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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… 9th OCT EDIT INCLUDES #Auris Fest @oxrdmcr.bsky.social (9-11 Oct) @timetchells.bsky.social / Bert & Nasi at Lancaster Arts (16 Oct); @thelowry.com (23+24 Oct) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A playful & inventive music-theatre performance: see MATCHSTALKS REMASTERED on 4 Nov @thelowry.com Inspired by ‘Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs’ (the 1978 hit by folk-pop duo Brian and Michael) this is a farcical re-telling of ‘Lowry’s Song’ wordofwarning.org/current/2026/eganpinchbeck

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… OUR 2 OCTOBER EDITION INCLUDES @ontroerendgoed.bsky.social at @thelowry.com (6+7 Oct) & Lancaster Arts (9 Oct) #Auris Festival @oxrdmcr.bsky.social (9-11 Oct) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THANK YOU to our #Emergency26 audiences, artists, team, and all at @contactmcr.bsky.social Please tell us your thoughts if you came along via our #audiencesurvey at illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/gnwmcx Our Performance Programme 2026 continues in November w/ Egan & Pinchbeck and a Social Experiment

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TODAY's #Emergency26 is a day out for the curious at @contactmcr.bsky.social — experience up to 26 live works from Noon to 10pm *Probably* England’s longest-running #liveart event… Emergency 26 is Manchester's 26th micro-marathon of the bizarre, the bold, and the beautiful. 🔗 emergencymcr.org

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… OUR 25 SEPTEMBER EDITION INCLUDES → AND Festival 2026 in #Barnsley (25-27 Sep) → Emergency 26 at @contactmcr.bsky.social #Manchester (Sat 26 Sep) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… OUR 18 SEPTEMBER EDITION INCLUDES → AND Festival 2026 in #Barnsley (25-27 Sep) → Emergency 26 at @contactmcr.bsky.social #Manchester (Sat 26 Sep) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEXT SATURDAY's #Emergency26 takes over @contactmcr.bsky.social from Noon to 10pm SEE MANCHESTER's 26th micro-marathon of the bizarre, the bold, and the beautiful — with some 26 works spanning #liveart, #contemporaryperformance, installations, interventions — on 26th September 🔗 emergencymcr.org

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… OUR 11 SEPTEMBER EDITION INCLUDES → #PhysicalFest2026 at @unitytheatre.bsky.social #Liverpool (11-12 Sep) → #Emergency26 at @contactmcr.bsky.social (26 Sep) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… OUR 4 SEPTEMBER EDITION INCLUDES → #FestivalofDissent in #Lancaster (Sat 5 Sep) → #PhysicalFest2026 at @unitytheatre.bsky.social #Liverpool (7-12 Sep) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A DAY OUT FOR THE CURIOUS #Emergency26 takes over @contactmcr.bsky.social on 26th September: a micro-marathon of the bizarre, the bold, the beautiful… 🔗 emergencymcr.org *Probably* England’s longest-running Live Art event, Emergency is MCR’s annual platform for #liveart & #contemporaryperformance

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

‪FINAL ARTIST CALL for #Emergency26 *Probably* England’s longest-running #liveart event… The 26th edition of our annual platform for Live Art & contemporary performance takes over @contactmcr.bsky.social on 26 September… 🔗 emergencymcr.posthaven.com 🔴 PROPOSAL DEADLINE: 5pm this Friday, 7 August

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🙏 THANK YOU to our #Haphazard artists, audiences, team, and all at @zarts.bsky.social 💬 Please tell us your thoughts if you came along via our audience survey illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/rnqbgk ✳️ 2026 continues with Emergency: a day out for the curious at @contactmcr.bsky.social on 26 September…

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… OUR 10 JULY EDITION INCLUDES → #AgelessFestival, @yorkshiredance.bsky.social 10+11 July → #Haphazard2026, @zarts.bsky.social 11 July → the @gmfringe.bsky.social 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… OUR 3 JULY EDITION INCLUDES → #Didsbury Arts Festival until Sunday 5 July → #Haphazard2026 at @zarts.bsky.social on Saturday 11 July 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… OUR 26 JUNE EDITION INCLUDES → #Didsbury Arts Festival from 27 June to 5 July → #Haphazard2026 at @zarts.bsky.social on Saturday 11 July 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… OUR 19 JUNE EDITION INCLUDES #Didsbury Arts Festival from 27 June to 5 July 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… OUR 12 JUNE EDITION INCLUDES: → #Census by @malandra-jacks.bsky.social in Wythenshawe (13 June) AND Moston (18 June) → Didsbury Arts Festival (from 27 June) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… OUR 29 MAY EDITION INCLUDES → #evileyes by n:u (melissandre varin) at @contactmcr.bsky.social (29 May) → @sickproductions.bsky.social at Contact (29–30 May) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… INCLUDES → @sickproductions.bsky.social at @contactmcr.bsky.social + @thelowry.com (27–30 May) → evil eyes by n:u (melissandre varin) at Contact (28–29 May) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

ENCOUNTER NEW PERFORMANCE with n:u (melissandre varin) next week @contactmcr.bsky.social An experiment with ancient cosmologies… A powerful performance-ritual… An invitation to enter… 🧿 #evileyes 📅 28 MAY 7.30pm / 29 MAY 6.30pm 🔗 worksahead.org 🎟️ Pay What You Can: £10/£5/£2 (book via Contact)

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… INCLUDES → @sickproductions.bsky.social at @contactmcr.bsky.social + @thelowry.com (27–29 May) → #evileyes by n:u (melissandre varin) at Contact (28–29 May) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🧿 evil eyes 🧿 a performance-ritual from n:u (melissandre varin) at @contactmcr.bsky.social 📅 28 MAY, 7.30pm / 29 MAY, 6.30pm 🔗 worksahead.org 🎟️ Pay What You Can: £10/£5/£2

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

LIVE ART LATER THIS MONTH 🧿 #evileyes is a new work-in-development at @contactmcr.bsky.social from n:u (melissandre varin) that directly confronts the power dynamics embedded in gaze… 28 MAY, 7.30pm 29 MAY, 6.30pm 🔗 worksahead.org 🎟️ Pay What You Can: £10/£5/£2

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

WEEKLY WARNING read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best new #performance in #Manchester + beyond… 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… INCLUDES → Mr Blackpool by @hclaytonwright.bsky.social on Saturday @thelowry.com (2 May) → #Liverpool City Region's @leapdancefestival.bsky.social (to 9 May) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

CALLING LIVE ARTISTS: we’re seeking engaging, playful, quirky ideas with @zarts.bsky.social for #Haphazard2026 — a free afternoon of Live Art for all ages on 11 July 🔗 haphazard.posthaven.com ✴️ PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Fri 8 May, 5pm 📷 from Haphazard 2025: Puppetfingers, Shannon Mulvey, Madame Zucchini

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… INCLUDES → #Liverpool City Region's Leap Dance Festival (24 Apr - 9 May) → Mr Blackpool by @hclaytonwright.bsky.social at @thelowry.com next Saturday (2 May) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read today’s guide to the bizarre, beautiful + best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… INCLUDES → Fixing by Matt Miller at @thelowry.com tonight (10 April) → Census by @malandra-jacks.bsky.social in Nelson next Saturday (18 April) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read our no-nonsense guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #Manchester + beyond… INCLUDES → Victoria Melody at The Old Courts #Wigan (29 March) → @malandra-jacks.bsky.social at Wortley Hall w/ @manifestopress.bsky.social (7 April) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: read our no-nonsense guide to the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in #manchester + beyond… INCLUDES Turn 2026's night of new #dance at @contactmcr.bsky.social (tonight, Friday 20 March) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

WEEKLY WARNING: discover the bizarre, beautiful, and best #performance in Manchester + beyond… 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com INCLUDES TWO DANCE EVENTS — RNS Moves w/ @candocodance.bsky.social at @rncmlive.bsky.social (17 Mar) — Turn 2026's night of new #dance at @contactmcr.bsky.social (20 Mar)

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

HIGHLIGHTING NORTH WEST DANCE — see #Turn2026 at @contactmcr.bsky.social on 20 March, a night of new #dance ft nine short works from 7pm… Alice Robinson Moves Blood Bones Jones Clara Selberg (📷) Emmy Jax & Sophia Egan Hui-Hsin Lu Joseph Adamson Joseph Lau & friends printerror Sap Dance turnmcr.org

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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)

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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) 🔗 wordofwarning.posthaven.com

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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)

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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)

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

“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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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

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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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

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