Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Fri 1 May - Fri 7 Aug 2026
Dawson's Academy of Dance & Stage - Tonight's The Night
Wednesday 15 April 2026
A spectacular variety show of Dance, Singing and Musical Theatre performed by the pupils of Dawson's Academy of Dance and Stage. Established in Bolton in 1987, Dawson's has grown from small beginnings into one of largest and most respecte...
Innocent Sorcerers (18)
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Following his lauded war trilogy, Andrzej Wajda turned his camera on Poland?s socially modern but politically disengaged post-war generation. When hipster doctor Bazyli meets out-of-towner Pelagia in a nightclub, they spend a night in his f...
Lucy Darling
Thursday 16 April 2026
Award-winning performer Carisa Hendrix stars as charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast Lucy Darling as she continues her vivacious vagabond voyages with Simply Darling - a touring variety show featuring her razor-sharp wit, unquestion...
Factory Spotlight: After the Applause
Thursday 16 April 2026
Celebrate season two of local podcast After the Applause with an exclusive live show Join the team behind After the Applause for a live show at Aviva Studios, as they kickstart season two of the popular Manchester podcast. Watch two Q&A pan...
National Theatre Live - All My Sons (15)
Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 April 2026
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller's classic play All My Sons, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge)....
Terrifier 1
Thursday 16 April 2026
Step into the twisted world of horror as we host an exclusive screening of Terrifier at Live at 13 Bar. For one night only,...
Gandeys Circus By Night
Friday 17 April 2026
Circus By Night - The Ultimate Adult Thrill Ride Returns for Its All-New 2026 Tour Get ready-Circus By Night is back and bolder than ever for its brand-new 2026 tour. This electrifying after-dark spectacular from Gandeys Circus is crafted e...
The Halle - The Best of John Williams
Friday 17 April 2026
Legendary film composer, John Williams' music has inspired and captivated audiences worldwide for decades: from the iconic, spine-tingling themes of Star Wars and Jurassic Park to the enchanting melodies of Harry Potter and E.T. the Extra-T...
Matt Parker
Friday 17 April 2026
Matt Parker talks a lot of maths. He's a NYT best-selling author and sold-out stand-up performer. But now it's time he does the maths. Really gets in there and gives the maths a good doing. It's time he programmes his own Christmas tree lig...
Bingo Lingo
Friday 17 April 2026
Taking bingo, shaking all the dust-out and turning it into one mad, confetti-filled, party-bingo night of mayhem, this is Bingo like you've never experienced before. You'll be sat at a table with all of your friends playing bingo in a f...
Murder Mystery Evening
Friday 17 April - Friday 18 December 2026
Nothing works up an appetite like exercising those brain cells. So bring your best detective skills and join us for a night of mystery and murder on one of our stunning heritage steam trains. If you love Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes -...
ButtTootKing
Friday 17 April 2026
From RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17, it's America's favourite couple and their friend - Lydia B Kollins, Suzie Toot and Kori King - together as BUTT TOOT KING - the wildest, most unhinged drag show ever! Expect scandal, stupidity, and show-...
Macharia - Soul Safari
Friday 17 April 2026
Step into Soul Safari, an immersive concert with singer Macharia, blending her own original compositions with Kenyan coastal and Kikuyu folk traditions. With music in Swahili, Kikuyu, and English, Macharia invites the audience on a journey ...
Leila Navabi - Relay
Friday 17 April 2026
A bold, joyful punk-musical one-person show about making a queer family on your own terms, written and performed by award-nominated comedian, writer and composer Leila Navabi. The critically acclaimed show was included in The Guardian'...
Under the Iron Clock
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 April 2026
"Under the Iron Clock", inspired by Georg Kaiser's 'From Morn to Midnight', follows the story of an everyman who grows tired of the corporate machine that traps society. He breaks free, running from the law and the collector, as he hunts fo...
Bluey at the Cinema: Playdates with Friends (U)
Friday 17 - Friday 24 April 2026
Bluey at the Cinema: Playdates with Friends Collection is an hour of fun that features eight episodes from across the three beloved series of Bluey, each celebrating play and imagination with friends and family!The compilation showcases som...
Departures (18) + Q&A
Friday 17 April 2026
It?s instant chemistry when Benji encounters Jake at an airport departures gate. Their on-going relationship unfolds through intimate trips to Amsterdam, revealing a complex power dynamic.?Inspired by true life events, what begins as thrill...
Departures (CTBA) + Q&A
Friday 17 April 2026
It?s instant chemistry when Benji encounters Jake at an airport departures gate. Their on-going relationship unfolds through intimate trips to Amsterdam, revealing a complex power dynamic.?Inspired by true life events, what begins as thrill...
Trompe l'Oeil - The Musical
Saturday 18 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
Trompe l'Oeil is an American drag queen's journey through a surreal Wizard of Oz / 2016 American landscape - with drag kings and queens, jaw-dropping sex fiends and flying bats and trampolines! Not to be overlooked is the show's lyri...
Scott Bennett
Saturday 18 April 2026
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...
Australia's Thunder From Down Under
Saturday 18 April 2026
For over 30 years, Australia's Thunder from Down Under has been the ultimate girls' night out! Direct from Australia, and with a 25-year residency on the Las Vegas strip, these all-Aussie heartthrobs have transformed male revue into a world...
Candlelight Babies - Classical Sounds to Stimulate Little Minds
Saturday 18 April 2026
Candlelight Babies is a new educational experience launched in Manchester. Bask with your baby in the glow of a thousand candles as gentle classical melodies, adapted for tiny ears, spark early development and create tender bonding moments ...
Buff Bingo Drag Brunch
Saturday 18 April - Saturday 19 December 2026
If your idea of brunch involves dancing on your chair, shouting at bingo cards, and being served by buff butlers, you're in the right place. Buff Bingo Drag Brunch is pure, unfiltered fun-a daytime party that doesn't hold back. Go big with ...
The Freshwater Five
Saturday 18 April 2026
Inspired by the wildly popular Guardian Today in Focus podcast, The Freshwater Five incorporates spectacular storytelling, verbatim accounts, inventive stagecraft, poetry and song. In 2011, five fishermen on the Isle of Wight (Jamie Green...
Family Film/ Goat (PG)
Saturday 18 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
Will, a small goat with big dreams,?gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play?roarball???a high-intensity, full-contact sport?dominated by the fastest,?fiercest animals in the world.?Will?s new teammates aren?t thrilled about...
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
Sunday 19 April 2026
After mesmerising audiences across the USA and Europe, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight is set to electrify the UK once again. Prepare for a spellbinding 90-minute spectacle that infuses iconic Rock & Metal anthems with a hauntingly beauti...
Ben Hart
Sunday 19 April 2026
Following sold-out shows around the world, The Remarkable Ben Hart returns with a brand-new show - his most astonishing and impossible yet. Prepare to have your reality rewritten with a brand-new mind-bending theatrical experience from t...
Iain Lee - Impostor Syndrome
Sunday 19 April 2026
TV's Iain Lee invites you to commemorate his 30 years in showbusiness. He used to have impostor syndrome, believing he didn't deserve his success. Now at 52, Iain is starting to question his long held belief and consider the possibility tha...
Rose of Nevada (15) + Q&A
Sunday 19 April 2026
In a forgotten fishing village, a boat mysteriously appears in the old harbour. The Rose of Nevada, lost at sea with all hands 30 years ago, has returned. For the few who remember, it?s a sign. The boat must go out to sea again, maybe then ...
Akala
Monday 20 April 2026
Step into an unflinching night of truth, history and hope with one of Britain's most formidable voices, Akala. A BAFTA / MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, best-selling author, historian and social entrepreneur, Akala has garnered a reputa...
NT Connections 2026 Day 1
Monday 20 April 2026
Wildfire RoadA story about a generation whose future has been hijacked. ?The whole play takes place on a flight from London to Tokyo. ?There?s a hijacker on board and the flight is re-directed to Siberia and in the process saving the lives ...
The Shepherd and the Bear (15)
Monday 20 - Thursday 30 April 2026
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and the Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to f...
I, Daniel Blake
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Dan is a carpenter. A Geordie through and through. Just on the mend after a heart attack. Katie has just arrived from London. Finally got a council house for her and the kids. A fresh start. I, Daniel Blake is one of the most important stor...
Noughts & Crosses
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman and adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz from Pilot Theatre is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world. Winner of Excellence i...
The Animals
Tuesday 21 April 2026
What happens when imagination becomes survival? Set inside a youth custody classroom, The Animals is a fierce, poetic and deeply human play about identity, anger, compassion - and the stories we tell ourselves to survive systems that refuse...
The Fit Prince
Tuesday 21 - Sunday 26 April 2026
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before [insert public holiday here]) Following the sold-out, award-winning shows Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Awkward Produ...
BOYS by Ella Hickson
Tuesday 21 April - Friday 8 May 2026
The Kings would like to announce their latest production of their inaugural season, BOYS by Ella Hickson. Hickson's firecracker play makes it's Manchester premiere at The King's Arms from 21st April - 8th May 2026. It's the final day for th...
Adventures in Wonderland
Tuesday 21 April - Wednesday 22 July 2026
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...
Youth Theatre Taster Session
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Aged between 7 and 17 and want to find out more about the Octagon's Youth Theatre sessions? Then try this FREE taster session ahead of the next term. The weekly youth theatre sessions support young people to develop drama skills, work wi...
NT Connections Festival 2026 Day 2
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Macbeth,Macbeth,Macbeth,Macbeth,Macbeth. When an alarm is deliberately set off during their GCSE drama exam, a group of students find themselves in detention. As they struggle to navigate the seemingly endless tasks they?ve been set as puni...
The Maids of Wilko (18)
Tuesday 21 April 2026
After the death of a close friend and on the cusp of entering middle age, Wiktor returns to the family property of his youth. There, he reconnects a group of sisters with whom he spent an idyllic summer 15 years prior, discovering the exten...
Carlos Acosta's Carmen
Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Created by Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta, this version of Carmen is set to Rodion Shchedrin's orchestration of Bizet's opera score, injected with Cuban music and danced by Acosta's impressive Havana-based company.A flamenco-Cuban-ballet c...
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Spring Symphony
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Elegant and virtuosic, Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major is celebrated for both its charm and technical brilliance, filled lyrical melodies, high-register passages and rapid runs. Schumann's Symphony No. 1 'Spring' arrives as a burst of fre...
One Night In Dublin
Wednesday 22 April 2026
The Wild Murphys invite you to Murphy's Pub for one glorious night of high-energy Irish music and more than a little bit of Irish craic. The multi-award-winning Irish band The Wild Murphys features the very best Irish musicians playing a th...
Milap Dance - Timeless
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Timeless is Milap's celebration of Indian dance - a stage where exceptional artists offer fresh creative voices within centuries-old traditions. This year features Elena Catalano (Odissi), Kinga Malec (Kathak), and Santosh Nair (Bha...
National Theatre Live - All My Sons (15)
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller's classic play All My Sons, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge)....
