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1. 1. Contact reveals autumn line-up

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 August 2003 IT is virtually unheard of for an artistic director to downplay his own next season but Contact's John McGrath genuinely has good reason to feel proud of their upcoming autumn line-up, for which tickets have just gone on sale.

2. 2. Contact season of plenty

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 August 2004 THERE are, believes Contact's Artistic Director John McGrath, a couple of clear strands running through their just-announced autumn-winter season.

3. 3. Chaos at the Contact

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 April 2005 FROM April 5 at the Contact, Kali Theatre Company present two new plays, Bells and Chaos, both written by female British Pakistani writers but offering strikingly different perspectives on Asian life in Britain today.

4. 4. Little Sweet Thing @ Contact

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 02 March 2005 "THERE'S nothing out there for us" - that's the bleak view of the black and white teenagers on a high-rise estate. But there's nothing bleak about this penetrating, perceptive and, yes, entertaining new play by Roy Williams.

5. 5. Perfect @ Contact

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 May 2004 SINCE its re-opening under the artistic direction of John McGrath, the remit at the ground-breaking Contact Theatre has been to explore new ways of creating relevant, exciting theatre.

6. 6. White Trash make Contact

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 March 2004 WHITE& Trash has no characters, no fictional narrative and no conventional dramatic structure. Which is not so say it doesn’t actively engage the audience - there’s no choice when the performers begin by sitting amongst us.

7. 7. When Amar Met Jay @ Contact Theatre

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 June 2003 EXPLORING the clash of cultures between the generations of an Asian family living in England may be a worthy enterprise, but with so many of the issues so familiar to us it needs to reveal something new. Sadly, When Amar Met Jay goes over old ground.& 

8. 8. Bad Reputations @ Contact Theatre

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 June 2004 SELF-STYLED bad girl, one-time teenage prot'g'e of Andy Warhol, Penny Arcade certainly has a tale to tell.

9. 9. Ex-choirboys with music from hell

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 May 2007 THE sound of Laymar is an intense and challenging assault on indie complacency. And a far cry from the soulful singer who almost shares their name, says David Sue.

10. 10. Gorton group to support 'Madchester' great

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 April 2005 GORTON-BASED band The Grain, are to support Manchester music legend Tom Hingley the frontman of the legendary band Inspiral Carpets.

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