warnmcr: for the record...

As January draws to a close, it’s been a week thick with documentaries, from Take That to Paris, the monarch to Melania, life paused, framed, and narrated. Meanwhile, pressing play on the live world:

This weekend, HOME x Malandra Jacks' The Home We Made runs until Sat 31 Jan. Lowry has Motionhouse's Hidden on Fri 30 Jan; and The Kings Arms has Under The Lamp Post on Sat 31 Jan.

Further afield at Lancaster Arts, Adam York Gregory + Gillian Jane Lees's BALANCE is on Sat 31 Jan (daytime).

Next week (w/c 2 Feb) Lowry has Dance Consortium's MÁM on Tue 3 + Wed 4 Feb and Ockham's Razor's Collaborator 5-7 Feb. HOME has Company Chameleon's Obscura on Fri 6 Feb.

Beyond Mancunia, Matt Miller's Fixing is at Storyhouse, Chester on Wed 4 Feb; while Ebnflõh's La Probabilité du Néant is at Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sun 8 Feb.

The following week (w/c 9 Feb) Dickson Mbi's Tell Us is on Mon 9 + Tue 10 Feb at Lowry; where Word of Warning also returns on Wed 11 Feb with Victoria Melody's Trouble, Struggle, Bubble & Squeak, directed by Mark Thomas (Pay What You Decide).

Queer Contact returns with has Main Character Energy on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Feb and You're Not Getting Any Younger on Sat 14 Feb.

In Leeds, at Riley Theatre, Co-Lab 2026 is on Thu 12 and Fri 13 Feb and Coalesce Dance Theatre's Mika and The Polar Bear is on Sat 14 Feb.

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 - last call for Social Experiment: Queer Contact Edition (19 Feb) call (closes on 2 Feb).
Just launched is the call for participants for LADA's DIT (formerly DIY) workshop programme, including Jo Hellier's Birth The Musical, which we are co-hosting with Lowry.

Best

Tamsin

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No. 560 / FY 31