Ben Mellor

Take a trip to a seedy underworld where gangsters, high rollers and con-men compete in a high-stakes Scrabble game to end them all. Meshing tightly woven wordplay with send-ups of heist, caper and kung fu films ‘A Day On The Tiles’ is a kinetic tale of violence, revenge and Devonshire cream teas.

Contact is a pioneering theatre venue for young people in Manchester, committed to creating new kinds of theatre and developing the artists of tomorrow. Pen-ultimate is a diverse collective of nationally and internationally recognised poets, actors MCs and playwrights all of whom have been nurtured by Contact.