Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

From Button Up to Haphazard in the space of a week. Manchester rarely does just one mood…

This weekend, Didsbury Arts Festival continues with Ben Hodge's Can I Join You?; and a Contemporary Dance Mixed Bill** both on Sat 4 Jul. **Special offer code: EMERGE5 for £5 ticket. 

Waterside Arts has You Are Witnessing My Villain Era on Fri 3 Jul. 
Ai Weiwei's Button Up! conitnues until 6 Sep at Aviva Studios including the 24 hour Sewing A Button (Fri 3 - Sat 4 Jul ).

July also sees Greater Manchester Fringe including Natalie Patuzzo's Every Single Sound In The World at The Kings Arms on Sat 4 Jul.

Next week (w/c 6 Jul) for us it's all about Haphazard at Z-arts on Sat 11 July. 
From whispered constellations to dissolving homes, paper wishes to impossible time machines, and holiday camp clowning to becoming a dog – a haphazard exploration of how we move through the world together featuring Claire Leith & Lucy Fegan, Hyde N Seek, In Between Time, Lesya Tyminska, Liv Loupe, Lizzy Margereson, Matt Girling, Miranda Prag, Scrapheap Collective, Shynara Nygmetova & Zixuan Hong

There's also a Bunker Talk at the Salutation - with Deborah Pearson on Tue 7 July. 

In Leeds, on Fri 10 and Sat 11 July, Ageless Festival 2026 has Flexer and Sandiland, Jerôme Bell, TC Howard + Co, Marie-Louise Flexen and Susan Kempster.

The remainder of July is very much quieter:
Coming up at HOME is The Road To Edinburgh (22-25 July).
On GM Fringe a few things that caught my eye are The Chubby Northerner, Dylan Ward, Wallflower Theatre Co and Ryan Sinclair. 

Elsewhere at the end of the month, Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch is at Storyhouse, Chester on Thu 30 Jul. 

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 November edition. The call for proposals for Emergency 26 is now open! 

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Tamsin

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