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Music Drop
–Music Drop is Contact's open access music service designed to empower the next generation of musicians.Workshop
Ernest Aines: Tales of a Modern Man
Discover the extraordinary talent of Ernest Aines, an acclaimed Australian alt-folk/Americana singer-songwriter, as he takes the stage on his UK tour.
Magical Animals: A Tribute to Jackie Hagan
Jackie meant a lot of things to a lot of people: award-winning playwright, performer, poet, activist, friend and Magical Animal... but what Jackie loved even more than a jumble sale was a lively, messy poetry night.
The Big Gay Pub Quiz Takeover
An evening of LGBTQI+ fun testing your knowledge of all things queer, and your chance to win a £100 bar tab first prize and lots of other queer goodies! Prize for the best team name!
brew. haha: Queer AF Comedy Night
Get ready to laugh your queer heart out with a free night of hilarious LGBTQI+ comedy, featuring some of the funniest queer comedians in the business. Join us for a free night of side-splitting jokes and good vibes.
Social Experiment
–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 6pmCo-Production
So La Selects Live: Queer as Cupid Cabaret
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
Spotlight - An Original ShockOut Musical
–Step into a world where ambition ignites, secrets simmer, and the pursuit of greatness pushes the limits of courage and self discovery.
Kellie Colbert: Dedicated To The One I Love
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
Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival
–Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at Contact!
TURN 2025
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
Zoe Lyons: Werewolf
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.
180⁰ Chord
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…
