Word of Warning...
Returning to the land of plenty, prepare for another week of feast - and make the most of it, as Xmas silly season is looming suspiciously large. Next week's WoW might be the last of the year, unless you know differently - so if anyone has anything exciting happening between now and Xmas, let me know asap or I'll be condemned to doing a panto round-up! A late entry for tonight is Accompany Geddes Loom's Prelude to a Number at Cornerhouse, while Dawn Crandell's Xenophobadelica is ongoing at Contact tonight and tomorrow. Next week, on Thurs 29 Nov. Manchester Dance Consortium presents Platform 0.1 at Z-arts and Paper Cinerma's Odyssey is at Contact, as is the final Mother's Ruin of the year on Fri 30 Nov. Natural bias would of course have me tell you that the place to be on Fri 30 Nov is Z-arts where WoW is presenting Made In China's We Hope That You're Happy (Why Would We Lie?). Whilst they might not be so well known up here, everyone I know down south has got excited when I've mentioned them coming to Manchester... We're also getting a bit frisky with the after show entertainment - with a bonus extra from Angel Club (north)'s errant children the Mirror Twins - and we really hope people will join us for a touch of end of season, Word of Warning style frivolity - Xmas carols and tinsel it won't be! Further afield:In Liverpool, the Bluecoat sees the second Giving in to Gift Festival (26-30 Nov) with a week of performances and interventions, entitled the Horse's Teeth from the likes of Richard Layzell, Mamoru Iriguchi and Jordan Mackenzie,culminating in the Economies of Generosity Symposium on Sat 1 Dec. And in Lancaster, Live at LICA has Rajni Shah's Glorious is also on Sat 1 Dec. A final random factoid... Friday 30 November is St Andrew's day. As well as being patron saint of Scotland, he spread his patronage around a bit: Ukraine, Russia, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Romania (amongst others) and to fishermen, fishmongers, rope-makers, golfers and performers. Don't imagine that next Friday's Word of Warning event won't exploit that bit of trivia! Best Tamsin