Coming to Contact NEXT WEEK! Next Wed 9th April we’ll be hosting Brews biggest comedy night yet! Headlined by queer Welsh comedian Morgan Rees.
Grab a ticket, have a laugh, enjoy Detroit-style pizzas, plus the usual great drinks!
📅 9th April, 7:30pm
🎟 contactmcr.com/events/brew-...
Exciting to have Blossoms and Harry from the traitors visit our creative men’s mental health group with week!
Long term member of Manchester's Contact Theatre, Jack Dale-Dowd, has become the theatre's new CEO
@contactmcr.bsky.social
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/jack-da...
Can't go that day? You can support in other ways -
1. Read and share the story about the case at
Public Interest Law Centre's blog: pilc.org.uk/blog/the-peo...
2. Book a ticket for the Block the Block play at
@contactmcr.bsky.social theatre at 3.30 and 7.30 on 25/03/25.
🎥February Rewind
Feb events incl. @britishacademy.bsky.social lecture w/ Peter Sellers, the Mark George Memorial Lecture w/ @theguardian.com David Conn, IMLD events w/ @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social & Lang Diversity Collective, & research cafes at @contactmcr.bsky.social! 💬
Photo of two dance artists from company UMAMI-i!-MOVEMENT, due to perform in Turn 2025 at Contact, by Joel Chester Fildes; overlaid with blue text that reads: "TURN 2025 — a night of new dance at Contact on 4 April"
Photo of dance artist Dais Leach, due to perform in Turn 2025 at Contact
Photo of dance artist JP Hon, due to perform in Turn 2025 at Contact
Photo of a dance artist from KUDERA + MPEARSONATOR, due to perform in Turn 2025 at Contact, by Noel Jones
🔵 DANCE NEXT MONTH… fluidly lyrical, effervescently acrobatic, or eccentrically innovative, let #Turn2025 transport you into a frenzy of #dance
ℹ️ WATCH eight short dance-works @contactmcr.bsky.social on 4 April. turnmcr.org
🎟️ BOOK NOW via contactmcr.com/book/instance/358758 & #PayWhatYouDecide
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🔵 NEW DANCE COMING SOON as our annual whirlwind of north west #dance returns to @contactmcr.bsky.social
ℹ️ SEE EIGHT SHORT WORKS in #Turn2025 on Friday 4 April from 7pm… turnmcr.org
🎟️ PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE via contactmcr.com/book/instance/358758
Great to see campaigning, socially engaged theatre-making at @contactmcr.bsky.social with BLOCK THE BLOCK. Nathaniel McBride's play asks challenging questions around what power citizens have, if any, as Manchester is remade around us - & the script-in-hand performance had real impact. More please!
⚠️ WEEKLY WARNING
Discover new #performance to watch across #Manchester & the north in our latest signpost to the bizarre, the beautiful, and the best upcoming shows and events…
*NB* Kellie Colbert's show @contactmcr.bsky.social is now sold-out.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Photo of two dance artists from company UMAMI-i!-MOVEMENT, due to perform in Turn 2025 at Contact, by Joel Chester Fildes.
🔵 APRIL DANCE — watch eight new #dance works in #Turn2025 at @contactmcr.bsky.social on 4 Apr, 7pm
ℹ️ turnmcr.org
🔵 FEATURES — Dais Leach · Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective) · JP Hon · KUDERA + MPEARSONATER · Maelstrom Theatre · NéaSynergy · Rachel Yan Ting Li · UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT (subject to change)
2 WEEKS: Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships 🏙️
Join us with UoM Urban Institute to explore the methods and approaches to urban partnership and civic participation in research
🗓️ 19 March
⏰ 12.30pm
📍 @ContactMcr
🎟️ FREE: ow.ly/UY1p50UVE0O
@heritagemcr.bsky.social
A group of people with a woman prominently featured smiling whilst holding some pieces of paper.
A smiling man sat down with peices of paper in front of him. Other people are talking.
A man with a colourful piece of paper in their hands. In a room with people stood around and paper on the tables.
A woman stood declaring something to a room and looking animated in front of a large yellow wall.
It's a wonderful day at @contactmcr.bsky.social running our Curiosity Outside the Classroom training with teachers and school staff.
The training focuses on how education settings can run engaging trips and visits that benefit their children and young people.
#NCulturalEd #Teachers #training
📢 Announcement! Contact adopts a permanent four-day-week. Read more here: contactmcr.com/news/contact...
We're excited to present our newly commissioned show alongside @warnmcr.bsky.social... Kellie Colbert: Dedicated To The One I Love is based on Kellie’s experience & explores anxiety, love, deception, & survival.
📅 Thu 13 March, 7:30pm
📍 Contact
🎟️ #PayWhatYouFeel → contactmcr.com/events/kelli...
Gearing up for our 2nd Anti-Racism CLPL as part of our Teacher Development Funded project. We’ve been working with @contactmcr.bsky.social on this and it’s been super valuable already. Today we’ve got teachers joining from all over the North West of the Highlands. #EveryoneIsAnArtist
Photo of Kellie Colbert, a white woman with long dark hair wearing a red dress, stood on a stage in a black-box studio with her eyes closed & mouth wide open as she shouts, holding up two placards with black text on white card that read: "DEPRESSION NEVER SLEEPS" and "NAUGHTY LITTLE INDIVIDUALITY".
Photo of dance artist Lizzy Owen performing in Turn 2023 at Contact.
SPRING SEASON wordofwarning.org/current/2025
#KellieColbert: her exposing and relatable #performance explores anxiety, love, deception, & survival at Contact on 13 MARCH
#Turn2025: a whirlwind night of new NW #dance takes over Contact on 4 APRIL
🎟️ are #PayWhatYouDecide via @contactmcr.bsky.social
Strong women, working class bingo, dormant desires, Rachael Gooch's uninhibited singing, & who would have thought bubbles would bring such pure joy to a roomful of adults! No shortage of creativity & connections at @warnmcr.bsky.social's first SOCIAL EXPERIMENT at @contactmcr.bsky.social last night.
Social Experiment logo: an image of blue DNA, overlaid with white text "Social Experiment"
MANY THANKS to all who gathered at Thursday's inaugural #SocialExperiment — and to artists Chloe & Josh, Harley, J., Rachael, @parisbubbles.bsky.social — and to our partner @contactmcr.bsky.social
🧬 APPLY — if you'd like to test out an idea at a future event pls go to socialexperiment.posthaven.com
ONE WEEK: Join us for Int'l Mother Language Day with @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social! A series of fun free events at
@contactmcr.bsky.social, incl multilingual readings & discussion & at MCR Museum w/
UoM LDC for a talk on accentism & language trail
Book: ow.ly/2wnz50UGVnF
#MCRIMLD25
Photo of Kellie Colbert, a white woman with long dark hair wearing a red dress, stood on a stage in a black-box studio with her eyes closed & mouth wide open as she shouts, holding up two placards with black text on white card that read: "DEPRESSION NEVER SLEEPS" and "NAUGHTY LITTLE INDIVIDUALITY".
NEXT MONTH WATCH #KellieColbert' exploration of anxiety, love, deception, & survival (Love can never be exactly like we want it to be) wordofwarning.org/current/2025/colbert
#DedicatedToTheOneILove is a Pay What You Decide show @contactmcr.bsky.social 13 March
🎟️ contactmcr.com/book/instance/358558
INTERESTED in #LiveArt & #contemporaryperformance?
JOIN US TOMORROW for #SocialExperiment — a free, informal evening gathering, 6pm-9pm @contactmcr.bsky.social
Getting ready for our first sell-out #QueerContact comedy night with Brew.mcr!
🧬 THURSDAY's #SocialExperiment is the first in a series of free, informal gatherings @contactmcr.bsky.social for #LiveArt #contemporaryperformance
🧬 6 FEB ARTISTS, 6-9pm
Harley Keasey, J. Edgar Staubsauger, Rachael Gooch, @parisbubbles.bsky.social, Malandra Jacks
wordofwarning.org/socialexperiment
Great news
Some exciting news!
Social Experiment logo: an image of blue DNA, overlaid with "Social Experiment" in white text.
🧬 THURSDAY's #SocialExperiment is a new gathering for #LiveArt & contemporary performance at @contactmcr.bsky.social
🧬 A free, informal evening with artists
Harley Keasey
J. Edgar Staubsauger
Rachael Gooch
@parisbubbles.bsky.social
+ special guests Malandra Jacks
wordofwarning.org/socialexperiment
Congratulations to Jack Dale-Dowd for his appointment as CEO of our partner @contactmcr.bsky.social 🙌 We are delighted about this announcement and are looking forward to working with him and his team.
🎉 Congratulations to Jack Dale-Dowd on his appointment as permanent CEO of Contact! We’re thrilled for you and excited to continue collaborating. Wishing you all the best as you lead Contact into this exciting new chapter! 🙌
