Strap on the chaps and tighten your girths, as Word of Warning is about to get in the saddle for its fifth Spring Programme with Eilidh MacAskill's STUD,
Thu 4 - Sat 6 Feb at Contact. Promising a full-frontal assault on
gender stereotype - with a little help from the ghost of Sigmund Freud
and Mr Ed the talking horse, the question is, whether size really does
matter...
But before all that - this weekend, The Lowry still has Encounter's I Heart Catherine Pistachio tonight, Fri 29 Jan; and the Royal Exchange Studio has Search Party's My Son and Heir (29 + 30 Jan).
Next week, the first few days are the time to get out and about: things are hotting up in the north with Lancaster Arts' Festival of Questions (2-20 Feb) - this first week featuring, brand new, Proto-type Theater's A Machine They're Secretly Building (Tue 2 Feb), plus another chance to see Forced Entertainment The Notebook (Thu 4 Feb). There's also a full durational programme with Tania El Khoury's Gardens Speak (3-6 Feb), Sarah Vanhee's Oblivion and Action Hero's Extraordinary Rendition (both 4-6 Feb).
To the west in Liverpool, the Everyman has Tom Stuart's I Am Not Myself These Days (2-6 Feb); and to the east, the University of Sheffield has Selina Thompson + Bobby Baker at Invisible Flock's Autobiographical Food (Thu 4 Feb); while the same night, Stage@Leeds has Massimiliano Balduzzi's Doieb Si Tau; meanwhile on Sun 7 Feb, Slung Low's HUB in Leeds has Harry Giles's Everything I Bought and How it Made Me Feel (also in Huddersfield at the LBT on Mon 8 Feb).
The second half of the week, back in Manchester, February brings Queer Contact (4-14 Feb). This week don't miss the one-off Andy Bell is Saint Torsten on Thu 4 Feb, or on 4-6 Feb, Jez Dolan's Life's A Drag plus the aforementioned STUD; and on Fri 5 Feb there's the redoubtable Kate Bornstein On Men, Women and the Rest of Us.
Things don't quieten down much the following week (w/c 8 Feb) as Festival of Questions in Lancaster continues with Andy Smith and Season Butler; while Queer Contact charges ahead with Jamal Gerald, Laurie Brown, Jamie Fletcher (also at WYP, Leeds) and Debs Gatenby.
So gear up and get going for that panoply of wonderment - and, as motivation I'll leave you with the immortal words of Olivia Newton-John - "tell me about it, STUD..!"
Best
Tamsin
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Word of Warning
Performance Programme Spring 2016
Thu 4 — Sat 6 Feb, 9.30pm. £13/7 | Queer Contact
STUD
Eilidh MacAskill
Sat 20 Feb, 12noon-4pm. FREE | Z-arts
HAPHAZARD 2016
A free day out for the curious of all ages.
Fri 4 Mar, 7.30pm. By donation | an Informal evening in STUN Studio at Z-arts
THIS IS NOT A MAGIC SHOW
Vincent Gambini + guest trick from Top Joe
Sat 12 Mar, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
YOU'RE NOT ALONE
Kim Noble
Spring 2016 is brought to you by hÅb with Contact, Z-arts, Sustained Theatre Up North (STUN) + SICK! Festival.
Coming soon…
HUG, Turn, Works Ahead, Hazard + the world premiere of Queer as Yolk, The Redux.
But before all that - this weekend, The Lowry still has Encounter's I Heart Catherine Pistachio tonight, Fri 29 Jan; and the Royal Exchange Studio has Search Party's My Son and Heir (29 + 30 Jan).
Next week, the first few days are the time to get out and about: things are hotting up in the north with Lancaster Arts' Festival of Questions (2-20 Feb) - this first week featuring, brand new, Proto-type Theater's A Machine They're Secretly Building (Tue 2 Feb), plus another chance to see Forced Entertainment The Notebook (Thu 4 Feb). There's also a full durational programme with Tania El Khoury's Gardens Speak (3-6 Feb), Sarah Vanhee's Oblivion and Action Hero's Extraordinary Rendition (both 4-6 Feb).
To the west in Liverpool, the Everyman has Tom Stuart's I Am Not Myself These Days (2-6 Feb); and to the east, the University of Sheffield has Selina Thompson + Bobby Baker at Invisible Flock's Autobiographical Food (Thu 4 Feb); while the same night, Stage@Leeds has Massimiliano Balduzzi's Doieb Si Tau; meanwhile on Sun 7 Feb, Slung Low's HUB in Leeds has Harry Giles's Everything I Bought and How it Made Me Feel (also in Huddersfield at the LBT on Mon 8 Feb).
The second half of the week, back in Manchester, February brings Queer Contact (4-14 Feb). This week don't miss the one-off Andy Bell is Saint Torsten on Thu 4 Feb, or on 4-6 Feb, Jez Dolan's Life's A Drag plus the aforementioned STUD; and on Fri 5 Feb there's the redoubtable Kate Bornstein On Men, Women and the Rest of Us.
Things don't quieten down much the following week (w/c 8 Feb) as Festival of Questions in Lancaster continues with Andy Smith and Season Butler; while Queer Contact charges ahead with Jamal Gerald, Laurie Brown, Jamie Fletcher (also at WYP, Leeds) and Debs Gatenby.
So gear up and get going for that panoply of wonderment - and, as motivation I'll leave you with the immortal words of Olivia Newton-John - "tell me about it, STUD..!"
Best
Tamsin
facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar
Information for artists: www.habarts.org
Been to one of our events recently? Please help us by taking a few minutes to fill out our online survey, a joint project with Live Art UK & The Audience Agency learning about national audiences for live art.
Spread the word that #CultureMatters | Watch and share the new ACE video
Word of Warning
Performance Programme Spring 2016
Thu 4 — Sat 6 Feb, 9.30pm. £13/7 | Queer Contact
STUD
Eilidh MacAskill
Sat 20 Feb, 12noon-4pm. FREE | Z-arts
HAPHAZARD 2016
A free day out for the curious of all ages.
Fri 4 Mar, 7.30pm. By donation | an Informal evening in STUN Studio at Z-arts
THIS IS NOT A MAGIC SHOW
Vincent Gambini + guest trick from Top Joe
Sat 12 Mar, 8pm. £13/7 | Contact
YOU'RE NOT ALONE
Kim Noble
Spring 2016 is brought to you by hÅb with Contact, Z-arts, Sustained Theatre Up North (STUN) + SICK! Festival.
Coming soon…
HUG, Turn, Works Ahead, Hazard + the world premiere of Queer as Yolk, The Redux.