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Bears Bears Bears

Jen becomes obsessed with a survey asking women if they'd rather be alone in a forest with a man or a bear.

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Inspiring creativity in young people and audiences since 1972, Contact is a charity, arts venue and theatre based in the centre of Manchester that puts young people at the heart of everything we do.

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  1. evil eyes

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    Our annual sample of new performance returns to Contact with a new work-in-development from n:u (melissandre varin)…evil eyes directly confronts the power dynamics embedded in gaze.The evil eye is a belief, found across many cultures, that…
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  2. (I) Miss America

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    In partnership with SICK! Festival 2026 we are premiering (I) Miss America a live art film by Hannah Ballou and Peter Case.   Girls are safe in the USA...... until they are born    ( I ) Miss America is a multidisciplinary live art project…
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  3. Piñata and Processing

    Join Girl Gang for a drop-in workshop to explore all things joy, rage, systemic injustice and the beauty of sisterhood.

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