... not another foray into the Big Brother house, but our own attempt to bring people together to experiment and experience new work in hopefully convivial surroundings. But before that:
This weekend PUSH 2025 at HOME has Unhinged tonight Fri 31; Girl Gang's Millennial Pink on Fri 31 Jan + Sat 1 Feb and Mothers Who Make' s Motherkind on Sat 1 Feb.At Contact, there's Magical Animals: A Tribute to Jackie Hagan on Sat 1 Feb.
Further afield, Sheffield Theatres have Jenni Jackson's Endurance on Fri 31 Jan + Sat 1 Mar.
Next week (w/c 3 Feb) is the very first Social Experiment on Thu 6 Feb at Contact. Completely free, the evening kicks off with durational pieces from Rachael Gooch and Harley Keasey, followed by short peformances from J. Edgar Staubsauger and Ray Bubbles plus a guest appearance by Malandra Jacks with a short excerpt from their award-winning Census. It's all hosted by our own Peader Kirk and there might also be a bit of interactive Live Art gaming.
PUSH 2025 has Jenny Gaskell's Sustainable Travel Agency (wip) (until 8 Feb); Hafsah Aneela Bashir's Four Dholis and a Divorce (wip) pm Fri 7 + Sat 8 Feb; and A-Hole & Propel x Dibby Theatre on Sat 8 Feb.
On Fri 7 Feb Lowry has Sixth House's Lives and New Adelphi has Ocean Chillingworth's Monster Show.
For something discursive there's a Bunker Talk by Stephen Scott-Bottoms x Andy Smith on Tue 4 Feb at the Salutation.
Further afield, the only thing I spotted was Ben Elton's Authentic Stupidity at Chester Storyhouse on Wed 5 Feb.
The following week (w/c 10 Feb) Horizons Collective Showcase is at Lowry on Wed 12 Feb, and there's Lip Service's Funny Stuff at The Met in Bury on Thu 13 Feb.
Elsewhere, in Sheffield Carlos Pons Guerra's Mariposa is at the Drama Studio on Mon 10 Feb and Jenni Jackson's WrestleLadsWrestle is at Sheffield Theatres (12-15 Feb).
Lancaster Arts has Gandini Juggling's Theka on Wed 12 Feb and Samuel Rees + Gavriel Uboldi's Lessons on Revolution on Fri 14 Feb; while the Dukes has Daniel Bye's So Unfair on Sat 5 Feb.
Chester Storyhouse has Mark Thomas's Gaffa Tapes on Sun 16 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.
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Tamsin
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Word of Warning Performance Programme 2025
Thu 6 Feb, from 6pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A new gathering for Live Art and contemporary performance.
Thu 13 Mar, 7.30pm. PWYD | Contact
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
Fri 4 Apr, 7pm. PWYD | Contact
TURN 2025
A night of new North West dance.
