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Wednesday 15 October 2025

Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...

The HandleBards - The Tempest

The HandleBards - The Tempest

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This production of The Tempest is the first collaboration between Shakespeare North Playhouse and internationally renowned theatre company ran by cycling actors, The HandleBards, who carry all the necessary set, props & costume on the b...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow

Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow

Lowry, Salford
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...

Shayne Ward

Shayne Ward

Aviva Studios, Manchester
The multi-Platinum Mancunian recording artist Shayne Ward rose to fame as winner of the second series of The X Factor. His debut single "That's My Goal" was the 2005 Christmas No. 1, spending four weeks at the top of the chart and selling 2...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Snake in the Grass

Snake in the Grass

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation. Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam, the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse ...

I Like It - The Ultimate Tribute To Gerry Marsden & The Swinging Sixties

I Like It - The Ultimate Tribute To Gerry Marsden & The Swinging Sixties

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
The ultimate Swingin' 60s show featuring the greatest hits of Gerry & The Pacemakers, including Ferry Cross The Mersey, How Do You Do It, You'll Never Walk Alone and of course I Like It. Along with hit songs from The Beatles, Paul Mc...

Mick Herron

Mick Herron

HOME, Manchester
An evening with the master of British spy fiction Mick Herron, as he discusses his highly anticipated new thriller Clown Town, the hit Apple TV+ series Slow Horses and the blistering world of espionage. The ninth instalment in his intern...

Nova Twins

Nova Twins

O2 Ritz, Manchester
  The London heavy rap rock renegades are the zeitgeist-capturing polymath pioneers that our times have been waiting for. Playing with genre and rich in different moods, textures, and layers, all the while retaining that purity and simplic...

Dirty Dusting

Dirty Dusting

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
An evening of pure theatrical Viagra starring Crissy Rock (Benidorm) and Leah Bell (Stage Award Winner) plus Vanessa Karon and Paul Dunn. Gladys, Olive and Elsie are three "vintage style" cleaning ladies who, threatened with redundan...

Seth Lakeman

Seth Lakeman

St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Multi award-winning folk singer Seth Lakeman was raised and still lives on Dartmoor, within sight of the sea at Plymouth, from where the Puritans sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. The Mercury Prize nominated singer, songwriter, and multi-ins...

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
  If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...

Jonathan Scott

Jonathan Scott

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Epic orchestral masterpieces as you've never heard them before! Jonathan Scott uses all the resources of the Bridgewater Hall concert organ to create the full sounds and expression of a symphony orchestra using 5,500 pipes, two hands and tw...

d4vd

d4vd

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Houston indie musician David Burke, better known as d4vd (pronounced "David"), is an artist that's unable to be boxed into a specific genre, with familiar hits including his UK Top 40 hits 'Romantic Homicide,' a grungy, guitar-driven breaku...

Nayina

Nayina

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Known as the Chinese version of Lady Gaga, Nayina (那艺娜) the Chinese sensation behind the viral hit "Love Like Fire", comes to Europe. From small-screen stardom to sold-out arenas across China, Na Yina has become a cultural icon known ...

Pete Roth Trio Featuring Bill Bruford

Pete Roth Trio Featuring Bill Bruford

Band On The Wall, Manchester
The Pete Roth Trio features leader Pete on guitar, Mike Pratt on bass, and the incomparable former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford. The band creates jazz for a new generation of music enthusiasts, exploring beyond traditional jazz...

LEAP

LEAP

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Indie rock sad boys LEAP are on the verge, in every sense of the word. Bubbling with anticipation, whether it's the palpable energy at their explosive sold out shows across the UK and Europe, or landing in Shazam's top 50 viral playlist, th...

Hallé Chamber Series - Schubert Quintet

Hallé Chamber Series - Schubert Quintet

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Schubert Quintet in C Major Eva Thorarinsdottir and friends open the Halle's Chamber Series with Schubert's Quintet in C Major, Desert Island Discs' most frequently requested piece of chamber music. The addition of a second cello to the usu...

Thursday 16 October 2025

Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...

The HandleBards - The Tempest

The HandleBards - The Tempest

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This production of The Tempest is the first collaboration between Shakespeare North Playhouse and internationally renowned theatre company ran by cycling actors, The HandleBards, who carry all the necessary set, props & costume on the b...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...

Little Simz

Little Simz

Co-op Live, Manchester
Operating at the very heights of what rap can be, with lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling music, the Ivor Novello award-winning, Mercury nominated rapper and actress Simbiatu Ajikawo (a.k.a. Little Simz) delivers undeniable modern classic...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Snake in the Grass

Snake in the Grass

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation. Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam, the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse ...

An Evening with Jimmy Anderson

An Evening with Jimmy Anderson

Lowry, Salford
The man for all seasons. England's greatest ever fast bowler. The Jimmy Anderson is returning to the stage for an unrivalled evening of never-before stories from inside the changing room. With 188 Tests and 700+ wickets to his name, the...

Graham Nash

Graham Nash

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy award winning Salford singer-songwriter Graham Nash returns to Europe to perform songs spanning his sixty-year career from The Hollies to Crosby, Stills and Nash, to CSNY and his be...

James May - Explorers: The Age of Discovery

James May - Explorers: The Age of Discovery

O2 Apollo, Manchester
James May brings to life the stories of the extraordinary explorers who traversed the deserts, scaled the mountains, sailed into the unknown. The live show combines theatrical techniques and James' charismatic storytelling to create an eve...

Going Out Out

Going Out Out

HOME, Manchester
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local ch...

BLACK POWER DESK

BLACK POWER DESK

Lowry, Salford
Inspired by the historic Mangrove Nine Trial and brought to life by an original score performed by a live three-piece band, Black Power Desk is a musical soundtrack charting a fiercely emotive and politically charged era of often overlook...

Mimi Webb

Mimi Webb

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Weaving octave-destroying vocals, gut-wrenching ballads and confessional storytelling, Canterbury-born singer-songwriter Mimi Webb is proving herself to be a viral pop powerhouse. Her emotional tales of open-heart honesty have captured hear...

Cymande

Cymande

Albert Hall, Manchester
The 1970's London Psychedelic funk legends return to form, bringing a fresh modern edge to their iconic sound, which remains foundational to early hip-hop and funk scenes in the United States and UK. A band that never fully got its due back...

Pale Waves

Pale Waves

O2 Ritz, Manchester
The Manchester indie-pop icons step up once more, fulfilling the promise of that widely-lauded UK Top 10 debut album My Mind Makes Noises, in 2018, and striding towards pop megastardom with the UK no.3 2021 follow-up Who Am I?. The slick f...

Re-Take That - The Ultimate Take That Party Night

Re-Take That - The Ultimate Take That Party Night

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Join the UK's favourite tribute act for the ultimate Take That party night with a live and fully interactive sing-a-long experience. Jason Orange calls the show "brilliant," while Dec of Ant & Dec says it's "the best Take That tribute act ...

Mark Watson

Mark Watson

HOME, Manchester
Comedian and novelist Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star a...

An Evening With Paul Merson

An Evening With Paul Merson

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
An Evening with Paul Merson sees the football star discuss his illustrious career with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and England. He'll talk about games, dressing room/training ground stories, managers, fall outs and every...

John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right

John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right

Waterside, Manchester
He's a legend and an icon, a revolutionary and an immortal. John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. The frontman and lyricist of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) caused a poli...

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
  If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...

Friday 17 October 2025

Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...

Busted vs McFly

Busted vs McFly

AO Arena, Manchester
Pop rock legends Busted and McFly have announced a joint UK tour. Speaking of the tour, McFly threw down the gauntlet and commented: "Busted gate-crashed our show and challenged us to a VS tour next year. They're old men now, and we are gon...

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...

The HandleBards - The Tempest

The HandleBards - The Tempest

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This production of The Tempest is the first collaboration between Shakespeare North Playhouse and internationally renowned theatre company ran by cycling actors, The HandleBards, who carry all the necessary set, props & costume on the b...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Inside No 9 Stage/Fright

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Welcome to a world of intrigue, as we invite you to step Inside Number 9 for a theatrical experience like no other. Expect the unexpected as the acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, fresh from a sell out West End run, weaving its...

AR Rahman

AR Rahman

Co-op Live, Manchester
Described by Time Magazine as the "Mozart of Madras", A.R. Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer, best known in the UK for composing the Oscar-winning soundtrack to "Slumdog Millionaire".  Nicknamed Isai ...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...

Snake in the Grass

Snake in the Grass

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation. Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam, the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse ...

Wankernomics

Wankernomics

Lowry, Salford
After entirely sold-out runs in Edinburgh & London in 2024, Australia's favourite workplace w*nkers return with their brand new show, Just Touching Base.W*nkernomics are masters at skewering the buzzwords, bureaucracy and bulls**t of the mo...
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