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
Torvill & Dean
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May 2025
World-renowned figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, best known as simply Torvill & Dean, are world-famous figure skaters and former British, World, European and Olympic champions. In 2024, they announced their retirement ...
The Baddies
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May 2025
Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and presented by Freckle Productions & The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Meet the very worst Baddies in the world! Don't you dare to come too close to a witch, a troll and an ancient...
Scottish Ensemble - Impulse: Music in Motion
Friday 2 May 2025
A memorised, kinetic production of Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, performed by Scottish Ensemble and developed in partnership with choreographer Orjan Andersson. Bringing performers and audience into...
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story
Friday 2 May 2025
After phenomenal sell out tours, Walk Right Back is... BACK! From the Producers of That'll be the Day, the show tells the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers. Featuring hits such as Bye Bye Love, All I Have To...
An Evening With Crissy Rock - From Bedlam To Benidorm
Friday 2 May 2025
Best known for appearing on TV shows such as Benidorm, I'm A Celebrity and Celebrity Masterchef, Crissy Rock is better known to her fans as one of the most outstanding and outrageous stand up comedians of her generation. To celebrate over 3...
Murder Mystery Evening
Friday 2 May - Friday 19 December 2025
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 -...
Remythed
Friday 2 - Saturday 3 May 2025
The debut show of Bet'n Lev Theatre, Remythed takes myths and legends, reshapes and retells them. Stories in ways you've never seen them before; full of insight, dreams and wisdom that'll leave you joyfully questioning every story you've e...
Oracle - A New Writing Anthology
Friday 2 May 2025
Enjoy seven short scripts from up-and-coming new writers, from the politically poignant to the utterly nonsensical. 'Oracle' follows radical, queer, groundbreaking Quantum Egg Theatre's pioneer anthology night, 'Algorithm', with another gen...
Broadway Rave
Friday 2 May 2025
Calling all Musical Theatre nerds, drama geeks, actors, actresses, theatre lovers, and more! Welcome to Broadway Rave, a Broadway Dance Party celebrating the best in show-tunes and musical theatre. Come sing along to all of your favorite br...
The Library of Enchantment
Friday 2 May - Saturday 19 July 2025
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 ...
Blue Velvet (18)
Friday 2 May 2025
David Lynch's 1986 masterpiece of a sleepy small-town caught in the grips of the American Nightmare has lost none of its disquieting power. Colliding sensuality and violence, voyeurism and innocence, its dissection of the American psyche r...
Playreading Sessions
Friday 2 May - Friday 5 December 2025
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...
Andy Bell (Erasure)
Saturday 3 May 2025
Erasure's Andy Bell has announced a tour to support his new solo album, Ten Crowns. The shows will feature songs from the new album and favourites from Andy's solo catalogue alongside plenty of Erasure hits, and will see Andy performing wit...
Richard Herring
Saturday 3 May 2025
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed. Would h...
Brian Bilston & Henry Normal
Saturday 3 May 2025
Brian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter's unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 400,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community. He has published several collections of po...
Boy Toy Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 3 May - Saturday 1 November 2025
The Hottest Bottomless Brunch in Manchester is here... experience the full package! At Boy Toy Brunch they know how to have fun... The gorgeous Boy Toys - from male dancers and acrobats to waiters and performers - are here to please, and bo...
Bougie Drag Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 3 May - Saturday 6 December 2025
Bring it, queens! Every month, Manchester is the destination for the No.1 drag day out, presented by Manchester's leading queens Imani & Barb, plus regular guest queens. Together, they deliver their gag-worthy immersive performances and fie...
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (12A)
Saturday 3 May 2025
Star-studded Exclusive Documentary on the private and public life of Sir Ken Dodd featuring thoughts from his private notebooks - "Happiness is a frame of mind" THE REAL KEN DODD - The Man I Loved is an exclusive feature documentary film wh...
Family Art Stars
Saturday 3 May - Saturday 19 July 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/ Discovery Film Festival - Shorts for Wee Ones (U)
Saturday 3 - Saturday 10 May 2025
This collection of six short films will entertain younger children with a variety of stories and styles from around the world.A pufferfish tries to seem as big and strong as possible; Piglet and Cow have a blast ice-skating on a lake until ...
The Bollywood Big One
Sunday 4 May 2025
The biggest Bollywood stage show to take place across the globe, The Bollywood Big One will unite the creme of Bollywood superstardom on one stage. Bollywood royalty and silver screen heavyweight, Salman Khan, will join an ensemble of veter...
Curious Investigators
Sunday 4 May 2025
Curious Investigators from One Tenth Human is a cracking adventure created in collaboration with engineering experts from Lancaster University: a delightfully surprising, highly visual show for 3-7-year-olds and their grown-ups. Scribble an...
Strange, but True Crime with Jennifer Rees
Monday 5 May 2025
Join us for a stranger than fiction night of true crime with ex-forensics lecturer Jennifer Rees who explores the world's most shocking and unbelievable cases. Jennifer's previous theatre tour, The Psychology of Serial Killers, was a huge h...
Floridita Dance - Free Salsa Taster Class
Monday 5 May - Monday 30 June 2025
Ever wanted to learn Salsa but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner is required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their c...
Aakash Odedra Company - Songs of the Bulbul
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Leicester's award-winning international dance company Aakash Odedra unites with musical greats, Abi Sampa, Sarthak Kalyani, Rushil Ranjan and forty of Manchester Camerata's musicians for a unique live orchestral performance of Songs ...
A Night at The Oscars - A Musical Revue
Tuesday 6 - Sunday 11 May 2025
Every year Hollywood pats itself on the back and celebrates its best films, best performers and best songs! A Night at the Oscars tells the story of the Golden Age of Hollywood through song, dance and stories! Enjoy the fabulous music of Ge...
Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 31 May 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...
A Beginners Guide to Widowhood
Tuesday 6 May 2025
A Beginner's Guide to Widowhood is a dark, but uplifting one-woman show exploring the experiences of young widows, loss, and why it's okay to talk about death. Suria has lost her husband (she hasn't misplaced him or anything - he's dead) J...
Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
Tuesday 6 May - Tuesday 24 June 2025
Ever wanted to learn Bachata but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their co...
Drawing Course
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Learn and master techniques for capturing facial features, expressions, perspectives, and the interplay of light and tone. Unleash your creativity and elevate your drawing skills in our engaging, popular drawing course! Designed for all le...
Little Reads
Tuesday 6 May - Tuesday 1 July 2025
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...
Psycho (15)
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Marion Crane, a real estate secretary in Phoenix, goes on the run after stealing $40,000 from her employer. Heading for the safety of her boyfriend?s house in California, Marion?s escape is delayed by a storm that forces her to take refuge ...
XS Malarkey with Stuart Laws and Chloe Radcliffe (previews)
Tuesday 6 May 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...
Kevin Hart
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Emmy and GRAMMY-nominated comedian Kevin Hart has confirmed the next leg of his stand-up comedy tour "Acting My Age." Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he launched his career as a comedian during an amateur night at ...
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films filled with extreme journeys, untamed characters and captivating cinematography from the world's most prestigious mountain film festival as it heads on a...
Björk: Cornucopia (CTBA)
Wednesday 7 - Tuesday 13 May 2025
Bj?rk: Cornucopia, the highly anticipated concert film recorded live in Lisbon, captures the celebrated artist?s groundbreaking tour that mesmerised audiences worldwide for five years.?This unique cinematic experience immerses viewers in Bj...
Manchester Improv Wednesdays
Wednesday 7 - Wednesday 14 May 2025
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...
Nikita Kuzmin - Midnight Dancer
Thursday 8 May 2025
Ukrainian-Italian dance star Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show to the stage. Rising star of Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show, Midnight Dancer to the stage on his first ever solo U...
Opera della Luna - The Mikado
Thursday 8 - Saturday 10 May 2025
Opera della Luna's 30th Anniversary celebrations continue with a revival of the company's legendary production of The Mikado, its most colourful and popular production ever. This astonishing and inventive company have achieved nation-wide r...
Of Mice and Men (Garrick Production)
Thursday 8 - Sunday 18 May 2025
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place... with us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us." George and...
Trygve Wakenshaw - Silly Little Things
Thursday 8 May 2025
Trygve Wakenshaw brings his hilarious mime-clown-comedy show. Light and silly, absurd and Dada, and a sort of autobiographical, introspective look at all the silly little things that can make or break a friendship. Ranked in the top 5 of be...
This is Not my Beautiful House
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 May 2025
A story of myth, legend and identity, This Is Not My Beautiful House is a one-person play in the Irish language, with English surtitles. Suitable for anyone interested in queer identity, Irish history, or theatre generally, the show revolv...
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe
Thursday 8 May 2025
Here he is! Yorkshire's biggest bastard. For 1 night only! Join owner and MC of The Misty Moon (working men's club in Rotherham/portal to hell) for a slap-up feast of laughs, tricks and mucky bitter. Can Frankie save showbiz? Can he protect...
Lowry CAT - Open Dance Class
Thursday 8 - Thursday 22 May 2025
Calling all young people aged 8-14 who love to move! Take part in inspiring dance classes to develop your dance ability and unleash your artistic creativity. Experience how dancers train at Lowry. Classes are led by Lowry Centre for Advanc...
Ocean with David Attenborough (CTBA)
Thursday 8 - Thursday 15 May 2025
Ocean with David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the?ocean. In Ocean, the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals h...
