So, thanks to Jo Bannon, we're now up and running with Word of Warning Autumn/Winter 2017
- and holding our breath for the thrills and spills that Saturday may
bring. Generally pretty unruly, who knows what will happen when Emergency is actually let loose on the bevvies for its 18th - fingers crossed for staggering, slurring and gratuitous nudity...
It could, of course, all be justified, as with 27 pieces of work in just the one day, tired and emotional behaviour might just be in order. Events kick off at midday with durational, installation and short performances - including Gameshow counting our value in tiddlywinks; toddler tantrums, jelly and ice cream from Alex Billingham and a quintet of one to one conversations. From 5pm we move into show mode including the return of some old friends - including Krissi Musiol, Nathan Birkinshaw and both portions of 70/30 Split.
Whilst Word of Warning has Emergency tunnel-vision, there is apparently life beyond it. This weekend: Mother's Ruin is at Contact tonight, Fri 29 Sep; while Jackie Hagan's Cosmic Scallies is ongoing at The Royal Exchange Theatre (to 14 Oct). Meanwhile Orbit Festival (to 15 Oct) at HOME has Scottee's Bravado (Fri 29 + Sat 30 Sep) - alongside Greg Wohead's sold-out duo of shows. You could also do a quick trip across the road from Emergency to the Redbricks to catch Conor Aylward's Learning To Swim On An Ironing Board on Sat 30 Sep; while in Leeds, Jane English's 20B is at Slung Low's HUB on Sun 1 Oct.
Next week (w/c 2 Oct) in parts Mancunian you can easily go out (and pretty much double book yourself) every night of the week. At HOME there's Bertrand Lesca & Nasi Voutsas's Eurohouse (Mon 2 + Tue 3 Oct) and Palmyra (Tue 3 + Wed 4 Oct); Daniel Bye's Instructions for Border Crossing (5-7 Oct) and Selina Thompson's Salt (Fri 6 + Sat 7 Oct). Contact has Christopher Brett Bailey's Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight on Wed 4 + Thu 5 Oct; Sale Waterside has Mark Thomas's A Show That Gambles On The Future (Wed 4 Oct) and Mary Pearson's Fomo, Mofos! (Fri 6 Oct); LEGROOM also has a performance event featuring Henry Andersen; Amy Voris & Cath Cullinane; and Rob Lye on Wed 4 Oct.
Further afield Emma Decent's I Don't Know What I'm Supposed To Be Doing is at Burnley Library on Sat 7 Oct; the Arts Centre at Edgehill University is busy with Laurence Clark's Independence on Tue 3 Oct and Derailed on Thu 5 Oct; Imitating the Dog's Nocturnes is at Axis, Crewe on Thu 5 Oct and SH!T Theatre's Letters To Windsor House is at Live Art Bistro on Fri 6 Oct.
The following week (w/c 9 Oct) don't think for a second that things will calm down: The Believers Are But Brothers, We Are Ian, Bourgeois + Maurice, Paper Birds and Lemn Sissay are all at HOME; Aakash Odedra and Peaches Christ, Jinkx Monsoon + Holestar are at Contact; while Matrafisc Dance is at The Wonder Inn. Further afield Charlie Morrissey + Paula Hampson are at Axis, Crewe; Brigitte Aphrodite and Cheryl Martin are at the Unity, Liverpool; Scottee is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds; and Emma Decent is at the Square Chapel, Halifax.
Well, that sea of links is almost as complex to manage as the Emergency schedule!
Just one final thing - if you've been to one of our events since April 2017 and you'd like to help us and Live Art UK learn about audiences for Live Art nationally, please fill out the new 2017/18 survey.
Hope to see you tomorrow at Z-arts.
best
Tamsin
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It could, of course, all be justified, as with 27 pieces of work in just the one day, tired and emotional behaviour might just be in order. Events kick off at midday with durational, installation and short performances - including Gameshow counting our value in tiddlywinks; toddler tantrums, jelly and ice cream from Alex Billingham and a quintet of one to one conversations. From 5pm we move into show mode including the return of some old friends - including Krissi Musiol, Nathan Birkinshaw and both portions of 70/30 Split.
Whilst Word of Warning has Emergency tunnel-vision, there is apparently life beyond it. This weekend: Mother's Ruin is at Contact tonight, Fri 29 Sep; while Jackie Hagan's Cosmic Scallies is ongoing at The Royal Exchange Theatre (to 14 Oct). Meanwhile Orbit Festival (to 15 Oct) at HOME has Scottee's Bravado (Fri 29 + Sat 30 Sep) - alongside Greg Wohead's sold-out duo of shows. You could also do a quick trip across the road from Emergency to the Redbricks to catch Conor Aylward's Learning To Swim On An Ironing Board on Sat 30 Sep; while in Leeds, Jane English's 20B is at Slung Low's HUB on Sun 1 Oct.
Next week (w/c 2 Oct) in parts Mancunian you can easily go out (and pretty much double book yourself) every night of the week. At HOME there's Bertrand Lesca & Nasi Voutsas's Eurohouse (Mon 2 + Tue 3 Oct) and Palmyra (Tue 3 + Wed 4 Oct); Daniel Bye's Instructions for Border Crossing (5-7 Oct) and Selina Thompson's Salt (Fri 6 + Sat 7 Oct). Contact has Christopher Brett Bailey's Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight on Wed 4 + Thu 5 Oct; Sale Waterside has Mark Thomas's A Show That Gambles On The Future (Wed 4 Oct) and Mary Pearson's Fomo, Mofos! (Fri 6 Oct); LEGROOM also has a performance event featuring Henry Andersen; Amy Voris & Cath Cullinane; and Rob Lye on Wed 4 Oct.
Further afield Emma Decent's I Don't Know What I'm Supposed To Be Doing is at Burnley Library on Sat 7 Oct; the Arts Centre at Edgehill University is busy with Laurence Clark's Independence on Tue 3 Oct and Derailed on Thu 5 Oct; Imitating the Dog's Nocturnes is at Axis, Crewe on Thu 5 Oct and SH!T Theatre's Letters To Windsor House is at Live Art Bistro on Fri 6 Oct.
The following week (w/c 9 Oct) don't think for a second that things will calm down: The Believers Are But Brothers, We Are Ian, Bourgeois + Maurice, Paper Birds and Lemn Sissay are all at HOME; Aakash Odedra and Peaches Christ, Jinkx Monsoon + Holestar are at Contact; while Matrafisc Dance is at The Wonder Inn. Further afield Charlie Morrissey + Paula Hampson are at Axis, Crewe; Brigitte Aphrodite and Cheryl Martin are at the Unity, Liverpool; Scottee is at Live Art Bistro, Leeds; and Emma Decent is at the Square Chapel, Halifax.
Well, that sea of links is almost as complex to manage as the Emergency schedule!
Just one final thing - if you've been to one of our events since April 2017 and you'd like to help us and Live Art UK learn about audiences for Live Art nationally, please fill out the new 2017/18 survey.
Hope to see you tomorrow at Z-arts.
best
Tamsin
facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habmcr.org
Been to one of our events recently? Please help us by taking a few minutes to fill out our online survey, a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency learning about national audiences for live art.
Spread the word that #CultureMatters