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Contact Theatre
Oxford Road
Manchester, M15 6JA
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About

Closed by fire, May98, after refurbishment, re-opened autumn 1999. The Times describes it as "A theatre refurbished beyond recognition: buzzing, youth-packed, noisy spaces are connected by metal stairways, and within is a wide, twin-aisled auditorium".

Current Productions

Final performance: 30 March 2023

Chris McCausland - Speaky Blinder

Stand-Up Comedy

One Night Only: 05 May 2023

Performances begin: 09 May 2023

The Myth of Serial Killer Profiling

One Night Only: 18 May 2023

Joe Avati - When I Was Your Age ... World Tour

Stand-Up Comedy

One Night Only: 07 September 2023

Past Productions

Josie Long - Re-Enchantment
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 03 March 2023
Ginny Lemon & Sister Sister
Cabaret
Closed: 18 February 2023
Lady Bushra - Robbed
Concert/Event
Closed: 17 February 2023
Grandmother's Closet (and what I found there)
Musical
Closed: 16 February 2023
An Audience with Milly Liu
Play
Closed: 16 February 2023
Gallifrey Cabaret
Cabaret
Closed: 10 February 2023
Gary Clarke Company - Wasteland
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 03 February 2023
Robin Hood: The 80s Panto
Closed: 31 December 2022
Split Britches - Last Gasp: A Recalibration
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 01 December 2022
Candlelight - Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Closed: 26 November 2022
Daytime Deewane
Play
Closed: 24 November 2022
TOUCHY + ANTHOLOGY
Play
Closed: 12 November 2022
Lava Elastic
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 11 November 2022
Hot in Here
Play
Closed: 03 November 2022
Halo
Play
Closed: 26 October 2022
Groove
Closed: 07 October 2022
Sofie Hagen - Fat Jokes
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 23 September 2022
Dick Whittington
Pantomime
Closed: 03 January 2022
The Forest of Forgotten Discos!
Family/Kids
Closed: 03 January 2021
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Barber Shop Chronicles
Play
Closed: 23 March 2019
Amy Vreeke - The Year My Vagina Tried to Kill Me
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 17 November 2018
Beige B*tch [Preview]
Concert/Event
Closed: 27 October 2018
Elmi Ali: Wateer Seeds Not Stones
Play
Closed: 23 October 2018
Keisha Thompson: Man on the Moon
Concert/Event
Closed: 20 October 2018
Word to Action
Concert/Event
Closed: 20 October 2018
The Siege of Christmas
Family/Kids
Closed: 20 December 2017
Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales - The Vaudevillians Tour
Cabaret
Closed: 09 December 2017
The Vaudevillains
Musical
Closed: 09 December 2017
Morale Is High (Since We Gave Up Hope)
Musical
Closed: 08 December 2017
Mawaan Rizwan - Twerk in Progress
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 02 December 2017
Dickie Beau - Re-Member Me
Concert/Event
Closed: 29 November 2017
Keisha Thompson: Man on the Moon
Concert/Event
Closed: 25 November 2017
Uchenna Dance - Rap Diaries
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 23 November 2017
Nuclear
Concert/Event
Closed: 18 November 2017
Cheryl Martin: Who Wants to Live Forever?
Concert/Event
Closed: 18 November 2017
Big Foot
Play
Closed: 31 October 2017
Duckie
Family/Kids
Closed: 25 October 2017
Peaches Christ and Holestar
Cabaret
Closed: 14 October 2017
Aakash Odedra Company - #Jesuis (in Progress)
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 12 October 2017
The Black Sound Series
Concert/Event
Closed: 07 October 2017
Mother's Ruin
Cabaret
Closed: 29 September 2017
Being Sebastian
Play
Closed: 28 September 2017
We're Not Really Here - A Football Opera
Play
Closed: 23 September 2017
15 Minutes
Play
Closed: 29 July 2017
The Lounge
Play
Closed: 21 April 2017
Made in India
Play
Closed: 22 February 2017
I Told My Mum I Was Going on an RE Trip...
Play
Closed: 04 February 2017
The Siege of Christmas
Family/Kids
Closed: 22 December 2016
Gary Clarke Company - Coal
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 08 December 2016
Alan Cumming - Alan Cumming sings Sappy Songs
Cabaret
Closed: 26 November 2016
Key Change
Play
Closed: 24 November 2016
Greg Wohead - Comeback Special
Concert/Event
Closed: 24 November 2016
CandoCo Dance Company
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 17 November 2016
Home Is...Ile La Wa
Play
Closed: 12 November 2016
Andy Field: Lookout
Concert/Event
Closed: 05 November 2016
Bedtime Stories
Concert/Event
Closed: 26 October 2016
MLF16: Young Identity - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Concert/Event
Closed: 22 October 2016
Peaches Christ and Jinkx Monsoon: Return to Grey Gardens
Play
Closed: 15 October 2016
Burning Doors
Play
Closed: 12 October 2016
The Complete Deaths
Play
Closed: 05 October 2016
The Spinning Wheel
Concert/Event
Closed: 11 June 2016
Penny Arcade - Longing Last longer
Play
Closed: 26 May 2016
Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn - Fake it 'Til You Make It
Concert/Event
Closed: 10 March 2016
How to be Better
Play
Closed: 19 December 2015
Mother's Ruin: Christmas Cracker
Cabaret
Closed: 11 December 2015
Pen:Chant
Concert/Event
Closed: 03 December 2015
Raw (Rhythm and Words)
Concert/Event
Closed: 30 November 2015
This Last Tempest
Play
Closed: 27 November 2015
Monologueslam
Concert/Event
Closed: 23 November 2015
Ursula Martinez - Free Admission
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 21 November 2015
Young Identity - Poetry Slam
Concert/Event
Closed: 20 November 2015
Stacy Makishi - Vesper Time
Concert/Event
Closed: 18 November 2015
Upfront Comedy - Comedy Winterfest
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 07 November 2015
The Possible Impossible House
Family/Kids
Closed: 31 October 2015
Lady GoGo Goch
Play
Closed: 31 October 2015
New Art Club - Hercules
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 29 October 2015
Raw (Rhythm and Words)
Concert/Event
Closed: 26 October 2015
Natty
Concert/Event
Closed: 24 October 2015
The Notebook
Play
Closed: 22 October 2015
Three The Hard Way - Part Two
Concert/Event
Closed: 20 October 2015
Young Identity - Battle of the Minds
Concert/Event
Closed: 17 October 2015
Le Gateau Chocolat - I Heart Chocolate
Cabaret
Closed: 08 October 2015
Hetain Patel - American Boy
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 02 October 2015
Raw (Rhythm and Words)
Concert/Event
Closed: 28 September 2015
Sex in the Afternoon
Concert/Event
Closed: 23 September 2015
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Rites
Play
Closed: 14 May 2015
Black
Play
Closed: 25 February 2015
A Very Victorian Scandal
Play
Closed: 15 February 2015
Big Girl's Blouse
Play
Closed: 12 February 2015
ShortCuts - Work in Progress Double Bill: Tom Marshman - Botox Party and Ashley Knowles - Rage on the Dancefloor
Play
Closed: 12 February 2015
Eggs Collective Get a Round
Play
Closed: 07 February 2015
Sister
Play
Closed: 07 February 2015
Triforce: Monologueslam UK
Concert/Event
Closed: 02 February 2015
What Happens to the Hope at the End of the Evening
Play
Closed: 29 January 2015
Wuthering Heights
Play
Closed: 27 November 2014
The Worst of Scottee
Concert/Event
Closed: 22 November 2014
Bryony Kimmings - That Catherine Bennett Show
Concert/Event
Closed: 22 November 2014
Paul Sinha - Is a Stand Up Comedian
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 15 November 2014
Young Identity: One Mic Stand
Concert/Event
Closed: 14 November 2014
The Soil
Concert/Event
Closed: 01 November 2014