With
the world still reeling from a groundhog night in Trumpton, where the 'leader of the free world' is a convicted felon and
possibly orange is the new black; suddenly, the UK seems a much saner
place and it's hard not to read the title of every current performance as some form of commentary:
This weekend, Red Ladder's Sanctuary is at The Edge on Fri 7 + Sat 9 Nov.
Further afield, Seke Chimutengwende's Long Solo 3 is at Wainsgate Dances, Hebden Bridge on Fri 8 Nov and Hofesh Schecter's From England With Love is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 9 Nov.
Next week (w/c 11 Nov) Laurie Anderson's Ark: United States V lands at Aviva Studios (12-24 Nov). There are also two dance platforms: Scratch Nights x Dance is at LOWRY on Wed 13 Nov; and Uplift is at Company Chameleon Studios on Fri 15 Nov.
In Huddersfield at the LBT, National Dance Company Wales' Frontiers is on Tue 12 Nov. Emily Woof's Blizzard is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 13 Nov; and Rowena Gander's Woman | Women is at The Unity in Liverpool on Fri 15 Nov.
Compass in Leeds has Alisa Oleva's Sounds Like Home on Sat 16 + Sun 17 Nov.
The following week (w/c 18 Nov) Wendy Houstoun's WATCH IT! returns to Salford, to the New Adelphi on Mon 18 Nov; while at Aviva Studios, IMpact's Žena: Women in Movement is on Tue 19 Nov - alongside the continuing Ark.
On Tue 19 Nov SK Shlomo's Breathe is at the LBT, Huddersfield; Van Huynh Company's Exquisite Noise is at Lancaster Arts; and PCK Dance's IMAGO is at Sheffield Drama Studio
On Thu 21 Nov Levantes Dance Theatre's The Band is at The Atkinson in Southport; and there's a Scratch Night at The Unity, Liverpool; while on Sat 23 Nov Tmesis Theatre's Sealskin is at Sheffield Drama Studio.
Leeds is busy with The Paper Birds' Feel Me at Leeds Playhouse on Wed 20 + Thu 21 Nov; and No Dress Code Scratch at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds on Fri 22 Nov. Meanwhile, Compass has SLAP Collective's Brightside (19-21 + 26-28 Nov), and Alt+R (21-23 + 28-30 Nov); Ellie Harrison/Polite Rebellion's Loose Ends (22-24 + 28-30 Nov), Melanie Whitehead-Smith's Here Marks The Spot (25-28 N0v) and Amy Lawrence's Sharing Platter on Sat 30 Nov.
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.
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Tamsin
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