Autumn 2023
List of Events
Vignettes
–Six new short plays, written in special collaboration with Greater Manchester Rape Crisis, in honour of their 45th Anniversary.
Max Porter presents Shy
“Max Porter has a way of writing unlike anyone else. I loved Shy. I finished it elated and tearful, joyful and terrified, changed by the journey. It moved and surprised me and that is what I look for in my favourite artists.” – PJ…
An Evening with Zadie Smith
With The Fraud, Zadie Smith turns her incredible talent to historical fiction for the first time, telling the tale of the Tichborne Case, the trial that captivated and divided Victorian England in the 1860s and 70s. Told through the eyes…
An Evening with Linton Kwesi Johnson
Experience a special event with pioneering Jamaican reggae poet, performer, activist and critic, Linton Kwesi Johnson, hosted by Jackie Kay.
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–Step aboard a journey into British identity. How do we find belonging? Football shirts? Baked bean sandwiches? This tilting play will be a kick to the senses. Funny, frank and fragrant. Set against the frenzy of the Lionesses' success.…Contact Presents
Brown Boys Swim
–Best friends Mohsen and Kash are gearing up for the biggest night of their lives – Jess Denver’s pool party. There’s just one problem…they can’t swim. Fuelled by halal Haribo and chicken wings, the pair throw themselves in at the deep end,…
Nikesh Shukla: Brown Baby
How do we raise our kids with joy and wonder in uncertain and – let’s face it – increasingly bleak times?
Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel
The Fool leaves King Lear before the blinding. Before the ice-creams in the interval. In this extraordinary new solo work, Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send the character back to the wreckage of the world they…
Hot Orange
–It’s summer. It’s hot. Like really hot. Like ice pop after melting ice pops hot. Like orange midday sun hot. Across the divide of a scorched basketball court two girls meet, shoot hoops and discover their shared obsessions make them…
Lawrence Chaney - Overweight and OVER IT!
Overweight and OVER IT is about the trials and tribulations of being plus size!
