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The Top 10 Most Popular Shows in Manchester

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Want to know what's hot at the theatre in Manchester at the moment?

Well, these are the Top 10 most sought after theatre shows, plus the most popular comedy gigs and music concerts on ManchesterTheatres.com right now...

(week ending Thu 23 Apr 2026)

TOP 10 THEATRE SHOWS

1) Double Indemnity

2) Bank of Dave The Musical - World Premiere

Lowry Lyric Theatre, Salford Quays
2 - 16 May 2026.
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3) The Karate Kid The Musical

4) Private Lives

5) The Mystery of Banksy - A Genius Mind

6) Luminiscence

7) Wating for Godot

8) Billy Elliot The Musical

9) Annie

10) Bluey's Big Play

11) Manchester Card Show

12) Something Rotten

13) Amy & Carlos Reborn

14) Waitress

15) Miss Saigon

16) Six

17) Even These Things

18) Trompe l'Oeil - The Musical

19) Dirty Dancing

20) Back to The Future The Musical

21) The Choir of Man

22) Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift

23) Our Public House

24) Legally Blonde

25) English Youth Ballet - Swan Lake

26) Bubble Planet

27) The Prat Pack

28) High School Musical

29) Return to the Forest

30) English National Opera - Angel's Bone

31) A Christmas Carol

32) Horrible Science - Cosmic Chaos

33) Strictly - The Professionals

34) The Sorcerer's Apprentice

35) Teechers

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
5 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026.
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36) Paranormal Activity

37) The Crucible

38) Murder For Two

39) Sylvia

40) The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O'Connor

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TOP 5 COMEDY SHOWS

1) Peter Kay

AO Arena, Manchester + Bolton Albert Halls
9 Jul - 8 Aug 2026.
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2) Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

3) Murder, She Didn't Write

4) An Idiot's Guide to Wine

5) Simon Brodkin

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TOP 5 MUSIC SHOWS

1) Day Fever

2) Manchester Camerata at Victoria Baths

3) Hallé - It's A Livin' Thing: The Music of Jeff Lynne's ELO

4) Sienna Spiro

5) The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

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