Word of Warning...
I'm writing from the topsy turvy world of Haphazard - briefing our badger, snow-leopard,tiger and wolf hosts; receiving large hula-hooped shaped parcels; awaiting a bulk delivery of ping pong balls and holding my breath to see what the Crystal-Maze-meets-It's-a-Knockout-style gameshow will land on us (literally!). It must be nearly Haphazard time (Sat 9 Feb 12-4pm FREE). Featuring Volkov Commanders, Ultra Violets, Lydia Hirst (Eggs Collective), whatsthebigmistry, Katherina Radeva, Anna Madonald, Robert Foster, Lani Irving, Rachael Nutter and Angel Club (north), drop in anytime between 12+4pm - the day promises to be as big a surprise for me as for the audience! Elsewhere Queer Contact continues with Mother's Ruin's Who's Got The Max Factor? (tonight Fri 9 Feb); and The Polari Mission (I think sold-out) and Bourgeois and Maurice on Sat 9 Feb. Our friends at Blank Media Collective also have their Winter Warmer Fundraiser on Sat 9 Feb - so pop along ifHaphazard leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy! The coming week remains busy - even Sunday 10th isn't quiet as Maelstrom Dance are previewing their new work as part of And So Begins The Snow at Antwerp Mansions and Company Chameleon's The Pictures We Make premiers at The Lowry on Thu 14 Feb and Tales of Whatever is on at The Castle, on Wed 13 Feb and Embryo at Studio Salford on Fri 15 Feb. Word of Warning's breakneck run of three shows in three weeks concludes with our first collaboration of the season with Contact: Hetain Patel's Be Like Water on Thu 14 (just 2 tickets left!) and Fri 15 Feb (tickets available). Further afield imitatingthedog's 6 Degrees Below The Horizon is at Axis, Crewe on Tue 12 Feb (also coming to Contact in May) and The Zero Hour at West Yorkshire Playhouse Thu 14-Sat 16 Feb; The Gramophones End to End is at UCLAN, Preston on Fri 15 Feb and Daniel Bye's The Price of Everything at the Unity Liverpool on Sat 16 Feb Possibly mercifully, things quiet down the following week, though you can still catch Pigeon Theatre's The Smell of Envy at Axis, Crewe (also coming to Z-arts in March) and Fevered Sleep's Above Me The Wide Blue Sky at Live at LICA and for those into dance and technology, a telepresence dance exchange at Contact with Outta Place's The Dance Dialogue. I'm now off to wrangle the animals, tend to the CO2 garden and re-fuel the tiny cars - hoping to see lots of you at Haphazard! best Tamsin Next up on Word of Warning: Sat 9 Feb, 12noon-4pm. Z-arts FREE
HAPHAZARD For the curious of all ages. Thu 14 + Fri 15 Feb, 7.30pm. Contact
BE LIKE WATER Hetain Patel Fri 8 Mar, 7.30pm. Z-arts | Double Bill
THREE SISTERS | THE SMELL OF ENVY Plane Performance | Pigeon Theatre