Updated 3 December 2025

Now on hiatus, Performance Programme 2026 will be announced from early January…

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Advice for Artists: hÅb offers free 30-minute sessions on Mondays via Zoom.
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.
Open Call for NW dance-makers: Turn 2026 at Contact now seeks proposals.