NOW IN OUR MAIN SPACE DUE TO DEMAND! A performance lecture from one of the foremost queer performers in the world, Lois Weaver. Part of the Sexuality Summer School.

New theatre from The University of Manchester Drama Society.

New theatre from The University of Manchester Drama Society.

An innovative new community festival celebrating Manchester’s unsurpassed creativity.

The return of performance phenomenon and gender disillusionist Dickie Beau after a sold-out run in 2012. Advance booking highly recommended.

The return of performance phenomenon and gender disillusionist Dickie Beau after a sold-out run in 2012. Advance booking highly recommended.

An innovative new community festival celebrating Manchester’s unsurpassed creativity.

The return of performance phenomenon and gender disillusionist Dickie Beau after a sold-out run in 2012. Advance booking highly recommended.

Using bits of rubbish and household objects, puppeteer Jeff Achtem creates a shadow puppet universe from junk in a show for all ages that’s out of this world.

A disaster movie for the stage. A story of heroism and tragedy told with Lego figures, dinosaur slippers, microphones, business cards and Google Street View.

A disaster movie for the stage. A story of heroism and tragedy told with Lego figures, dinosaur slippers, microphones, business cards and Google Street View.

A disaster movie for the stage. A story of heroism and tragedy told with Lego figures, dinosaur slippers, microphones, business cards and Google Street View.

A disaster movie for the stage. A story of heroism and tragedy told with Lego figures, dinosaur slippers, microphones, business cards and Google Street View.

A sweet and poetic show with a powerful message, Flâneurs explores the nature of violence in public spaces.

Got something to say? We set a group of new writers a different creative challenge and it’s down to you, the audience, to decide who wins the cash prize!

Contact favourites Quarantine return with a new show where real life doesn’t stop when the performance starts.

Contact favourites Quarantine return with a new show where real life doesn’t stop when the performance starts.

Contact favourites Quarantine return with a new show where real life doesn’t stop when the performance starts.

Contact favourites Quarantine return with a new show where real life doesn’t stop when the performance starts.

A meal, a conversation, a performance provocation, exploring human behaviour in the pursuit of happiness.

A meal, a conversation, a performance provocation, exploring human behaviour in the pursuit of happiness.

A meal, a conversation, a performance provocation, exploring human behaviour in the pursuit of happiness.

Contact’s Incubator Company, PGB have finally hatched! They’re ready to try out some new ideas on an unsuspecting audience! Are you game?

Experience the John Rylands Library as you’ve never seen it before in a promenade performance that explores love and hierarchies both past and present using Commedia Dell’Arte.

Experience the John Rylands Library as you’ve never seen it before in a promenade performance that explores love and hierarchies both past and present using Commedia Dell’Arte.

Experience the John Rylands Library as you’ve never seen it before in a promenade performance that explores love and hierarchies both past and present using Commedia Dell’Arte.

Experience the John Rylands Library as you’ve never seen it before in a promenade performance that explores love and hierarchies both past and present using Commedia Dell’Arte.

Experience the John Rylands Library as you’ve never seen it before in a promenade performance that explores love and hierarchies both past and present using Commedia Dell’Arte.

Experience the John Rylands Library as you’ve never seen it before in a promenade performance that explores love and hierarchies both past and present using Commedia Dell’Arte.