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Hedda review: A misguided imitation of Ibsen’s masterpiece

Hedda review: A misguided imitation of Ibsen’s masterpiece

Contact hosts Here to There Productions’ for a version of Hedda Gabler that is almost as painful as a genuine gunshot wound

Truth’s a Dog must to Kennel review: Cynical and convention-defying

Truth’s a Dog must to Kennel review: Cynical and convention-defying

Tim Crouch’s Truths a Dog Must to Kennel breaks every convention and proclaims that theatre is dead

Review: Hand Me Down

Review: Hand Me Down

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

Review: Benji Reid’s – Find Your Eyes

Review: Benji Reid’s – Find Your Eyes

Benji Reid combines photography and choreography in a thrilling, chilling and unique piece of artistic theatre at Manchester’s International Festival 2023

Contact invites you to reach for the stars (in search of your own orgasm)

Contact invites you to reach for the stars (in search of your own orgasm)

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

Review: Ginny Lemon and Sister Sister – You Keep Me Hangin’ On

Review: Ginny Lemon and Sister Sister – You Keep Me Hangin’ On

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

Queer Contact Double Bill: Grandmother’s Closet & An Audience with Milly-Liu

Queer Contact Double Bill: Grandmother’s Closet & An Audience with Milly-Liu

Queer Contact’s double bill exhibits how queer expression can be a journey through your grandmother’s closet or dressing up as a cat

Review: Peach Chutney

Review: Peach Chutney

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

Poetic Prizes: The Forward Prizes takes on the North

Poetic Prizes: The Forward Prizes takes on the North

After relocating to Manchester’s Contract Theatre, the Mancunion attends the prestigious Forward Prizes for a night of awe and bereavement

Queer Contact: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month at Contact Theatre

Queer Contact: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month at Contact Theatre

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

Review: Robin Hood: The 80s Panto!

Review: Robin Hood: The 80s Panto!

If you’re Holding Out for a Hero look no further than Contact this Christmas, refreshing the classic legend of Robin Hood with 80s hits.

Contact Theatre is Holding Out for a Hero this Christmas

Contact Theatre is Holding Out for a Hero this Christmas

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

Musicals of Manchester: December

Musicals of Manchester: December

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this December!

Review: Cocktails and Cinquains #2

Review: Cocktails and Cinquains #2

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

Review: Not F**kin’ Sorry

Review: Not F**kin’ Sorry

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

Asian Invasion: South Asian theatre takes over Manchester

Asian Invasion: South Asian theatre takes over Manchester

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

Contact welcomes Keisha Thompson with Cocktails and Cinquains

Contact welcomes Keisha Thompson with Cocktails and Cinquains

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’

In conversation with Keisha Thompson, the new Artistic Director and CEO of Contact

In conversation with Keisha Thompson, the new Artistic Director and CEO of Contact

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

Musicals not to miss in Manchester this spring and summer

Musicals not to miss in Manchester this spring and summer

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

Contact Theatre beatboxes Frankenstein back to life

Contact Theatre beatboxes Frankenstein back to life

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