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Manage New Post Logout Login A no-nonsense weekly signpost to the bizarre, the beautiful + the best performance in Manchester + beyond… By hÅb. #ACEsupported warnmcr: stopping the gap... As we creep towards leap day it's a bit quiet on the performance homefront, but here at Word of Warning we are preparing to leap into the wintery void with our own makeshift proposal. Before that, this weekend , Kinetic's [INTIMATE] festival (til Sun 23 Feb) might appeal to the sonically curious; while over in Liverpool you can catch Imitating the Dog's Night of the Living Dead at the Everyman + Playhouse until Sat 22 Feb (coming to HOME in March) and Alexis Teplin's It's My Pleasure To Participate at The Bluecoat on Sat 22 Feb. Next week (w/c 24 Feb), for us it's all about Emergency StopGap on Thu 27 Feb (6-10pm) - 13 pieces, mainly durational, dotted around NIAMOS's faded grandeur, with artists Bethany Mountain, Chris Owen, Kris Canavan, Krissi Musiol, Martin Hamblen, Natalie Wardle, Oliver Ford, Philip Bedwell, Powder Keg, Shkiesha, Susanna Amato, Tink Flaherty + TomYumSim. It's pay what you decide, you can come and go as you please (full programme here ) - but DO wrap up warmly! Beyond Hulme, Help! I think I might be fabulous is at New Adelphi, University of Salford on Mon 24 Feb; Made In China's Super Duper Close Up is at The Royal Exchange Theatre (26-29 Feb); and Bourgeois + Maurice's Insane Animals is at HOME (28 Feb - 15 Mar). Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Talent Hub's Helm on Tue 25 Feb; and Nikki + JD's Knot on Fri 28 + Sat 29 Feb. Search Party's Storm is at The Media Factory in Preston on Wed 26 Feb; DaDaFest Scratch is at The Unity, Liverpool on Thu 27 Feb; and the New Queers on The Block Weekender with Oozing Gloop , Jackie Hagan + Mandla Rae is in Blackpool (27-29 Feb). The following week (w/c 2 Mar) Transitions Dance is in Sale; Sophie Woolley at The Royal Exchange Theatre; Figs In Wigs at HOME; and Willy Hudson at The Lowry; plus Manchester Jewish Museum's Festival of Belonging begins at Central Library. Elsewhere, James Wilton is in Huddersfield and Laura Van Hulle at Edgehill. And so... back to the logistics of 13 pieces in a night... hoping to see you at StopGap ! Best Tamsin facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar Information for artists: www.habmcr.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. Reminder: The Quiet Man Dave Prize is inviting new writing about theatre and performance across the city (deadline 17 Apr). Performance Programme Spring 2020 Thu 27 Feb, 6pm-10pm. PWYD | NIAMOS EMERGENCY STOPGAP A night out for the curious with: Bethany Mountain | Chris Owen | Kris Canavan | Krissi Musiol | Martin Hamblen | Natalie Wardle Oliver Ford | Philip Bedwell | Powder Keg | Shkiesha | Susanna Amato | Tink Flaherty | TomYumSim Thu 19 — Sat 21 Mar, 7.30pm. £13/11/7 | The Studio at Royal Exchange Theatre IDOL Jamal Gerald Wed 1 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry WE ARE FUCKED Jo Bannon Thu 23 + Fri 24 Apr, 7.30pm. £7/4 | STUN Studio at Z-arts OREO Tania Camara Thu 21 + Fri 22 May, 7.30pm. PWYD | NIAMOS WORKS AHEAD 2020 A double bill from Will Dickie + Ross McCaffrey (PWYD indicates you Pay What You Decide) Spread the word that #CultureMatters Upvote Upvoted 0 Tweet Posted warnmcr: stormforce... As the winds of change blow through the cabinet office and Ciara leaves, trailing Dennis in its wake, Word of Warning bids farewell to the barnstormer that was Harry Clayton-Wright. While my own travel plans feel ill-advised, this weekend , if you fancy a bit of blustery travel, the very excellent Vincent Gambini's This Is Not A Magic Show is at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, tonight Fri 14 Feb. If you want to brave the Pennines, in Bradford there's the Right Queer, Right Now Weekender (Thu 13-Sun 16 Feb) including Vijay Patel, The Gloop Show + Nathaniel Hall (nb weekend wristbands only); while in York there's A Taste of SLAP on Sat 15 Feb (check first as quite a bit is sold-out). Next week (w/c 17 Feb) in parts Mancunian all seems quite - though you might try Thick & Tight's Romancing The Apocalypse at The Lowry on Mon 17 Feb. Further afield, in Liverpool Imitating the Dog's Night of the Living Dead is at the Everyman + Playhouse (18-22 Feb not Thu 20 nb coming to HOME in March), while Alexis Teplin's It's My Pleasure To Participate is at The Bluecoat on Sat 22 Feb. In Lancaster, Liz Lea's Red is at Lancaster Arts on Wed 19 Feb and Nathaniel Hall's First Time is at The Dukes on Tue 18 + Wed 19 Feb. The following week (w/c 24 Feb) by contrast, it all goes just a touch bonkers! In Mancunia, Help! I think I might be fabulous is at New Adelphi, Made In China at The Royal Exchange Theatre; Bourgeois + Maurice at HOME; and of course there's Word of Warning's take on a Thursday Late: Emergency StopGap at NIAMOS. Elsewhere, Talent Hub and Nikki + JD are in Lancaster; Search Party in Preston, DaDaFest Scratch in Liverpool; plus New Queers Weekender with Oozing Gloop , Jackie Hagan + Mandla Rae in Blackpool. I've just freaked myself out by mentioning StopGap already ( programme online now), so I guess I'd better go and get on with making it happen! Best Tamsin facebook/WarnMcr | @WarnMcr | Word of Warning Google calendar Information for artists: www.habmcr.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. Reminder: The Quiet Man Dave Prize is inviting new writing about theatre and performance across the city (deadline 17 Apr). Performance Programme Spring 2020 Thu 27 Feb, 6pm-10pm. PWYD | NIAMOS EMERGENCY STOPGAP A night out for the curious with: Bethany Mountain | Chris Owen | Kris Canavan | Krissi Musiol | Martin Hamblen | Natalie Wardle Oliver Ford | Philip Bedwell | Powder Keg | Shkiesha | Susanna Amato | Tink Flaherty | TomYumSim Thu 19 — Sat 21 Mar, 7.30pm. £13/11/7 | The Studio at Royal Exchange Theatre IDOL Jamal Gerald Wed 1 Apr, 8pm. PWYD | The Lowry WE ARE FUCKED Jo Bannon Thu 23 + Fri 24 Apr, 7.30pm. £7/4 | STUN Studio at Z-arts OREO Tania Camara Thu 21 + Fri 22 May, 7.30pm. PWYD | NIAMOS WORKS AHEAD 2020 A double bill from Will Dickie + Ross McCaffrey (PWYD indicates you Pay What You Decide) Spread the word that #CultureMatters Upvote Upvoted 0 Tweet Posted warnmcr: unimpeachable... As the american political bandwagon mimics the UK in a re-run of teflon-coated mendacity versus well-meaning inefficacity; and we all give a chorus of I am Spartacus, closer to home things (well, Word of Warning anyway) is waking up... This weekend , Sheila Ghelani + Sue Palmer's Common Salt is at Manchester Central Library, today, Fri 7 Feb; and Nathaniel Hall's First Time is at New Adelphi Theatre, Salford University tomorrow, Sat 8 Feb. Further afield, Lancaster Arts has Fram + Dunt's Collectif and then tonight, Fri 7 Feb. Next week (w/c 10 Feb) sees the start of the Word of Warning season with Harry Clayton-Wright's Sex Education on Wed 12 Feb at The Lowry. It is technically fully booked, but Pay What You Decide is a tricky beast so there may well be tickets on the door (if you have booked and can't use your ticket PLEASE let The Lowry know so we can reallocate it!) Also at The Lowry is Joseph Toonga's Born To Manifest on Thu 13 Feb. Beyond Manchester things are really waking up with Rachel Mars's Your Sexts Are Shit at Lancaster Arts on Tue 11 Feb; Shane Shambu's Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer is at the Arts Centre at Edgehill University on Thu 13 Feb; Vincent Gambini's This Is Not A Magic Show is at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University on Fri 14 Feb. In Bradford there's the Right Queer, Right Now Weekender (Thu 13-Sun 16 Feb) including Vijay Patel, The Gloop Show + Nathaniel Hal...