Switch + Tipping Point

Relaxed Performance

Sunday 19 August, 2pm

Hello and welcome to our visual story for visitors to the

Relaxed Performance of Switch + Tipping Point.

This visual story contains information about the show

and lots of images to help prepare you if you are

curious about your visit.

Upper Campfield Market Hall looks like this from the

outside:

Inside you will see a performance of Switch + Tipping

Point.

This is the main entrance to Upper Campfield Market

Hall on Deansgate.

You will go through this gate:

This is the door you use to go inside. You may have to

queue before you go inside:

There will be Contact theatre staff there to show you

where to go. They will check your tickets. They will be

wearing t-shirts that look like this:

You can collect your tickets from the box office if you

haven’t already got them. You might need to wait in a

queue.

The box office will look a little bit like this:

Inside there will be places where you can buy food and

drink if you want to. There will be smells and sounds of

food cooking.

The food area looks a little bit like this:

This area might get busy before the performance.

While you’re here, you might need to use the toilet.

Look for this symbol to find the toilet:

There are lots of seats to sit on to watch the show:

The show starts when the lights will dim – but it won’t

go too dark.

The first part of the show is called Switch.

Nine people will come on stage. Their names are

Chloe, Joshua, Maddie, Joe, Ruby, Suraj, Callum, Kay,

Elizabeth. They are called performers.

The performers will be carrying large wooden sticks:

There will be live music. There will be loud noises.

If the show is loud you can wear headphones or put

your fingers in your ears. If you need a break, you can

leave the seating area at any time and go to a quiet

area. We will have a special area for you to go to.

The performers will do things with their bodies that

you may not have seen before including lots of tricks

with the wooden sticks.

Don’t worry, they will be safe.

The performers might look like they will touch the

audience with the sticks. Don’t worry, they won’t touch

the audience.

When the show is finished people will clap their hands

to say thank you to the performers. You can clap too if

you want.

This part of the performance will last about 20

minutes. After the first show there will be a break

(usually called the interval).

After the break there will be the second part of the

show. This is called Tipping Point.

Five people will come on stage. Their names are Alex,

Emily, Sadiq, Steve, Telma. They are called performers.

Some other people who will help the performers are

the director, producer and stage manager.

The performers will enter the stage with very long

white poles. They will do things with their bodies that

you may not have seen before including lots of tricks

on the poles.

They will do tricks on the poles high in the air, but

don’t worry, they’ll be safe.

They will also do other tricks in the air but don’t worry,

they’ll be safe.

If the show is loud you can wear headphones or put

your fingers in your ears. If you need a break, you can

leave the seating area at any time and go to a quiet

area. We will have a special area for you to go to.

This part of the show will last for about 1 hr and 5

minutes.

When the show is finished people will clap their hands

to say thank you to the performers. You can clap too if

you want.

Thank you for coming.