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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-...
April 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
contactmcr.bsky.social
Exciting to have Blossoms and Harry from the traitors visit our creative men’s mental health group with week!
March 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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trnorth.bsky.social
Long term member of Manchester's Contact Theatre, Jack Dale-Dowd, has become the theatre's new CEO
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March 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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gmlawcentre.bsky.social
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.
Manchester City Council challenge in High Court •
PILC have been instructed by Block the Block Campaigners who want to stop profit hungry developers destroying their community. Thanks to Roger from Block the Block Campaign in Manchester for submittin...
pilc.org.uk
March 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
🎥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! 💬
March 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
🔵 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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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
March 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
🔵 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
Black text on a pale teal blue background that reads: “Fluidly lyrical, effervescently acrobatic, or eccentrically innovative, let Turn 2025 transport you into a frenzy of dance… Artists Dais Leach · Emmy Lahouel (Meraki Collective) · JP Hon · KUDERA + MPEARSONATER · Maelstrom Theatre · NéaSynergy · Rachel Yan Ting Li · UMAMI‑i!‑MOVEMENT Participating artists subject to change.”
March 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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circlesandstalls.bsky.social
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!
March 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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middlechildhull.bsky.social
Welcome to Team Four-Day Week @contactmcr.bsky.social 😀
Manchester's Contact Theatre moves to four-day-week model
Contact Theatre in Manchester has become the latest theatrical organisation to permanently adopt a four-day working week with no loss of pay
www.thestage.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
⚠️ 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.
warnmcr: dedicated...
Just as the days are getting longer, I'm dedicating most of my next week to a black box and Kellie Colbert's Dedicated To The One I Love, which I've just discovered is sold-out! Before that... ...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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lucymcglennon.bsky.social
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March 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
🔵 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)
Photo of two dance artists from company UMAMI-i!-MOVEMENT, due to perform in Turn 2025 at Contact, by Joel Chester Fildes.
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
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
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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curiousminds.org.uk
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
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.
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
contactmcr.bsky.social
📢 Announcement! Contact adopts a permanent four-day-week. Read more here: contactmcr.com/news/contact...
Contact Adopts a Four-Day Week | Contact, Manchester
After a successful year-long trial, Contact is proud to announce that we are permanently adopting a four-day working week on a 100:80:100 model, 100% pay f
contactmcr.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
contactmcr.bsky.social
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...
Kellie Colbert: Dedicated To The One I Love | Contact, Manchester
And tell all the stars above. This is dedicated to the one I love. An exploration of anxiety, love, deception, and survival. (Love can never be exactly l
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February 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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lucymcglennon.bsky.social
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
February 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
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
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.
February 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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circlesandstalls.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.
February 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
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
Social Experiment logo: an image of blue DNA, overlaid with white text "Social Experiment"
February 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
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
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
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
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".
February 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
INTERESTED in #LiveArt & #contemporaryperformance?

JOIN US TOMORROW for #SocialExperiment — a free, informal evening gathering, 6pm-9pm @contactmcr.bsky.social
warnmcr.bsky.social Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · Feb 4
🧬 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
February 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
contactmcr.bsky.social
Getting ready for our first sell-out #QueerContact comedy night with Brew.mcr!
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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warnmcr.bsky.social
🧬 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
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM