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Last
year saw the sell out success of Susan
& Darren. This year, Quarantine
are embarking on an even more ambitious
project! Taking on the challenge of
the famous show business chestnut;
'never work with children and animals'
they have created a truly unique performance.
With a cast of a 70 year old man who
plays jazz saxophone, four women in
their sixties who dance, three teenage
girls who play in an indie band and
one four-year old girl – none
of them actors – together with
a smattering of animals, Quarantine
will present a thought-provoking and
vital show about responsibility, hope
and regret. There will be singing,
dancing and some difficult questions.
And who knows what the animals will
do. Like all of their work, Old people,
children and animals is both personal
and political (with a small 'p') .
It responds to whats happening now
in the world around us, and places
the people most affected by it centre
stage - to tell their own stories.
Quarantine explore the histories of
real people, interested as much in
our banal, everyday experiences as
in those extraordinary events that
shape us, inspire us, scar us. Co-produced
by Contact, Old People Children &
Animals will be premiering at Contact
for a 6-night run, before travelling
to Tramway in Glasgow.
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The
Saturday Drop takes a twist this time
around. This term we take a look at
making film and videos and seeing
how we can push the limits with what
we have to hand. Camera phones, digital
cameras, 3g laptops. The Saturday
Drop is back, big and brash –
but this time with some more visuals
to roll out with the rapid flows.
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Fancy
yourself as a bit of a performer?
Want to learn new skills or just keen
to amaze and impress your friends!
Drama Drop In is the hassle free way
to explore and develop new skills
each week.
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To
celebrate the launch of the next phase
of the Exodus Refugee Arts programme
(April 2008-March 2011) come along
to Exodus Live - showcasing the music
of Manchester's diverse refugee communities
from around the globe.
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Contact
is bringing Brazil to the Victoria
Baths for this multi-award winning
off-site show by South America’s
up-and-coming new theatre company
- Grupo XIX De Teatro. These three
dates will be the only performances
to take place in the UK outside of
the Barbican, London. Hysteria will
bring the audience up close and personal
with misconceived female “hysteria”
in the 19th and 20th centuries. Expect
to witness the suffocated lust, flashes
of vivacity and fragmented memories
of those wrongly incarcerated. Grupo
XIX are a site-specific theatre company.
They always work with distinctive
locations and construct each performance
in response to their setting and audience.
The Manchester presentations of Hysteria
will be performed at the famous Victoria
baths - a listed Edwardian swimming
pool and Turkish Baths complex. The
story follows five Brazilian dames
who were wrongly imprisoned in the
Pedro II Mental Institute, Rio De
Janeiro, between the 19th and 20th
centuries. These feisty femmes will
bring the audience up-close-and-personal
with misconceived female “hysteria”
and make us think about contemporary
attitudes to gender and sexuality.
Expect to witness the suffocated lust,
flashes of vivacity and fragmented
memories of those wrongly incarcerated.
Contact’s Artistic Director,
John McGrath, came across Grupo XIX
while traveling Brazil. He was instantly
impressed by their energetic and non-conformist
attitude. This unique off-site production
marks a significant addition to Contact’s
summer season, as we begin to channel
more energy into exploring alternative
spaces and new solutions for presenting
theatre. Previously, Hysteria has
been performed on more than 370 occasions.
It has been presented in 23 cities
in Brazil, traveled though 11 foreign
countries including Portugal, France
and Africa, and has been performed
in seven languages. However, this
is its first visit to the UK. The
run-away success of Hysteria has resulted
in Grupo XIX being termed the theatrical
revelation of 2002. Grupo XIX have
been working together for six years.
Their approach involves thematic research
into the history of private lives,
an aesthetic exploration into historic
buildings as scenic places, and an
investigation into the active participation
of the audience.
A Brazilian off-site production at
Manchesters Victoria Baths.
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A
showcase of the music of Manchester's
diverse refugee communities from around
the globe.
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Encounter
the global legends of the MC world
live in Manchester with the MCs For
Life International Conference, celebrating
the very best in MC culture and heritage.
With over 50 worldwide MCs taking
over Contact Theatre, we acknowledge
the international MC language from
gangsta to grime, hip life (Ghana),
trip hop to Low Bap (Greece) and spoken
word. Expect a full day of talks,
workshops & debate, open mic,
performances & film, in conversations
& new introductions – meet
your lyrical hero, friend or future
collaborator! Confirmed guests and
line up include: Black Thought (The
Roots), Lord Finesse, TY, Rich Medina,
No Lay, DJ Spooky, Bashy, Fallacy,
Ben Shappa, Ursula Rucker, Stig of
the Dump & Dr Syntax. Check out
www.myspace.com/mcsforlifeuk &
www.punch-records.co.uk. The conference
concludes with a concert/after party
– book ticket early to avoid
disappointment.
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Set
in the year 2077 in a world stricken
by rising seas, lightning and thunder.
Many have died, save a few who have
been guided to the High Hills by a
natural mystic known as the Dread
Lord. We follow the journey of a young
rebel who is sent to the end of time.
This is a 'sharing' performance -
meaning you will be seeing work in
progress.
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In
advance of their performances as part
of Contacting The World 2008, Manchester
based Space 3 give a taste of what
to expect. What is the last thing
in the world you would sell? What
would drive you to do it? Space 3
invite you to the marketplace - where
battling voices, brightly coloured-cloth
and the smell of food teases cash
from palms. A place where you have
to keep your wits about you - or you
could be tricked into parting with
the things you hold dearest. Everyone
in Space 3 has honed their skills
at Contact over the past few years
- in fact, they take their name from
their regular practice room in the
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If
you thought Asian music was just R&B,
Bollywood and Bhangra…Think
again. East is a club event that celebrates
the innovation, diversity and multiculturalism
in music, and will showcase emerging
and internationally successful artists
that especially capture Asian and
Arabic influences.
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