Queer Contact 2026
About our events
Queer Contact is back with a bang! Featuring theatre, cabaret, art, film, line-dancing and more, join us for two weeks of brilliant queer work across the Contact castle.
Nick Blandford
What's On
Main Character Energy (Thursday 12th - Friday 13th February)
A beautiful and supremely talented black actress is putting on an autobiographical one woman show to finally take up the space she’s been so routinely denied. It’s your privilege, your honour and your pre-eminent pleasure to give her all the attention she deserves.
You're Not Getting Any Younger (Saturday 14th February)
This Valentine's Day, Chanukah Lewinsky thinks you should get out the house more because you're running out of options. A cabaret night for single people and their allies, non-ethical non-monogamy (just have the affair!), and anxious bisexual window shopping.
Social Experiment - Queer Contact Edition (Thursday 19th February)
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 upcoming Queer Contact edition featuring work from Queer Artists.
Comedy at Queer Contact (Friday 20th February)
As part of this year's Queer Contact, join us for a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy, featuring a line-up of all queer comics curated and hosted by Ben Hodge.
Less Like Ourselves and More Like Each Other (Saturday 21st February)
Artist and filmmaker Graham Clayton-Chance presents Less Like Ourselves, More Like Each Other, a body of work rooted in queer country and western dancing in San Francisco spanning his multi-award-winning film Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede and immersive installation developed for Queer Contact.
A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny (Saturday 21st February)
Join Trans Artist Hunter King in his gender journey of self discovery in his uplifting queer parody musical, maid in the Wild, Wild, North West, A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny.
List of Events
Main Character Energy
–A beautiful and supremely talented black actress is putting on an autobiographical one woman show to finally take up the space she’s been so routinely denied. It’s your privilege, your honour and your pre-eminent pleasure to give her all…
You're Not Getting Any Younger
This Valentine's Day, Chanukah Lewinsky thinks you should get out the house more because you're running out of options.
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…
Comedy at Queer Contact
As part of this year's Queer Contact, join us for a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy, featuring a line-up of all queer comics curated and hosted by Ben Hodge.
Less Like Ourselves and More Like Each Other
Artist and filmmaker Graham Clayton-Chance presents Less Like Ourselves, More Like Each Other, a body of work rooted in queer country and western dancing in San Francisco spanning his multi-award-winning film Last Dance at the Sundance…
