Contact presents a number of events & exhibtions to celebrate Black History Month this October.
EVENTS
Mixed Movement
Sat 1 Oct, 7pm to 9pm, FREE (no advance booking necessary)
Mixed Movement, Contact’s open stage event for dancers, is back to kick off the new season with a special edition as part of The Black Sound Series with guest curator/host Dora daCruz from Bloco Novo. This Mixed Movement will focus on movement styles old and new from across the African Diaspora, celebrating the start of Black History Month.
The event is the brainchild of dancer, theatre artist, and poet DawN Crandell.. Mixed Movement is a place where no matter what your movement background, you can come together and celebrate with others the joy of dance, whether you sign up and participate, or just watch.
contactmcr/mixedmovement
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Black Sound Series; The Afterparty
Sat 1 Oct, 9pm ‘til late, FREE (no advance booking necessary)
Contact celebrates Black History Month with the best Black rhythm and sounds from the UK and beyond.
A FREE evening of live music, with performances from Tsana, Sparkz, Young Identity, Media Drop and DJ sets from Phaze One and Irfan Rainy until the small hours.
Over 18s only after midnight.
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Crystal Kisses
By Avaes Mohammad and Sabrina Mahfouz. Directed by Benji Reid
Thu 6 & Fri 7, Thu 13 to Sat 15 October 2011, 8pm. Tickets: £8/5
BSL interpreted performance on Thu 13 Oct, 8pm.
AFTER A SELL-OUR RUN IN 2010, NOW BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND ON A BIGGER STAGE
…in a world where bad things happen, and they do, they always happen to me…
Toyah – young, vulnerable and in care – tries to protect herself with her spitfire tongue. Ally is the ‘Golden Girl’ but behind the façade lies a mess of confusion. Meanwhile young runaway, Jay, finds the care he craves in the arms of a stranger – but what price will he have to pay?
Stirring movement, music and words combine in a sensitive portrayal of the complex realities surrounding child sexual exploitation.
Produced by Contact, and funded by Comic Relief, in partnership with the PROTECT Team, NHS FRESH and Brook.
Suitable for ages 13+. Contains strong language and mature themes.
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Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze & Young Identity
Part of Manchester Literature Festival
Sat 22 October 2011, 7:30pm. Tickets: £8/6
Internationally renowned Jamaican ‘dub’ poet, director and playwright Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze’s words are personal and political and her electric stage presence and rhythmic wordplay has mesmerized audiences around the world.
Whether speaking about Third World poverty, reggae music, inner-city life, the Caribbean or family, she weaves together themes that challenge and celebrate human experience in all its many forms. She will be joined by members of Speakeasy People and Contact’s Key Partner Company, Young Identity.
WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY
As part of this event she will also be leading a FREE workshop for young people aged 15-25 from 3pm-5pm, booking via 0161 274 0600.
contactmcr.com/jeanbintabreeze
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One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
By Don Evans
Tue 25 & Wed 26 October 2011, 7:30pm. Tickets: £10/6
BSL interpreted performance on Wed 26 Oct
The Harrisons are the most respectable middle-class Black family in Philadelphia. However, the arrival of their young niece and her new ideas from the rural South, turns their polite, Christian, suburban life on its head. The Cosby Show meets Restoration Comedy in this hilariously outrageous play about how hard we try to hide who we really are.
This co-production between the critically acclaimed Eclipse Theatre and Sheffield Theatres marks the European première of Don Evans’ lost American classic.
Starring: Jocelyn Jee Esien (Little Miss Jocelyn, 3 Non Blondes), Roger Griffiths (The Posse, Chef!) and Daniel Francis (The Hounding of David Oluwale).
Suitable for ages 12+.
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EXHIBITIONS
Insideout
St. Mary’s C.E.Primary School (Moss Side)
Throughout October, open daily (not Sunday), FREE
A unique series of photographic portraits taken by children (aged 6-7) from the Art Club at St. Mary's C.E Primary School (Moss Side) expressing their feelings about the importance of nature in the inner city.
The exhibition has been curated by Alexandra Arts in association with TED award-winning artist JR.
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Moss Side Stories: The Riots’ 30 Year Memoirs
Throughout October, open daily (not Sunday), FREE
A series of twelve large-scale portraits and archive images reflecting conversations and time frozen moments of the Moss Side riots thirty years on.
Presented in association with the Manchester Evening News.
contactmcr.com/mosssidestories
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