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Contacting the World is a pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people involving young companies from around the globe. The festival provides an international platform and profile for theatre made by young people around the world and at its core it creates mutual understanding and respect between young people from different backgrounds while producing new performance work which reflects cultural and creative diversity. Contacting the World 2014 will take place in Manchester from 8 to 11 July 2014 with companies twinned from the UK, India, Iran and Jamaica, and much more. More info via http://www.contactmcr.com/contactingtheworld
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Day Event Type Event Time
Tue 8 July Q&A In Conversation with Alex Poots, MIF 7:30pm
Tue 8 July Performance Welcome To Manchester 9pm
Tue 8 July Performance Contacting the Chord 10pm
Wed 9 July Performance theatrEX, Bangladesh: Dokkhina Sundari Work-in-progress
1:30pm
Wed 9 July Workshop With Quilt, Firefly Arts – Fresh and Barefeet 1:30pm
Wed 9 July Performance CYAC, Manchester, England and margintheater, Tehran, Iran
7pm
Wed 9 July Performance Mixed Movement 10pm
Thu 10 July Workshop With margintheater, CYAC and Uta Plate 1:30pm
Thu 10 July Performance 20 Stories High: Headz Work-in-progress 1:30pm
Thu 10 July Q&A Theatre in Conflict 4pm
Thu 10 July Performance Corby Young Actors, Corby, England and Bread ‘n’ Butter, Mumbai, India
7pm
Thu 10 July Performance Open Mic Night 10pm
Fri 11 July Performance Common Wealth: Us Champions Work-in-progress 1:30pm
Fri 11 July Workshop With Bread ‘n’ Butter, CYA, and Zurich Universityof the Arts Students
1:30pm
Fri 11 July Performance Firefly Arts – FRESH, Livingston, Scotland and Quilt Performing Arts Company, Kingston, Jamaica
7pm
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Contact, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA8 to 11 July 20140161 274 0600 contactmcr.com/contactingtheworld
@contactmcr • @contacttheworld • #contactingtheworld
Contacting the World 2014Contact’s biennial international theatre exchange culminates in a unique festival of shows and events, regularly cited as life-changing by the young people involved. For 2014, young artists from Manchester and Corby, England and Livingston, Scotland have been paired with theatre companies from Iran, Jamaica and India.
margintheater
Public Double-bill PerformancesWed 9 July, 7pm, £11/6.
Contact Young Actors Company (CYAC), Manchester, UK
margintheater, Tehran, Iran
+ Curtain-raiser from Oasis Academy, Oldham
CYAC is a diverse and multi-talented group of young artists including songwriters, poets and dancers. Inspired by their research and collaboration with their Iranian twin company, CYAC will present an original piece of work hoping to challenge and explore our own ‘margins’ as a society.
margintheater take inspiration from people who live on the margins of their society. They aren’t afraid to use theatre to ask difficult questions about the world around them, even though they don’t have all the answers. From their exchanges with CYAC, margintheater will create and share a piece doing what they do best: exploring and interpreting the lives of others.
CYAC
Corby Young Actors
Quilt Performing Arts Company
Firefly Arts – FRESH
Thu 10 July, 7pm, £11/6.
Corby Young Actors, Corby, UK
Bread ‘n’ Butter Entertainment, Mumbai, India
+ Curtain-raiser from Hollingworth Academy, Rochdale
Based at The Core at Corby Cube, Corby Young Actors make personal, poetic and political shows. Through working with Bread ‘n’ Butter they’re discovering more about themselves and the world. Their piece will share the best of what they learn.
Bread ‘n’ Butter’s motley crew of performers escape into performance that takes them far from their day to day lives. The show inspired by their twin, CYA, will combine the group’s diverse talents: previous shows have included poetry, song, beat-boxing, martial arts, dance and stand-up.
Fri 11 July, 7pm, £11/6.
Firefly Arts – FRESH, Livingston, Scotland
Quilt Performing Arts Company, Kingston, Jamaica
+ Curtain-raiser from Bramhall High School, Stockport
Firefly Arts – FRESH are a young performance group who use improvisation and new writing to explore personal and political narratives. Connecting with Quilt has provoked FRESH to see the world through a different lens and their piece will share what they’ve seen.
Quilt have developed an innovative performance style using Caribbean rhythms, and merging poetry, dance and music. Through the relationship with FRESH, Quilt have grown to discover that we are all just the same; their show will celebrate One Love!
BSL interpreted.
Bread ‘n’ Butter Entertainment
Other Public EventsTue 8 July, 9pm, £6.
Welcome To Manchester
A showcase of fantastic local talent welcoming visitors to our city. Featuring Sophie Willan, Eggs Collective, Inna Voice, Freestyle Fictionary, and
House of Ghetto.
BSL interpreted.
Tue 8 July, 10pm, FREE.
Contacting the Chord
The Contacting the World companies have been learning songs chosen by each other – they’ll perform them together
for the first time and trust in the jam to produce something very special.
Tue 8 July, 7:30pm. FREE.
In Conversation with Alex Poots CEO and Artistic Director of Manchester International Festival
Contacting the World and Manchester International Festival share many aims;
commissioning and presenting new work, celebrating Manchester as a cultural city
of excellence, collaboration, engaging local communities and showcasing international
work in Manchester.
Contact’s Artistic Director Matt Fenton quizzes Alex Poots about his approach to commissioning work,
his process for supporting new artists and his vision for MIF, with an opportunity for the
audience to ask questions.
A very special event for Contacting the World participants, and
invited local young people.
BSL interpreted.
Alex Poots © Anthony Crook
Wed 9 July, 1:30pm, £6.
theatrEX, Bangladesh presents Dokkhina Sundari Work-in-progress
Dokkhina Sundari promises traditional Bangladeshi performance filled with music, folklore and local legends.Supported by the British Council, this piece has been created with the National Theatre of Scotland for The Tin Forest Theatre Festival, part of the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme.
Wed 9 July, 10pm, FREE.
Contact and DawN’s Mind present Mixed Movement
Hosted by Keisha Thompson. Expect mind-blowing improvised movement from this open mic event for dancers.
Thu 10 July, 1:30pm, £6.
20 Stories High, Liverpool, UK presents Headz Work-in-progress
A series of monologues by Keith Saha. Directed by Keith Saha and Julia Samuels.
Welcome to the Meadowbrook estate. Behind every door lies a story. Billy’s Mum and Dad still haven’t forgiven him for what he did when he was six. And David is having an affair with his teacher. Come and discover what lies behind the other doors.
A selection of new monologues with a bold, urban, contemporary flavour.
Thu 10 July, 4pm, FREE – limited places.
Q&A: Theatre in Conflict
With James Thompson (In Place Of War), Ali Alizad (margintheater, Iran), Adam McGuigan (AD Barefeet Theatre) and Tina Ellen Lee (AD Opera Circus).
Thu 10 July, 10pm, FREE.
Open Mic Night
Does what it says on the tin. Have a go, or just come and soak up the festival atmosphere and experience scratch work from all round the world.
Fri 11 July, 1:30pm, £6.
Common Wealth presents Us Champions Work-in-progress
Based on interviews with Muslim female boxers and made in collaboration with four 16 –19 year olds, Us Champions explores being young, fearless, and doing the unexpected. Come along to a script read-through and contribute your thoughts.
Common Wealth
Wed 9 July, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, £6. With Quilt (Jamaica), Firefly Arts (UK) and Barefeet (Zambia).
Thu 10 July, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, £6. With margintheater (Iran), CYAC (UK) and Uta Plate (Germany).
Fri 11 July, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, £6. With Bread ‘n’ Butter (India), Corby Young Actors (UK) and Zurich University of the Arts Students (Switzerland).
Workshops
Day Event Type Event Time
Tue 8 July Q&A In Conversation with Alex Poots, MIF 7:30pm
Tue 8 July Performance Welcome To Manchester 9pm
Tue 8 July Performance Contacting the Chord 10pm
Wed 9 July Performance theatrEX, Bangladesh: Dokkhina Sundari Work-in-progress
1:30pm
Wed 9 July Workshop With Quilt, Firefly Arts – Fresh and Barefeet 1:30pm
Wed 9 July Performance CYAC, Manchester, England and margintheater, Tehran, Iran
7pm
Wed 9 July Performance Mixed Movement 10pm
Thu 10 July Workshop With margintheater, CYAC and Uta Plate 1:30pm
Thu 10 July Performance 20 Stories High: Headz Work-in-progress 1:30pm
Thu 10 July Q&A Theatre in Conflict 4pm
Thu 10 July Performance Corby Young Actors, Corby, England and Bread ‘n’ Butter, Mumbai, India
7pm
Thu 10 July Performance Open Mic Night 10pm
Fri 11 July Performance Common Wealth: Us Champions Work-in-progress 1:30pm
Fri 11 July Workshop With Bread ‘n’ Butter, CYA, and Zurich Universityof the Arts Students
1:30pm
Fri 11 July Performance Firefly Arts – FRESH, Livingston, Scotland and Quilt Performing Arts Company, Kingston, Jamaica
7pm
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