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Census

Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks introduce you to what happens when a working-class community tells its own story.
Malandra Jacks presents
Thu 20 Nov - Sat 22 Nov
Thu 20 Nov
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Sat 22 Nov

This is what happens when a working-class community tells its own story. 
 
A bus ride. A bingo card. A memory you didn’t know you shared.

This is our neighbourhood, not the one in the media, but the one shaped by our stories, our laughter and our silence.
 
Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks invite you into a world of spellbinding projection,  real voices and unapologetic heart. Census is part theatre, part time capsule: a celebration of communities rarely seen on stage.
 
Funny, intimate and defiant, Census is a love letter to working-class communities, a call to remember who we are and what we carry with us.

Co-presented with Word of Warning and supported by hÅb. 

Originally commissioned by Contact and hÅb; supported by Manchester City Council and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. 

Winner of Best Performance at Manchester Culture Awards 2024

Age Guidance: 12+ (parent/guardian/carer discretion)

Duration: 1 hour no interval

Content Warnings: includes discussion of class and economic inequality, poverty and financial hardship; includes discussions around mental health including anxiety, depression, and social isolation; use of mild language/profanity

 

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Warm-hearted and thought-provoking, it was the sort of socially engaged theatre-making that we need more of and felt like a true labour of love

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