Word of Warning... Happy nearly-New Year... and welcome back to my regular scamper-through of the less conventional performance, theatre, live art and general arti-ness. The world is a bit post-xmas sleepy still so there's not a lot coming up in the next week - though the Library Theatre's re:play festival at The Lowry does kick-off on Mon 14 Jan. Intriguing me in the first week is Liz Postlethwaite + Monkeywood Theatre's Stars Are Fire (17-19 Jan). re:play continues til Sat 26 Jan and we'll be high-tailing it over for Kumaluva's Pandamonium (following Pitch Party) on Fri 25th. This hiatus before the full Spring onslaught gives a little opportunity for a touch of self-indulgence - ok a blatant plug - for our own Word of Warning Spring 2013 Performance Collection. I think we got a bit carried away this season - we'll be cropping up at the Lowry, Contact, the Bluecoat and, of course, Z-arts - to the extent that we've had to divide the season in two - so look out for a whole new wave after Easter. Our shiny new season website is already up and running and our even shinier new print will be gracing the leaflet racks shortly. First off is Lowri Evans' The Secret Life of You and Me at the Lowry Studio on Thu 31 Jan and Fri 1 Feb. Following her Works Ahead mini commission in 2012, Lowri invites you to join her on the night of her 30th birthday for a live scrapbook of her jumble-sale life to date. Following that we enter into brand new territory, our first 'all ages' live art event: Haphazard at Z-arts on Sat 9 Feb. A cross between Hazard and Emergency, we are inviting a range of artists to take over the building in a free day out for kids and their adults AND adults and their adults! The programme is still emerging but we suspect it will live up to its name... With seven events in just this first half of the season, I won't go on any more, except to say that we look forward to welcoming: Hetain Patel, Michael Pinchbeck, Plane Performance and Pigeon Theatre - alongside the forty or so artists who will make up 'Poolside Emergency and Turn.
Talking of which - for those looking to make some work - there's just one week to go until the deadline for Turn 2013 AND the call for 'Poolside Emergency has just opened. hÅb (Word of Warning's 'parent' company) also has a new website, with a platform planner and an invitation to join the Emergency artist e-group.
We've just spotted The Lowry's adverse weather notice on its website - so here's our own - keep warm and carry on! best Tamsin Standing reminders:
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