Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

...Prestwich, I heard you say... As hotels skyrocket and the parkas and bucket hats amass in the north of the city, further south eyes are still fixed on MIF:

This weekend, Blackhaine's And Now I Know What Love Is is ongoing until 19 Jul at Diecast; Fale Sā/Sacred House - Sauniga (Ceremony) at HOME until 12 Jul: and Juliet Ellis's A Symphony of Flesh and Bones at Aviva Studios until 13 Jul. 

On GM Fringe, Paper People Theatre's The Opposite of Distance is at The Kings Arms on Fri 11 + Sat 12 Jul, while Manchester Independents has Andrew Kuwornu's Unveiling the Unspoken canvas Vol.2 exhibition at The Horsfall until 5pm today 11 Jul. In Salford, Amber Cronin's A Weight to Entice Buoyancy is at Gore Street Arch (M3 5FP) on Sat 12 Jul. 

In Liverpool, the Unity has Penguin on Fri 11 Jul and Herz; the Roots of the Potato on Sat 12 Jul. Compass Festival is showing Alisa Oleva's Sounds Like Home - Listening Gardens (open weekly 12 Jul - 9 Aug) at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm in Leeds.

Next week (w/c 14 July) As we enter the last week of MIF, we are also entering the fray with another Social Experiment at Contact on Thu 17 Jul - this time with a bit of a spoken word angle, with participating artists Ben Hodge, James Moss, Leah Stone, Rachel Smith, Shahireh Sharif + Xhi Ndubisi. 

MIF adds Germaine Kruip's A Possibility at RNCM (17-20 Jul). Manchester Independents has LINTD's The black impossible at The White Hotel on Thu 17 Jul.

In Leeds, Compass has Ling Tan's Leeds' Low Carbon Chinatown at Chapel FM Arts Centre on Sat 19 Jul.

The following week (w/c 21 Jul) Marcus J Free's Marcus Is Alive is at Manchester Jewish Museum on Thu 24 Jul; Sale Waterside has Levantes Dance Theatre's Hug on Thu 24 + Fri 25 Jul and Linden Dance's Caged on Sun 27 Jul. At Contact, MMU's Performance Research Group has PRG Presents - A Sharing of New Work on Fri 25 Jul.  Liverpool Biennial has Aroma Cantonese Opera Troupe's Participatory Performance at Pine Court on Fri 25 Jul and Alice Rekab + collaborators' Mythlantics at Bluecoat on Sat 26 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 - plus last call if you want to apply to perform at the 17 July Social Experiment (next deadline 2 July).

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