warnmcr: triskaidekaphilia...


Having been born on a 13th, I generally look upon it favourably - but I did stop short of pushing the button on our NPO application on Friday the 13th (and yes, we did play it as we submitted). Meanwhile, in a world beyond Grantium...

IRL:
This weekend - RashDash's Oh Mother continues at HOME until 19 May); while the Debut student festival ends today at the New Adelphi theatre. Company Chameleon's The Shadow is at NSCD's Riley Theatre in Leeds on Sat 14 May while  Mayfest kicks off in Bristol  until 29 May.

Next week (w/c 16 May) Rowena Gander's Barely Visible is at Sale Waterside on Wed 18 May; and on Fri 20 May Performance Research Group/Babel Theatre's In Search of Fathers  is at Manchester School of Theatre and Pete the Terrible x Pen:Chant is at The Edge Theatre. 

The following week (w/c 23 May) there's Lip Service A Life of Laughter at Chorlton High School;  and Everything I Didn't Say at The Lowry. SICK! Festival has mandla rae at Anthony Burgess; Ejaculation Falls at STUN; + Company Chameleon in Harpurhey; while we at Word of Warning are back at Contact with Works Ahead.

Keep keeping an eye on Chorlton Arts Festival and Lancashire Fringe Festival for anything that may take your fancy!

Online: 
Unity Online has just relaunched, offering ticketed catch-up access to their live programme. Keep an eye on Lowry DigitalHOMESCREEN MIF Watch On DemandSadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022


Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr keeping counsel...


On this typical british post-election morning, the media channels are ringing to the tune of every party spinning for all they're worth to turn defeat into victory, though the only actual interest raised is that of the banks... Meanwhile in performance world:

IRL:
This weekend - SICK! Festival kicks off in Moston, while in Leeds, CLAYground has Daniel Oliver's The Board Game on and Barnsley Civic has Two Desinatation Language's Faultines both on Fri 6 May.

Next week (w/c 9 May) Candoco's Set and Reset... is at the Lowry on Tue 10 + Wed 11 May; Between Tiny Cities at Contact (10-12 May); RashDash's Oh Mother at HOME (12-19 May); while the Debut student festival is at the New Adelphi theatre 11-13 May.
Further afield Company Chameleon's The Shadow is at NSCD's Riley Theatre in Leeds on Sat 14 May while much further, Mayfest is in Bristol 13-29 May.

The following week (w/c 16 May) seems strangely quiet again - with only Rowena Gander at Sale Waterside adding to the ongoing picture; but keep checking Chorlton Arts Festival and Lancashire Fringe Festival for anything that may take your fancy!

Online: 
Unity Online has just relaunched, offering ticketed catch-up access to their live programme. Keep an eye on Lowry DigitalHOMESCREEN MIF Watch On DemandSadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: woman has legs...


... woman gives birth, Rwanda, Channel 4, MOTs... just a few of the deceased felines aimed at drawing our attention from unpalatable (un)truths... all of which can only mean that Word of Warning is back in action next week with Proto-type's Dead Cats.
But before that...
IRL:
This weekend - tonight, Fri 29 Apr, you can see Emergence at the New Adelphi, Salford while Chorlton Arts Festival gets underway.
Further afield, in Lancaster you can catch Fabiola Santana's A Home For Grief  at St John the Evangelist Church until 30 Apr; while in Preston Lancashire Fringe Festival is up and running.
In Liverpool, Figs in Wigs' Little Wimmin is tonight, Fri 29 Apr; and Freestylers' Everybody With Me, Always is at The Bluecoat on Sat 30 + Sun 1 May;
In Leeds Akram Khan's Chotto Xenos is at NCSD on Fri 29 + Sat 30 Apr.
MUCH further afield in Gateshead, GIFT Festival takes place 29 Apr - 1 May (check out online content)

Next week (w/c 2 May) the place to be is with us at The Lowry for the aforementioned Proto-type's Dead Cats on Wed 4 May. 
SICK! Festival touches down in Moston throughout May, while beyond Mancunia, Figs in Wigs' Little Wimmin is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 5 May, while in Leeds, CLAYground has Daniel Oliver's The Board Game on Fri 6 May.

The following week (w/c 9 May) gets busier with Candoco at the Lowry, Between Tiny Citiesat Contact, and RashDash at HOME. Further afield Company Chameleon are in Leeds while much further, Mayfest starts in Bristol. 

Online: 
If you can't make it to Gateshead, GIFT has some online offerings: Action Hero's Future Perfect(29 Apr - 1 May); Bertrand Lesca + Nasi Voutsas's The End on Fri 29 Apr; Varjack- Lowry'siMelania on Fri 29 + Sat 30 Apr; and Two Destination Language's What If on Sun 1 May.

Keep an eye on Lowry DigitalHOMESCREEN MIF Watch On DemandSadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: interstitial...


As Easter eggs melt into memory, we stumble into the bank holiday interstice with a slow start...

IRL:
Next week (w/c 25 Apr) the Mancunian performance world is pretty quiet but on Fri 29 Apr you can see Emergence at the New Adelphi, Salford while Chorlton Arts Festival gets going. On Wed 27 Apr, in Wigan Victoria Firth's How To Be Amazingly Happy is at the Old Courts.

Further afield, in Lancaster Fabiola Santana's A Home For Grief  is at St John the Evangelist Church (25-30 Apr) and Nikki Rummer's Unbroken is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 28 Apr; while in Preston Lancashire Fringe Festival gets going on Wed 27 Apr. 
In Liverpool, Figs in Wigs' Little Wimmin is at Unity on on Thu 28 + FRI 29 Apr and Freestylers' Everybody With Me, Always is at The Bluecoat on Sat 30 + Sun 1 May;
In Leeds Akram Khan's Chotto Xenos at NCSD on Fri 29 + Sat 30 Apr.

The following week (w/c 2 May) we at Word of Warning make our first return to The Lowry with Proto-type's Dead Cats on Wed 4 May.
Elsewhere SICK! Festival touches down in Moston throughout May - look out for the Menopause Bus Choir.
Further afield, Figs in Wigs are in Lancaster, while in Leeds, CLAYground has Daniel Oliver.

Online: 
Keep an eye on Lowry DigitalHOMESCREEN MIF Watch On DemandSadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022


Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: fool's gold...


On this April Fool's morning, it's the weather that appears to be pulling the biggest pranks, overshadowed only by the general wind-up that is the cost of living... In performance world April seems very much to be offering up an Easter lull. 

IRL:
This weekend: this afternoon, Fri 1 Apr, University of Salford's Adelphi Theatre may or may not have a Non-event while tonight Nothing Happens (Twice) at The Lowry (until 2 Apr) and Contact hosts Platform's The Showcase.

Also tonight, Fri 1 Apr in Sheffield, the University has Untold Dance Theatre's On the Insidewhile in Leeds,  Tom Cassani is at CLAYground and Transform has Sable Radio's A Soft Raptureand Rachel Mars's Forge (until Sat 2 Apr).

The next weeks of April seems pretty quiet. You can catch DIS:Play on Sat 9 Apr at Contact and Victor Esses's The Death And Life Of All Of Us on Thu 13 Apr at Manchester Jewish Museum. In the week commencing 18 Apr Theo Clinkard  and Jean Daniel Brouss are at The Lowry and Artesbandes, Bertrand Lesca + Nasi Voutsas are at HOME.

Further afield, Victoria Firth's How to be Amazingly Happy is in Sheffield on Wed 6 April and Amanda Piña's Frontera is in Leeds on Fri 8 + Sat 9 Apr. Also coming up at CLAY in Leeds is Howl Yuan's Impossible Homecoming (12-16 Apr) and Will Dickie is at Unity, Liverpool on Thu 21 Apr (coming to Manchester in May). 

Online: 
You can watch Imitating the Dog's Dracula on demand til 3 Apr; and Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning. There's also still Lowry DigitalHOMESCREEN MIF Watch On DemandSadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

This Weekly Warning is going to take a couple of weeks break until things liven up, so will be back after Easter.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: spring forward...


As Spring makes a bid to be the new Summer, and the clocks spring forward this Sunday, we also see the last couple of weeks of the pre-Easter performance flurry. Be sure to keep checking for latest info as cancellations are still high.

IRL:
This weekend, tonight Fri 25 Mar is the Manchester Writers for Ukraine event at the Kings Arms. While tomorrow, Sat 26 Mar Submerge concludes with Protest! A Live Art Takeover at Manchester Art Gallery then Club Submerge at Soup. Further afield Seahorse promenades round Chester Storyhouse on Sun 27 Mar. 
Spanning this and next week, Miray Sidhom's The Bread We Break is at Contact Fri 25 + Sat 26 Mar and 29-31 Mar. 

Next week (w/c 28 Mar) on the afternoon of Tue 29 Mar you can see Verve's Triple Bill at University of Salford's Adelphi Theatre; or if you dare risk it given the date, they may or may not have a Non-event on April Fool's Day. Nothing Happens (Twice) at The Lowry 31 Mar-2 Apr and Contact hosts Platform's The Showcase on Fri 1 Apr.

Further afield in Sheffield the University has SnapShot (including Tom Cassani) on Mon 28 Mar and Untold Dance Theatre's On the Inside. In Leeds, CLAY has SH!T Theatre's work in progresson Tue 29 Mar and Tom Cassani pops up again at CLAYground on Fri 1 Apr; while Transform has Sable Radio's A Soft Rapture on Fri 1 Apr and Rachel Mars's Forge (31 Mar-2 Apr).

The following week (w/c 4 Apr) sees the start of the Easter slowdown but you can catch DIS:Play on Sat 9 Apr at Contact while Victoria Firth is in Sheffield and Amanda Piña in Leeds.

Online: 
Katherine + Gemma Hollinson's Would You Care To continues via HOME until 1 Apr; you can watch Imitating the Dog's Dracula on demand til 3 Apr; and Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning. There's also still Lowry DigitalHOMESCREEN MIF Watch On DemandSadlers Wells Digital Stage or CPT Digital.

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.

As a closing word, we at Word of Warning were shocked to hear of the loss of Maggie Fox of Lip Service, and send our thoughts and love to Sue and the family.

Best

Tamsin


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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: no show...


Unfortunately, two years on Covid didn't get the memo that it's been cancelled, so it's just shows that are suffering that fate (four this week from just my list)... please check links for updates, as things are changing faster than I can keep up with.

IRL:
This weekend, The Lowry has Talk Show's Telethon on Fri 18 + Sat 19 Mar; while there's a sharing of Malandra Jacks' Census at AJ's Academy, Moston tonight, Fri 18 Mar. Also on Fri 18 Mar Submerge Festival is at the RNCM with Zubin Kanga's Cyborg Soloists: The Body Electric; and on Sat 19 Mar in the Northern Quarter with Sarah Leghissa's Will You Marry Me? and SeeSaw with Saeborg's Pigpen.
In Leeds, Transform has Nadia Beugré's Quartiers Libres at Northern Ballet on Fri 18 +Sat 19 Mar; while Julia Grifin's I used to be returns to New Art Spaces Warrington on Sat 19 Mar.

Next week (w/c 21 Mar) Submerge continues with the installation part of  Saeborg's Pigpen (until Sun 27 Mar); and on Tue 22 Mar with a Dance Double Bill at Salford Lad's Club; plus David Hoyle's Ten Commandments on Wed 23 Mar at The Lowry and Protest! A Live Art Takeover on Sat 26 Mar at Manchester Art Gallery.
The Lowry also has Alexander Whitley Dance's Overflow on Tue 22 + Wed 23 Mar; while Miray Sidhom's The Bread We Break is at Contact (24-26 Mar) and you can also catch the Manchester Writers for Ukraine event at the Kings Arms on Fri 25 Mar. 

The following week (w/c 28 Mar) Miray Sidhom continues at Contact, who also host PlatformLip Service are at The Met, Bury; and Nothing Happens Twice at The Lowry. Further afield there's SnapShot and Untold Dance Theatre in Sheffield; while Transform has A Soft Rapture and Rachel Mars's Forge in Leeds. 

Online: 
Katherine + Gemma Hollinson's Would You Care To continues via HOME until 1 April and you can also now see Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning, and there's still HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: sinking in...



So we now have a duo of Spring festivals you can sink into, each urging you to submerge, transform or both!

IRL
:
This weekend Eleanor May Blackburn's Subdural Haematoma is at the King's Arms tonight Fri 11 Mar, while for younger viewers, Reckless Sleepers' It's Hot It's Not is at The Lowry until Sat 12 Mar.
In Leeds tonight, Fri 11 Mar Transform has Jaha Koo's The History of Korean Western Theatreat Leeds Playhouse; or, for dance, there's Northern Connections 22 at NSCD.

Next week (w/c 14 Mar) Submerge Festival (17-26 Mar) pops up: at HOME with The Dan Daw Show (17-19 Mar); in the Northern Quarter with Sarah Leghissa's Will You Marry Me? (on Sat 19 Mar) and at SeeSa with Saeborg's Pigpen and Samuli Laine's Nurture (runs 18-20 Mar). 
Meanwhile The Lowry has Lost Dog's Tale of Two Cities on Tue 15 + Wed 16 Mar: and Talk Show's Telethon on Fri 18 + Sat 19 Mar.

In Leeds, Transform has Lua Bairstow's The Sound Grief Project at Leeds Playhouse on Wed 16 Mar; Jamal Gerald's Jumbie at CLAY (17-19 Mar ); + Nadia Beugré's Quartiers Libres at Northern Ballet on Fri 18 +Sat 19 Mar.
In Liverpool, Angel Field Festival has SynBia on Mon 14 Mar and Dora Frankel's Trails on Tue 15 Mar; while on The Truth To Power Café is at the LBT, Hudersfield on Sat 10 Mar.

The following week (w/c 21 Mar) Submerge continues with a Dance Double Bill at Salford Lad's Club, Protest! A Live Art Takeover at Manchester Art Gallery and David Hoyle at The Lowry; which also welcomes Alexander Whitley Dance.  Jamal Gerald is at HOME and Miray Sidhom is at Contact. 

Online: 
Lowry Digital launches on 15 Mar including Nigel Barrett + Louise Mari's Mystery Trip until 19 Mar. New to HOME is Katherine + Gemma Hollinson's Would You Care To until 1 April; Transform has The More You Rehearse The Worse It Gets on demand til 12 Mar. You can also now see Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning, and there's still HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022

Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: march of time...


No quips or word play this week - the only news story that matters is not joke fodder - but for anyone that hasn't seen it, a clip of Zelenskyy's 'piano playing' seems a fitting tribute in this particular arena.

In performance world the pace continues to pick up, and we've even got some work to save the date for; before that though: 

IRL:
This weekend News News News (created with Andy Field + Beckie Darlington) is at Contact on Sat 5 Mar; while You Heard Me is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and Verve is at the Riley Theatre, NSCD both on Fri 4 + Sat 5 Mar.

Next week (w/c 7 Mar) on Tue 8 Mar All Things Equal is at Mayfield and Oddly Moving's Atlasis at The Lowry. Eleanor May Blackburn's Subdural Haematoma is at the King's Arms on 10 + 11 Mar, while for younger viewers, Reckless Sleepers' It's Hot It's Not is at The Lowry (10-12 Mar).

Further afield Transform (9 Mar-9 Apr) kicks off in Leeds with Jaha Koo's The History of Korean Western Theatre while also in Leeds, Northern Connections 22 is at NSCD.
Much further afield Sprint kicks off at Camden People's Theatre on 8 Mar.

The following week (w/c 14 Mar) is busy: Submerge Festival (17-26 Mar) gets going including The Dan Daw Show at HOME, Sarah Leghissa in the street and Pigpen and Nurture at SeeSaw. Meanwhile Phoebe Francis Brown is also at Contact and Lost Dog and Talk Show are at The Lowry.

In Leeds, Transform has The Sound Grief ProjectJamal Gerald + Nadia Beugré.
In Liverpool, Angel Field Festival has Synbia  and Trails while The Truth To Power project arrives in Hudersfield. 

Online: 
You can see Nigel Barrett + Louise Mari's Mystery Trip (5-19 Mar) via The Lowry; while Lancaster Arts has Mind The Gap's A Little Space on Mon 7 Mar, while Transform has The More You Rehearse The Worse It Gets streaming on Wed 9 Mar, then on demand 10-12 Mar. You can also see Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing via Word of Warning from Mon 7 Mar.
Plus there's always HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand or CPT Digital.

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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Performance Programme Spring/Summer 2022
Wed 4 May, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry
DEAD CATS
Proto-type Theater & Adam York Gregory

Thu 26 & Fri 27 May | Contact
WORKS AHEAD 2022
Helena Ascough | Ross McCaffrey | Will Dickie


warnmcr: winds of change...


After a tempestuous month, let's just hope that March's winds can turn back the tide and blow some positive change on all fronts... 
By contrast, the performance world is still in a bit of a lull, but more is blowing into view:

IRL:
Over the next 10 days: Sadiq Ali's The Chosen Haram is at The Lowry on Thu 3 Mar and News News News (created with Andy Field + Beckie Darlington) at Contact on Sat 5 Mar. In Leeds Small Acts' Future Pub is on Sat 26 Feb at The Holbeck and Verve is at the Riley Theatre, NSCD on Fri 4 + Sat 5 Mar.

The following week (w/c 7 Mar) the pace starts to pick up: on Tue 8 Mar  All Things Equal is at Mayfield and Oddly Moving's Atlas is at The Lowry. Eleanor May Blackburn's Subdural Haematoma is at the King's Arms on 10 + 11 Mar, while for younger viewers, Reckless Sleepers' It's Hot It's Not is at The Lowry (10-12 Mar).
Further afield Transform (9 Mar-9 Apr kicks off in Leeds with Jaha Koo's The History of Korean Western Theatre while also in Leeds, Northern Connections 22 is at NSCD.
Much further afield Sprint kicks off at Camden People's Theatre on 8 Mar. 

Online: 
You can see Nigel Barrett + Louise Mari's Mystery Trip (5-19 Mar) via The Lowry; while Lancaster Arts has Mind The Gap's A Little Space on Mon 7 Mar, and Proto-type Theater's A Dangerous Thing has also landed on their platform until 7 Mar.
Plus there's always HOMESCREEN and MIF Watch On Demand or CPT Digital.

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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