Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

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.
 

IRL:
This weekend, continuing until Sat 29 Apr is Complicité's Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead  at The Lowry; and in Liverpool Imitating the Dog's Macbeth at the Playhouse,  Song for Europe at the Unity and a Scratch Studio at the Everyman. Tonight, Fri 28 Apr, RAWD's Super! is at Chester Storyhouse; Russell Maliphant's Vortex at Lancaster Arts and tomorrow, Sat 29 Apr Equilibrio Dinamico's Gold: The Journey of Light is at the Riley Theatre in Leeds.

Next week (w/c 1 May) Word of Warning is back in action with Avital Raz's Unnatural Cycles - A Ghost Story on Wed 3 Apr at The Lowry, which also has Alice Christina-Corrigan's Past Life on Thu 4 May, Howool Baek and Siga Dance on Sat 6 May, and Aakash Odedra's Little Murmur on Sun 7 May. HOME has Ad Infinitum's If You Fall (3-13 May).
Further afield, Marianne Tuckmann's The Dirt is at Stage@Leeds on Tue 2 May and SLAP presents Drop Pin at Leeds Assembly House on Thu 4 May. UKRland is at Liverpool Unity (2-4 May); and Imitating the Dog's Macbeth is at the LBT in Huddersfield (3-6 May).

The following week (w/c 8 May) Tamasha are at Contact and Happy Place is at Bolton Octagon. Proto-type Theater are in Leeds and Sheffield, Emergence 2023 in Lancaster and Sheffield; while Lancaster also has ACE dance and Sheffield also has Hazel Lam and The Chosen Haram. Meanwhile Gary Clarke is in Huddersfield and Ridiculusmus in Leeds.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Synagogue Scratch continues til Sun 23 Apr at Manchester Jewish Museum while Impermanence's Venus is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 21 Apr and Gary Clarke's Wasteland is at Barnsley Civic on Fri 21 + Sat 22 Apr and, in London, NOW 2023 is on at The Yard until 13 May.

Next week (w/c 24 Apr) The Lowry has Kontemporary Korea - Korea National on Mon 24 Apr, Complicité's Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead  (25-29 Apr); and both Bert & Nasi's The End and The Beginning on Wed 26 and Thu 27 Apr respectively.

In Liverpool, Imitating the Dog's Macbeth is at the Playhouse (25-29 Apr);  Song for Europe is at the Unity on Fri 28 and Sat 29 Apr; and there's a Scratch Studio at the Everyman on Sat 29 Apr. RAWD's Super! is at Chester Storyhouse on Thu 27 and Fri 28 Apr Chester; Russell Maliphant's Vortex is at Lancaster Arts also on Thu 27 and Fri 28 Apr and Equilibrio Dinamico's Gold: The Journey of Light is at the Riley Theatre in Leeds on Sat 29 Apr.

The following week (w/c 1 May) HOME has Ad Infinitum; we at Word of Warning are back with Avital Raz at the Lowry, which also has more Kontemporary Korea, Alice Christina-Corrigan and Aakash Odedra.
Further afield, Marianne Tuckmann and SLAP are in Leeds; UKRland is in Liverpool; Imitating the Dog in Huddersfield
 

IRL:
The next ten days, Synagogue Scratch continues til Sun 23 Apr at Manchester Jewish Museum while The Lowry has Scratch Nights X Circus on Wed 19 Apr.
Further afield, Saphena Aziz's Martha, Me and My Family is at at the Unity in Liverpool, tonight Fri 14 Apr; BlastFest is at the Duke's Lancaster on Thu 20 Apr; Impermanence's Venus is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Fri 21 Apr while Gary Clarke's Wasteland is at Barnsley Civic on Fri 21 + Sat 22 Apr.
If you happen to be in London, NOW 2023 is on at The Yard (18 Apr-13 May).

The following week (w/c 24 Apr) The Lowry picks up the pace with Kontemporary Korea, Complicité; and both Bert & Nasi's The End and The Beginning. Elsewhere, Imitating the Dog, Song for Europe and a Scratch Studio are in Liverpool; RAWD in Chester; Russell Maliphant and Equilibiro Dinamico in Leeds.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Rory Aaron's This Town is already sold out at Contact; while Yusra Warsama's Of All The Beautiful Things In The World starts its run at HOME (until 6 Apr); and Synagogue Scratch (26 Mar - 23 Apr) kicks off at Manchester Jewish Museum. In Liverpool, Izzie Major's Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains is at the Cornerstone Theatre on Sun 26 Mar.

Next week (w/c 27 Mar) I haven't spotted much additional in Mancunia, but Avant Garde Dance's Illegal Dance is at Storyhouse, Chester on Tue 28 Mar; Black Sheep is at the Drama Studio in Sheffield on Wed 29 Mar. In Liverpool, the Capstone Theatre has Jo Fong + George Orange's The Rest of Our Lives on Wed 29 Mar and Whispered Tales' Release on Fri 31 Mar; while Top Joe's Spring Mass is at the Everyman also on Fri 31 Mar. Balbir Singh's Reflections of an Indian Dancer is at Leeds Playhouse on Sat 1 Apr. Much further afield Buzzcut Festival is happening in Glasgow 3o Mar- 1 Apr.

The following weeks (w/c 3 + 10 Apr) see the Easter slow-down and the only new things I've spotted are Rowena Gander's Barely Visible Thu 6 Apr and Saphena Aziz's Martha, Me and My Family on 14 Apr both at the Unity in Liverpool; and Forget About the Dog's Happy Place at the Duke's in Lancaster on Thu 13 Apr.
 

IRL:
This weekend, Jade Montserrat's Where We Gather featuring Ella Otomewo, Mandla Rae & Princess Arinola Adegbite is outside Manchester Central Library on Sat 18 Mar (12-2pm).
In Leeds, Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Mar and Say's The Album is at the Riley Theatre on Sat 19 Mar.

Next week (w/c 20 Mar) The Lowry has The Overhead Project's What is Left? on Mon 20 Mar and Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice on Tue 21 + Wed 22 Mar. Rory Aaron's This Town is already sold out at Contact; Yusra Warsama's Of All The Beautiful Things In The World starts its run at HOME (24 Mar - 6 Apr); and Emergence is at the New Adelphi, Salford on Thu 24 Mar. Synagogue Scratch (26 Mar - 23 Apr) kicks off at Manchester Jewish Museum.

The Arts Centre at Edgehill University is busy once more with Little Soldier's Nothing Happens Twice on Tue 21 Mar,  Balbir Singh's Reflections of an Indian Dancer on Wed 22 Mar and Van Huynh Company's Re:birth on Thu 25 Mar. Barrel Organ presents LIVE at Barnsley Civic on Wed 23 Mar and Izzie Major's Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains, Curtains is at the Cornerstone Theatre, Liverpool on Sun 26 Mar.

The following week (w/c 27 Mar) I haven't spotted much additional in Mancunia, but Avant Garde Dance are in Chester; Black Sheep in Sheffield, Whispered Tales and Top Joe in Liverpool, and Balbir Singh in Leeds. Much further afield (and where I'll be headed in scenes reminiscent of the old National Review of Live Art) Buzzcut Festival is happening in Glasgow 3o Mar- 1 Apr.
 

IRL:
This weekend, we're all about Turn 2023 at Contact, tonight, Fri 10 Mar. Now 9 pieces (thanks to Covid) from Christian Asare, Jack Evans, Lizzy Owen, Maisha Kungu Dance, Matrafisc Dance Company, Matter of Fact, Orla Collier, taciturn, Zara Jane - and all Pay What You Decide (but book ahead as it's quite busy see full programme details here). Mixed Movement x Open Floor follows on Sat 11 Mar at Contact and if you want to perform, you can sign up on the night.
You can also still catch Imitating the Dog's Macbeth at The Lowry (until 11 Mar).

Further afield, the Riley Theatre, Leeds has Jesús Rubio Gamo x WDP Fri 10 + Sat 11 Mar; while Jane Mason + Grace Surman's Same Room, Same Time is at Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge on Sat 11 Mar.

Next week (w/c 13 Mar) Avant Garde Dance's Freedom Is Never Free is at The Lowry on Tue 14 + Wed 15 Mar; plus Jade Montserrat's Where We Gather is outside Manchester Central Library on Sat 18 Mar (12-2pm).
The Arts Centre at Edgehill University is busy with Steph + Louisa's Flip Flop on Mon 13 Mar, Paul O'Donnell's Dia-be-tes on Tue 14 Mar and Jane Mason + Grace Surman's Same Room, Same Time on Thu 16 Mar.  In Leeds, Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik is at Leeds Playhouse on Fri 17 + Sat 18 Mar and Say's The Album is at the Riley Theatre on Sat 19 Mar.

The following week (w/c 20 Mar) The Overhead Project and Dada Masilo are at The Lowry; Rory Aaron is at Contact; Yusra Warsama at HOME; and Emergence at the New Adelphi.
Nothing Happens Twice, Balbir Singh and Van Huynh Company are in Ormskirk; Barrel Organ in Barnsley and Curtains, Curtains, Curtains in Liverpool
 

IRL:
This weekend seems pretty quiet, but you can catch The Pappy Show's What Do You See? at the Turnpike Gallery in Leigh, on Fri 3 + Sat 4 Mar.

Next week (w/c 6 Mar) for something technically theatrical, Imitating the Dog's Macbeth is at The Lowry (8-11 Mar).
Contact moves into dance mode, with the return of Turn on Fri 10 Mar. 10 pieces from Christian Asare, Jack Evans, James Hewison + Company, Lizzy Owen, Maisha Kungu Dance, Matrafisc Dance Company, Matter of Fact, Orla Collier, taciturn, Zara Jane - and all Pay What You Decide (see full programme details here). Mixed Movement also returns to Contact on Sat 11 Mar - this time as a partnership: Mixed Movement x Open Floor - if you want to perform, you can sign up on the night.

Further afield, the Arts Centre at Edgehill Univesity has a screening of Hedda on Tue 7 Mar and Ugly Bucket's Good Grief is on Thu 9 Mar. Liz Richardson's Swim is at the Dukes in Lancaster also on Thu 9 Mar. The Riley Theatre, Leeds has Jesús Rubio Gamo x WDP Fri 10 + Sat 11 Mar; while Jane Mason + Grace Surman's Same Room, Same Time is at Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge on Sat 11 Mar.
In London, Sprint Festival is at CPT (7-27 Mar).

The following week (w/c 13 Mar) Avant Garde Dance are at The Lowry and the intriguing Where We Gather is outside Manchester Central Library. In Ormskirk, there's Flip Flop, Paul O'Donnell and Jane Mason + Grace Surman. Bobak Champion and The Album are in Leeds.