Contacting the World

Another Contacting the World is complete.
The building is silent…no more drums, footsteps of over 200 pairs of feet or spontaneous bursts of singing and performance. The CTW and Contact team would like to bid this year’s companies a fond farewell and say a big thank you for giving us a week of beautiful, [...]

This video is a summary of Day Four of Contacting the World 2010.
Which includes the morning after discussions for the previous days shows, interviews with 10p Mix Up and Outhouse Collective, who also ran todays workshops alongside the Indonesien company, Cuciotak.

You can watch the evening performances of Contacting The World 2010 on our live stream!. Please note the stream requires Java and it would be advisable to update to the latest version before running the stream. Unfortunately this means it will not work on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It is also unlikely to work [...]

It’s the 19th July and Contacting the World 2010 has begun.
The companies have arrived and Contact is a hive of cultural activity with performances throughout the day and particpant workshops. CTW has also invaded Manchester University with public workshops, street performance rehearsals, CIF and the Leadership Summit.
We will be keeping the website and CTW social [...]

Contacting the World 2010 brochure is here. Pick up a copy on your next visit to Contact or, look out for it in Manchester’s arts venues.
To read it online, follow this link CTW 2010 issuu Brochure
Or, you can download your own copy here CTW 2010 PDF Brochure
Trust us, it’s worth a look.

With Contacting the World only weeks away there are home performances by this year’s companies currently happening all over the world!
If you live in or have decided to take a holiday to any of these destinations then check out their shows…

For one week only, young people from Jamaica, Iran, South Africa, Indonesia, India, USA, Switzerland, Denmark, Amsterdam and England will come together in Manchester as part of a unique festival to celebrate a year of communicating, exchange and extraordinary theatre making.
You Could be Part of It…

We’re looking for energetic and enthusiastic volunteers aged 15 [...]

Tickets for evening performances, workshops and matinees will be on sale soon! Keep checking the Contact and Contacting the World website for more information and a downloadable brochure…
Remember, places are limited so book your tickets soon!
Volunteer for us
Volunteering on Contacting the World is one of the most exhilarating and rewarding experiences for any young [...]

The company representatives finally came to Manchester last weekend for two days of intense meetings, workshops, a lot of food and to mark the start of festival anticipation! Sadly members of 84theatre and Jamaica Youth Theatre were unable to attend due to logistical reasons but all the other members can be seen here on the [...]

If you suddenly found yourself alone with the leader of your country and realised you had two minutes to say something before security arrived…what would you say to them? What would you want them to hear and what would you ask?

Straight after the Contacting the World festival, a one-day event in Manchester involving some of the participating companies from this year’s CTW, will pose exactly these sorts of questions.