Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

With seemingly everything on the list for reform except apple picking, the performance world offers a rather better crop...

This weekend, LUNG’s Woodhill continues at Lowry until Sat 17 Oct; and, for something a bit more theatrical, Red Ladder Theatre Company and Silent Uproar’s Close Enough to Touch is at Waterside, Sale on Fri 16 + Sat 17 Oct. On Sun 18 Oct, MuseumMisha’s Stay in Those Colours: Release – Live Performance takes over the Social at Aviva Studios.

Over in Lancaster, Tim Etchells, Bert & Nasi’s L’Addition is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 16 Oct.

On Merseyside, Caitlin Barnett Dance Co.’s Comrades in the Dark is at Unity on Fri 16 + Sat 17 Oct; Sam Danson’s Off Grid heads to Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot on Sat 17 Oct; and Liverpool Scratch Network’s Scratch Night is Downstairs at the Everyman the same evening.

Much further afield, Fierce Festival continues across Birmingham until Sun 18 Oct, featuring Chou Tung-Yen, Ligia Lewis, Wojciech Grudziński, Faye Driscoll, n (melissandre varin), Justine A. Chambers, Shannon Cochrane, Hana Umeda, Ewa Dziarnowska, Dana Michel, SERAFINE1369, Josh Anio Grigg, Dickie Beau, Helen Noir and Steven Cohen.

Next week (w/c 19 Oct), Greater Manchester is busy again. Hannah Maxwell’s TURN YOUR F**ING PHONES OFF*is at Waterside, Sale from Tue 20-Thu 22 Oct; Dance@Salford’s Watch US Dance comes to New Adelphi on Fri 23 Oct; and Mark Thomas’s 40 in Stand-Up Years is back at Waterside on Sun 25 Oct.

At Lowry, Tom Cassani’s Iterations is on Fri 23 Oct; Bert & Nasi’s L’Addition follows on Fri 23 + Sat 24 Oct; and Gaël Le Cornec’s Amazons is there on Sat 24 Oct.

Lightpool Festival illuminates Blackpool from Wed 21-Sat 31 Oct.
On Merseyside, LUNG’s Woodhill reaches Unity on Wed 21 + Thu 22 Oct; while Lancaster gets Daniel Kitson’s Thrum at the Dukes on Thu 22 Oct (sold out).

Across Yorkshire, Gaël Le Cornec’s Amazons is at Sheffield Playhouse on Thu 22 Oct (sold out). Leeds has Matthew Tweedle’s D Is for Dyslexia at Carriageworks the same evening, followed by Sam Danson’s Off Grid on Sat 24 Oct. Jasmin Vardimon’s Lullaby comes to Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Fri 23 Oct; and Victoria Firth & Company’s BATTY! is at Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck that evening.

Much further afield, Experimentica marks its 25th anniversary at Chapter, Cardiff from Thu 22-Sat 24 Oct, featuring tactileBOSCH, Giles Bailey, Rhys Slade-Jones, Samra Mayanja and Marged Siôn, Test Dept and Brith Gof, Dana Michel, Martin O’Brien, Jennifer Taylor, Mars Saude and Anne Bean.

The following week (w/c 26 Oct), Alpaqa’s JEEZUS! is at Lowry from Tue 27-Fri 30 Oct; while Manchester Hypes’ The Treatment brings grime theatre to Contact on Fri 30 + Sat 31 Oct.

In Yorkshire, LUNG’s Woodhill reaches Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Tue 27 Oct. Daniel Kitson’s Thrumis at Sheffield Playhouse on Fri 30 + Sat 31 Oct (sold out); and Ugly Bucket’s STUFFED is at Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck on Sat 31 Oct.

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

Notes for Artists — Social Experiment remains open for proposals for the 19 November edition, deadline 2 Nov, midday.

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Tamsin

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No. 588/ FY 20