Kristy Stott

This summer Bolton Octagon are set to transform Queens Park into the extraordinary land of Lilliput from classic children’s tale Gulliver’s Travels.

Written by Bruntwood Prize-winner Anna Jordan, The Unreturning tells the interwoven stories of three men coming home from war.

LAST CHANCE. Following the success of Hamlet, The Skriker and A Streetcar Named Desire, Sarah Frankcom and Maxine Peake continue their creative collaboration with a revival of Beckett’s surrealist masterpiece, Happy Days.

Bryony Shanahan steps up to direct Maxine Peake’s Queens of the Coal Age as the Royal Exchange’s new Associate Artistic Director.

Contact In The City Part Three – is a radical city-wide programme of performance taking place whilst Contact’s theatre undergoes an exciting transformation. Read our preview of the upcoming season.

This festive season, join CONTACT and Jackie Hagan for a new and exciting show for children aged 5+ (and the older ones who look after them!)

Contact will be taking over STUN Studio at Z-Arts for two weeks of established and new commissions.

A new show from Elmi Ali, one of the most exciting artists to emerge from Manchester’s vibrant and diverse spoken word scene.

The award-winning Man on the Moon is a journey through space and time, fuelled by love, fear and Afro-futurism.

A cultural realness blitzkrieg –flawless Beige B*tch tackles imperfection in the era of the image.