Word of Warning... A touch bleary and road-weary following a mad diagonal dash across the country last night accompanied by the lovely Mr DeDomenici in order to be here for tonight's epic double-bill - Friday 2 Nov at Z-arts with Ollie Smith's 27 and Richard DeDomenici's Popaganda. Reminders that New Art Club's Quiet Act of Destruction is at the Royal Exchange Studio until Saturday. Also on Saturday 2nd are Company Chameleon's Gameshow at Z-arts and the Gary Clarke Company's triple bill at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool Hope University. Make the most of this while you can as next week is quiet in Manchester - though you can still catch Yan Xing's live performance to launch his residency at the Chinese Arts Centre on Thurs 8 Nov. Further afield Leeds is busy with Frantic Assembly's Beautiful Burnout at West Yorkshire Playhouse (6-10 Nov), and at stage@leeds there's Ricardo Meneghini's Hero on Tues 6 Nov and Imitating the Dog's 6 Degrees Below The Horizon on Fri 9 Nov. Ellie Harrison's The Reservation resumes at The Wren's Hotel on 7+8 Nov. On Sat 10 Nov at the LBT in Huddersfield, there's the intriguing Embrace Your Inner Luddite workshop by My Dad's Strip Club (Ange Taggart) - call 01484 430528 for details. Homotopia is also keeping Liverpool busy with Amy Lamé's Unhappy Birthday and Dickie Beau's Blackout - Twilight of the Idols on Thurs 8 Nov at the Unity, with Amy Lamé repeating on Friday; and, at the Walker Art Gallery on Sunday 11 Nov, David Hoyle's Archetype. Axis Arts Centre in Crewe also has the launch of a residency by Dogshelf/Bob & Lee Into the good night (go) running from 5-16 Nov. Anyway - off to think about get-ins and the prospect of sitting on a lighting board in a warm dark control room (maybe that's how I'll catch up on some lost sleep) while Ollie+Richard do their techs... hoping to see lots of you tonight for what promises to be a genuinely fun evening. Best Tamsin