Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Sun 12 Jan 2025
Wed 23 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Thu 26 Mar - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Sat 14 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
Thu 20 Mar - Sun 1 Jun 2025
Burlesque The Musical
Wednesday 23 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
Welcome to Burlesque the Musical, the glamorous, gritty and outrageously fun new musical based on the much-loved hit movie. Discover a club like no other...a place beneath the city lights where the sequins sparkle, seduction shimmers, and a...
Rambert Dance in Peaky Blinders - The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
You young men of the Tunnelling brigade, you are all dead. Not counted among the dead because your bodies were not buried with the dead. But dead inside... Written and adapted for the stage by Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight, Peaky Bl...
Slave: A Question of Freedom
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
This exceptional award-winning production tells Mende Nazer's inspirational story. Performed by an outstanding ensemble of eight actor-musicians it is a feast of storytelling, music and dance. It celebrates Mende's indomitable spirit, the b...
The 100 Story Hotel
Wednesday 23 October - Tuesday 31 December 2024
Created with bestselling, multi-award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph and Discover Children's Story Centre. This interactive world of play and storytelling has something for everyone aged 1-8 and their families. Hello and welc...
Gandeys Circus Halloween Spooktacular
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 3 November 2024
A very special (trick or) treat for Halloween, Gandeys Circus returns once again with a brand-new action packed legendary Halloween Spooktacular Big Top Show for all the family. A specially selected international cast of skeletons, vampires...
LIZZIE The Musical
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 17 November 2024
LIZZIE is Rage! Sex! Betrayal! BLOODY MURDER! A True Crime Punk Rock Musical. Lizzie The Musical explores the life of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in the late summer of 1892 in Fall Riv...
Jurassic World - The Exhibition
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 3 November 2024
Welcome to Jurassic World Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before at Jurassic World: The Exhibition! Based on one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, the exhibition will immerse audiences of all ages in scenes of the beloved mov...
An Evening with Lucinda Light
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Lucinda Light, the hugely popular star of Channel 4's Married At First Sight Australia and expert in emotional intelligence (EQ), greets UK audiences with her toolkit of grounding exercises, before speaking about her experiences on Marri...
The Elmer Adventure
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
Join three friends on a joyful jungle adventure in Tall Stories' magical, musical adaptation of the much-loved Elmer books by David McKee. Everyone loves the stories about Elmer the patchwork elephant - whether he's pretending to be an ordi...
Stones in his Pockets
Wednesday 23 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
Directed by Matthew McElhinney, son of the play's writer and original director, this new production brings a fresh take on the hysterically funny, thought-provoking and witty award-winning Irish comedy. Lights Camera Action! Hollywood is co...
Room on the Broom
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories' fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The witch and her cat are trav...
Maisie Adam
Wednesday 23 October 2024 - Sunday 9 February 2025
Fresh from Live At The Apollo, A League Of Their Own and Have I Got News For You, Maisie Adam is heading back out on tour with a brand new show, Appraisal. She's five years into her job as a comedian now, so she's due an appraisal. Join...
Nowhere
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
In this intricate and playful solo show, inspired by his involvement in the Egyptian revolution of 2011, and his experience of the counter-revolution that followed, actor and activist Khalid Abdalla (United 93, The Kite Runner, The Crown) t...
Pith by Daniel Kitson
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
A new storytelling experiment by Daniel Kitson. There might be music. There might be music and the phrase "You will one day", and a man in a coffee shop asking if they charge for Babycinos. There might be someone's hand in mine when I wak...
The Wizarding Adventure
Wednesday 23 October 2024
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...
SIX Dance Party
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 3 November 2024
Don't lose your head! Join the Lowry's SIX inspired dance party to learn some of the famous moves from the show. In this free 45 minute session you will work with a professional dancer to learn some of the legendary SIX choreography. Recomm...
Queens: The Exhibition
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 3 November 2024
Curated by The Lowry, this exhibition will be the first of its kind and has been produced with the support of SIX and its creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. This new exhibition will ask "What kind of Queen are you?" and will start with a c...
HOME Film Pass
Wednesday 23 October - Tuesday 31 December 2024
See everything everywhere (almost all at once) with the new HOME Film Pass! Experience new releases at HOME, any time, as many times as you like for one monthly price. For just £18 you'll also get a range of perks to make the most of your ...
The Library of Enchantment
Wednesday 23 October - Tuesday 31 December 2024
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 ...
Discounted Vue Cinema Tickets
Wednesday 23 October - Tuesday 3 December 2024
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Vue Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: Yellow voucher - only £7.50: Vue Manchester Printworks. Vue Manchester Red Quayside. Vue Bolton. Vue ...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Wednesday 23 October - Saturday 30 November 2024
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 deliberat...
Kneecap (18)
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
★★★★ Belfast rappers Kneecap use the Irish language as their weapon in Rich Peppiatt's exhilarating comedy drama co-starring Michael Fassbender; a fictionalised origin story which is one of the funniest films of the year. ~ The Obs...
Shakespeare North - A Guided Tour
Wednesday 23 October - Tuesday 24 December 2024
Want to know more about why Shakespeare North Playhouse was built? Why in Prescot? Why it won 'Theatre Building of the Year 2023' at The Stage Awards? Look no further! On this Guided Tour through Shakespeare North Playhouse, you will be led...
The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Wednesday 23 October 2024 - Thursday 31 July 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...
The Outrun (15)
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
★★★ Saoirse Ronan earths Amy Liptrot's redemption memoir; the 2016 book, about a young alcoholic finding salvation back home in the Orkneys, was a prizewinning hit. ~ The Telegraph. --- In this adaptation of the best-selling, prize-wi...
The Substance (18)
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
★★★★ Demi Moore plays a fading Hollywood star whose career is set to be axed by misogynists when she's offered a secret new medical procedure in this grisly body horror caper. ~ The Guardian. --- Deliriously entertaining and ruthl...
Matthew Bamber - Dream Home
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 17 November 2024
Matthew Bamber explores themes of memory and trauma, greed and power, queerness, and identity in his work. Bamber operates within the framework of our image-saturated world, manipulating already altered images to pose new questions about ...
Phil Collins & Oleksiy Radynski - Intervention
Wednesday 23 October - Tuesday 31 December 2024
A collaborative project by Berlin and Wuppertal-based moving-image artist and filmmaker Phil Collins and Kyiv-based filmmaker and writer Oleksiy Radynski, co-commissioned by HOME and Manchester International Festival, re-contextualising th...
A Different Man
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
Edward's new dream face turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. ...
Milisuthando
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
Milisuthando is a portrait of the filmmaker and South Africa growing up together in the aftermath of apartheid....
The Apprentice
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
A provocative, electrifying portrait of Donald Trump and his mentor, Roy Cohn....
The Crime Is Mine
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
A struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a producer in 1930s Paris. A new life of fame, wealth, and celebrity awaits ? until the truth comes out....
The Wild Robot
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
This epic adventure follows the journey of a robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island...
Timestalker
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 October 2024
Alice Lowe turns her attention to science fiction tropes in Timestalker: a razor-sharp reimagining of the time-travel narrative which charts the age-old predicament of being a woman in love. ...
CPHT Manchester Hypnotherapy Diploma Course 2024
Wednesday 23 October - Wednesday 27 November 2024
Book a call on Zoom to chat about the next Solution Focused Hypnotherapy course, starts February 2024 in Manchester. One weekend per month x 10 months...
Paddy McGuinness
Thursday 24 October 2024
Making a long-awaited return to stand-up, one of the country's best-loved and most popular comedians, Bolton funny man Paddy McGuinness embarks on his first major UK tour since 2016, with his new show Nearly There... Paddy McGuinness is a m...
Vittorio Angelone
Thursday 24 October 2024
Viral sensation and all round great guy Vittorio Angelone is one of comedy's fastest-rising stars. Having started comedy in 2018 he has already cultivated a huge online following from stand-up clips and podcasts, regularly amassing millions...
Buster Keaton & Charlie Chaplin Double-Bill with Live Accompaniment
Thursday 24 October 2024
As the projector whirrs to life and the silver screen lights up, organist Darius Battiwalla and RNCM students perform a live improvised soundtrack to accompany two of silent cinema's most iconic comedy films. In Charlie Chaplin's The Immig...
Crown Ballet - Swan Lake
Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October 2024
The UK Premier of this ballet company from Moldova, Crown Ballet presents the most famous ballet of all time and the greatest of all romantic ballets with music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. The compelling legend of a tragic romance in which a ...
Mark Thomas
Thursday 24 October 2024
Jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song. If you don't know what he does ask your parents. In his time he has won awards (current total is now officially 'fuckloads'), forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and ...
Hugh Cornwell - An Animated Discussion
Thursday 24 October 2024
As part of a season of events celebrating the Lost Worlds Of Ray Harryhausen exhibition at Waterside, CIT presents this special event featuring Hugh Cornwell, one of the UK's leading musicians, a Ray Harryhausen aficionado and a keen supp...
Havisham
Thursday 24 October 2024
Written and Performed by Heather Alexander Direction and Dramaturgy by Dominique Gerrard If you knew my story, your heart would break too... 1825. A young woman, newly liberated from the deep-rooted effects of an abusive childhood, arrives ...
Oh Whistle - Two Ghost Stories by MR James
Thursday 24 October 2024
M R James is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. He first performed his supernatural tales to friends at Christmas in King's College, Cambridge. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad - a tale of nocturnal horror on th...
Musical Theatre Masterclass
Thursday 24 October 2024
A workshop developed specifically for young people aged between 8 and 12 to hone performance skills, exploring dance, vocal and character techniques. This fun and confidence building masterclass is delivered by professional musical theat...
LASH
Thursday 24 October 2024
A brand new play from the multi award-winning creators of Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me (★★★★★ - The Stage, and Winner of Adelaide Fringe Critics Circle Award), written and directed by acclaimed playwright Philip Stokes and starring ...
Baby &038; Carer/ Showing Up
Thursday 24 October 2024
Lizzy, a sculptor, tries to balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends ? all while preparing to open a new exhibition....
How We Have Loved + intro
Thursday 24 October 2024
In How We Have Loved, we journey to Sara Parkman's childhood home in the north of Sweden and into the creative process behind her new album...
Yogazise with Gemma Sanda Inhale Yoga Studio
Thursday 24 - Thursday 31 October 2024
Join Gemma Sanda for fun and energizing Yogazise classes that blend yoga and exercise, at Inhale Yoga Studio Hale Cheshire ready to book...
Love It If We Beat Them
Friday 25 - Saturday 26 October 2024
What is power without principle? And what are principles without power? It's Spring 1996, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United are riding high in the Premier League and Tony Blair's New Labour are gathering pace. Hope is in the air, and victory ...