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Comedy At Contact

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

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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. The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee

    Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to present acclaimed Korean American author Min Jin Lee, internationally celebrated for the bestselling Pachinko, to discuss her long-awaited new novel, American Hagwon.  
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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. Sofie Hagen: I Think Some Of This Is My Fault

    Sofie won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015 and she thinks you all stopped talking about it too soon. Remember TV? Yeah, she did that too. You may know her from that, but it's more likely you know her from the internet, where…
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