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Contact Manchester to host dance battle Between Tiny Cities

Contact Manchester to host dance battle Between Tiny Cities

by Michelle Swift | Apr 28, 2022 | theatre, stage and film

The cross-cultural independent work Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច will take over Contact during its UK premiere tour.

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Queer Contact Festival to launch online in April

Queer Contact Festival to launch online in April

by Mark Kelly | Feb 25, 2021 | theatre, stage and film

Manchester arts staple Queer Contact festival has been confirmed for an online run opening in April 2021. The announcement comes as the event is moved back from it's normal February run and into a remote format. [adrotate banner="3"] Since forming over a decade ago...

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Contact announces line up for 2019 Queer Contact Festival Weekender

Contact announces line up for 2019 Queer Contact Festival Weekender

by Editorial Team | Jan 9, 2019 | theatre, stage and film

Contact has announced the full line up for its Queer Contact Weekender in February, marking LGBT History Month 2019. 2019 sees Contact break from the tradition of a week-long festival, with this year’s event celebrating LGBTQ+ Arts and Culture over a compact weekend...

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Contact announces part three of its In The City programme

Contact announces part three of its In The City programme

by Editorial Team | Nov 20, 2018 | theatre, stage and film

Contact Manchester has announced the third part of Contact In The City as work continues on its Oxford Road building.  The third part will run from January to June covering questions of politics, protest and community. Whilst refurbishment works are taking place at...

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Intimate theatre performance to take place in Sari shop on Curry Mile

Intimate theatre performance to take place in Sari shop on Curry Mile

by Editorial Team | Mar 9, 2018 | theatre, stage and film

A traditional sari shop on Manchester's Curry Mile is set to host an intimate theatre production by Contact and Rasa Theatre, Handlooms written by Rani Moorthy and directed by Alan Lane.  The play will explore the sari from a rarely-taken male perspective, with the...

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Previewed: The Vaudevillians at Contact

Previewed: The Vaudevillians at Contact

by Editorial Team | Dec 1, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

Jinkx Monsoon returns to Manchester's Contact with The Vaudevillians after an often-extended Off-Broadway run, an Australian tour and a run at London’s Soho Theatre. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon, is the sassy alter ego of Portland born entertainer...

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Major redevelopment of Contact Manchester announced

Major redevelopment of Contact Manchester announced

by Editorial Team | Nov 17, 2017 | Manchester Living, theatre, stage and film

Manchester's Contact has announced that it will close for a major redevelopment at the end of December 2017.  During the closed a year-long programme of performance and participation activities will take place in partner venues across Greater Manchester. For the...

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Uchenna Dance present The Head Wrap Diaries at Contact Manchester

Uchenna Dance present The Head Wrap Diaries at Contact Manchester

by Editorial Team | Nov 15, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

Uchenna Dance brings three fierce, clever and witty female characters to Manchester’s Contact as they take us through stories of community, heritage, womanhood, friendship, and most importantly … hair. The Head Wrap Diaries, presented by Uchenna Dance, is an...

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Previewed: Sophie Willan: Branded at the Contact

Previewed: Sophie Willan: Branded at the Contact

by Editorial Team | Jun 21, 2017 | music

Sophie Willan returns to Contact with her second show Branded, the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed debut On Record. On Record resulted in Sophie Willan being nominated for a Chortle Best Newcomer nomination as the show went on to complete a successful nationwide...

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Reckless Sleepers bringing Schrödinger to Contact Manchester

Reckless Sleepers bringing Schrödinger to Contact Manchester

by Editorial Team | Apr 26, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

Reckless Sleepers return to Manchester’s Contact in May to present a performance of Schrödinger.  The UK/Belgian company is a group of individual artists who specialise in theatre making with additional expertise in dance, performance, visual art and designed....

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Previewed: Thick Richard’s Swear School at Contact

Previewed: Thick Richard’s Swear School at Contact

by Editorial Team | Apr 20, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

Punk poet, Thick Richard, brings his foul mouthed Swear School back to Manchester at Contact.  Originally created to present to college students, Thick Richard’s Swear School takes the taboo of adult language head on and opens audience’s mouths and minds.  Not for the...

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Previewed: SICK! Festival

Previewed: SICK! Festival

by Editorial Team | Mar 6, 2017 | Manchester Living, theatre, stage and film

With 14 UK premieres, 76 artists, 46 performances, 15 public space installations, five discussion events and five new commissions, SICK! Festival returns to Manchester and Salford running from 8-25 March. The three-week programme featuring some of the finest and most...

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Previewed: There is a Light: Brightlight at Contact

Previewed: There is a Light: Brightlight at Contact

by Editorial Team | Mar 1, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

After tackling sex, climate change and homelessness the award winning Contact Young Company take on cancer. Directed by award winning artist Adura Onashile (HeLa; Expensive Sh*t) There is a Light: Brightlight will premiere at Contact, commissioned as part of SICK!...

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Previewed: Made In India at Contact

Previewed: Made In India at Contact

by Editorial Team | Feb 17, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

New play about motherhood and blood ties between women and nations Satinder Chohan explores the global and personal implications of India’s surrogacy industry in a thrilling new play about motherhood and blood ties between women and nations at Contact Tuesday 21 and...

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Previewed: I told my Mum I was going on an R.E. trip…

Previewed: I told my Mum I was going on an R.E. trip…

by Editorial Team | Jan 23, 2017 | theatre, stage and film

It’s a subject which polarises opinion like no other and now Contact and the award winning group 20 Stories High will tackle the subject of abortion in a funny, frank and moving way at the Contact Theatre from Wednesday 1 until Saturday 4 February in I told my Mum I...

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