Word of Warning...
Today marks St Andrew's day and the Word of Warning's season closer at Z-arts: Made In China's We Hope That You're Happy (Why Would We Lie?), a National Theare Studio and BAC Take Out supported company. Promising quick wit, dark insight, pop music and plenty of mess, they're generating great buzz around the country and we're delighted to be the final gig on their tour. Unbelievably, today also marks the finale of the first year of Word of Warning's programme and we're celebrating that, and patron saint of performers, St Andrew, with (loosely) themed drinks and nibbles after the show, hosted by Angel Club (north)'s MacMirror Twins. We really hope you can join us! Elsewhere, at Contact, the final Mother's Ruin of the year is also tonight (Fri 30 Nov) and there's Larkin' About all over the building, tomorrow Sat 1 Dec. Also tomorrow, Sat 1 Dec, is the Economies of Generosity Symposium at the Bluecoat, Liverpool; and in Lancaster, Live at LICA has the final, very special outing of Rajni Shah's Glorious. Next week, on Tues 4 Dec at the LBT in Huddersfield, you can catch Phoenix Dance Theatre's Crossing Points. Tip for the week, if you didn't catch it in Manchester, is Katherina Radeva's Fallen Fruit at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University on Fri 7 Dec, as part of the Cartographies of Justice event.(nb - there seems to be a problem with Captone's website - hopefully it will get resolved soon). Looking further ahead, on Weds 12 Dec in Manchester there's the Michael Mayhew curated 12-12-12 Humanity Night at Antwerp Mansions, and in Lancaster, at Ludus, LEAP's First Time - Last Time
Fri 14 Dec sees Tosh Ryan's Orchestra of Fools at the Black Lion, Salford and on Sat 15 Dec at the Whitworth Art Gallery is Afters Hours: Hockney's New York Loft Party Though I'm sorely tempted to advocate for a mass outing to see "The Hoff" in Peter Pan, I'll refrain, but I will give a quick mention to one seasonal outing, which promises not to be your usual fayre: Breaking Cycles' Pinocchio premiers at Live at LICA (8-10 Dec), then comes to our own Z-arts from 13-22 Dec. And that, to the best of my knowledge, is pretty much, that for the year... Unless something exciting comes to our attention, Word of Warning is going to take a break until early in the New Year, when we'll have news of our own Spring season and what's coming up around the region. Until then, really hope to see lots of you tonight at Z-arts for some great work and a bit of a seasonal tipple, otherwise bah humbug! and see you in the New Year! Best Tamsin