WHAT'S ON AT HOME, MANCHESTER
What's On at HOME, Manchester
Home Manchester is a bustling venue that boasts two theatres, five cinemas and an arts centre with gallery. It is one of the few UK venues that produces, commissions and presents work across all mediums of film, theatre and visual art. Home opened in 2015, merging the Cornerhouse and Library Theatre Company into one space. Theatre 1 has a seated capacity of 500, whilst theatre 2 is 150 in a flexible studio space.
Home Mcr hosts drama, dance, film, visual arts, new commissions, education and workshops. It showcases and works alongside both international and UK artists, with a keen eye on promoting local work. Home has premiered numerous projects, including work by local writer and actress Eve Steele.
Home has many shows, events and productions to look forward to including The Home We Made, The Lightening Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical, The Last Picture, Crime and Punishment, Tales From Acorn Wood Live, I, Daniel Blake, Malory Towers, and Thespians, . See what's on at the Home Mcr below and book tickets online.
Home Manchester is a bustling venue that boasts two theatres, five cinemas and an arts centre with gallery. It is one of the few UK venues that produces, commissions and presents work across all mediums of film, theatre and visual art. Home opened in 2015, merging the Cornerhouse and Library Theatre Company into one space. Theatre 1 has a seated capacity of 500, whilst theatre 2 is 150 in a flexible studio space.
Home Mcr hosts drama, dance, film, visual arts, new commissions, education and workshops. It showcases and works alongside both international and UK artists, with a keen eye on promoting local work. Home has premiered numerous projects, including work by local writer and actress Eve Steele.
Home has many shows, events and productions to look forward to including The Home We Made, The Lightening Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical, The Last Picture, Crime and Punishment, Tales From Acorn Wood Live, I, Daniel Blake, Malory Towers, and Thespians, . See what's on at the Home Mcr below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at HOME, Manchester
The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical
HOME
Wed 11 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Thespians - Greece The Musical (But not that one)
HOME
Mon 6 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
What's On at HOME, Manchester
Freaky Friday
Theatre 1
Wednesday 7 - Sunday 11 January 2026
The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, which has captured the hearts of generations, comes to HOME with its UK stage premiere next year. When an overworked mother and her t...Avatar: Fire and Ash (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 January 2026 - Wednesday 6 January 2027
James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new sci-fi adventure. As the Sully family comes to terms with tragedy, deadly new threats emerge which put the future of Pandora?s inhabitants in grave danger.?This work contains...L'Atalante - 4K Restoration (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 - Thursday 15 January 2026
A timeless masterpiece of love and yearning, L?Atalante was the only full-length film made by Jean Vigo before his tragic early death. The film is now considered to be one of cinema?s very greatest works. Dita Parlo stars as a young bride w...Marty Supreme (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 January 2026 - Wednesday 6 January 2027
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. Marty Supreme follows his journey from playing for bets in Manhattan to winning 22 major titles and becoming the oldest to win a national...Peter Hujar's Day (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 - Thursday 15 January 2026
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the stunning new film from Ira Sachs, a richly cinematic rendering of the meeting of acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar and writer and artist Linda Rosenkrantz. Recorded in 1974, Hujar describes the rout...Roots in the Sky
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 January - Monday 7 December 2026
Roots in the Sky is the first institutional curatorial project by British-Nigerian artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones. This pivotal exhibition brings together new and recent works by ten contemporary artists whose practices span the United States, ...Sentimental Value (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 January 2026 - Wednesday 6 January 2027
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has...Song Sung Blue (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 - Thursday 15 January 2026
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams. Starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson....The Shining - 45th Anniversary (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 January 2026 - Tuesday 5 January 2027
Aspiring writer Jack Torrance travels to a remote Colorado hotel with his wife and son to take up the position of winter caretaker. In a place haunted by ghosts from the past, which his gifted son becomes all too aware of, Jack gradually lo...Playreading Sessions
Event Space
Friday 9 January - 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...Hamnet (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 9 - Thursday 15 January 2026
Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, struggles to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet ? the grief driving a wedge between the couple. Shakespeare, meanwhile, channels the tragedy and his sorrow into his work, creating H...The Wind (12A) + live score
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 10 January 2026
A young woman from the east, played in a spellbinding performance by Lillian Gish, arrives in the desert of West Texas and moves in with her cousin, where her presence causes tensions. There, she has to fight the elements, the oppressive he...The Wind (CTBA) + live score
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 10 January 2026
A young woman from the east, played in a spellbinding performance by Lillian Gish, arrives in the desert of West Texas and moves in with her cousin, where her presence causes tensions. There, she has to fight the elements, the oppressive he...Becoming Victoria Wood (15)
Cinemas
Sunday 11 - Tuesday 20 January 2026
Bury-born Victoria Wood remains one of Britain's most cherished entertainers - a comic genius whose work reshaped the landscape of British humour. But behind the joyous persona - the singer, the satirist, the sharp-witted writer - lay a you...Film Course: French New Wave
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 14 January 2026
Coinciding with the release of the release of Nouvelle Vague (Richard Linklater 2025) this course will offer an overview of the French New Wave introducing key films and actors who emerged at the end of the 1950s, offering some insights int...
Mothers Who Make
Event Space
Thursday 15 January - Friday 4 December 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...Next Stop Somewhere (18)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 17 January 2026
In Next Stop, Somewhere, filmmakers James Lee and Jeremiah Foo explore the personal struggles of emigration in all their intimacy and complexity through two parallel stories of separation and connection. Huang, a Hong Kong actor endures a t...Royal Opera/ La traviata (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 18 January 2026
At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young ...NT Live/ Hamlet (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 22 - Saturday 24 January 2026
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare?s famous tragedy.?Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultima...Queerpanorama (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 22 January 2026
Premiered at Berlinale 2025 and awarded Golden Horse Best Director 2025, Queerpanorama is a tender and introspective exploration into Hong Kong?s queer lives, led by a riveting and revelatory performance by Jayden Cheung in his acting debut...Bande à part (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 25 January 2026
Franz and Arthur, a couple of streetwise chancers, team up with the shy Odile to plan a robbery. As the trio of misfits roam the cafes of suburban Paris, do a lightning tour of the Louvre, and play-act shoot-outs, the suspicion grows that t...The Home We Made
Theatre 1
Wednesday 28 January - Sunday 1 February 2026
Maybe it starts with a brew that never gets finished, a laugh shared under the rain, or a stranger who turns into someone you can't imagine life without. For moments like these, a city is built. From voices like these, a story begins. The H...Breathless (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 28 January 2026
After a car theft goes drastically wrong, small-time crook Michel must go on the run from the police. Arriving in Paris, Michel reconnects with Patricia, an old flame, and the pair plan to escape to Italy. But the police are closing in... J...Cult/ Who Are You Polly Maggoo (18)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 30 January 2026
Polly Maggoo is the world?s hottest model; an American icon worshipped at the altar of Parisian haute couture at the height of the cultural revolutions of the 1960s. Polly is pursued by everyone. Fanatical men, the love-struck prince of a f...Bulk (15) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 31 January 2026
When an over-zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far - his brane explodes. Thats ?brane? not ?brain? - but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan is sent in - kicking an...Spacked Out - 25th Anniversary (18)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 1 February 2026
On the 25th anniversary of its release, we celebrate Spacked Out ? a rarely-seen landmark of Hong Kong independent cinema and a vivid time capsule of early 2000s fashion and culture. Channelling the punkish energy of 1990s productions like ...Khartoum (18)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Five lives, one city, a nation at war.A civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer and two street boys. Five stories from Sudan weave together in search of freedom through animated dreams, street revolutions and a war from ...My Night with Maud (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 5 February 2026
The film that propelled Eric Rohmer to international acclaim remains one of the finest achievements of his career. My Night with Maud tells the story of a chaste and conservative thirty-something who sees a woman that he believes will be hi...Obscura
HOME, Manchester
Friday 6 - Saturday 7 February 2026
A bold and original double-bill from Manchester?s Company Chameleon, Obscura dancesbetween light and darkness, exploring the hidden corners of self and society.A powerful and nuanced trio, delicate and explosive in equal measure, Umbra, spo...Artefacts of Interaction: Artist-led workshop with Will Belshah
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 February 2026
Led by Manchester-based artist Will Belshah, this workshop is an invitation to explore art as a space for connection and recovery through collaborative art making. RECOVERIST = recovery + activist. Informed by Artefacts of Interaction, an e...
July Rhapsody - 4K Restoration (18)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 8 February 2026
Brimming with serene beauty, July Rhapsody by Hong Kong director Ann Hui and scriptwriter Ivy Ho is a profound and soothing tale about how one paddles through life?s chaos like the Yangtze river. On the surface, Lam leads a successful life ...Tim Vine: Rocker 'Brella Fella (U) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Monday 9 February 2026
It?s Tim Vine in a brand-new, rocking Plastic Elvis feature film! Featuring 26 original new songs and a silly toe-tapping tale that?ll send your spirits soaring. Sam Salono returns home to Widestairs because the family umbrella business is ...Jules et Jim (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Starting just before the Great War and spanning three decades, Fran?ois Truffaut?s hugely popular classic depicts one of cinema?s most captivating love triangles. Two best friends ? the Austrian Jules and the French Jim ? vie for the object...The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical
Theatre 1
Wednesday 11 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling novel by Joe Tracz, writer of Be More Chill, and with an electrifying rock score by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the perfect adventure for gods and mortals alike. Wh...House of Comedy
Theatre 2
Friday 13 - Saturday 14 February 2026
For one night only, enjoy a lineup of budding stars making waves in the comedy scene alongside nationally celebrated headline acts. House of Comedy night welcomes everyone, from die-hard comedy fans to those just looking for a last-minute l...Royal Ballet/ Woolf Works (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 15 February 2026
Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds ? her heightened, startling and poignant reality.?Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf?s signature stream of ...The Last Picture
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Imagine yourself in a theatre in 2026. Now picture yourself as a Year 9 student on a school trip. And then, as a citizen of Europe in 1939, as history takes its darkest turn. While you imagine, Sam will be by your side. Sam is an emotional ...Oxventure
Theatre 1
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 February 2026
With all things table-top, from Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra, the massively successful video game channels devoted to Dungeons & Dragons, Blades in the Dark, One-Shot Wonder and more, The Oxventurers Guild make their triumphant return wit...Golden Time
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 26 February - Sunday 1 March 2026
How do we incentivise our joy? Do we feel like our free time has to be earned?Golden Time is a primary school incentive rewarding free time and play for good behaviour. Kate?starts working in a primary school and experiences this reward sys...Golden Time (and Other Behavioural Management Strategies)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 February 2026
How do we incentivise our joy? Do we feel like our free time has to be earned?Golden Time is a primary school incentive rewarding free time and play for good behaviour. Kate?starts working in a primary school and experiences this reward sys...Creative Tiny Humans
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 28 February - Saturday 28 November 2026
Join us in the Creativity Corner for our baby and toddler group drop in session to enjoy crafts, chats and creativity. Expect making for tiny hands, stories and most importantly PLAY. Join artist and community facilitator Phoebe Foxtrot on ...NT Live/ The Audience (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 1 - Tuesday 3 March 2026
Returning to the big screen for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit production, The Audience, directed by Stephen Daldry. For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with...Saara El-Arifi & Rosie Hewlett
Theatre 2
Tuesday 3 - Wednesday 4 March 2026
Join the award-winning, bestselling author behind FAEBOUND, Saara El-Arifi and Sunday Times bestselling writer Rosie Hewlett for an evening of history, mythology and feminist storytelling. In conversation together, Saara and Rosie will unpa...An Evening with Rosie Hewlett and Saara El-Arifi
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Join the award-winning, bestselling author behind FAEBOUND, Saara El-Arifi and Sunday Times bestselling writer Rosie Hewlett for an evening of history, mythology and feminist storytelling. ?In conversation together, Saara and Rosie will unp...Cleo From 5-7 (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Agn?s Varda?s classic Cleo From 5-7 captures Paris at the height of the 60s. Expertly crafted and intriguingly told, the film unfolds in real time following a singer whose life is in turmoil as she awaits a test result from a biopsy. As Cle...
Tim Key
Theatre 1
Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 March 2026
 Comedian and poet Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme) again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show, Loganberry. Bit gutted he's old. Guzzling continental lager. Magneti...Box Of Tales
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 March 2026
World-famous magical explorer Professor Jigget has been on yet another story-collecting adventure. This time, he's managed to squish and squash all of his new stories into one big Box of Tales. Surely nothing can go wrong with that now... c...Royal Ballet/ Giselle (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 8 March 2026
The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing an...Othello (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 11 - Sunday 15 March 2026
Shakespeare?s Othello rages to life like never before in a compelling new production starring David Harewood OBE, Toby Jones OBE and Caitlin FitzGerald. Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris OBE with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story o...Eastbenders
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 12 - Sunday 15 March 2026
We're coming to Manc to throw a big East End bash with the most iconic Albert Square residents as you've never seen them before... Get the bubbly out of the fridge, because we're taking the East all the way North, and turning HOME Theatre i...Dungeon Crawler Carl
Theatre 1
Monday 16 - Tuesday 17 March 2026
 New York Times bestselling author Matt Dinniman and legendary voice actor Jeff Hays are hitting the road with the highly anticipated Dungeon Crawler Carl LIVE TOUR, bringing the wildly popular book series to the stage for the first time...Crime and Punishment
Theatre 1
Thursday 19 - Sunday 22 March 2026
In the heart of a bustling city, a penniless student murders in cold blood. He is caught in a spiral of paranoia and delusion as a cunning detective circles. Only the chance of love offers a way out. Â What drives a young man to murder? Th...Mr Wilson's Second Liners: Blowout 2026
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 19 - Friday 20 March 2026
An eruptive night of live dance musicMr. Wilson?s Second Liners kick off the year as they mean to go on, banging out 90?s dance classics for the local, loyal, diehard ravers. ?Blowout the old and be the first to hear their new arrangements....A Grain of Sand
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 March 2026
Adapted from A Million Kites: Testimonies and Poems from the Children of Gaza by Leila Boukarim and Asaf LuzonRenad, a young Gazan girl, embarks on a dangerous journey. Carrying only the echoes of her grandmother?s tales and the spark of he...Bog Witch
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 March 2026
Following a hugely critically acclaimed London run, legendary performance artist Bryony Kimmings (I?m a Phoenix, Bitch, Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model, Fake It Till You Make It) brings her hit show ?Bog Witch? to HOME Manchester for...Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 2 - Friday 3 April 2026
Alasdair Beckett-King is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning?stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation. Come?vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses?and meet the King of Crumbs! As...The City for Incurable Women
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 April 2026
??Ladies and Gentlethem ? feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn't work? Try The City for Incurable Women!Paris, 1880s. In a psychiatric hospital, female patients performed ?hysteri...Tales from Acorn Wood Live
HOME, Manchester
Friday 3 - Monday 6 April 2026
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's beloved Tales from the Acorn Wood Stories are brought to life on stage for the first time in an enchanting lift-the-flap experience. Poor old Fox has lost his socks! Are they in the kitchen or inside the...Royal Opera/ Siegfried (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 5 April 2026
Raised by a dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into ench...IDOL WORSHIP - An Evening with Mink Stole & Peaches Christ
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 April 2026
An intimate, revelatory, and heartfelt cabaret show starring living legend and cult film icon Mink Stole alongside San Francisco drag impresario, filmmaker Peaches Christ is coming to HOME MCR. Mink and Peaches have been close friends for o...
How to get to HOME, Manchester
HOME Frequently Asked Questions
2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN
There are number of car parks close to Home Manchester. The closest car park is Q-Park First Street.
If you pre-book online, use code HOMEMCR25 to receive a discount of 25%.
The nearest train stations are Deansgate (approximately a 6 minute walk) and Oxford Road (approximately a 9 minute walk).
The nearest tram stop is St Peter's Square (approximately a 4 minute walk) or Deansgate Castlefield (approximately a 6 minute walk).
Theatre 1 has a seating capacity of 500. Theatre 2 has a capacity of 150.
Please contact Home directly. Click here for further details.
If you would like to buy a ticket in person from Home, their box office opening hours are 12.00 - 20.00. Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here.
When we know of a duration of a show, we add it to the description of the show on our event pages. For example, on our Wicked event page, after the description of the show we have added the duration of the show in large capital letters. If the time isn't listed, we do not have the information yet. We update our pages daily so it maybe a case of knowing closer to the performance itself, so keep checking.
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Most Popular Shows and Events at HOME, Manchester
The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical
HOME
Wed 11 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Thespians - Greece The Musical (But not that one)
HOME
Mon 6 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
