Contact Theatre
Contact is a young people's theatre, where artists can grow and learn.
Contact is a space where new kinds of theatre are created, and where artists can meet, develop, explore and take risks. A young people’s theatre, members can grow, learn and make decisions as a young artist, audience member, organiser or leader.
Contact is a pioneering theatre venue in Manchester. The building includes three theatre spaces – Space 1, a 350 seat end-on theatre; Space 2, an 80 seat flexible studio, and Space 3, a rehearsal, workshop and performance space. The venue also create performances and events in the‘lounge’ area, which has a stage, a bar, and plenty of room to dance!
The focus in on young adults (ages 13-30), with the majority of audiences from this age group, though audiences and artists of all ages are also welcome.
Participation is at the heart of Contact's work, and they run a huge range of activities where young people and artists can join in, learn and develop. These activities range from outreach projects with a wide range of communities, to drop in sessions, to intensive artistic development programmes such as the Young Actors and Young Writers groups.
Young people are also encouraged to become involved in planning and decision making at Contact through a range of opportunities including an Open Contact forum and Action Contact groups.
Contact provides a wider range of development opportunities for artists, with a particular focus on emerging artists, including residencies, training courses, providing a lot of support and advice.
Partnering with local, national and international arts organisations, Contact is heavy on collaboration for development, and embrace diversity.
Constantly exploring new ways to develop, to learn and to create exciting theatre, the company bring together passions, fashions, moods, moves, sounds, networks, anger, engagement, words, rhythms, visions and visuals in the theatre, and are always ready to add new things to the mix.
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