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Our Queer Contact Festival is Back!
In February, we're back with a full and fabulous Queer festival line-up for you. Find your people here at Contact by connecting with the queer community and having some serious fun along the way.
We are contact
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
Creatively Minded Men
5 Nov - 26 AugAfter the success of our Creatively Minded Men project this year, we are welcoming a new cohort of young men from November 2025.This project is for people who identify as a man, aged 18-30, who have experienced mental health problems and…Workshop
Spiral Creative Theatre Workshop
–We are Spiral, a free theatre collective for adults with a passion for the creative arts.Spiral is a space to develop, play and reconnect with your creativity through drama, visual art, and movement. Here’s what our first year looked like!Workshop
Social Experiment
–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; Thursday 27 November, with 2026…
