Updated 23 March 2026

Thank you to Turn’s artists, Contact’s team, our partners, and all who came on Friday…

2026 continues with Harry Clayton-Wright’s tongue-in-cheek theatrical extravaganza at Lowry on 2 May and more Social Experiments at Contact on 9 April & 11 June…

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Advice for Artists: hÅb offers free 30-minute sessions on Mondays via Zoom.
Open Call for ‘all ages’ Live Art: July’s Haphazard 2026 at Z-arts now seeks proposals.
Open Call to test out Live Art and contemporary performance: our semi-regular Social Experiment at Contact seeks proposals on a rolling basis during 2026.