Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

IRL:
This weekend - PUSH at HOME has Amy Townsend-Lowcock's My Fruits and Liam Rees's The Enlightened (both until Sat 11 Feb). Further afield, Leeds has Encounters Festival at Yorkshire Dance until Sat 11 Feb, while tomorrow, Sat 11 Feb Joseph Toonga's Born to Exist is at the Riley Theatre; and Eva Recacha's Because I Can is at Lancaster Arts.

Next week (w/c 13 Feb) Thu 16 Feb is a popular night: Queer Contact has François Pandolfo's An Audience with Milliy Liu and Luke Hereford's Grandmother's Closet. Also on Thu 16 Feb, in Liverpool, Josh Coates's Sunday Morning is at the Unity, while in Lancaster Rowena Gander's Barely Visible is at the Duke's. Bucking the Thursday trend, Verve is at the Riley Theatre in Leeds on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Feb.

The following week (w/c 20 Feb) Dance with Us and Verve are at the New Adelphi, Salford. Verve is also in Lancaster; Alethia Antonia and #Black Boy Joy Gone in Leeds and there's a Scratch Studio in Liverpool.
 

IRL:
This weekend - this afternoon, Future Flares has Devise one action or gesture that can easily be repeated and Michael Pinchbeck + Kevin Egan's Matchsticks Remastered (w-i-p); while Arnold and Komarov Travelling Theatre's Shame on You! is at the New Adelphi, Salford University tonight Fri 27 Jan. Tomorrow, Sat 28 Jan, PUSH has Mothers Who Make's Test the Waters.

Next week (w/c 30 Jan) Gary Clarke Company's Wasteland is at Contact (1-3 Feb); and Alexa Vox's Patron Saint of Cabaret is at PUSH at HOME on Thu 2 Feb.

The Arts Centre at Edgehill University has Theatre Re's The Nature of Forgetting on Wed 1 Feb and Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evlil Things on Thu 2 Feb; while at the Unity, Liverpool there's a screening of Hedda (after Ibsen) on Sat 4 Feb.

The following week (w/c 6 Feb) PUSH has #Black Boy Joy Gone, Amy Townsend-Lowcock, Liam Rees; and  Queer Contact (until 18 Feb) enters the fray, so if you're looking for more cabaret-style activity look no further. Elsewhere, Rowena Gander is in Ormskirk, Eva Recacha in Lancaster and Joseph Toonga in Leeds.
 

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IRL:
This weekend Turn On Festival at Hope Mill Theatre (14-21 Jan) has its Development Grant Evening tonight, Fri 20 Jan. You can also still catch Factory International's First Breath until 29 Jan; and PUSH Festival at HOME's programme of exhibitions and workshops gets going.
In Liverpool on Sat 21 Jan, the Everyman has a Scratch Studio and Raven Radha's Gaslit is at the Unity.

Next week (w/c 23 Jan) the pace really picks up:
The Lowry has Andrea Salustri's Materia and Zinnia Oberski's Dreams of the Small Gods on a double ticket deal on Tue 24 Jan; plus there's a screening of Yewande 103's Fountain on Thu 26 Jan (as part of their LIVE NOW digital workshop programme). At PUSH, Mothers Who Make's Test the Waters jumped out at me on Sat 28 Jan.

Meanwhile, there's Future Flares at Manchester School of Theatre (tickets max £5) with: on Wed 25 + Thu 26 Jan Arnold and Komarov Travelling Theatre's Shame on You! (also at New Adelphi on Fri 27 Jan); on Thu 26 Jan Tania Camara's As I Am Naturally and Will Dickie's White Sun; and on Fri 27 Jan Devise one action or gesture that can easily be repeated and Michael Pinchbeck + Kevin Egan's Matchsticks Remastered (w-i-p).

Elsewhere, on Wed 25 Jan, Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at The New Continental in Preston; and Proto-type Theater's Dead Cats is at Lancaster Arts.

The following week (w/c 30 Jan) calms down again - Gary Clarke Company is at Contact; Macondo is at The Lowry and Alexa Vox is at PUSH at HOME. Theatre Re and Ad Infinitum are in Ormskirk; and David Hoyle is in the film Hedda (after Ibsen) in Liverpool.
 

IRL:
The next 10 days: sees the kick off Turn On Festival at Hope Mill Theatre (14-21 Jan) - catching my eye are Ladyfriends on Mon 16 Jan and the Development Grant Evening on Fri 20 Jan. 
Thick & Tight's Tits & Teeth is at The Lowry on Wed 18 Jan; while Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles is at Oldham Library on Thu 19 Jan, and Factory International's First Breath is ongoing (until 29 Jan).

PUSH Festival at HOME enters the fray on Fri 20 Jan (until 18 Feb); shows seem to be from 26 Jan including Ink & Curtains, Monkeywood Theatre, Mothers Who Make, Alexa Vox, #BlackBoyJoyGone, Amy Townsend Lowcock, Liam Rees, Isabella Leung and Josh Coates.

Further afield, in Barnsley, the Civic has Proto-type Theater's Dead Cats on Wed 18 Jan; while in Liverpool on Sat 21 Jan, the Everyman has a Scratch Studio and Raven Radha's Gaslit is at the Unity.

The following week (w/c 23 Jan) The Lowry has Andrea Salustri and Zinnia Oberski on a double ticket deal; plus there's a screening of Fountain. At PUSH, Mothers Who Make scratch event jumped out at me. The third festival also gets going: Future Flares at Manchester School of Theatre (24-27 Jan) including Will Dickie, Tania Camara and Michael Pinchbeck + Kevin Egan.

Elsewhere Avital Raz is in Preston and Proto-type Theater are in Lancaster.

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.