Architect	Short & Associates
Date Built	1999
Location	Divas Street near Oxford Road
Description
The Short and Associates website points out that RIBA prize judges said Contact Theatre is, "a brick built Gaudi come to Manchester. What was previously understated and uninspiring has been transformed into an elaborate and engaging monument with a strong independent image, perversely a highly appropriate response to its context. It is all done with complete conviction and it is now certainly highly visible in the street scene." They add, " The project has a strong environmental agenda made manifest in the strong root forms of the natural ventilation system: these combine with a zinc 'curtain' at the entrance to create a highly theatrical effect, with references to Gaudi and the castles of southern Germany, in some way architecture as stage set."