List of Events

1. 

   Queer Contact: Connections

   Sat 8 Feb

   A special time banking event to celebrate and connect members of the LGBTQ+ community. Time banking is a fun, informal way to exchange skills and time - and it's completely free!

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2. 

   So La Selects Live: Queer as Cupid Cabaret

   Sat 8 Feb

   A space for Manchester’s creative queer artists and community to gather around a cosy stage, showcase new ideas and celebrate our love for one another. It’s time for Cupid to pay the queers a visit and give them a snog x

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3. 

   Music Producer Club

   Sat 1 – Tue 18 Feb

   Are you between 12-18 years old and want to learn music producer? Create Define Release are offering Saturday and half term sessions for you to get hands-on experience to make their own electronic music by using industry-standard Ableton…

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4. 

   Music Drop

   Thu 23 Jan – Thu 3 Apr

   Music Drop is Contact's open access music service designed to empower the next generation of musicians.

   Workshop

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5. 

   Spotlight - An Original ShockOut Musical

   Thu 20 – Fri 21 Feb

   Step into a world where ambition ignites, secrets simmer, and the pursuit of greatness pushes the limits of courage and self discovery.

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6. 

   Kellie Colbert: Dedicated To The One I Love

   Thu 13 Mar

   And tell all the stars above. This is dedicated to the one I love. An exploration of anxiety, love, deception, and survival. (Love can never be exactly like we want it to be.)

   Co-Production

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7. 

   Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival

   Tue 25 – Fri 28 Mar

   Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at Contact!

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8. 

   TURN 2025

   Fri 4 Apr

   Fluidly lyrical, effervescently acrobatic, or eccentrically innovative, let Turn 2025 transport you into a frenzy of dance… Our annual whirlwind of new North West dance returns, taking over the building with up to ten short works.

   Co-Production

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9. 

   Zoe Lyons: Werewolf

   Sat 10 May

   The host of BBC’s ‘Lightning’, a regular on ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, and ‘Mock The Week’ – and a survivor of ‘Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins’ and ‘World’s Most Dangerous Roads’ – Zoe is one of the country’s best-loved comedians.

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10. 

    Social Experiment

    Thu 6 Feb – Thu 27 Nov

    Social Experiment is a new 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 first on Thursday 6 February from 6pm

    Co-Production

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11. 

    180⁰ Chord

    Sat 14 Jun

    You’re the pride of the police force but fate intervenes and suddenly you're in the same prison you sent your scalps to. News of your arrival spreads, the riot starts and they come looking for you. A fellow inmate hides you and you flee…

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12. 

    Twisted! The Musical

    Thu 26 – Sat 28 Jun

    Set in the heart of Victorian London, "Twisted! The Musical" follows Oliver Brownlow, now a young man, as he becomes entangled with Jane, a working-class flower girl facing adversity.

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