Those of us seeing spots in front of our eyes this morning needn't worry, it's just an early case of festival fever and there's certainly plenty of it to catch:
This weekend among many other things, Manchester International Festival also has Tino Seghal's This Entry, Blast Theory + Manchester Street Poem's We Cut Through Dust (both running throughout) and Ryuichi Sakamoto's Kagami (until 9 Jul). GM Fringe also gets going (1-31 July) including a couple of intriguing online works: Making It Up and Tigers in the Wisteria throughout July; while Didsbury Arts Festival has James Rowland's Learning to Fly at Didsbury Baptist Church on Sat 1 Jul.
The Lowry also has Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi's From the Daughter of a Dictator tonight Fri 30 Jun + Mohamed Toukabri's The Power of the Fragile tomorrow Sat 1 Jul.
Beyond Mancunia, in Preston, Derelict continues Superphonic tonight Fri 30 Jun at Media Factory, UCLAN, while in Liverpool, there's Physical Fest (until 7 Jul) with Tmesis Theatre's Sealskin at the Everyman (until 1 Jul).
Next week (w/c 3 Jul) at MIF, look out for Balmy Army (1-15 Jul) and Rimini Protokoll's All Right Good Night (6-8 Jul) both at HOME, while GM Fringe has Transparency at both 53Two (Fri 7 Jul) + Salford Arts Theatre (Sat 8 Jul).
In Liverpool, Physical Fest at the Unity has Julia Masli's Choosh! on Mon 3 Jul, Dive on Tue 4 Jul and Duda Paiva Co's Blind on Wed 5 Jul. In Wigan Touretteshero's Burnt Out in Biscuitland is at Wigan Pier on Thu 6 + Fri 7 Jul. In Leeds Yorkshire Dance has Encounters on Fri 7 + Sat 8 Jul.
The following week (w/c 10 Jul) brings MIF to a close - with, among other things, Benji Reid Find Your Eyes (12-16 Jul) + R.O.S.E (13-16 Jul).
Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.
Best
Tamsin
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