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Lempen Puppet Theatre Company

Lempen Puppet Theatre Company is a national and international touring puppet theatre performing indoor and outdoor shows for all ages.
Artist
A performer with messy hair is grabbed by a headless mannequin wearing a gray coat and hat, creating an illusion of being restrained by an invisible person during a street performance.

Ryan Murphy

Artistic director, physical comedian, juggler of unusual things, and a natural clown.
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Two men perform an acrobatic act indoors; one does a split on the floor wearing yellow high heels, while balancing the other man on his head with one hand. Both wear suspenders and white shirts. The room is dimly lit.

Balance

Fusing circus with physical theatre we transform discarded
pub objects – kegs & bottles – into equipment for
breathtaking acrobatics.
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Three performers in matching pink outfits: one balancing another on his shoulders, while the one on top plays a tuba. A third performer is mid-air above a trampoline, in front of a classical building with large windows.

dip

‘dip’ is a joyful, high-energy outdoor show mixing trampoline acrobatics & live music, exploring cooperation, serendipity & creative reuse
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A performer dressed in white does a handstand on stage outdoors in front of an audience. The stage has white tents and is set against a stone wall, with trees and people watching and taking photos in the foreground.

Once upon a bounce

Experience the magic of books in a whole new way.
This playful performance is where stories pop up and pages le leap to life, and imagination sets sail.
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A man in a blue jacket and sunglasses holds a banana and hangs onto a blue metal structure. He stands in front of a green wall marked with a white circle and the number 6.

Rec.on(struction)

A playful and subversive circus duet exploring midlife, fragility, and reinvention through trampoline, objects, and poetic disobedience.
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A person is jumping high on a trampoline between two classical domed buildings with columns, under a partly cloudy sky. City buildings are visible in the distance.

Max Calaf Seve

Contemporary circus company blending trampoline, physical theatre, and poetic imagery across the UK, France, and Spain.
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A performer leaps high above a trampoline in front of a large, seated crowd during an outdoor street performance, with buildings and a cloudy sky in the background.

Anyday

Comic, surreal & tender, Anyday jumps into the world of feathered companions—where absurdity, repetition & hope are tools for survival and joy.
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A giant bee puppet at nightime in Barcelona with a ribbon skirt held out in a twirl

NEW! Bee for Barcelona

Carnival arts specialists Global Grooves (MCR) and Catalan artists Pau Reig and Dolors Sans (CAT) create Queen Bee Gigante and Worker Bee…
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A male and female dancer perform outdoors in a crowd circle in Barcelona

NEW! The Ultimate Player’s Handbook

Manchester’s leading contemporary dance company, Company Chameleon and Barcelona dance duo Clémentine & Lisard create a new dance performance for La Mercè. …
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A metal sculpture shaped like a tree with intricate leaf designs glows with fire inside its leaves at dusk, surrounded by trees and a deep blue evening sky.

Fire Garden

Walk the Plank, one of the UK’s leading outdoor arts specialists, bring their acclaimed Fire Garden installation to Trinitat Park for La…
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Cllr Bev Craig, Leader, Manchester City Council taking a photo of herself with an art installation of mechanical beehives outdoors

NEW! The Bees – Barcelona Beehive

Artizani, one of Europe’s most stylish and striking street theatre acts create Barcelona Beehive especially for Manchester at La Mercè. See Mancunian…
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A woman in a yellow dress is performing an acrobatic leap high in the air outdoors, while two people on the ground reach up toward her. There is a building and a sign reading The Mi... in the background under a blue sky.

HENGE

With its fun and engaging storyline and thrilling mix of circus and dance, HENGE is a fantastic show for the whole family.
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An outdoor film screening showing two men dressed in black in an embrace in an urban setting

OUR CITY SPEAKS

Featuring a variety of Manchester’s diverse leading poetry performers in a captivating curated selection of short films. Working with Catalan poetic translators,…
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People study and work at desks in a large, circular reading room with tall columns, ornate lamps, and a high domed ceiling. A decorative clock stands in the center of the room.

Manchester City of Literature

Home to 4 historic libraries, 23 public libraries plus many more independents. 2 Universities in the City Centre with a student population…
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A troupe of 6 dancers in bright patchwork outfits including a wheelchair user dancer perform outdoors

RO-TES រទេះ

Stopgap Dance Company’s latest outdoor show RO-TES-រទេះ Disabled artist Nadenh Poan makes his choreographic debut with Stopgap’s diverse and world class dancers….
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A person with dreadlocks performs an expressive dance move outdoors, wearing a green sleeveless shirt and gray pants. A group of people stands in the background near greenery and a stone railing.

Born to Protest

Joseph Toonga (Just Us Dance Theatre) presents an all-female cast sharing bold Hip Hop dance that challenges racial bias and reclaims identity…
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Two male dancers one in black leather, the other in blue frills parade and vogue infront of an outdoor audience on a sunny day in Barcelona

Family Catwalk Extravaganza

Ghetto Fabulous share the ultimate family competition in fashion, dance and performance. Who will snatch the crown? You decide. Bring your glamour, glitz…