THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Wed 26 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hallé St Peter's
Fri 5 Dec 2025 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience in Manchester. In this live theatre show, YOU are the jury-the power to deliver justice is entirely in your hands. You'll examine every piece of the puzzle, from witness t...Manford's Comedy Club
Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Saturday 29 November 2025 - Saturday 31 October 2026
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...Dirty Dancing Bottomless Brunch
Freight Island, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Nobody Puts Brunch Baby in the Corner! Get the gang together and get those group chats ready, because Brunch Baby are hosting a massive 'Dirty Dancing' themed Bottomless Brunch and you're all invited! Prepare yourselves for the ultimate br...Ariana Goes Wicked Brunch
Area, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
A spellbinding fusion of pop perfection and Broadway magic at this live vocal show by the UK's no. 1 Ariana Tribute, Hariana, and her dancers. It's going to be a "Defying Gravity" experience with a show-stopping performance by the UK's #1 A...Family Art Stars
Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 29 November - Saturday 6 December 2025
Families that learn together, grow together. We are very excited to continue our Family Art Stars sessions every Saturday! Come down, muck in and make some art as a family, spending quality time and learning new techniques. No skill is requ...Family Film/ CBeebies Panto 2025: Cinderella (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 29 November - Saturday 6 December 2025
Sparkling with CBeebies stars, this unique adaption of pantomime classic Cinderella is full of music, magic and festive fun for all the family. Join Cinderella, Buttons and some funny new characters for a story that celebrates finding your ...Family Film/ CBeebies Panto 2025: Cinderella (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 29 November - Saturday 6 December 2025
Sparkling with CBeebies stars, this unique adaption of pantomime classic Cinderella is full of music, magic and festive fun for all the family. Join Cinderella, Buttons and some funny new characters for a story that celebrates finding your ...Baby Mosh - Funk and Soul Special
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Groove into winter with a dance floor packed full of funk and soul classics. Guaranteed to get little feet moving....Frost Festival
Pennington Flash Park, Wigan
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 November 2025
K.C Artisan presents Frost Festival in association with Wigan Council and Pennington Flash Nature Reserve....Santa Meet and Greet
Pennington Flash Park, Wigan
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 November 2025
Santa meet and greet including a small gift....Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth
The Royal George, Oldham
Sunday 30 November 2025 - Sunday 25 January 2026
Held on the last Sunday of every month at The Royal George, Greenfield, a large country pub set in the stunning Saddleworth countryside, Off The Rails comedy night hosts some of the biggest names in comedy. Attracting eager comedy fans, fro...Wes Banderson - The Music of Wes Anderson
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 November 2025
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...Bad Shabbos (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
David and his soon-to-be-converted fianc?e, Meg, dread an upcoming Shabbat dinner at the Upper West Side home of David?s parents, Ellen and Richard. They have their reasons: Meg?s Catholic parents have been invited, neurotic Ellen is known ...
Astley Santa's Grotto - 30th of November
Astley Hall Coach House And Park, Chorley
Sunday 30 November 2025
Come and meet Santa as he visits Astley Hall in the run up to Christmas...C-Street Christmas Market & Light Switch On
West African Dance Class with Jokeh Sillah
The West Indian Community Centre, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Traditional West African dance class. Vibrant, energetic, joyful Live djembes and dunduns with the brilliant Iya Sako and Tanante ...Alcotraz Prison Cocktail Bar
Alcotraz Manchester, Manchester
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...Murder Mystery - Death in the Shadows
Manchester Central Library, Manchester
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...Hans Zimmer
Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The multiple Oscar and Grammy Award winner Hans Zimmer enters The Next Level - and brings Europe with him! The Next Level promises a completely new show featuring groundbreaking electronic soundscapes and a spectacular light production t...Dreamers (15)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
After fleeing persecution at home, Nigerian migrant Isio is sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her asylum plea will receive a fair hearing. Isio believes the only way out is to play by the rules, even when her charismatic ne...Gallifrey Cabaret Presents It's Behind WHO
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 December 2025
IT?S BEHIND WHO!The Doctor has crash-landed further than they?ve ever been before? PANTO LAND! Oh yes they have!But with time (and space) running out, and questionable puns reaching critical levels, can the universe be saved? Or is this one...XS Malarkey with Headliner TBA
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Tuesday 9 December 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possible to k...The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 3 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
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. ...Love Actually In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson...British-Jewish Life on Film 2025 (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
An evening of entertaining, poignant and life-affirming films about British Jewish life commissioned by UK Jewish Film.?Films in this programme:?To Fly or Float (dir. Charlotte Peters) - Birmingham, 1979. Newly-orphaned Eva moves in with he...The Hallé - Rush Hour: Nutcracker Selection
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Hear the magic of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, conducted by Maria Seletskaja, Music Director of the English National Ballet. From the 'Chinese Dance' (Tea), through the 'Trepak', to the 'Arabian Dance', Tchaikovsky's abridged score of the ...
Jack Off The Beanstalk
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Tuesday 30 December 2025
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...First Thursday Comedy
The Met, Bury
Thursday 4 December 2025 - Thursday 5 March 2026
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. ...Mothers Who Make
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025 - Thursday 5 November 2026
A peer support group and creative exchange session for mothers who are artists - professional and/or passionate - writers, painters, actors, dancers, filmmakers, photographers... every kind of maker welcome, and every kind of mother. The se...The Man in Grey (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Having been a successful writer in 1930s British cinema, Leslie Arliss began working as a director in the following decade. With The Man in Grey, released in 1943, he was able to gather a collection of rising stars - including Margaret Lock...Just the Tonic Comedy Club Manchester Special with Clinton Baptiste
The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Thursday 4 December 2025
PERFORMINGClinton Baptiste, Aaron Wood, Sally-Anne Hayward, Roger MonkhouseClinton Baptiste - ?Namaste?shalamah?shakattack? Clinton Baptiste. Medium, Clairvoyant, Psychic"Aaron Wood - "Absolutely brilliant" - Tim VineSally-Anne Hayward - "E...Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
Lowry, Salford
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
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...Snowstorm - Wish
Trafford Centre, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
"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...Aladdin
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
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...Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
St Philip's Church Salford, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
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 ...Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Roll up! Roll up! The Circus is in town! Dame Gertie Dollop runs a Circus show with her son - Silly Billy, but they have fallen on hard times particularly with the dastardly Ringmaster Heinkel, owner of the rival 'Circus of Horrors' up to h...Manford's Comedy Club
Northwich Memorial Court, Northwich
Friday 5 December 2025 - Friday 2 October 2026
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...Altrincham Garrick Play Reading Club
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 5 December 2025
If you like theatre... no, if you love theatre, drama, comedy, musical theatre, play reading, poetry and much more and would relish the opportunity to meet new people, then the new 'Altrincham Garrick Play Reading Club' is for you. Here is ...Playreading Sessions
HOME, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025 - Saturday 7 November 2026
HOME's popular Playreading group meets on the first Friday of most months. The sessions, which are open to all, offer an opportunity to read and discuss plays that are linked to our theatre productions, or discover new plays from local tal...This Above All: Back-of-House Tech Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 5 December 2025
Get an exclusive insider's look at the inner workings of our Shakespearean Cockpit Theatre on this immersive, behind-the-scenes tour. Enjoy rare, behind-the-scenes access to our technical gallery and over-stage areas, offering a unique view...
Mondo Queero: The People's Joker
Carlton Club, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
We will be screening Vera Drew's rebellious and autobiographical The People's Joker as part of The Festival of Community Cinema....Horwich Allstarz Family Night
The Bridge Hotel Horwich, Bolton
Friday 5 December 2025
Horwich Allstarz 1st family night Fun games and laughter and mini awards night Raising money for the club and costumes for our next show...Robin Hood
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
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 ...The Hallé - Messiah
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Grammy winner Jeannette Sorrell is joined by some of the country's finest opera stars and the Halle Choir for an innovative and theatrical production of Handel's classic. Jeannette Sorrell's approach to Handel's Messiah has been universally...The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Saturday 11 July 2026
Few things are more magical than hearing the world's most breath-taking classical music being performed live by a brilliant orchestra in beautiful surroundings, by the flicker of candlelight. This experience comes to life when the city's...The Pied Piper of Hamelin
