 

IRL:
This weekend Contact has Artists Make Space on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Oct; and Watch Us Dance is at the New Adelphi Theatre, University of Salford, tonight, Fri 28 Oct.
Further afield, in Liverpool, Sonia Sabri's Roshni is at the Capstone Theatre on Sat 29 Oct; while at the Unity Theatre DaDaFest has Kadisha Kayana Sunshine and Shadows  on Fri 28 Oct and Rhiannon May's Crash Landing on Sat 29 Oct.  In St Helens Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022  runs 28 Oct - 13 Nov including Jenny Gaskell's The Cloakroom and David Hoyle's Ten Commandments both on Sat 29 Oct.
In Leeds, Slung Low has Pigfoot's Hot in Here at the Holbeck on Fri 28 Oct; while in Sheffield Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evil is at the Drama Studio, Sheffield on Sun 30 Oct

Next week (w/c 31 Oct) Pigfoot's Hot in Here is at Contact (1-3 Nov); IMPact's Dance Lab is at The Lowry on Wed 2 Nov; and Anna Clover's Going Deutsch is at Manchester Jewish Museum on Sun 6 Nov.
Elsewhere, Witch Hunt is in Sheffield on Mon 31 Oct.
If there's one thing to make an effort for this week it's Back to Back Theatre's The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes at Leeds Playhouse (2-5 Nov). Also in Leeds, Alethia Antonia's Inscribed in "Me" is at NSCD; and Aura is at CLAY, both on Fri 4 Nov.
Vincent Dance Theatre's Hold Tight is at the Unity in Liverpool also on Fri 4 Nov; while in St Helens, Figs in Wigs' Astrology Bingo is at Thatto Heath Labour Club on Fri 4 Nov and Sonia Hughes's I am from Reykjavik is in Church Square on Sat 5 Nov.

Keep checking the various festivals: Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022 (until 13 Nov); DaDaFest (until 3 Dec);  and Homotopia (1-20 Nov).

The following week (w/c 7 Nov) Reckless Sleepers are at New Adelphi, Lava Elastic is at Contact; CRIPtic Cabaret at HOME; Rendez-Vous Dance and a Scratch Night at The Lowry; and Going Deutsch at the Old Courts, Wigan.
Vincent Dance are in Ormskirk; while Liverpool has WomanHood, Symoné and Bus Regulation, the Musical. Eva Recacha is in Lancaster; and Unfinished Business and Feast: Pear and and Turntable Theatre's Made of Stars are in St Helens.
 

IRL:
This weekend Amy Vreeke's Glowing is at Contact (until Sat 22 Oct; while HOME has Boy Blue's Blak, Whyte, Gray (also until Sat 22 Oct) and Javaad Alipoor's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (22 Oct - 5 Nov). Elsewhere, there's a Scratch Studio at Liverpool Everyman on Sat 22 Oct.

Next week (w/c 24 Oct) Contact has CYC's Halo (24-26 Oct) and Artists Make Space on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Oct; Extraordinary Bodies' Delicate at The Lowry on Tue 25 + Wed 26 Oct; and Watch Us Dance is at the New Adelphi Theatre on Fri 28 Oct.

Further afield, to the west: Sweetshop Revolution's Your Heart Is Too Loud is at the Arts Centre, Edgehill University on Tue 25 Oct.
Liverpool is really busy with Seke Chimutengwede's It Begins In Darkness at the Bluecoat on Thu 27 Oct and Sonia Sabri's Roshni at the Capstone Theatre on Sat 29 Oct. Plus, at the Unity Theatre, DaDaFest has Rosa Faye Garland's Trash Salad (Wed 26 Oct), Chronic Insanity's 24,23,22 (Thu 27 Oct), Kadisha Kayana Sunshine and Shadows (Fri 28 Oct) and Rhiannon May's Crash Landing (Sat 29 Oct).
In St Helens, Heart of Glass has Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022  (28 Oct - 13 Nov) including Jenny Gaskell's The Cloakroom and David Hoyle's Ten Commandments both on Sat 29 Nov.
To the east:  in Leeds, CLAY has Ray Young's BODIES at Bramley Baths on Thu 27 Nov while Slung Low has Pigfoot's Hot in Here at the Holbeck on Fri 28 Nov; while Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evil is at the Drama Studio, Sheffield on Sun 30 Nov.

The following week (w/c 31 Oct) Pigfoot is at Contact; IMPact's Dance Lab is at The Lowry and Going Deutsch is at Manchester Jewish Museum.
Elsewhere, Witch Hunt is in Sheffield; Back to Back Theatre, Alethia Antonia and Aura are in Leeds; Vincent Dance Theatre are in Liverpool and Figs in Wigs and Turntable Theatre in St Helens.
It's generally gone a bit festival-tastic with the ongoing Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022 and DaDaFest, now joined by Homotopia... and if you happen to be in Croydon, Drunken Chorus's A Bit of a Do.
 

IRL:
This weekend, closer to home there's dance: tonight Fri 14 Oct Joseph Toonga's Born to Exist is at The Lowry; tomorrow, Sat 15 Oct Avant Garde Dance's Illegal Dance is at NSCD in Leeds. The second Up Next is at the Unity in Liverpool (until 15 Oct) including Frankie Blaus, Benjamina Albanese + Arianna Sansone and Stan's Café's River Tours is in Lancaster on Sat 15 Oct.

Next week (w/c 17 Oct) Amy Vreeke's Glowing is at Contact (18-22 Oct); while Clorinda Agonistes's Clorinda the Warrior is at The Lowry on Tue 18 + Wed 19 Oct. HOME has Boy Blue's Blak, Whyte, Gray (20-22 Oct) and Javaad Alipoor's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (22 Oct - 5 Nov).
Elsewhere, The Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Rhiannon Faith's Drowntown on Tue 18 Oct + Fertile Ground's Myths & Dreams on Wed 19 Oct. In Liverpool, Rendez-Vous Dance's What songs may do is at the Capstone Theatre on Wed 19 Oct; and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman on Sat 22 Oct; while Mark Thomas's Black and White is at the Dukes, Lancaster on Wed 19 Oct.

The following week (w/c 24 Oct) CYC's Halo and Artists Make Space are at Contact; Extraordinary Bodies at The Lowry; and Watch Us Dance at the New Adelphi Theatre.
Further afield, to the west: Sweetshop Revolution are in Ormskirk; Seke Chimutengwede, Trash Salad, DaDaFest and Sonia Sabri in Liverpool; and in St Helens, Heart of Glass has Lowri Evans's Takeover 2022 including Jenny Gaskell and David Hoyle.
To the east: Ray Young and Pigfoot are in Leeds; and Ad Infinitum in Sheffield.
 

IRL:
This weekend The Lowry has Scarabeus Aerial Theatre's Emerging on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Oct; and Aakash Odedra's Samsara on Sun 9 Oct. Contact has Outbox's Groove, tonight Fri 7 Oct and Roma Havers's Lob Fri 7 + Sat 8 Oct.
Further afield: Akeim Toussaint Buck hosts Radical Vision at NSCD, Leeds on Sat 8 Oct and Charlie Ford/Lucy Suggate's DRIFT PAPER TENDER STONE is at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge also on Sat 8 Oct.

Next week (w/c 10 Oct) The Lowry has Mark Thomas's Black and White on Tue 11 Oct and Joseph Toonga's Born to Exist on Fri 14 Oct. Further afield, Leeds Carriageworks has Proto-Type Theater's Dead Cats on Tue 11 Oct and NSCD has Avant Garde Dance's Illegal Dance on Sat 15 Oct.  The second Up Next Weekender is at Unity in Liverpool (13-15 Oct) including Paul Betney, Frankie Blaus, Benjamina Albanese + Arianna Sansone; Stan's Café's River Tours are in Lancaster on Sat 15 Oct. Further still, the big one is Fierce Festival in Birmingham (11-16 Oct) - Fri 14, Sat 15 or Sun 16 would be the days to go for if you're thinking of making a trip.

The following week (w/c 17 Oct) Amy Vreeke is at Contact, Boy Blue + Javaad Alipoor at HOME and Clorinda Agonistes at The Lowry. Rhiannon Faith + Fertile Ground are in Ormskirk; Rendez-Vous Dance and a Scratch Studio in Liverpool; and Mark Thomas in Lancaster.
 

Next week (w/c 3 Oct) is an awful lot busier than I thought: The Lowry has SAY's The Album on Tue 4 Oct; Scarabeus Aerial Theatre's Emerging on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Oct; and Aakash Odedra's Samsara on Sun 9 Oct. Contact has Outbox's Groove (5-7 Oct) and Roma Havers's Lob (5-8 Oct); while The Edge has Untied Theatre's Head Gardener on Thu 6 Oct.

Further afield: Rachel Hammond's Joshua and Me is at the Duke's, Lancaster on Thu 6 Oct; Akeim Toussaint Buck hosts Radical Vision at NSCD, Leeds on Sat 8 Oct and Charlie Ford/Lucy Suggate's DRIFT PAPER TENDER STONE is at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge also on Sat 8 Oct.

The following week (w/c 10 Oct) Mark Thomas and Joseph Toonga are at The Lowry. Further afield, Proto-Type Theater and Avant Garde Dance are in Leeds; the second Up Next Weekender is in Liverpool; Stan's Café are in Lancaster and further still, Fierce Festival is in Birmingham (10-16 Oct).
 

Next week (w/c 26 Sep) Gecko's Kin is at HOME 27 Sep - 1 Oct while Contact has Spoken Movement's Family Honour on Thu 29 Sep, and the aforementioned Emergency 22 on Sat 1 Oct.
Elsewhere, mandla's As British as a Watermelon is part of Blackfest at Unity, Liverpool on Mon 26 Sep.

The following week (w/c 3 Oct) I think I need to do another web trawl (post Emergency) as so far things seem strangely quiet, but you can catch Charlie Ford/Lucy Suggate's DRIFT PAPER TENDER STONE at Wainsgate Chapel in Hebden Bridge on Sat 8 Oct.