Casting and new dates announced for outdoor show C-O-N-T-A-C-T this May

Aria Entertainment and WEF Productions have today announced that their critically acclaimed UK premiere of C-o-n-t-a-c-t has been postponed until later in the year, now running from 18 May-29 June 2021.

In partnership with The Lowry, the immersive two-hander outdoor 50-minute performance will be held in Salford Quays and central Manchester during these dates, starring Charles Angiama, Chloe Gentles, Rachael Gill Davis and Cellan Scott.

C-o-n-t-a-c-t has a book by Eric Chantelauze with an English adaptation by Quentin Bruno, and is directed by Samuel Sené, with music and sound by Cyril Barbessol.

The production originally premiered in France last summer when social distancing became the ‘new normal’. This timely story of a moving and unexpected encounter explores the themes  of mental health and anxiety through the eyes of Sarah as she is approached by someone she  believes to be a stranger. She discovers that he can hear her thoughts but how? Who is this  man? Dive into her mind in this unique sensory and immersive new show and experience theatre like never before. 

Audiences download the audio from an app, which synchronises the spectators and actors,  allowing the show to play with theatrical concepts and a new form of dramaturgy.

The production has also been licenced to open further afield in Brussels, Rome and Sweden along with Toronto which will open in April, Ottawa, Vancouver and Brampton in  Spring/Summer this year along with four other Canadian locations in discussion. Conversations  are also underway for productions in New York, Chicago, Seattle, LA, San Diego, China, Dubai,  Australia, South Africa and Germany too. 

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