With NPO applications now open, the sector is being asked to spring forward to 2033 just as the clocks fall back, while keeping a fallback plan close to hand. Fortunately, the performance calendar only asks us to look three weeks ahead…
This weekend, Dance@Salford’s Watch US Dance is at New Adelphi on Fri 23 Oct.
At Lowry, Tom Cassani’s Iterations is also on Fri 23 Oct; Tim Etchells & Bert and Nasi’s L’Addition runs on Fri 23 + Sat 24 Oct; and Gaël Le Cornec’s Amazons is there on Sat 24 Oct.
On Sun 25 Oct, Mark Thomas’s 40 in Stand-Up Years comes to Waterside, Sale.
Across Yorkshire, Jasmin Vardimon’s Lullaby is at Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Fri 23 Oct; Victoria Firth & Company’s BATTY! is at Slung Low, Leeds, also on Fri 23 Oct; and Sam Danson’s OFF GRID is at Carriageworks, Leeds on Sat 24 Oct.
Much further afield, Experimentica continues its 25th anniversary at Chapter, Cardiff until Sat 24 Oct, featuring Giles Bailey, Rhys Slade-Jones, Samra Mayanja, Test Dept and Brith Gof, Dana Michel, Martin O’Brien, Jennifer Taylor, Mars Saude and Anne Bean.
Next week (w/c 26 Oct), Manchester Hypes’ The Treatment comes to Contact on Fri 30 + Sat 31 Oct, as part of SICK! Beat Two.
Across Yorkshire, LUNG’s Woodhill is at Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Tue 27 Oct; Daniel Kitson’s Thrum is at Sheffield Theatres on Fri 30 + Sat 31 Oct (sold out); and Ugly Bucket’s STUFFED is at Slung Low, Leeds on Sat 31 Oct.
The following week (w/c 2 Nov), WoW is back in action as it’s all about Egan & Pinchbeck’s Matchstalks Remasteredat Lowry on Wed 4 Nov.
Also at Lowry, Javaad Alipoor Company’s America’s Kingdoms (WIP) is there on Tue 3 Nov; while Arnold & Komarov Travelling Theatre’s LOVE**WORK runs on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Nov.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, Creative Industries Trafford’s Breaking Ground is at Waterside on Mon 2 Nov, followed by Polis Loizou’s I Was A Teenage Bisexual on Tue 3 Nov.
Action Hero’s A Song & Dance is at Lancaster Arts on Thu 5 Nov, then New Adelphi on Fri 6 Nov; while Lula Braimbridge and Martha Barr’s Building, Tearing, Repairing is at Rogue Artists’ Studios on Sun 8 Nov.
On Merseyside, Homotopia gets underway at Unity on Sat 7 Nov with Thick & Tight’s Natural Behaviour.
In Leeds, Compass Festival runs from 4-30 Nov, with Moi Tran’s The Text is Restless opening on Fri 6 Nov and continuing until Sun 15 Nov; and Ema Boswood’s You Don’t Have to Cover Your Eyes on Sat 7 + Sun 8 Nov.
Much further afield, KUNSTY takes over London’s Southbank Centre from Wed 4-Fri 6 Nov, featuring Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray’s IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!!! (sold out), Cade & MacAskill with Yas Clarke & Tim Spooner’s NOW NOT NOW and Fag Packet’s DYKE Systems Ltd.
Keep checking our News + Information page and @WarnMcr for the latest updates.
Notes for Artists: the next deadline for Social Experiment proposals is midday on Mon 2 Nov.
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No. 589/ FY 21
WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026
Wed 4 Nov, 8pm. PWYC | Lowry
MATCHSTALKS REMASTERED
Egan & Pinchbeck
Thu 19 Nov, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.
Participating artists to be announced.
(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)
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