THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Murder Trial Tonight IV Death Of A Landlord
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sun 8 - Fri 27 Mar 2026
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
St Philip's Church Salford
Sat 21 Feb - Fri 20 Mar 2026
Circus Funtasia
Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
Wednesday 18 February - Sunday 1 March 2026
USE THE DISCOUNT CODE "FUN26" TO GET MONEY OFF YOUR TICKET!Feel the Thrill of Circus Funtasia 2026 - Where Dreams Become Reality! Get ready to gasp, cheer, laugh, and leap out of your seat as Circus Funtasia 2026 storms into town with a tur...The Memory of Water
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 18 - Saturday 21 February 2026
Starring Helen Flanagan, Vicky Binns, Polly Lister and Victoria Brazier THREE SISTERS AND A FUNERAL... Winter, 1996. The Spice Girls are riding high in the charts, football has failed to come home, and Dolly the Sheep's been cloned. Mean...Operation Mincemeat
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 18 - Saturday 28 February 2026
This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It's London's biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews, making it the best-reviewed show in We...The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling novel by Joe Tracz, writer of Be More Chill, and with an electrifying rock score by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the perfect adventure for gods and mortals alike. Wh...Road
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 18 February - Saturday 14 March 2026
By Jim Cartwright, featuring Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Lesley Joseph, Johnny Vegas, and with special guest Sir Tom Courtenay on film. 'Road's coming round us!' It's 1986. Your rumbustious chaperone Scullery guides you down the road, pic...Luminiscence
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Wednesday 18 February - Thursday 26 March 2026
Arriving in the UK for the first time, after dazzling over 1 Million people in Europe, the incredible immersive projection concert LUMINISCENCE transforms Manchester Cathedral into a fully immersive world of sound, story, and light. Featuri...Pinocchio
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Visit the incredible world of Stuff and Nonsense. Three very funny men seek refuge in a grand but abandoned old house, where they gather around an extraordinary dining table that becomes their playground. Grandfather, Father and Son tell t...Jack & the Beanstalk
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February 2026
St Helen's GIANT half-term pantomime spectacular. Follow Jack on an unforgettable rags-to-riches adventure as he swaps the family cow for a handful of magical beans... much to his mum's horror! When those beans burst into life and grow into...Chinese New Year Extravaganza
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 18 February 2026
Come and celebrate the Year of the Snake as Jinlong Culture & Performing Arts returns with a spectacular line-up of exciting programmes! After 5 years of dormancy since Covid, the show brings back their 18 metre dragon that illuminates the ...The Last Picture
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February 2026
This brand-new play by Catherine Dyson provides a thought-provoking exploration of empathy, imagination, and collective memory from the perspective of an emotional support dog, Sam. On a school trip to a photography exhibition, Sam gently g...Send in the Clowns - Unpopular
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 18 February 2026
Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre. This time the Clowns are taking on the megamusicals of the 80s, 90s, and 00s in their biggest show yet, 'UNPOPULAR!...Hamlet (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Two-time Academy Award nominee and Shakespearian titan, Ian McKellen, stars in this thrilling and uniquely modern take on The Bard's classic tragedy. A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare's classic tragedy is reimag...The Library of Enchantment
Z-arts, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Saturday 28 February 2026
Ever wanted to step inside a story? The Library of Enchantment is a fun-filled thrilling family-friendly escape room, full of seafaring adventures, time travelling tricks and a pesky old bookworm who's always up to meddlesome mischief! Can ...H is for Hawk (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 19 February 2026
When Helen's beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk, and so s...Hamnet (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, struggles to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet ? the grief driving a wedge between the couple. Shakespeare, meanwhile, channels the tragedy and his sorrow into his work, creating H...
Little Amélie (PG) Dubbed
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Saturday 21 February 2026
Based on the novel M?taphysique des tubes by Am?lie Nothomb, this film centres around a toddler born to her Belgian parents in Japan. After over two years in a vegetative state, little Amelie suddenly awakens to the world around her - trigg...Little Amélie (PG) Subtitled
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
Based on the novel M?taphysique des tubes by Am?lie Nothomb, this film centres around a toddler born to her Belgian parents in Japan. After over two years in a vegetative state, little Amelie suddenly awakens to the world around her - trigg...My Father's Shadow (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
Fola (a magnetic ??p?? D?r?s?) is an enigmatic figure in his sons? lives. As they traverse Lagos, Remi and Akin (real-life brothers Chibuike Marvellous and Godwin Egbo) begin to understand him as a person, and the sacrifices he has made for...No Other Choice (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
When paper company employee Yoo Man-su is abruptly laid off, he loses the perfect life he?s worked hard for. When a new job comes along, he realises a perfect plan - getting rid of his competition via any available means. Director Park?s de...Nouvelle Vague (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
Nouvelle Vague is Richard Linklater?s love letter to the spellbinding magic of French cinema, reimagining the making of Jean-Luc Godard?s revolutionary Breathless, which ultimately cemented Godard as a pioneer of the French New Wave. ?As cr...The President's Cake (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9 year-old Lamia is ...We Are Parable presents: Wasteman + Murewa (18)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 February 2026
After years in prison, Taylor?s parole is approaching. But the arrival of a new cellmate, Dee, sees Taylor roped into violent inmate rivalries that endanger his fresh start. Cal McMau?s feature debut is an intense and claustrophobic portrai...Wuthering Heights (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 February 2026
A bold and original imagining of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell?s Wuthering Heights stars Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to i...Brezo presents Uncle Brian's Magic show
Brezo Lounge, Stockport
Wednesday 18 February 2026
Magic is coming to Brezo lounge this February half term £5 per child including balloon modelling, magic, snacks & juice....Manchester Improv Wednesdays
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Wednesday 18 February - Wednesday 25 March 2026
An evening of fully improvised comedy - every Wednesday at 33 Oldham StreetThe Line Up.... Wet Skeleton is one performer, zero script, and infinite possibilities. Watch as her 206 soggy (and slightly wonky) bones become all manner of charac...Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 19 - Saturday 28 February 2026
The Broadway and West End musical comedy sensation follows three friends on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip across the Australian Outback to stage the show of a lifetime. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a joyous celebration of unity...The Useless Hotline
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
Max Balegde and George Clark are set to hit the road in 2026 with The Useless Hotline: Now Hiring! Live Tour, as they search for a new hire on their second tour. Known for their chaotic humour, outrageous dilemmas, and unfiltered advice...Queenz - Drag Me To The Disco
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 19 February 2026
Queenz are back with a brand new show! Join the gals for an electrifying, live vocal, drag-stravaganza, where Dancing Queenz and Disco Dreams collide for the party of a lifetime. After two trailblazing years of touring the country, a run ...Geoff Norcott
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 19 February 2026
Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire is the latest tour from Conservative Party supporting comedian, author, podcaster and radio host Geoff Norcott. It's Geoff's first under a Labour government, so he's got plenty to get off his ch...The Wizarding Adventure
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Thursday 19 February - Friday 30 October 2026
It's a kind of magic! Are you ready to attend your first day at the Grand Old School of Wizardry. Join the madcap mages and wacky witches of the faculty on a spellbinding adventure to work on your wand waving, brush up on your broomstick sk...
Night of Mediumship With Stephen Black
Winton Bowling Tennis And Social Club, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
Join Stephen for an incredible evidential night of mediumship. Stephen's unique combination of mediumship and art provides a powerful, validating experience unlike any other. You'll be moved, inspired and comforted as Stephen bridges the ga...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Thursday 19 - Saturday 28 February 2026
Inspired by the hit SAW movie franchise, SAWtopsy at moviESCAPE, Stockport's leading Escape Room offering, is a gory and ominous room with dim, atmospheric lighting, however it does not feature any jump scares - well none that are delibe...ANGRY SQUAD: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
Straight-laced tax office employee Jiro falls victim to the clever scam of genius con artist Makoto, losing a large sum of money. When Jiro confronts Makoto, instead of returning the money, Makoto proposes a deal: if he helps Jiro con a tax...The Chronology of Water (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
A journey through the sensuous and the sensual, Kristen Stewart?s directorial debut chronicles Lidia Yuknavitch?s life as she experiences and processes childhood abuse, first love, addiction and grief, led by a raw and magnetic performance ...That Yard Thing Pres. NG83 When We Were B Boys - Film Screening
The Yard, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
Celebrating 10 years of this incredible look at early UK hip hop culture....Manchester The Winton Bowling Tennis & Social Club
Winton Bowling Tennis And Social Club, Manchester
Thursday 19 February 2026
Join Stephen for an Incredible Night of Mediumship Experience a unique and powerful evening of evidential mediumship combined with spiritual art....NEW Year New Hobby Try Salsa Dancing For FREE
Maracas 100 Chapel Street M3 5dw Manchester, Manchester
Thursday 19 February - Thursday 26 March 2026
Why not do something fun and exciting this year?...Scott Bennett
Lowry, Salford
Friday 20 February 2026 - Wednesday 17 February 2027
As heard on BBC Radio 4!As a society we love stuff, it's a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis. We're now struggling to balance these worlds, to foc...Disney in Concert - The Sound of Magic
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 20 February - Sunday 29 March 2026
Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic returns to cebrate 100 years of the Disney experience through its music. This symphonic celebration will see renowned Novello Orchestra bring to life the soundtracks and characters from the Walt Disney ...Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 February 2026
Welcome to Egypt - the bustling community hub and iconic music venue - run by legendary activist and soul diva Queen Cleopatra. Egypt has everything you could possibly need to survive in this rundown city - warm space, free food, banging ...Oxventure
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 February 2026
With all things table-top, from Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra, the massively successful video game channels devoted to Dungeons & Dragons, Blades in the Dark, One-Shot Wonder and more, The Oxventurers Guild make their triumphant return wit...Family Film/ The Scarecrow's Wedding + The Highway Rat (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 February 2026
Step into the wonderful world of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler with two family favourites telling charming stories of the countryside.?Films screening in this programme:The Scarecrow?s Wedding?Betty O?Barley and Harry O?Hay are devoted...Family Film/ The Scarecrow's Wedding + The Highway Rat (U)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 February 2026
Step into the wonderful world of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler with two family favourites telling charming stories of the countryside.?Films screening in this programme:The Scarecrow?s Wedding?Betty O?Barley and Harry O?Hay are devoted...Family Film/ The Scarecrows' Wedding + The Highway Rat (U)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 February 2026
Step into the wonderful world of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler with two family favourites telling charming stories of the countryside.?Films screening in this programme:The Scarecrows' Wedding?Betty O?Barley and Harry O?Hay are devoted...If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 - Thursday 26 February 2026
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist. Sharply funny and deeply resonant, If I Ha...
The Secret Agent (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 20 - Thursday 26 February 2026
A university professor travels from S?o Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he?s been tailed and spied on by neighbours in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escap...Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Abc Dome, Manchester
Saturday 21 February 2026
The most awe-inspiring music from one of the greatest film composers of all time brought to you by a string quartet in an intimate candlelight setting. No doubt these tracks will sound familiar, as they give life to iconic films such as ...Hal Cruttenden
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 21 February 2026
One of the top stand up comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a highly accomplished writer and actor, Hal is back with a brand-new tour, Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It, that promises to stick it to 'The Man', as long as '...Dinosaur Adventure Live - Danger on T-Rex Mountain
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 21 February 2026
The Greatest Prehistoric Show on Earth A dinosaur show 65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the BRAND NEW adventure? Join our intrepid rangers on a quest to recover the data crystal, restore power to the island and save the D...Million Dollar Men - A Tribute to Magic Mike
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Saturday 21 February 2026
Everything you need for the ultimate ladies night out: Great dancing, fun interaction and all the action of the smash hit film Magic Mike! The show brings to life your favourite scenes from the hottest film around. From sexy cops to soldier...A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny
