Contact Produces

Artistic Development

Contact Produces

Contact is where creativity comes to be.

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  • A group standing on stage celebrating. The stage is lit purple and red. The stage floor is covered in confetti.
  • A monochromatically dressed Rikki Beadle-Blair welcomes the Vogue Ball audience with open arms.
  • Contact's castle-like exterior at night lit up in blue and pink and purple lights

It’s where inspiring ideas take shape, and conversations in the cafe make waves around Manchester. What else would you expect from a multi-arts venue that invests in the next generation?

Contact is internationally renowned for producing and commissioning relevant, socially engaged and distinctive new work. Most tour nationally, regularly winning awards.

RECENT CONTACT PRODUCED WORK

Two people sit on a fence in a field holding a cardboard sign reading This Town

RORY AARON: THIS TOWN

A woman wearing a wedding dress looks at the camera, smiling grimly with sick around her mouth

AMY VREEKE: GLOWING

A woman with long braided hair stands in front of a stone wall and window, arms folded and holding rolling pins

MIRAY SIDHOM: THE BREAD WE BREAK

A glamorous person adorned with accessories waves down the camera

NIMA SÉNE: BEIGE B*TCH

A happy person with curly hair wears a stripy top and a backpack

THE FOREST OF FORGOTTEN DISCOS!

A group of young women sit in a doctors office

20 STORIES HIGH: 'I TOLD MY MUM I WAS GOING ON AN R.E. TRIP'

Two people dance enigmatically on stage lit by blue lights

Find out more about programming at Contact

As well as producing our own work, Contact is recognised for programming relevant, contemporary, diverse and accessible shows and events.
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