Word of Warning (hÅb)

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…

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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

YouTube video by Malandra Jacks Census Trailer

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!

THANK YOU to Hetain Patel, the team at @thelowry.com, and all who came to see 'Mathroo Basha' last night…

Please tell us your thoughts if you came along by filling in our audience survey at www.illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/gnwmcx

Image by Foteini Christofilopoulou.

YouTube video by Fabric Mathroo Basha Trailer

WEDNESDAY DANCE at @thelowry.com

Acclaimed visual artist and filmmaker #HetainPatel uses movement and audio interviews to explore generational change across his Brit-Gujarati family in #MathrooBasha (Mother Tongue in Gujarati) on 12 November, 8pm.

find out more wordofwarning.org/current/2025/patel

DYCP change: New Research and Development funding in National Lottery Project Grants All the information you need about the changes to Developing Your Creative Practice and National Lottery Project Grants

You can apply to this funding now, or if you would prefer, you can wait for the next round of Developing Your Creative Practice next April.

Take a look at the information on our website to learn more about this temporary change, and why we’ve made it 👇

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Funding update:

We’re pausing the next round of Developing Your Creative Practice until April 2026.

In the meantime, in its place, we’re launching £7.5 million of R&D Funding for individuals, as part of our National Lottery Project Grants programme.

NOVEMBER wordofwarning.org/current/2025

12th #MathrooBasha
Hetain Patel’s moving exploration of generational change
@thelowry.com

20th–22nd #Census
Malandra Jacks’ love letter to working-class communities
HOME

27th #SocialExperiment
A gathering for live art and performance
@contactmcr.bsky.social

Are you a live artist or practitioner eager to explore how and why you make?

Applications for Do It Together are now open!

tinyurl.com/49ce24w4

⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm

#DIT2026

Had so many transformational experiences being part of previous editions of this, can’t recommend it enough.

Live Art peeps 👀