Updated 5 October 2026

Our Performance Programme continues with Egan & Pinchbeck’s show about a song about a painter at Lowry on 4 Nov, and an autumnal Social Experiment at Contact on 19 Nov…

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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 2026/27.