So
it's time to mark the particularly-artistically-miserable beginning of
January with a black star; and to re-emerge from our bubble, to look
ahead to the real beginning of our new year, as the performance world reawakens with a bang...
This weekend there's still time to catch Daniel Bye's Going Viral (tonight, Fri 22 Jan) at West Yorkshire Playhouse; Dancing Partners, hosted by Company Chameleon, at the Lowry (22 + 23 Jan, bring a friend offer here or £10 tickets here); and PUSH 2016 (until Sun 24 Jan) at HOME plus Imitating the Dog's The Train (until Mon 25 Jan, various times) at Lancaster Arts.
Next week (w/c 25 Jan), The Lowry has Encounter's I Heart Catherine Pistachio on Fri 29 Jan; and the Royal Exchange Studio has Search Party's My Son and Heir (29 + 30 Jan).
Possibly not really WoW, but worth a look: at Contact, Dervish's The Crows Plucked Your Sinews (27-29 Jan) and Avant Garde Dance's The Black Album (Wed 27 Jan); and over in Sheffield Theatre Delicatessen's Monologue Slam (Thu 28 Jan).
The following week really gets going in earnest. Not only is it the start of February, but also the start of both the Word of Warning Spring 2016 Programme and Queer Contact (4-14 Feb), coming together on Thu 4 Feb for Eilidh MacAskill's STUD (Thu 4 - Sat 6 Feb).
Also in Queer Contact's opening weekend check out Kate Bornstein; Jez Dolan and for the 80/90's nostalgics: Andy Bell, performing theatrical song cycle St Torsten.
Elsewhere things are also really picking up pace: Lancaster Arts has Festival of Questions (2-20 Feb) - this first week featuring Proto-type Theater, Forced Entertainment and Andy Smith; plus installations from the unmissable Tania El Khoury, Sarah Vanhee and Action Hero (3-6 Feb). Liverpool Everyman has Tom Stuart; the University of Sheffield has Selina Thompson + Bobby Baker; and Slung Low's HUB in Leeds has Harry Giles.
That lot certainly puts an end to any sense of seasonal hiatus - I'm exhausted just writing about it - but I'm also looking forward to seeing people again - at Eilidh MacAskill's STUD, if not before.
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.
This weekend there's still time to catch Daniel Bye's Going Viral (tonight, Fri 22 Jan) at West Yorkshire Playhouse; Dancing Partners, hosted by Company Chameleon, at the Lowry (22 + 23 Jan, bring a friend offer here or £10 tickets here); and PUSH 2016 (until Sun 24 Jan) at HOME plus Imitating the Dog's The Train (until Mon 25 Jan, various times) at Lancaster Arts.
Next week (w/c 25 Jan), The Lowry has Encounter's I Heart Catherine Pistachio on Fri 29 Jan; and the Royal Exchange Studio has Search Party's My Son and Heir (29 + 30 Jan).
Possibly not really WoW, but worth a look: at Contact, Dervish's The Crows Plucked Your Sinews (27-29 Jan) and Avant Garde Dance's The Black Album (Wed 27 Jan); and over in Sheffield Theatre Delicatessen's Monologue Slam (Thu 28 Jan).
The following week really gets going in earnest. Not only is it the start of February, but also the start of both the Word of Warning Spring 2016 Programme and Queer Contact (4-14 Feb), coming together on Thu 4 Feb for Eilidh MacAskill's STUD (Thu 4 - Sat 6 Feb).
Also in Queer Contact's opening weekend check out Kate Bornstein; Jez Dolan and for the 80/90's nostalgics: Andy Bell, performing theatrical song cycle St Torsten.
Elsewhere things are also really picking up pace: Lancaster Arts has Festival of Questions (2-20 Feb) - this first week featuring Proto-type Theater, Forced Entertainment and Andy Smith; plus installations from the unmissable Tania El Khoury, Sarah Vanhee and Action Hero (3-6 Feb). Liverpool Everyman has Tom Stuart; the University of Sheffield has Selina Thompson + Bobby Baker; and Slung Low's HUB in Leeds has Harry Giles.
That lot certainly puts an end to any sense of seasonal hiatus - I'm exhausted just writing about it - but I'm also looking forward to seeing people again - at Eilidh MacAskill's STUD, if not before.
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.