As
the winds of change blow through the blue heartlands and Babet blows
through the remainder of the country, I find myself thinking twice about
the wisdom of a trip to Transform in Leeds today.
This weekend Free Your Mind continues at Aviva Studios (until 5 Nov) and Dibby Theatre's Toxic at HOME (until 28 Oct).
In Liverpool, Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis is at the Playhouse (until 21 Oct); Close to Home's Identities is at Theatre Deli, Sheffield tonight, Fri 20 Oct; Wired Aerial's As The World Turned is in St Helens on Sat 21 Oct; and Hamzeh Al Hussien's Penguin is at Leeds Playhouse Fri 20 and Sat 21 Oct.
At Transform, on Fri 20 Oct there's Miet Warlop's One Song. On Fri 20 + Sat 21 Oct there's Mexa's Pumpitopera Transatlantica, Katy Baird's Get Off, Silke Huysmans + Hannes Dereere Out of the Blue. On Sat 21 Oct only there's Nastaran Razawi Khorasani's Songs for No One and Chiara Bersani's Sottobosco.
In Glasgow Take Me Somewhere continues until 28 Oct; and in Ipswich SPILL continues until 29 Oct.
Next week (w/c 23 Oct) in Mancunia, joining the line-up are Northern Rascals' Shed on Wed 25 Oct and Watch Us Dance on Fri 27 Oct both at New Adelphi. Ali Matthews + Co's Mushroom Language is at the Lowry on Wed 25 + Thu 26 Oct; and Spam Valley is at 53Two on Fri 27 Oct.
Further afield Richard Chappell Dance's Infinite Ways Home is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 26 Oct while Bobak Champion's I'm Muslamic Don't Panik! is at the LBT, Huddersfield on Thu 26 Oct; and Encounters Festival is at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds on Sat 28 Oct.
The following week (w/c 30 Oct) Mark Thomas is at HOME. In Sheffield, there's You Heard Me, Bawren Tavaziva and James Wilton Dance (also in Lancaster); Fallen Angels are in Chester; Company Carpi in Ormskirk and All That Lives in Leeds.
Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter for short-notice performances.
Best
Tamsin
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