Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Thu 26 Mar - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Wed 21 Jan - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Sun 15 Mar - Fri 22 May 2026
Fri 20 Feb 2026 - Wed 17 Feb 2027
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Thu 19 Feb - Wed 18 Mar 2026
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...
Strictly Come Dancing - 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...
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' ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
The Singing Mermaid
Saturday 23 - Monday 25 May 2026
Did you ever go to Silversands?On a sunny summer?s day??Then perhaps you saw the mermaid?Who sang in the deep blue bayOne day, the singing mermaid is tempted away from all of her sea creature friends and her peaceful home at Silversands to ...
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...
The Sooty Show
Sunday 24 May 2026
Sooty heads into town in a spectacular new show to delight the whole family! Joining the nation's favourite bear will be the legendary Sweep and Soo. Sooty's guests include favourites Butch, Ramsbottom and Scampi . Completing the crew ...
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...
Waitress
Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 May 2026
"Treat yourself to a slice of five-star musical pie" (The Times) as Carrie Hope Fletcher (Calamity Jane, Heathers, The Addams Family) stars as Jenna in hit musical comedy Waitress!Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of so...
Spitfire Girls
Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 May 2026
INSPIRED BY REMARKABLE TRUE EVENTS"It's built for us, isn't it? The Spitfire. Built for women." New Year's Eve, 1959. Decades after answering the call, two women separated by the war meet again as the rain hammers down on the windows of ...
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift
Wednesday 27 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Murder comes to the countryside in the theatrical world premiere of the critically acclaimed television favourite Midsomer Murders. When well-loved spinster Emily Simpson is found dead in the picturesque village of Badger's Drift, her frien...
IN THE BRAIN
Wednesday 27 - Sunday 31 May 2026
Hofesh Shechter?s exhilarating new, full-length work for Shechter II, IN THE BRAIN, is a raw,?electrifying dive into movement, rhythm, and collective energy. A pulsing, urgent journey into?the depths of our consciousness?where stories disso...
Keith Brymer Jones & Marj Hogarth
Thursday 28 May 2026
Beloved Great Pottery Throw Down judge and ceramic designer Keith Brymer Jones returns to the stage with a brand-new show. Join Keith alongside his partner in life and crime, actor and designer Marj Hogarth, as they share stories of c...
Barbara
Thursday 28 May 2026
An immersive theatrical experience that sensitively explores the subject of dementia through the lens of how we care for those we love and how we care for ourselves. Barbara and Bernard will transport you, their guests, to a bygone era ...
Nation
Thursday 28 - Sunday 31 May 2026
Written and performed by Sam Ward, Nation is a storytelling show about the political power of stories, about the nation as an act of story and an act of imagination.?It?s about the act of nation-building as an act of violence. It?s about th...
NT Live/ The Playboy of the Western World (CTBA)
Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins ?anna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobh?n McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge?s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty?s life is turned upside down when a young m...
Shoot From The Hip
Sunday 31 May 2026
Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improvised comedy to town! Featuring chaotic games, epic scenes, and ever-so-slightly unhinged performances, their Metro, Evening Standard, and Time Out-recommended shows are comple...
The Good Life
Monday 1 - Sunday 7 June 2026
Remember the Goods - Tom and Barbara, suburban eco-warriors? And their next-door neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter, desperately trying to maintain the Surbiton status quo? Well, they're back - and on stage for the first time in The Good...
Malory Towers
Tuesday 2 - Sunday 14 June 2026
Darrell Rivers is starting school with an eager mind and fierce heart. Unfortunately, she also has a quick temper! Can she learn to tolerate the infuriating Gwendoline Lacey, or value the kind-hearted Sally Hope? Can she save the school pla...
Dear Evan Hansen
Wednesday 3 - Saturday 6 June 2026
"The most vital and important musical of a generation" (Daily Mail) with "a raw, relevant and exhilarating score" (BBC Radio London) from the songwriters of The Greatest Showman and La La Land. A letter that was never meant to be seen, a li...
Northern Ballet - Gentleman Jack
Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 June 2026
Masters of storytelling Northern Ballet bring to the stage the extraordinary story of Anne Lister - better known as Gentleman Jack. A powerful Yorkshire woman, it was only after her death when her secret diaries were decoded that a truly...
English Youth Ballet - Swan Lake
Friday 5 - Saturday 6 June 2026
English Youth Ballet perform full length productions of classical ballets with professional principal dancers in the leading roles in regional theatres across the UK, giving young dancers outside London an opportunity to perform within a pr...
ShxtsNGigs: Daddy's Home Tour
Friday 5 - Saturday 6 June 2026
Bag Policy Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag ? and it?s preferable you don?t, please make sure it?s small. Only one small bag per person...
David Sedaris
Saturday 6 June - Monday 6 July 2026
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humour writers. He is the master of satire and one of today's most observant writers addressing the human condition, and has made us ...
The Archers - Live at 75
Sunday 7 June 2026
Don your best hat, dust off your prize-winning jam recipe and join us for an unforgettable celebration of 75 glorious years of BBC Radio 4's The Archers. To mark this extraordinary milestone, The Archers is stepping out of the studio and on...
The Ballad of Johnny & June
Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 June 2026
Love is a burning thing, and no one burned brighter than Johnny Cash and June Carter. He was a small-town musician and storyteller with a voice that stirred the soul. She was the comedienne of the first family of country music. The Ballad o...
Annie
Tuesday 9 - Saturday 20 June 2026
The smash-hit West End production of Annie, the world's favourite family musical returns!Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan's orphanage. Her luck soon cha...
Sounds of the 60's Live with Tony Blackburn
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Join Tony as he presents an evening of 60s classics performed live by the Sounds Of The 60s All Star Band & Singers. Featuring the hits of The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, The Kinks, Elvis, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Otis Reddin...
Punk Rock
Tuesday 9 - Sunday 14 June 2026
From Manchester power-house playwright, Simon Stephens, Punk Rock is a brutal and urgent examination of contemporary adolescence. "I hate normal people. Normal people should be eviscerated." Tucked away in a library in a Stockport grammar s...
PEPPA PIG'S BIG FAMILY SHOW
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Peppa Pig and friends are back in their brand new live stage show!With a new arrival on the way the whole family are busy getting ready. With building and decorating work to be done, it's an oinktastic makeover and Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig, Dad...
London Concertante - A Night at the Opera
Thursday 11 June 2026
London Concertante present a sensational evening at the opera with an array of the finest opera arias and overtures, including works from Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, and Mozart - some of the best from Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca, The Bar...
Killer Couples featuring Emma Kenny
Thursday 11 June 2026
Killer Couples is not just another true crime show; it's a riveting exploration of romance gone horrifically awry. Emma unravels the complex psychology of couples who commit the unthinkable, transforming their intimate bond into a pact of d...
Sooshi Mango
Friday 12 June 2026
What began just nine years ago as three mates filming relatable ethnic-family sketches in their cars has evolved into one of Australia's most dominant comedy success stories. Brothers Joe and Carlo Salanitri, alongside lifelong friend Andre...
Amy & Carlos - Reborn
Sunday 14 June 2026
Having made a stunning return to the Strictly dancefloor, Amy Dowden MBE - accompanied by fellow sensational Strictly Come Dancing star Carlos Gu - truly feels Reborn. Join Amy and Carlos as they share an intimate portrait of their lives an...
Nikita Kuzmin - Supernova
Sunday 14 June 2026
Burn The Floor presents Strictly Come Dancing finalist and fan favourite Nikita Kuzmin, who takes centre stage in the explosive new dance spectacular Supernova. Created in collaboration with world-renowned choreographer and BAFTA award rec...
Something Rotten
Tuesday 16 June - Sunday 19 July 2026
IN A WORLD WITHOUT MUSICALS, TWO BROTHERS DARED TO DREAM A DREAM... Comedy, TV and musical theatre icon Jason Manford makes his highly anticipated return to the stage in fetching pantaloons as this UK Premiere production opens at Manchester...
I'm Grand Mam
Thursday 18 June 2026
I'm Grand Mam is the wildly popular Irish comedy duo made up of best friends Kevin Twomey and PJ Kirby. What began as two Cork lads chatting, grew into a cult-favourite podcast and live act loved for its warmth, wit, and razor-sharp ...
Forbidden Nights
Friday 19 June 2026
Having made their debut on Britain's Got Talent in 2015 and played to packed houses since then, the Forbidden Nights boys are still in high demand at theatres all over the country with an even bigger and hotter tour for 2023. Yes ladies, "C...
Pirate Princess
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 June 2026
For fans of circus, princesses, puppets, laughing, pirates and adventure! Poor shipwrecked Princess Poppy finds herself lost at sea in a most cumbersome ball gown. If only she could access a higher vantage point to see which way to swim! Tr...
My Fair Lady (Garrick Production)
Monday 22 - Sunday 28 June 2026
What a smashing, positively dashing finale to the 2025/2026 Altrincham Garrick Season - Lerner and Loewe's classic rags to riches tale, My Fair Lady. The musical follows Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower seller in Covent Garden, who by ...
Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 June 2026
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Car Man is back! Loosely based on Bizet's ever-popular opera, The Car Man has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures' repertoire. The familiar 19th Century ...
NT Live/ Les Liaisons Dangereuses (CTBA)
Thursday 25 - Saturday 27 June 2026
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton?s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, where among the glittering salons of the...
