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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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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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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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








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

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 | Plaster Cast | Puppetfingers | Thomas Daniel Byrne






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

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 | Plaster Cast | Puppetfingers | Thomas Daniel Byrne






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

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 | Plaster Cast | Puppetfingers | Thomas Daniel Byrne





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

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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 | Plaster Cast | Puppetfingers | Thomas Daniel Byrne







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


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

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Information for artists: www.habmcr.org