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, [...]

A sneak peek at the street performance rehearsals along with interviews from the performers and Michelle (street performance leader) and details of when and where the event is taking place.
On Sunday 25th July CTW 2010 will take to the streets with a celebratory carnival in Manchester City Centre. The event will be an exploration of [...]

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 [...]

Series of workshops from Jamaica Youth theatre, Kingston, The Radiator Factory, Denmark and the Leadership Summit.
JYT workshop, understanding Dub Poetry, The Radiator Factory and exploration of parkour, rap and street culture, along with a Leadership Summit dance workshop.
To find out more about CTW companies and The Leadership Summit, explore the website or visit our [...]

Sophia Town Ambassadors, Johannesburg, South Africa ran a public workshop, Encountering our Ubuntu Spirit. The workshop explored the connections to people we have never met using poetry, dance, song and music.
CTW companies will be running public workshops throughout the festival week. To find out more, check out the CTW 2010 brochure.

A group discussion from Day Two of CTW 2010 in which participants devised a series of musical responses to Contacting the World 2010 opening night, which included performances from 10p Mix Up, Manchester and Working Title 2.0, Mumbai. Members from 10p Mix Up and Working Title 2.0 discuss where their ideas originated from and how [...]

A video summary of the first day of the “Contacting the World” 2010 festival, Manchester.
The video consists of workshop footage led by CTW companies 20 Stories High, Liverpool and 84 Theater, Iran. Along with an interview with one of the participants from 20 Stories High.

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.