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Music Producer Club
Are you between 12-18 years old and want to learn music producer?Create Define Release is running a week-long music production programme offering hands-on experience using industry-standard Ableton software at Contact, led by professional…Co-Production
Melanin Markets Summer Pop Up
Get ready Manchester, we're closing out the summer with a full-venue celebration of culture, creativity and community! Melanin Markets is back in our castle, this time with a Summer Pop Up taking over 3 floors of our theatre for one day…Contact Presents
MuseumMisha Presents: Sound, Sip & Paint
Step into a sanctuary of colour, sound, and soul as MuseumMisha brings a bespoke, never-before-seen healing experience to Melanin Markets, Manchester’s much-loved marketplace celebrating Black-owned businesses and creatives.Guided by the…
An Evening With Philippa Gregory
Join Philippa Gregory as she takes you on a journey through the history you thought you knew.In her new novel, Boleyn Traitor, she returns to the Tudor court and a woman famously branded as a traitor, but whose real story was far more…
Baga Chipz 'Chip Off The Old Block' Tour
After the success of the ‘Material Girl’ and ‘Much Betta!’ tours, Baga Chipz is Back! Bigger, louder and MUCH BETTA than ever! Join Baga and friends this autumnas she rocks up to a town near you! Expect an evening of live vocals; belting…
Glamrou: Drag Mother
Renowned Iraqi queen Glamrou, and renowned Iraqi queen, Glamrou’s mother, fight for the spotlight with their competing narratives of what really happened. Come get lost in this drag hall of mirrors, where one queen’s truth is another…
Perfect Show for Rachel
–Rachel is a theatre-loving, enigmatic, learning-disabled 35 year-old who loves Kylie, heckling her sister, and seeing people falling over. At the touch of a button she commands the action, each scene brought to life by a skilled cast ready…
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…Co-Production
Rumpelstiltskin
–The Big Tiny bring magic, mayhem and above all, true love as Cupid comes to Contact this Christmas for a Pantomime like no other. Can she overcome the wicked tricks of Rumpelstiltskin and help Prince Dierdrick find true love?Contact Presents
