From LS Lowry’s matchstick men at the factory gates to the Budget balance sheet, working people are still being reduced to figures; on which note, Word of Warning is back at Lowry next Wednesday with Egan & Pinchbeck’s Matchstalks Remastered. But before that…
This weekend, Manchester Hypes’ The Treatment is at Contact on Fri 30 + Sat 31 Oct, as part of SICK! Festival CPR: Beat Two.
In Sheffield, Daniel Kitson’s Thrum is at the Playhouse on Fri 30 + Sat 31 Oct (sold out); while in Leeds, Ugly Bucket’s STUFFED is at Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck on Sat 31 Oct.
Next week (w/c 2 Nov) is incredibly busy, but for us it’s all about Egan & Pinchbeck’s Matchstalks Remastered at Lowry on Wed 4 Nov.
Also at Lowry, Javaad Alipoor Company’s America’s Kingdoms (WIP) is there on Tue 3 Nov; and Arnold & Komarov Travelling Theatre’s LOVE**WORK follows on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Nov. A £5 ticket offer is available for both performances of LOVE**WORK (max 4 tickets per booking).
Elsewhere in Mancunia, Waterside in Sale has Breaking Ground on Mon 2 Nov and Polis Loizou’s I Was A Teenage Bisexual on Tue 3 Nov. Action Hero’s A Song & Dance reaches New Adelphi on Fri 6 Nov, following a visit to Lancaster Arts on Thu 5 Nov.
Merel Smitt’s The Bureaucratic Escape Room takes place on Fri 6, Wed 11 + Fri 13 Nov; while Lula Braimbridge and Martha Barr’s Building, Tearing, Repairing is at Rogue Artists’ Studios on Sun 8 Nov.
Further afield, on Merseyside, Homotopia gets underway at Unity from Sat 7 Nov, opening with Thick & Tight’s Natural Behaviour on Sat 7 Nov.
In Yorkshire, Hassan Mahamdallie’s Punk Days is at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford on Fri 6 + Sat 7 Nov.
In Leeds, Compass Festival runs from Wed 4-Mon 30 Nov, with Moi Tran’s The Text is Restless at Leeds Art Gallery from Fri 6-Sun 15 Nov and Ema Boswood’s You Don’t Have to Cover Your Eyes at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm on Sat 7 + Sun 8 Nov.
Much further afield, KUNSTY is at London’s Southbank Centre from Wed 4-Fri 6 Nov, featuring Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray’s IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!!! (sold out); NOW NOT NOW from Cade & MacAskill with Yas Clarke & Tim Spooner; and Fag Packet’s DYKE Systems Ltd. Also in the capital, UNREAL: A Festival of Magic and Performance is at Battersea Arts Centre from Sat 7-Sat 14 Nov.
The following week (w/c 9 Nov), back in Greater Manchester, Michael Betteridge’s Birthed from Rain and River is at Derby Brewery Arms twice on Thu 12 Nov, including a separate dry performance; and Lewys Holt and Eleanor Sikorski’s Double Booking is at Lowry on Thu 12 + Fri 13 Nov. Maddie Maycock’s Torso is at Rogue Artists’ Studios on Sun 15 Nov.
On Merseyside, Liverpool Scratch Network is Downstairs at the Everyman on Thu 12 Nov; while QueerCore Showcaseis at the Playhouse on Fri 13 Nov.
In Sheffield, Forced Entertainment’s Selected Works: Table Top Shakespeare is at the Playhouse from Tue 10-Thu 12 Nov (sold out); while Seke Chimutengwende’s The Last Quartet is at Lancaster Arts on Fri 13 Nov.
Keep checking our News + Information page and @WarnMcr for the latest updates.
Notes for Artists: the next deadline for Social Experiment proposals is midday this coming Mon 2 Nov.
Best
Tamsin
@WarnMcr: Bsky | Fb | Insta | X | YT
Information for artists: habmcr.org
No. 590/ FY 22
WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026
Wed 4 Nov, 8pm. PWYC | Lowry
MATCHSTALKS REMASTERED
Egan & Pinchbeck
Thu 19 Nov, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.
Participating artists to be announced.
(PWYC are Pay What You Can events)
