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Want
to know what keeps Contact ticking?
Know what a TSM is? Ever been near
a Roboscan or a DMX? If you would
like to find out, Tech Lab gives you
the opportunity to develop an insight
into all aspects of technical production
here at Contact. Call the participation
hotline on 0161 274 0625 to book.
Tech Lab is on at various
times during the season, for full
listings see our September,
October,
November
& December
calendar pages.
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Babul
and the Blue Bear is a fresh, anarchic
and unique piece of theatre, bringing
the worlds of hip-hop, mask, puppetry
and street art together in a bold,
dynamic and original way. The play
explores the themes of cultural identity,
divided loyalties, racial tension
and a sense of belonging in a multi-cultural
Britain. Told from the perspective
of Benny - a young mixed-race man
growing up in a white community, this
is an important story for our time.
20 Stories High continue to make hard-hitting,
entertaining and challenging theatre.
Working with the narrative and musical
influences of young people across
the country, they make theatre that
young audiences want to see again
and again. Matinee performance
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FONAL
and Lamb & Wolf present outsider
fairytales from the Finnish Underground
& New Weird America. Featuring:
Kemialliset Ystavat & Skaters,
Es & Fursaxa, Islaja, Blevin Blectum
& Samara Lubelski, Tomutonttu
& Axolotl. The FONAL label has
become renowned as a leading force
in the evolution of music both ancient
and futuristic, mixing folk, psychedelia,
found-sound collage, and ethereal
hymnal. A rare and tantalising chance
to witness live the convergence of
recent Trans-Atlantic currents.
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Calling
all DJs - MCs – beatmakers and
vibe bringers! Now is your time to
shine and perform. Bring beats, bring
bars, bring new ideas and be creative.
Saturday’s new workshops at
Contact give you the chance to build
your skills and collaborate with other
artists. It’s the drop! For
more information please email Contact's
Creative Development Department here
or call 0161 274 0624. The
Saturday Drop is on at various times
during the season, for full listings
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October
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For
Verbally Challenged, we set a damn-near
impossible challenge to five different
writers each month. They’re
competing for cold hard cash- and
YOU, the audience, decides who gets
it. Five exciting, emerging writers
have been set the challenge of writing
a new play as they get the chance
to see their work premiered with the
assistance of a professional director
and a team of actors. 5 writers -
10 minutes on the clock - 5 mini-plays
to entertain, inspire and compete
for your vote.Come along to debate,
comment and feedback, as the audience
vote for their favourite and make
one lucky writer the winner of £100
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Calling
all emerging poets, performers, playwrights.
Do you want to take your work to the
next level? Do you want advice from
the best performers on the scene?
Four spoken word artists challenge
themselves and each other, pushing
their art form in this showcase of
diverse, risk-taking, original work.
Under the guidance of choreographer
Darren Pritchard the artists have
developed new work for this celebration
of words.
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Stranded
in the battlefields of the Holy Land
during the Great War, a battalion
of West Indian volunteers fight for
the Empire, Queen and the Mother Land.
Their long search for identity falls
apart as the fragile hopes of young
lives, both black and white, are shattered.
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Inspired
by British ‘Lads Culture’,
Plat Ball is a triple bill of short
South Asian Dance pieces from a male-dominated
cast. The work shows off ‘what
the lads do’ when at work, when
at play and when in love...and boy
do our lads love to show off.
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Written
and performed by Charlie Dark and
directed by Benji Reid. Commissioned
by The Lyric Hammersmith, Punch and
Contact in association with Breaking
Cycles. Transporting
you from humble beginnings in a bedroom
in South London to spinning records
in some of the biggest clubs in the
world, Have Box Will Travel tells
the semi-autobiographical story of
a boy growing up in pursuit of a dream.
A mesmerizing, funny and moving show,
Have Box Will Travel combines storytelling
and music in a classic rites of passage
story that resonates with audiences
of all ages. Globally acclaimed for
his electrifying performances and
entertaining writing, Charlie Dark
is a veteran of the UK poetry and
performance scene, being equally at
home behind the turntables as he is
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The
UK's leading hip-hop producer, Baby
J, brings a live slice of his latest
album, Baby Food, to Contact. Featuring
special guests & PAs from some
of the UK's finest musical urban talent.
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Prepare
for a night of street inspired spoken
word and dance from New York, Vancouver
and Sydney. A pair of 2 man shows
meet head to head to combine physical
and verbal gymnastics, beatbox, stellar
improvisation, hip hop theatre and
life stories. With Morganics &
JoJo Zolina, Baba Israel & Yako
440.
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Isabella
stands on the brink of a new life
- what will it be? Nun or Duchess?
Is there another alternative? With
three men wanting her virginity, each
for their own purpose, can she still
retain the power of choice over her
own body? Just how much control does
a woman ultimately have over her own
destiny? Beginning where Shakespeare’s
Measure for Measure finishes, Beyond
Measure is a provocative multi-media
production.
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An
explosive night of words and sounds
artistically directed by New York’s
Tavi who has shared stages with hip-hop
legends like De La Soul and Biz Markie
to current favourite Jay-Z. Expect
verbal gymnastics, moments of lyrical
beauty, flashes of anger and truth,
as a powerhouse of female artists
of the word take over Contact’s
stage.
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Twenty
years from now, in the face of unabated
nihilism, hundreds of camps have been
built to torture and gain information
from those who aim to blow apart a
world that is wealthy beyond its dreams.
Alex, a translator at CampZero, seeks
to tell the truth at any cost. Chaotic,
fast, and furious, Zero is an explosive
and anarchic stare at the ethics of
torture, and the curse of censorship.
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Returning
to its spiritual home, Doodlebug Presents…pays
its respects to Ronald Fraser-Munroe
(RFM) as he celebrates over twenty
one creative years in the business
of making art with a new live TV style
production. RFM unleashes a full frontal
assault upon a world obsessed with
convergent media but bereft of intelligent
content.
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For
Verbally Challenged, we set a damn-near
impossible challenge to five different
writers each month. They’re
competing for cold hard cash- and
YOU, the audience, decides who gets
it. Five exciting, emerging writers
have been set the challenge of writing
a new play as they get the chance
to see their work premiered with the
assistance of a professional director
and a team of actors. 5 writers -
10 minutes on the clock - 5 mini-plays
to entertain, inspire and compete
for your vote.Come along to debate,
comment and feedback, as the audience
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A
king betrayed. A daughter led by passion.
An enemy blinded by fury. The hunger
for power and freedom consume Prospero,
Miranda and Caliban. Set to the music
and soul of Rio’s favelas, Theatre
Centre presents a thrilling new play
inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest,
developed in a unique collaboration
with Brazil’s acclaimed theatre
company Nós Do Morro.
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United
in difference, Asra and Ruby stand
side by side, daring to summon their
own future. Divided through resemblance,
Habib and Billy stand face to face,
only to witness their own failings
mirrored behind the eyes of the other.
Two shattered communities. Two broken
homes. Two best friends. A fearless
examination of prejudice and friendship
between rival communities in 21st
Century Britain. With original music
by Manchester's favourite composer
Arun Ghosh.
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A
grubby adult fairy tale of desperation
and deception. Bizarre
transformations rub up against sordid
ambition and sleazy sexuality as Flora's
mission takes her from farmyard to
decayed inner-city and leads to the
discovery of a dark family legacy.
Boojum serves up a pungent stew of
live action, quirky music, extraordinary
language and grungy puppetry.
Matinee performance on Saturday
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As
a lone performer takes to the stage,
the audience reaction is not quite
what he expects. Perhaps the fact
he is dressed as a skeleton has something
to do with it. Simple,
logical, absurd, impossible and comical
by turns, Spectacular is the provocative
and playful new show from Forced Entertainment.
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The
Other Way Works invites you to unravel
this original detective story, where
even love can be bought for the price
of a cocktail from the mini-bar. Check-in
at the Hotel reception and journey
along corridors and into bedrooms
to piece together the clues: a glass
of expensive red wine, a housekeeper
gripped with inquisative mania, a
hotel receipt from New York, a couple
drunk on lust and jet-lag, a sliver
of shattered glass, a sleek executive
waiting to be caught, a single spot
of blood. Black Tonic is an interactive
performance for two people, incorporating
video, audio, and installation, and
is performed in the bedrooms &
corridors of a central Manchester
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There
are two brothers Size. There is Ogun,
who owns and auto-repair shop. And
there is Oshoosi, fresh out of prison,
who always takes the wrong track.
A young American writer mingles Nigerian
Yoruba myth with the earthily poetic
life of present day Louisiana to create
a playful and deeply original drama.
Matinee performance on Thursday
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Verbally Challenged, we set a damn-near
impossible challenge to five different
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it. Five exciting, emerging writers
have been set the challenge of writing
a new play as they get the chance
to see their work premiered with the
assistance of a professional director
and a team of actors. 5 writers -
10 minutes on the clock - 5 mini-plays
to entertain, inspire and compete
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Emerging
young music talent from Manchester's
music scene will be displaying their
skill and originality in a multi media
performance with an experimental edge.
This year
the event will incorporate 'Tune In'
a music business seminar with useful
advice and master classes for young
people who wish to pursue a career
in the music industry.
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