...erotic. As the Madonna of Performance Art goes all Balkan on us, the world of politics also descends on Hulme:
This weekend, Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic continues at Aviva Studios (until 19 Oct). Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Sale Waterside on Thu 9 Oct; on Thu 9 + Fri 10 Oct Miranda Prag's An Attempt To lose Time is at New Adelphi; and Rhianna Ilube + Coney's 1884 is at HOME, while on Fri 10 Oct Lowry has Mufutau Yusuf's Impasse and The World Transformed Festival also comes to Hulme 10-12 Oct.
On Sat 11 Oct, in Chester, Sam Danson's Daddy's First Gay Date is at the Storyhouse; while in Leeds, Miranda Prag's An Attempt To Lose Time is at Slung Low; and in Sheffield, Dani Abulhawa's Saltwater Crossing is at GLOAM Gallery.
Next week (w/c 13 Oct) added to the Abramovic mix, Twawsi - The World As We See It is at New Adelphi on Thu 16 Oct and Quarantine's Telescope is at Manchester Museum daytimes 16-19 Oct.
Further afield, there's a Scratch at Shakespeare North, Prescot on Tue 14 Oct; Sue Palmer + Sheila Ghelani's Atmospheric Forces is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 17 Oct; Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 18 Oct and Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Storyhouse, Chester on Sun 19 Oct.
Much further afield, Take Me Somewhere Festival is in Glasgow 15-26 Oct.
The following week (w/c 20 Oct) is battle of the national festivals as this is the week where Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow), Transform (Leeds) and Spill (Ipswich) all collide!
Meanwhile, in Mancunia, New Adelphi has Raina Greifer's Manic on Wed 22 Oct and Dance With Us on Fri 24 Oct. Vicky Clarke's Latent Spaces is at SEESAW (24-26 Oct); and Hofesh Schechter's Theatre of Dreams is at Lowry on Fri 24 oct.
Keeping within reach of Manchester, focus is firmly on Leeds for Transform Festival (21-25 Oct) with work by Amrita Hepi, Tiran Willemse, Dan Daw, Eve Stainton, Ira Brand and Mexa among others.
Elsewhere, in Morecambe, Lancaster Arts has zuppa's Here Now This on Fri 24 + Sat 25 Oct. In Bradford, Javaad Alipoor's Elmet is at Loading Bay (22 Oct-2 Nov).
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. The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.
Best
Tamsin
@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
This weekend, Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic continues at Aviva Studios (until 19 Oct). Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Sale Waterside on Thu 9 Oct; on Thu 9 + Fri 10 Oct Miranda Prag's An Attempt To lose Time is at New Adelphi; and Rhianna Ilube + Coney's 1884 is at HOME, while on Fri 10 Oct Lowry has Mufutau Yusuf's Impasse and The World Transformed Festival also comes to Hulme 10-12 Oct.
On Sat 11 Oct, in Chester, Sam Danson's Daddy's First Gay Date is at the Storyhouse; while in Leeds, Miranda Prag's An Attempt To Lose Time is at Slung Low; and in Sheffield, Dani Abulhawa's Saltwater Crossing is at GLOAM Gallery.
Next week (w/c 13 Oct) added to the Abramovic mix, Twawsi - The World As We See It is at New Adelphi on Thu 16 Oct and Quarantine's Telescope is at Manchester Museum daytimes 16-19 Oct.
Further afield, there's a Scratch at Shakespeare North, Prescot on Tue 14 Oct; Sue Palmer + Sheila Ghelani's Atmospheric Forces is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 17 Oct; Impermanence's Venus 2.0 is at the Riley Theatre, Leeds on Sat 18 Oct and Victoria Firth's Batty! is at Storyhouse, Chester on Sun 19 Oct.
Much further afield, Take Me Somewhere Festival is in Glasgow 15-26 Oct.
The following week (w/c 20 Oct) is battle of the national festivals as this is the week where Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow), Transform (Leeds) and Spill (Ipswich) all collide!
Meanwhile, in Mancunia, New Adelphi has Raina Greifer's Manic on Wed 22 Oct and Dance With Us on Fri 24 Oct. Vicky Clarke's Latent Spaces is at SEESAW (24-26 Oct); and Hofesh Schechter's Theatre of Dreams is at Lowry on Fri 24 oct.
Keeping within reach of Manchester, focus is firmly on Leeds for Transform Festival (21-25 Oct) with work by Amrita Hepi, Tiran Willemse, Dan Daw, Eve Stainton, Ira Brand and Mexa among others.
Elsewhere, in Morecambe, Lancaster Arts has zuppa's Here Now This on Fri 24 + Sat 25 Oct. In Bradford, Javaad Alipoor's Elmet is at Loading Bay (22 Oct-2 Nov).
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. The call for the 27 November edition of Social Experiment remains open until Wed 12 Nov 12 noon.
Best
Tamsin
@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
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