WEEKLY WARNING: discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond…
🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com
INCLUDES
— Census by @malandra-jacks.bsky.social at Shakespeare North Playhouse (12+13 March)
— Turn 2026's night of new #dance at @contactmcr.bsky.social (20 March)
#PressRelease Acclaimed theatre company @malandra-jacks.bsky.social bring their award-winning show Census to Shakespeare North Playhouse 12th – 13th March
‘The show was a worthy winner of Best Performance at the 2024 Manchester Culture Awards’
artsreviewhub.com/acclaimed-th...
🚨FINAL CALL FOR CENSUS🚨
Funny, intimate and defiant, Census is a love letter to working-class communities told through real voices.
Last tickets available — book now before they're gone.
📅 Thursday 5 March
📍 Billingtons Oldham, 3 Ascroft Street, Oldham OL1 1HY
coliseum.org.uk/whats-on/cen...
A NIGHT OF NEW DANCE — join us for #Turn2026 at @contactmcr.bsky.social on Friday 20 March turnmcr.org
SEE NINE SHORT DANCE-WORKS by NW artists…
Alice Robinson Moves
Blood Bones Jones
Clara Selberg (📷)
Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan
Hui-Hsin Lu
Joseph Adamson
Joseph Lau & friends
printerror
Sap Dance
WEEKLY WARNING: our no-nonsense guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best performance in Manchester + beyond…
INCLUDES
— imitating the dog‘s War of the Worlds at @liveveryplay.bsky.social (4-7 Mar)
— Malandra Jacks at Billingtons w/ @oldhamcoliseum.bsky.social (5 Mar)
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WEEKLY WARNING: discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best performance in Manchester + beyond…
🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com
INCLUDES
— Census by Malandra Jacks at @storyhouselive.bsky.social, Chester (23 Feb)
— imitating the dog‘s War of the Worlds at @thelowry.com (25-28 Feb)
JOIN US THURSDAY EVENING at @contactmcr.bsky.social for #SocialExperiment: #QueerContact Edition
A FREE, INFORMAL GATHERING for anyone interested in Live Art and contemporary performance — to meet, chat, and see artists try ideas out
FEATURES SEVEN WORKS from 6pm wordofwarning.org/socialexperiment
WEEKLY WARNING: discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best performance in Manchester + beyond…
🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com
INCLUDES
— Social Experiment and more events during Queer @contactmcr.bsky.social (13-21 Feb)
— Imitating the dog‘s War of the Worlds at The Dukes, Lancaster (18-21 Feb)
THANK YOU to Victoria Melody, the Lowry team, and all who came to see her on Wednesday night…
Please tell us your thoughts if you came along by filling in our audience survey at www.illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/gnwmcx
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social @thelowry.com
8pm TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY at @thelowry.com
VICTORIA MELODY blends storytelling and stand-up in a tale of high jinks and resistance directed by @markthomasinfo.bsky.social
Past and present collide in a celebration of the ordinary people still shaping history
🔗 wordofwarning.org/current/2026/melody
📷 Matt Stronge
WEEKLY WARNING
read our no-nonsense signpost to discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond…
INCLUDES
Victoria Melody dir. by @markthomasinfo.bsky.social at @thelowry.com (11 Feb)
the return of Queer @contactmcr.bsky.social (12-21 Feb)
wordofwarning.posthaven.com
WEEKLY WARNING: read our no-nonsense signpost to discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond…
INCLUDES:
Adam York Gregory & Gillian Jane Lees at Lancaster Arts (31 Jan)
Company Chameleon at HOME (6 Feb)
Victoria Melody at Lowry (11 Feb)
wordofwarning.posthaven.com
WEEKLY WARNING: read our no-nonsense signpost to discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond…
NEXT WEEK includes HOME x Malandra Jacks (28-31 Jan)
and Adam York Gregory & Gillian Jane Lees at Lancaster Arts (31 Jan daytime)
wordofwarning.posthaven.com
NEXT MONTH at @thelowry.com
directed by @markthomasinfo.bsky.social, Victoria Melody celebrates the ordinary people still shaping history in a blend of #storytelling and stand-up…
watch past and present collide in a tale of high jinks and resistance on 11 FEB
wordofwarning.org/current/2026/melody
WEEKLY WARNING: read our first guide of the year to #performance in #Manchester + beyond…
DISCOVER the bizarre, beautiful, and best upcoming performance — including #FutureFlaresFestival on 21-23 Jan at @manmetuni.bsky.social feat. Pinchbeck & Smith, WilL Dickie, et al…
wordofwarning.posthaven.com
Up. My. Street.
Looking forward to this it's just up the road 👍🎯
Oh you lucky folk of Salford and its lesser sibling Manchester. Enjoy!
“A JOYFUL TESTAMENT TO PEOPLE POWER” — The Guardian
#VictoriaMelody blends storytelling & stand-up in a tale of high jinks and resistance @thelowry.com on 11 FEB
Directed by @markthomasinfo.bsky.social, it celebrates the ordinary people still shaping history
wordofwarning.org/current/2026/melody
FINAL CALL for DANCE ARTISTS turnmcr.posthaven.com
#Turn2026 is our platform for NW England dancers and dance-makers at @contactmcr.bsky.social on 20 March
Proposal Deadline is 5pm on Friday 16 Jan
Partners: hÅb, Cheshire Dance, Contact, Project Auske. Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
A TALE OF HIGH JINKS AND RESISTANCE
see Victoria Melody’s blend of storytelling and stand-up (dir. @markthomasinfo.bsky.social) at @thelowry.com on 11 February at 8pm
★★★★ “A charming, heartwarming salute to the people who keep a community afloat” — The Stage
wordofwarning.org/current/2026/melody
DANCE ARTIST OPEN CALL for #Turn2026
our platform for NW England dancers and dance-makers returns to @contactmcr.bsky.social on 20 March…
PROPOSALS via turnmcr.posthaven.com (deadline Fri 16 Jan)
PARTNERS: hÅb, Cheshire Dance, Contact, Project Auske, supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
CALLING NORTH WEST DANCE-MAKERS
we're seeking proposals from NW dancers and dance-makers for Turn 2026 at @contactmcr.bsky.social on 20 March
APPLY via turnmcr.posthaven.com (deadline Fri 16 Jan)
PARTNERS: hÅb, Cheshire Dance, Contact, Project Auske, supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
Now on hiatus, Word of Warning's Performance Programme 2026 will be announced from early January
— including our next #WTFWednesday at @thelowry.com, featuring Victoria Melody (dir. Mark Thomas) on 11 Feb
— plus our next #SocialExperiment at @contactmcr.bsky.social, a #QueerContact Edition on 19 Feb
THANKS to all who joined us last night for #SocialExperiment
— and to the team at @contactmcr.bsky.social
— and to artists Gemma, Gin, Howard & Graham, Lydia, Matt, Tom, Yuri
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT CONTINUES next year on Thursdays 19 February (a #QueerContact Edition), 9 April, 11 June
JOIN US LATER TODAY for a #SocialExperiment at @contactmcr.bsky.social, 6pm-9pm
A free and informal gathering for anyone interested in Live Art and contemporary performance to meet, chat, and see artists try ideas out… This edition features seven works from 6pm.
wordofwarning.org/socialexperiment
THANK YOU — to #MalandraJacks, to their creative team, to the team at HOME, and to all who came to see #Census last week…
FEEDBACK — please tell us your thoughts if you came along by filling in our audience survey at www.illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/gnwmcx
WEEKLY WARNING
Discover bizarre and beautiful performance in #Manchester + beyond with our latest no-nonsense guide, including…
THIS WEEKEND's #Census, Malandra Jacks award-winning show at HOME
THURSDAY's #SocialExperiment, a free gathering for Live Art & performance at @contactmcr.bsky.social
THEATRE THIS WEEK at #HOMEmcr
What happens when a working-class community tells its own story…
Funny, intimate, and defiant — CENSUS is #MalandraJacks award-winning celebration of communities rarely seen on stage | Thu 7.45pm | Fri 7.45 | Sat 2.15+7.45
wordofwarning.org/current/2025/malandrajacks
WEEKLY WARNING — discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance to watch in #Manchester + beyond with our no-nonsense guide
INCLUDING NEXT WEEK
> the award-winning 'Census' by Malandra Jacks at HOME
> and 'Perfect Show for Rachel' at @contactmcr.bsky.social with SICK!
