List of Events

1. 

   Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival

   Tue 25 – Fri 28 Mar

   Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at Contact!

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2. 

   Music Drop

   Thu 23 Jan – Thu 3 Apr

   Music Drop is Contact's open access music service designed to empower the next generation of musicians.

   Workshop

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3. 

   TURN 2025

   Fri 4 Apr

   Fluidly lyrical, effervescently acrobatic, or eccentrically innovative, let Turn 2025 transport you into a frenzy of dance… Our annual whirlwind of new North West dance returns, taking over the building with eight short dance-works.

   Co-Production

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4. 

   brew: haha Queer as F*ck Comedy Night - starring Morgan Rees

   Wed 9 Apr

   Get ready for brew. haha, our biggest comedy night yet! Headlined by queer Welsh comedian Morgan Rees, known for his hilarious storytelling. Our Biggest Comedy Night Yet! On Wednesday, 9th April 2025, brew. haha is going BIGGER and FUNNIER…

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5. 

   The Nello James Centre: A Documentary Screening

   Thu 24 Apr

   The Nello James Centre was established during the 1970s by members of Manchester’s Caribbean community and named after celebrated Trinidadian activist and author Cyril Lionel Robert James, known by many as C. L. R or Nello James.

   Contact Presents

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6. 

   Robert Macfarlane

   Fri 9 May

   One of our most beloved chroniclers of nature, Robert Macfarlane joins us to discuss his thought-provoking new book, Is a River Alive? At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but…

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7. 

   Zoe Lyons: Werewolf

   Sat 10 May

   The host of BBC’s ‘Lightning’, a regular on ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, and ‘Mock The Week’ – and a survivor of ‘Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins’ and ‘World’s Most Dangerous Roads’ – Zoe is one of the country’s best-loved comedians.

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8. 

   Social Experiment

   Thu 6 Feb – Thu 27 Nov

   Social Experiment is a new gathering at Contact for anyone interested in Live Art and contemporary performance to meet, chat, and try ideas out… A free and informal, semi-regular evening event with the next on Thursday 22 May from 6pm to…

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9. 

   180⁰ Chord

   Sat 14 Jun

   You’re the pride of the police force but fate intervenes and suddenly you're in the same prison you sent your scalps to. News of your arrival spreads, the riot starts and they come looking for you. A fellow inmate hides you and you flee…

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10. 

    Twisted! The Musical

    Thu 26 – Sat 28 Jun

    Set in the heart of Victorian London, "Twisted! The Musical" follows Oliver Brownlow, now a young man, as he becomes entangled with Jane, a working-class flower girl facing adversity.

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