The Contact Theatre

The Contact Theatre stages new works, innovative production of classics and participatory work for younger audiences.

The Theatre is located in the heart of the University of Manchester's student campus and is housed in an interesting fortress-style building on the Oxford Road, Manchester. It feaures a unique energy-efficient system, using its 135 metre high towers to naturally-ventilate the building without the use of air conditioning.

The Contact Theatre hosts comedy evenings and artwork exhibitions as well as a wide variety of small theatre productions. The colourful and curvaceous interior houses three performance spaces, a contact lounge bar and Hot Air, a reactive public artwork in the foyer space. In addition, a number of student nights are held in the theatre's Deluxe bar which serves Mediterranean inspired lunches, cocktails and both evening and lunchtime music.