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MCYO Collaborative Opera Lab 2025
Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera invites you to join us for the world premiere performances of two 15-minute operas.
Backstage Tour and Workshop
A backstage tour and tech workshop with Contact’s production team to learn about the technical side of theatre.
Artist Talk - Quarantine
Celebrated artist group Quarantine host a talk on their approach to creating work that brings people together who might not usually share a space – and their latest project, The Questions.
Manchester Literature Festival presents Mary Portas
Join acclaimed author, retail pioneer and innovative businesswoman Mary Portas as she shares the inspiration behind her bold new memoir, I Shop, Therefore I Am: The ‘90s, Harvey Nicks and Me. With her signature wit and no-holds-barred…
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…
Manchester Literature Festival presents Samantha Shannon & Saara El-Arifi
Enjoy an electrifying evening of dystopian and fantasy fiction with two of the genre's most exciting voices.
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…
Salaam Festival presents Dhīkr
Join us for a heartfelt and huge evening of remembrance through rhythms.
Salaam Festival presents Düa
Palestinian artist Reem Anbar and Pakistan’s Imran Rahat Ali Khan will close the festival for a specially curated and unique evening.
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
