Contact Young Company treat a small audience to an intense ethical debate using fashion catwalks as a space to question the unsustainable and unethical overconsumption creates by quick fashions and trends

STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey comes to Contact as part of its UK tour

Drag Race UK’s Ginny Lemon and Sister Sister had us hanging on for dear life at Contact

The Bitten Peach, a queer Asian cabaret collective, return to Queer Contact with their South Asian branch, Peach Chutney

House of Suarez’ annual Vogue Ball returned to Manchester Academy as part of Queer Contact, with a pedestrian theme but thrilling performances

Contact’s flagship queer arts festival, Queer Contact, is back this LGBTQ+ History Month – with a lineup as eclectic and electric as ever

eight-freestyle return to Contact Theatre with Robin Hood: The 80’s Panto – a retelling of Robin Hood with festive spirit and 80s bangers

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this December!

Cocktails and Cinquains returned for a second event at Contact, following its debut at Keisha Thompson’s welcome party

The last performance of Not F**kin Sorry at Manchester’s Contact Theatre radiated exuberance and unapologetic honesty

A breakdown of all the South Asian theatre coincidentally coming to Manchester throughout November

Secoura Grim attends the welcome party for Contact’s new Artistic Director and CEO, Keisha Thompson – which included a special performance called ‘Cocktails and Cinquains’

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interviews Keisha Thompson – the youngest, first Black, first female and first Mancunian Artistic Director and CEO of Contact, who has been involved with the company for 15 years

A rundown of all the musicals coming to Manchester over the next few months

Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster, a beatbox recreation of the classic story, plays at Contact Theatre

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews The Bitten Peach at Contact Theatre, as part of Queer Contact this LGBT+ History Month

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Vogue Ball: Night at the Poseum at Manchester Academy – the first time the venue has hosted the event in two years

Contact Theatre is marking Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a trio of female-led shows

Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat plays at Contact Theatre this Christmas

Find out what shows are heading to Manchester’s main theatres over the holiday season