Presented by
Malandra Jacks

CENSUS

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VENUE

Billingtons Oldham

DATE

Thursday 5 Mar

TIME

19:15

AGE GUIDE

Ages 12+

RUNNING TIME

75

THEMES

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

A bus ride. A bingo card. A memory you didn’t know you shared.

Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks introduce you to what happens when a working-class community tells its own story.

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, with real voices from the community from the workshop that you can take part in.

Best Performance at Manchester Culture Awards 2024

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.

Venue Information

Billingtons Oldham
3 Ascroft Street, Oldham OL1 1HY

Billingtons has lift access up to the venue and step-free access to the performance space. There is a small step into the bar area.

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