warnmcr: turn of luck...

While today may be the second unlucky Friday 13th in a row, here's hoping that next Friday brings a better Turn. Before that...

This weekend, Mancunia seems a bit quiet, while elsewhere, in Prescot, Malandra Jacks' Census is at Shakespeare North today Fri 13 Mar (2+6pm).

Leeds is busy with IDP X Punchdrunk's The Ministry (13,14 + 19-21 Mar); and Terrarium at Stage@Leeds on Fri 13 Mar; plus Area Jeune Ballet at the Riley Theatre on Sat 14 Mar.

Next week (w/c 16 Mar) For us, it's all about Turn 2026 on Fri 20 Mar at Contact - 9 pieces of North West dance featuring Alice Robinson Moves, Blood Bones Jones,  Clara Selberg, Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan, Hui-Hsin Lu, Joseph Adamson, Joseph Lau & friends, printerror, Sap Dance.

Elsewhere in Mancunia, RNS Moves with Candoco Dance Co is at RNCM on Tue 17 Mar; The Other Neville is at New Adelphi on Wed 18 + Thu 19 Mar and Wigan Arts Festival kicks off (until 31 Mar). 

In Leeds, alongside the ongoing Punchdrunk collab, Don't Call Me China Doll is at Stage@Leeds on Fri 20 Mar. 

The following week (w/c 23 Mar) there's VAMPYR at Gulliver's Lounge on Wed 25 Mar; Bryony Kimmings's Bog Witch and Renad's A Grain of Sand both at HOME (26-28 Mar) and Emergence 26 at New Adelphi on Fri 27 + Sat 28 Mar. 

Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Verve on Tue 24 Mar and Annie Hanauer Dances' A Space For All Our Tomorrows on Fri 27 Mar and Shakespeare North has a Scratch on Tue 25 Mar.  Leeds Playhouse has Imitating the Dog's War of the Worlds (25-28 Mar) and Ontroerend Goed's Handle With Care on Fri 27 Mar; while Yorkshire Dance has Roadhouse 22 on Fri 27 Mar. At the Unity in Liverpool, Up Next Festival runs 26-28 Mar, including Spinster on Fri 27 Mar and Mr Chubba Chubba on Sat 28 Mar,

Keep checking our News + Information page for more pointers to opportunities and show videos online, and @WarnMcr on Twitter (X if you must) for short-notice performances. 

Notes for Artists - the rolling call for Social Experiment (April 9 next edition) is open

Best

Tamsin

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No. 565 / FY 36

WORD OF WARNING PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 2026

Fri 20 Mar, 7pm. PWYD | Contact
TURN 2026
A night of new North West dance.
Alice Robinson Moves | Blood Bones Jones | Clara Selberg | Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan | Hui-Hsin Lu | Joseph Adamson | Joseph Lau & friends | printerror | Sap Dance

Thu 9 Apr, 6pm-9pm. FREE | Contact
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
A gathering for Live Art and performance.

Sat 2 May, 8pm. £15/£12 | Lowry
MR BLACKPOOL
Harry Clayton-Wright


(PWYD are Pay What You Decide events)