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Oppenheimer
Grosvenor East Theatre | Until 26 November 2022

Tom Morton-Smith’s Oppenheimer takes us into the heart of the Manhattan Project, revealing the personal cost of making history.

Glowing Writing Workshop
Contact | Until 18 October 2022

Candid, ferocious, funny and loud, Glowing is a show that debunks the myths that pregnant women are having the time of their lives.

Emergency 22
Contact | 1 October 2022

Word of Warning and Contact present Emergency ’22, a day out for the curious. The annual platform for Live Art and contemporary performance

George Lewis In Residence: World Première
Royal Northern College of Music | 25 November 2022

Experience the vanguard of music and technology in this exclusive world première from composer and professor George Lewis.

Manchester Collective: Places We Know with Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Royal Northern College of Music | 2 December 2022

Once or twice in a generation, music fans embrace an artist who totally redefines what is possible in their field. Pekka Kuusisto is one of these artists.

RNCM Opera: Die Fledermaus
Royal Northern College of Music | Until 17 December 2022

This Christmas, the RNCM are hosting opera’s biggest party, Die Fledermaus, and you’re all invited.

World Afro Day – Drink and Draw
Contact | 15 September 2022

Contact is throwing a drink and draw event as part of their World Afro Day celebrations in the run-up to new show, Halo.

World Afro Day
Contact | 15 September 2022

Contact celebrates World Afro Day with two inclusive events in the run-up to Contact Young Company’s new show, Halo which opens in October.

World Afro Day – The Workshop
Contact | 15 September 2022

Contact mark World Afro Day with a workshop designed to make styling easier and help those with Afro hair avoid unpleasant experiences.

Word Central with David Viney
Manchester Central Library | 30 August 2022

Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central, a free monthly event at Central Library. With special guest David Viney.

Eight-freestyle presents Robin Hood: The 80s Panto
Contact Theatre | Until 31 December 2022

The wildly popular eight-freestyle and Contact panto returns and this season we present something a little different…a panto 80’s remix of Robin Hood!

Pen Portraits – Literary Letters Brought to Life
Elizabeth Gaskell's House | 2 September 2022

Pen Portraits is a night of promenade theatre about the lives of the Gaskell circle, performed within Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.

Make a Scene: Death Becomes Her
Contact | 30 July 2022

Make A Scene invite you to Contact for their latest high camp interactive film showing…Death Becomes Her.

Lava Elastic
Contact | 11 November 2022

Lava Elastic is the UK’s first openly neurodiverse performance night, known for hilarious line-ups and zero-tolerance on hecklers.

20 Stories High: Touchy + Anthology
Contact | 10 November 2022

Touchy + Anthology is a double bill of Live Music, Hip Hop, film, and poetry, from Liverpool’s finest 20 Stories High.