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Emergency 26

Manchester’s 26th micro-marathon of the bizarre, the bold, and the beautiful takes over Contact from 12-10pm on Sat 26 Sep.

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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.

COMING UP

  1. Social Experiment

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    Social Experiment is a 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 Thursdays 19th November and 11th…
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  2. Comedy at Contact

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    Join us for our regular evening of hilarious stand-up comedy, featuring a line-up of established and emerging North West comics curated and hosted by Ben Hodge. 

    Contact Presents

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  3. Victorious

    An evening with V.E. SchwabWe are delighted to welcome global bestseller V. E. Schwab, celebrating the highly anticipated release of Victorious. The third deliciously wicked instalment in Schwab's bestselling Villains series, Victorious…
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  4. Manchester Hypes: The Treatment

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    The Treatment is the new grime-theatre show from renowned MC, musician and performer Manchester Hypes.A series of theatrically-staged grime tracks tell a story of childhood hyperactivity: growing up via youth-club rap-battles and his dad’s…

    Co-Production

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