Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks introduce you to what happens when a working-class community tells its own story.
*Bookings will open in February 2026.
This is what happens when a working-class community tells its own story.
A bus ride. A bingo card. A memory you didn’t know you shared.
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.
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.
Winner of Best Performance at Manchester Culture Awards 2024
About Malandra Jacks:
We are Malandra Jacks, two artists making film, theatre and art installations, sharing authentic stories.
It’s important to us that our work offers a platform for communities whose voices often go unheard and underrepresented.
Show DETAILS
Venue Space
Studio
Length
1 hour and 15 mins no interval
Ticket Prices
Tickets from: £12.00
Age Guidance
12+
Accessibility
Warning
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
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