Cheeky, thought-provoking and sometimes raunchy sprees of eccentricity… HAZARD is a biennial festival of intervention and sited performance offering strange occurrences in unexpected places.
So far, we’ve wrapped Cathedral Gardens in fluttering yellow and black tape, brought shop-dummies to life on Market St, unleashed dancing traffic cones and attempted to circumnavigate the city by canoe. This year also promises an outbreak of flashmobs and pervasive gaming courtesy of Larkin’ About — so come out and play!
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HAZARD MMX Programme includes:
SPECIAL EVENT:
HUB M3 Gallery
(Chapel Street M3 5FS - opposite The People’s History Museum, 5 minutes walk from Deansgate)
1. My Beautiful Laundrette Scratch ‘n Sniff Cinema (Fri 16 July 7pm) + Q+A with Gordon Warnecke (Sat 17 July 2pm)
Pairing mystery scents with environmental and screen-led stimuli, the former movie gimmick that is ‘Odorama’ makes a return to provide new focus for classic films in this immersive pop-up cinema. Click here for your (free) tickets.
Peace Gardens, St Peter’s Square
2. All the demos I’ve ever been on II Alex Bradley (12-5pm)
Oldham Street
3. Beeline Hannah Wiles (12-5pm)
Piccadilly Gardens
4. 741 days Hens’ Teeth Theatre (12-2pm)
Market Street
5. Crossing Market Street Andy & Gaz & Jon (12-5pm)
LARKIN’ ABOUT
Manchester Arndale & Piccadilly Gardens
A full day of pervasive gaming in Manchester Arndale’s Hallé Square, turning familiar city landscapes into playgrounds. Fun, adventure and self-expression: join-in, dress-up and make your game what you want it to be.
6. Greetings Larkin’ About (12-5pm) Hallé Square
7. Bees! Holly Gramazio (12-12.40pm) Hallé Square
8. The Forest Front of Mancunia Larkin’ About (1.30-3pm) Hallé Square
9. Walking (s)Miles Present Attempt (3-4.30pm) Hallé Square
10. The Smell of Rain Reminds Me of You Hannah Nicklin (5-5.10pm) Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester Arndale (Hallé Square)
11. Oh Hell Vickie Fear (12-5pm)
St Ann’s Square
12. The Dating Game Astrid Breel (2-4pm)
13. Big Bang Blow Job Martin Hamblen (12-5pm)
14. Special Delivery Natalie Preece (2-5pm)
15. The Break Up Out Of Hand Theater (12-5pm)
16. A Woolly Warning Rachael Nutter (12-5pm)
17. And Counting… Peader Kirk - Mkultra (1pm & 3pm)
100 King Street
18. Monsieur Finds Himself Up Queer Street Jordan McKenzie (1-4pm)
Round & About Town
19. The March of 100 Dorothys Eggs Collective (2-4pm)
greenroom to Canal Street via Albert Square and Piccadilly Gardens.
20. Ask the question The Muffia (12-3pm)
21. I lie in wait… Noise Club (12-5pm)
22. Splat Clare Charnley (12-5pm)
23. Public Facilities Fin de Siecle (12-5pm)
24. Phone-in James Topple (12-5pm)
25. Freezechester Modern Hazards (12-5pm)
Hazard is all about chance and surprise, the cheeky and the unexpected. The plan is for the plan to develop as the day unfolds. This means that all timings are approximate and details may change last minute. For breaking news, including special guest artists, check with stewards, visit our information point in Hallé Square (Manchester Arndale) on the day, go to hazardmcr.org or follow us on Twitter at @hazardmcr.
