Word of Warning — Weekly Warning

After months of anticipation, ACE has finally issued the rules of the NPO game. Fortunately, we already have Emergency tactics...

This weekend, for us it’s all about Emergency 26 at Contact on Sat 26 Sep (Noon-10pm): 26 pieces for the 26th Emergency on 26/9/26. Installations, durationals and looping performance from midday, short shows from 5pm. 

From digital ghosts to an immortal Elvis, falling bodies to miniature worlds, a train full of memories and the smallest of farewells.

Featuring Alex Billingham, Bait, Ben Hodge, chris brown, Chris Jenkins, Emergency Chorus, Emily Bold, Emma Geraghty, Id Est Performance Company, Isabella Victorie A., Joss Affleck, Kellie Colbert & Deborah Newton, Lee Fletcher, Lisa Ford, Lowri Evans, Mimosa Art House & Rosie Fielding, Pablo Pakula, Parastu Mohafezatkar, PHØBIA, Rachel Gomme, Reckless Sleepers & UoS Performance, Rowena Gander, Ruby Antonowicz-Behnan & Yui Yamamoto, Sap Dance & Desire Lines Dance Theatre, Sweætshops® and Terri Jade Donovan.

Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, Wright&Grainger’s SELENE is at Lowry on Fri 25 + Sat 26 Sep; Barrowland Ballet’s Chunky Jewellery is also there on Sat 26 Sep.

Further afield, AND FESTIVAL takes over Barnsley from Fri 25-Sun 27 Sep; while JV2’s Triple Bill is at Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 26 Sep.

Next week (w/c 28 Sep), back in Greater Manchester, Eli Yim’s The Easy Way Out comes to New Adelphi on Wed 30 Sep; Marie Hamilton’s Madonna on the Rocks is at Lowry on Wed 30 Sep + Thu 1 Oct; and BREATHE: Dance & Poetry Slam 2026 is at Aviva Studios on Sat 3 Oct.

In Liverpool, WilL Dickie + David Hoyle perform as part of Performing Recovery, a live book launch at the Everyman on Wed 30 Sep; Ugly Bucket’s STUFFED is at Unity on Fri 2 + Sat 3 Oct.

In Leeds, Bryony Kimmings’s Bog Witch is at Leeds Playhouse on Wed 30 Sep + Thu 1 Oct; Company Chameleon’s Obscura is at Riley Theatre on Sat 3 Oct. In Barnsley, LUNG’s Woodhill is at Barnsley Civic, also on Sat 3 Oct.

Meanwhile in Sheffield, Open Works Festival runs from 28 Sep-10 Oct, with its opening week including Lucy Haighton, Ke Li, Victoria Firth & Company, Oluwasegun Lafup Ogundipe and Forced Entertainment.

The following week (w/c 5 Oct), in Greater Manchester, Ontroerend Goed’s Thanks for Being Here is at Lowry on Tue 6 + Wed 7 Oct; CIRKO’s Yes Person - Based on Kimberley is there on Thu 8 Oct; and Natalie Reckert’s Songs for an Unwritten Sky follows on Fri 9 + Sat 10 Oct. Use code CIRCUS08 for £8 tickets to Yes Person - Based on Kimberley and Songs for an Unwritten Sky.

Meanwhile, Ahmed Masoud’s Application 39 is at Aviva Studios on Fri 9 + Sat 10 Oct.

Also in Manchester, Auris Festival runs from Fri 9-Sun 11 Oct across SEESAW, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, SISTER and SODA, with performances from Nik Colk Void, Francisco López, Lee Patterson, Lola de la Mata, Ryoko Akama, Robin The Fog and WEȽ∝KER.

Further afield, LUNG’s Woodhill is at Sheffield Theatres on Tue 6 + Wed 7 Oct; Matthew Tweedle’s D Is For Dyslexiais at Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Wed 7 Oct; and Victoria Firth & Company’s BATTY! is at Settle Victoria Hall on Thu 8 Oct.

In Liverpool, Jasmin Vardimon’s Lullaby is at the Playhouse on Fri 9 Oct. In Lancaster, Ontroerend Goed’s Thanks for Being Here is at Lancaster Arts, also on Fri 9 Oct; while in Leeds, Grandly Strange’s stuff Of Life is at Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck on Sat 10 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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