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Virtual Events at Contact Theatre

Despite being in lockdown, Contact Theatre have been working hard to continue delivering fantastic events directly into your home. United We Stream – Our City Speaks Sunday 31 May 7pm Contact are delighted to announce a new event ‘Our City Speaks,’ featuring the city’s best poets and spoken…

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HOME's Fifth Birthday

Dave Moutrey looks back on five years since HOME opened its doors On May 21 it will be five years since I stood on the steps outside of HOME with Danny Boyle and Sir Richard Leese when they declared the building open in front of 5,000 Mancunians, it only seems like yesterday. Over five days we…

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