Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Thu 26 Mar - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Wed 30 Apr 2025 - Fri 13 Feb 2026
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Based on Brian Helgeland's iconic 2001 film (originally starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany), A Knight's Tale, the brand-new comedy musical, charges into Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere, prior to the West End. From the Prod...
Mary Poppins
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 17 May 2025
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's spectacular production of the classic multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS will embark on a 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour from November. Acclaimed Australian stars, Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers repris...
Jason Manford
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons. The Manchester comedian has been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn't...
Death of a Salesman
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 3 May 2025
One of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman explodes onto the stage in this fresh new production led by acclaimed actor David Hayman (Sid and Nancy, Dad's Army). This timeless, powerful story tak...
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Wednesday 30 April - Sunday 18 May 2025
A frenetic adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet haunted by Radiohead's Hail to the Thief. Shakespeare's great tragedy and Radiohead's seminal album collide for a feverish experience that fuses theatre, music, and movement. In this frenetic di...
Abigail's Party
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 24 May 2025
Mike Leigh's tragicomic masterpiece ABIGAIL'S PARTY has garnered cult status across the decades. In the Royal Exchange's distinctive space, award-winning Director Natalie Abrahami draws on the unique in-the-round stage to create an intima...
North By NorthWest
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Theatre legend Emma Rice takes on film legend Alfred Hitchcock in this riotously funny reworking that turns the original thriller on its head. It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mist...
The 39 Steps
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Brilliantly bonkers and hilarious adaptation of Hitchcock's iconic thriller. Follow the dashing Richard Hannay as he embarks on a thrilling adventure filled with daring antics, romantic encounters and ghastly murders. Get set for a whirlwin...
Gods of Salford
Wednesday 30 April 2025
In their 25th year, Lowry celebrate the trailblazers, dream chasers and change makers who have been part of our story so far and will undoubtedly shape our future, the inspirational young people in our city. GODS OF SALFORD is a Lowry Comm...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Wednesday 30 April - Wednesday 31 December 2025
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...
Vignettes - Letters to the NHS
Wednesday 30 April - Sunday 4 May 2025
Presented by HER Productions, Vignettes is an evening of six short plays by established and emerging female-identifying Manchester-based playwrights, inspired by whatever they choose. Vignettes returns in 2025 with a very special 'Lette...
One to One: John and Yoko (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★ Kevin Macdonald's immersive collage is a pop culture fever dream; a collection of staggering TV clips and amazing audio of Lennon and Ono's life in 1970s NYC, this film is a mosaic of countercultural moments. ~ The Guardian. -...
Little Gem
Wednesday 30 April - Sunday 4 May 2025
An Altrincham Garrick production of Elaine Murphy's multi-award winning play. Love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes. Three generations of Irish women. One extraordinary year. Happy-go-lucky Amber, fresh out of school, is high on life, d...
Adventures in Wonderland
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday 19 July 2025
Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure with Adventures in Wonderland at Z-arts! Created by Z-arts in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books, step into Alice's shoes and have your very own magical Adventure i...
Behind the Scenes Tours
Wednesday 30 April 2025 - Wednesday 24 June 2026
Enjoy a tour of Stockport's magnificent 1932 Art Deco Super Cinema and Variety Theatre. Many of the greatest stage and screen stars of yesteryear and the modern day have appeared in person on stage or on the giant silver screen at The Plaza...
The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Wednesday 30 April - 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...
April (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★ Shocking violence is tempered by strange, silent sequences in the much-admired Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili's sophomore feature about an obstetrician under investigation, which has echoes of The Piano Teacher. ~ The Gu...
Cloud (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★ Kiyoshi Kurosawa's bizarre internet action thriller descends into a hail of bullets. ~ The Guardian. --- Ryosuke Yoshii works at a small factory and makes money on the side as a reseller operating under the pseudonym "Ratel." He deal...
Flow (U)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★★ Mysterious and magical, this Oscar-winning survival adventure is an animation worthy of Studio Ghibli. ~ Time Out --- Winner of the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, Flow is the latest film from the boundless imag...
Holy Cow (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★ A bittersweet treat. Louise Courvoisier crafts a moving tale about cheese-making and coming of age, set in the rural French region of Jura. ~ Little White Lies. --- 18-year-old Totone spends most of his time drinking beer and p...
HOME Film Pass
Wednesday 30 April 2025 - Wednesday 1 April 2026
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 ...
Julie Keeps Quiet (12A)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★ A star player at an elite tennis school decides to stay silent when the head coach is suspended in Leonardo Van Dijl's absorbing tense movie of things unsaid and subjects avoided. ~ The Guardian. --- Chosen as the Belgian entry...
La Haine (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★★ Mathieu Kassovitz's celebrated story of inequality in a Paris banlieue is an effervescent classic which radiates with rage and comedy. ~ The Guardian. -- Mathieu Kassovitz's provocative, compelling and landmark drama - resto...
Pride & Prejudice (U)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★ It must have been daunting to bring Jane Austen's period drama to the big screen for the first time in 65 years. Not only is the 1940 Laurence Olivier/Greer Garson version seen as a classic, but it was also followed by a number...
Sinners (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★ Ryan Coogler's sexy southern gothic horror is a blast; Michael B Jordan stars as twin 1930s mobsters in the Black Panther director's phenomenal-looking, blues-infused supernatural tale. ~ The Observer. --- From Ryan Coogler-...
The Penguin Lessons (12A)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★ Here is a well-meaning, awkward tonal jumble of a movie, based on the bestselling memoir by former teacher Tom Michell; it is a quirky true-story heart warmer, in which an adorable penguin is apparently supposed to redeem not merely ...
The Return (15)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★✭ Uberto Pasolini's minimalist adaptation of the gory closing chapters of Homer's epic poem eschews witches, monsters and goddesses in favour of PTSD. There are no frills. ~ Irish Times. --- After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph F...
Treading Water (18)
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★ Not for the faint-hearted, a Mancunian in supported housing uses heroin to manage his intrusive thoughts in this hard-hitting, well-researched but horribly violent examination of mental health issues. ~ The Guardian. --- A raw and...
Imran Perretta: A Riot in Three Acts
Wednesday 30 April - Sunday 8 June 2025
This spring HOME will present A Riot In Three Acts an exhibition by artist, filmmaker and composer Imran Perretta, combining sound, sculpture and performance to reflect on the narratives of our urban spaces and the social inequality and rac...
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 31 July 2025
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...
Discounted Cineworld Cinema Tickets
Wednesday 30 April 2025 - Friday 2 January 2026
Buy your Cineworld cinema tickets in Manchester at a reduced price: "Group 1 Tickets" from only £5.49 (saving up to £1.50 per ticket): Cineworld Bolton - [click here]--- "Group 2 Tickets" from only £8.99 (saving up to £4 per ticke...
Discounted Odeon Cinema Tickets
Wednesday 30 April - Thursday 31 July 2025
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Odeon Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: From £6.99 Monday to Thursday (saving up to £6 per ticket), or £8.99 any day of the week ...
Discounted Vue Cinema Tickets
Wednesday 30 April - Wednesday 9 July 2025
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 Tickets" from only £6.50: Vue Manchester Printworks - [click here]Vue Manchester Red Q...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Wednesday 30 April 2025
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...
Art Stars (Reception - Year 2)
Wednesday 30 April - Friday 18 July 2025
Art Stars is a great activity for young people who enjoy making stuff!A great introduction to art, you?ll learn the basics of art in a fun and relaxed environment. You can try lots of different art techniques including drawing, painting, ce...
Imaginary Friends
Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 May 2025
Welcome to the warped mirror world of Imaginary Friends, the new solo show by award-winning writer-performer Daniel Bye, exploring everything from grief, morality and the end of the world, to authenticity in the contemporary media landscape...
Julian Clary
Thursday 1 May 2025
Julian Clary, renowned homosexual and national trinket, is fixing to saddle up and head on out for his 2024 UK tour. "Yes, it has a Western theme," the old buckaroo confirms, sipping Bourbon from a pint tankard. "It was only a matter of tim...
An Audience With Mick Miller
Thursday 1 May 2025
Mick Miller is a comedy legend who first came to fame on ITV's "New Faces". Having won his heat, the Liverpudlian started getting more theatre work and that led to the TV producer, Johnnie Hamp selecting him to become a regular on the hit ...
Paul Young
Thursday 1 May 2025
Paul Young broke into the big time 40 years ago when No Parlez went to number one and spawned iconic hits like Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home). More success followed with the number one album The Secret Of Association and the worl...
Roxanna Panufnik In Conversation
Thursday 1 May 2025
Part of the RNCM's In Focus series, inviting trailblazing composers to Manchester. Behind the scenes, they work closely with the college's students, culminating in a compelling day of performances. Meet Polish-British composter Roxanna Panu...
Dee Allum
Thursday 1 May 2025
She's here! She's queer! Her parents are sort of used to it!Fresh, exciting, and overall, just happy to be here, Dee is the greatest transgender comedian her small village has ever produced. This debut stand-up show is about reconciling wit...
Hedda Gabler
Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 May 2025
By Henrik Ibsen, version by Patrick MarberDirected by Sean Aydon Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free... This is the story of a woman so unhappy, she'll set the world on fire just to watch it burn. Ibsen's masterpiece is re-i...
Abigoliah Schamaun
Thursday 1 May 2025
London-based New York comedian, actor and writer, Abigoliah Schamaun is frank, funny, and unapologetic. Her unbridled charisma and comedic skill have taken her all over the world cementing her place as one of the top female headliners on th...
Alcotraz Prison Cocktail Bar
Thursday 1 May - Monday 1 December 2025
This is the immersive cocktail bar behind bars, where the serving inmates are your bartenders, the guards are crooked and you become a part of the story. Once convicted, inmates are taken into an exciting world of mischief as they are fi...
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (12A)
Thursday 1 May 2025
★★★★★ One of the best documentaries you'll see in 2025 and it hits the genre's bullseye: leaves you wanting to know more about its subject. There'll be another rake of books to add to that list too. ~ RTE. --- A candid portrait of...
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 1 May - Thursday 4 September 2025
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
Strangers on a Train (PG) + Intro
Thursday 1 May 2025
After a chance meeting on a train, two strangers find themselves locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.?Guy, an aspiring tennis star, wishes to divorce his unfaithful wife; while Bruno, a wealthy but deeply disturbed socialite, wants rid...
Strength Body And Mind
Thursday 1 May - Saturday 25 October 2025
The Strength Body and Mind Class is ideal for anyone looking to build physical strength while also calming the mind....
Fastlove Speed Dating - Lesbians Ages 21-40
Thursday 1 May 2025
A classic speed dating event, specifically for lesbians aged 21-40. Shake up your social life with the timeless charm of classic speed dating in a laid-back, casual, and invigorating atmosphere. In just 3 to 5 minutes per date, you'll have ...
Fastlove Speed Dating - Lesbians Ages 35-55
Thursday 1 May 2025
A classic speed dating event, specifically for lesbians aged 35-55. Shake up your social life with the timeless charm of classic speed dating in a laid-back, casual, and invigorating atmosphere. In just 3 to 5 minutes per date, you'll have ...
Murder Mystery - Death in the Shadows
Thursday 1 May - Monday 1 December 2025
Step into the shoes of the city's best detective in this phone app-based game. On a ghost tour gone wrong, famous travel blogger Bella Wanderlust is found dead. Was it her jealous boyfriend? The eccentric tour guide? Or someone lurking in t...
