Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Fri 1 May - Fri 7 Aug 2026
Even These Things
Friday 15 May - Monday 15 June 2026
'Do you think the city's forgotten?' Three centuries. Three moments in time. An epic story of Manchester and Ireland by multi award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey comes to the Royal Exchange Theatre 30 years after an IRA bomb devastated ...
Paczes & Lotek
Friday 15 May 2026
Comedians Paczes and Lotek are back - bigger, stronger and even more shameless Pacześ and Lotek are joining forces once again to blow away stages across Poland and Europe. The second part of this comedy tour is not just a continuation - i...
The Hallé - Chamber Series: Alexander Gadjiev
Friday 15 May 2026
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. Alexander Gadjiev makes his much-anticipated appearance in the Chamber Series wi...
Wake in Fright (18)
Friday 15 - Tuesday 19 May 2026
Raw and brutal in its depiction of Outback country drinking culture in the 1970s, Wake in Fright is an uncompromising landmark of Australian cinema. John Grant, a bored schoolteacher working in the remote outback, stops overnight in the fro...
BBC Philharmonic - Northern Lights
Saturday 16 May 2026
In this striking exploration of Nordic soundscapes, Chief Conductor John Storgards will flex every Finnish musical muscle as he leads the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra from the icy beauty of the Arctic to a Danish climax that revels in the raw...
Heated Rivalry Club
Saturday 16 May 2026
Inspired by the viral sensation this is a night built on tension, proximity, and the kind of chemistry you can't ignore. Throwback Events DJs will be spinning music from the Heated Rivalry soundtrack, your favourite edits, and a late-night ...
Funeral Teeth
Saturday 16 May 2026
Maybe you've lost your marbles... Or maybe you've found the most transformative piece of theatre that you'll see this year. Probably both. Nominated for a London Pub Theatres award in 2025 and debuted to rave reviews, the Succulent girlies ...
The Detective Dog
Saturday 16 May 2026
Tiny & Tall Productions, formerly Tessa Bide Productions, brings you Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie's well-loved story, The Detective Dog on stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences. Whether it's finding a lost shoe or discovering who ...
Griot Gang Collective - The Poetry Place Slam
Saturday 16 May 2026
Poets from The Griot Gang Collective come together for a night of live spoken word, where each person steps up to share their craft and compete for the Poetry Place Slam Championship. Each poet will have 3 minutes in front of a live audienc...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Saturday 16 May 2026
The Totally Improvised Musical returns. Every night is opening night as these top Mancunian improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. That's right; the story, songs, characters and "choreography" are all mad...
Absolutely Britney Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 16 May - Saturday 19 December 2026
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless cocktails, and all the Britney hits you can handle? Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party that was born to make you happy! This Britney special features the UK's number 1 Britney impersonator, sound-a...
K-pop
Saturday 16 May 2026
Sing your heart out to the biggest hits from everyone's favourite K-pop film - imagine the whole room singing together in one huge chorus....
Judi Love
Sunday 17 May 2026
Judi Love is back with a brand-new show, All About The Love, packed with home truths about the hustle of juggling parenting, work and everyday life. Known for her honesty and humour, Judi offers fresh insights into how a big heart nav...
The Hallé - Family Concert: Film Favourites
Sunday 17 May 2026
Lights, camera, ACTION! Join the Halle and entertaining presenter Tom Redmond for the magic of the movies, with a hand-picked selection of music from all your favourite family films. Performed live by your orchestra, this will be fun for al...
The Jury Experience - Diamonds, Lies and a Dead Man
Sunday 17 May - Friday 24 July 2026
You've been called for jury duty. Step into a thrilling courtroom drama where the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, analyze evidence, and ultimately decide... guilty or not guilty? Scandal brews as a disgraced ex-driver stands tr...
Gyles Brandreth: Can't Stop Talking
Sunday 17 May 2026
He?s back ? and he?s unstoppable. Gyles Brandreth just can?t stop talking. The jumper-loving This Morning star, who keeps popping up on Pointless, QI, Would I Lie To You?, Sunday Brunch, and The One Show, has been burbling and babbling sinc...
Paul Campbell - The Lost Tapes of Somerfield
Sunday 17 May 2026
As a socially isolated teenager, Paul found solace in the glorious aisles of his favourite branch of the 90s and 00s chain Somerfield. He looks at his obsession with the stores' mood lighting, staff call-out codes and refund policy and shar...
Hamza Yassin
Monday 18 May 2026
With his new show My Life Behind The Lens, star of Countryfile, Animal Park, Cbeebies, The One Show and, of course, the winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2022, Hamza Yassin takes to the stage to talk about his passion for wildlife, his fas...
Joe Tracini
Monday 18 May 2026
Ten Things I Hate About Me is Joe Tracini's new show about hope. It's also about mental illness, good liars, bad ideas, Lorraine Kelly and a gang lord forcing him to hold a raw chicken. But it's mostly about hope. He lives with a complex me...
Kiefer Sutherland
Monday 18 May 2026
Ol' fashioned denim-and-dusty-boots country rock from the quintessential Brat Packer. Kiefer Sutherland will be instantly recognisable to most as the award-winning star of the hit series 24, as well as the star of countless indellible big s...
Kiefer Sutherland
Monday 18 May 2026
Ol' fashioned denim-and-dusty-boots country rock from the quintessential Brat Packer. Kiefer Sutherland will be instantly recognisable to most as the award-winning star of the hit series 24, as well as the star of countless indellible big s...
Algorithm Party (CTBA) + Q&A
Monday 18 May 2026
In Algorithm Party, spoken word artist ?Roy? (PJ Smith) reimagines his debut publication of the same name for the big screen. Algorithm Party is an authentic, forthright glimpse into working class life, told with a blunt honesty with humour...
Strictly: The Professionals
Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 May 2026
Strictly The Professionals returns - bigger, bolder, and more breathtaking than ever. Take 11 world-class professional dancers from the hit TV series Strictly Come Dancing, a sensational live band, and powerhouse vocalists. Add show-stoppin...
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 May 2026
The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present a new version of the West End classic - rebooted and reimagined for 2026. All 37 plays. Three actors. One wildly funny show. The worldwide comedy hit returns with a brand-new, upda...
Arden School of Theatre - Voices XI
Tuesday 19 May 2026
An evening featuring the remarkable talents of 3rd-year Vocal Studies students from the Arden School of Theatre, conducted by The Arden's resident Musical Director, Robert Purvis. With classic musical theatre hits to chart-topping pop tunes...
Split Ends
Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 May 2026
Critically acclaimed tragi-comedy SPLIT ENDS (transferring from Brighton, Camden and Edinburgh Fringe) follows the story of a woman who falls in love with a Vacuum. Using physical theatre, puppetry and multi-media, this 'Sarah Kane Rave' ...
Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo (12A)
Tuesday 19 - Sunday 24 May 2026
Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world?s favourite female artist - beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen?s award-winning film is back in cinemas by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the curators of t...
Mike Wozniak
Wednesday 20 May 2026
New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that. As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskma...
One Breath Before The End
Wednesday 20 - Friday 22 May 2026
"It's always been the end." The sky's on fire and everything's falling apart. Out of options, inseparable trio Ash, Oliver, and Kieron have retreated to their old childhood hangout to figure out what the plan is - or whether there's even on...
Best of British: Jewish Culture Month (18)
Wednesday 20 May 2026
An entertaining and thought-provoking evening of some of the most outstanding British-Jewish short films commissioned by UK Jewish Film over the first quarter of the 21st century.?Screening in this programme:Beshert? (Dir. Lewis Rose) - Whe...
Jonathan Van Ness
Thursday 21 May 2026
Jonathan Van Ness is an Emmy-nominated television personality, New York Times best-selling author, podcaster, and hairstylist to the stars. He stars on Netflix's Emmy Award-winning reboot series "Queer Eye," where he shines as the hair guru...
Matt Haig
Thursday 21 May 2026
Matt Haig shares his latest novel, The Midnight Train, a magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library. Matt Haig is an internationally bestselling author of novels including the 12m copy selling internat...
The Hallé - Rush Hour: West Side Story Symphonic Dances
Thursday 21 May 2026
Kristina Arakelyan, dubbed internationally as 'one to watch' (Scala Radio), is one of today's most exciting composers, celebrated by audiences and critics alike for her music's serene and compelling honesty. What a treat we have in store to...
The Plumber (15)
Thursday 21 May 2026
Spending most of her days alone at home while her husband is away at work, a young anthropology student is troubled by repeated visits from her building?s gregarious repairman. Class conflict is fought through polite insults, perverse mind ...
Bluey's Big Play
Friday 22 - Sunday 31 May 2026
When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag. Bluey's Big Play is a brand-new thea...
Philharmonic Sessions: The Rite of Spring
Friday 22 May 2026
'Watching an orchestra in this way is a one of a kind experience. The classical music comes alive and is able to be appreciated for what it is - a dynamic, expressive medium'. Manchester Evening News The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra returns t...
Clinton Baptiste
Friday 22 May 2026
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...
Two Mr Ps in a Podcast
Friday 22 May 2026
Mr P has been a primary school teacher for over twelve years. He still works part-time in a school in Davyhulme and leads training in schools all over the UK and beyond. From sharing ideas and funny insights into life in the classroom, he h...
Two Mr Ps in a Podcast
Friday 22 May 2026
Mr P has been a primary school teacher for over twelve years. He still works part-time in a school in Davyhulme and leads training in schools all over the UK and beyond. From sharing ideas and funny insights into life in the classroom, he h...
Bruce Watson (Big Country)
Friday 22 May 2026
In A Big Country, an evening with Big Country's Bruce Watson. Big Country founder and guitarist, Bruce Watson, dominated the charts in the 1980s and has never looked back. Alongside singer Stuart Adamson, Watson and co enjoyed hits on both ...
Scott Bennett
Saturday 23 May 2026 - Wednesday 17 February 2027
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...
The Hallé - It's A Livin' Thing: The Music of Jeff Lynne's ELO
Saturday 23 May 2026
Experience the legendary Electric Light Orchestra's unique fusion of rock, pop and classical music as you've never heard it before, in this live orchestral celebration of Jeff Lynne's visionary music. Formed in 1970 in Birmingham UK, the El...
The Singing Mermaid
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 May 2026
3 - 8 year olds and their families will love this adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monk's hugely popular book, brought to life with beautiful puppetry and performance and music and songs by Barb Jungr (We're All Going On A Bear Hunt)...
Endless Love - The Show
Saturday 23 May 2026
Get ready for theultimatefeel-good show celebrating the music of legendary hitmakers Lionel Richie andDiana Ross. Starring a sensational castand packed with Motown classics and timeless smash hits such as 'I'm ComingOut', 'Dancing On The Ce...
Dirty Dancing in Concert
Sunday 24 May 2026
You fell in love with their first dance, now it's your turn to relive it. Dirty Dancing in Concert is a cinematic live-to-film concert event that brings the iconic love story back to the big screen, with a twist. Watch the digitally remaste...
London Concertante - Christmas Baroque by Candlelight
Sunday 24 May 2026
Celebrate Christmas with London Concertante as we perform a programme of stunning Christmas-themed Baroque works. Programme Corelli - Christmas Concerto Handel - Messiah Overture Torelli - Christmas Concerto Bach - Violin Concerto in A...
London Concertante - The Seven Sins of Tango by Candlelight
Sunday 24 May 2026
Discover tango like never before with The Seven Sins of Tango by Candlelight, a brand-new 2026 production featuring two champion dancers and a 10-piece ensemble from the world-renowned London Concertante. Straight from Argentina, this elec...
Dinosaur Adventure Live
Sunday 24 May 2026
65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure? This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. When a satell...
Top Secret - The Magic of Science
Monday 25 May 2026
Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hang on to your seats and experience a non-stop action packed interactive magical science show with experiments and magic that will capture the imagination Join Top...
