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Tuesday 16 December 2025

The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe

The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe

Lowry, Salford
Step through the wardrobe into the magic kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they meet new friends, face dangerous foes and learn the lessons of courage, sacrifice, and the power of love. ...

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Get ready for an adventure like no other as Jason Manford and Ben Nickless take over Sherwood Forest in this year's must-see show, Robin Hood!Join the most heroic outlaw of them all as the arrow-shooting hero Robin Hood and his trusty band ...

Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr

AO Arena, Manchester
Star of the UK's most streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with a brand new show, Laughs Funny. Jimmy's show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or pe...

Snowstorm - Wish

Snowstorm - Wish

Trafford Centre, Manchester
"Wish": A Spellbinding Spectacle of Ice and Wonder This Winter Trafford Centre | Dec 5 - Jan 4 Back by overwhelming popular demand, the North West's most beloved winter production returns for its fifth triumphant year - and it's more spellb...

Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday

HOME, Manchester
The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, which has captured the hearts of generations, comes to HOME with its UK stage premiere next year. When an overworked mother and her t...

The Enormous Crocodile - The Musical

The Enormous Crocodile - The Musical

Lowry, Salford
"For my lunch today I would like... a nice juicy little child!" He's greedy, he's grumptious, he's horrid! The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle to Lowry in search of delicious little fingers and squidgy podgy knees.....

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical

Palace Theatre, Manchester
West End mega-hit TINA - The Tina Turner Musical announces its first ever UK & Ireland tour. From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn't just...

The Holiday In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra

The Holiday In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Cherished 2006 Christmas romcom The Holiday is set presented live in concert this festive season. The show will see the film's enchanting score by world renowned, highly celebrated and multiple Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winning co...

Singin' In The Rain

Singin' In The Rain

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
A timeless masterpiece, and perhaps one of the greatest musicals ever made - a must-see show for Christmas 2025. A charismatic, tap-dancing extravaganza SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is the much-loved story of the highs and lows of Hollywood as a rad...

Believe! The Polar Express Experience

Believe! The Polar Express Experience

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Believe! The Polar Express Experience is a brand new, truly magical, multi-room immersive walkthrough experience that brings the enchanting world of the beloved movie to life in a whole new way. Step into the Hero Boy's house where you be t...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
A joyful stage adaptation of the festive classic Whilst Christmas cheer and goodwill thrive across Victorian England, tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge goes to bed on Christmas Eve with no compassion or love in his heart. However, that night he...

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Lowry, Salford
The critically acclaimed parody musical, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch returns to the Lowry for a five-week Christmas season. This splash-hit show has sold out twice previously, so get your tentacles round tickets fa...

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

Aviva Studios, Manchester
Tom Hanks narrates an epic experience that offers a new perspective on humankind's past and future voyages to the moon. This winter at Aviva Studios, step into The Moonwalkers - an awe-inspiring immersive experience for all ages. Created by...

Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show

Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show

Aviva Studios, Manchester
A high-flying family adventure with un-BAA-lievable acrobats comes to Aviva Studios this winter Two worlds gleefully collide in Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show - brought to the stage by the internationally-acclaimed Australian circus ensemble...

Cinderella (SNP)

Cinderella (SNP)

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This Christmas, Shakespeare North Playhouse bring you the most popular fairytale of them all, a spellbinding new production of Cinderella. Tia Larsen takes the title role in the fairytale favourite with a very special Prescot twist in a cap...

Aladdin

Aladdin

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Take a magical carpet ride to the North West's home of sensational Pantomime entertainment for Stockport Plaza's glittering production of Aladdin starring Brian Capron, star of Coronation Street and many TV and stage presentations, who make...

An Immersive Screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas

An Immersive Screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas

Albert Hall, Manchester
hat's this? What's this? There's magic in the air on the 16th of December, as we get ready for the festive season with Jack Skellington and co as Halloween Town comes to life with an immersive screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas! S...

Christmas Fair

Christmas Fair

Trafford Centre, Manchester
Under 70cm Free Entry Ride list, (Some minimum heights must be accompanied by a responsible adult) Balloon ride, 3 tokens, no height limit Racing Carz, 3 tokens, no height limit Mini chairs, 3 tokens, minimum height 0.9m Tea cups, 3 tokens,...

Jack Off The Beanstalk

Jack Off The Beanstalk

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Get ready for the udderly cheeky, naughtiest version of Jack and the Beanstalk you've ever dared to see! Warning: this is not your childhood fairy tale-unless your bedtime stories came with a parental advisory! In this fabulously filthy twi...

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...
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