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
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What's On at HOME, Manchester
Mrs Dalloway
Theatre 1
Saturday 26 September 2026
The must-see adaptation of Virginia Woolf's masterpiece novel. The immersive new stage version of Woolf's classic novel has been co-created by award-winning director Jen Heyes and Olivier Award-winning writer and performer Kit Green who al...BULL
Theatre 2
Saturday 26 September 2026
Deafinitely Theatre's second adaptation of a play by Mike Bartlett, following the critically acclaimed and sold-out production of Contractions in 2017 which won the Off West End award for Best Production. Bull is presented in the company's...National Theatre Live - The Misanthrope (15)
Cinemas
Saturday 26 September 2026
 Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Moliere's classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn't always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lie...Dog-friendly Screening/ Sense and Sensibility (U)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 27 September 2026
Please ensure you have read the Terms and Conditions and House Rules before your visit, ?to ensure everyone has a good time. Please contact info@homemcr. org with any questions.??Sense and Sensibility follows Elinor and Marianne Dashwood a...Le Boucher (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 27 September 2026
A schoolteacher and a butcher strike up a tender, tentative friendship in a small P?rigord village, just as a series of murders unsettle the local community.A work of extraordinary restraint, in which the landscape itself seems to harbour ...Extra Geography (CTBA) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Monday 28 September 2026
Flic and Minna are best friends and high achievers at a girls? boarding school, fiercely focused on their futures and making it into the best possible university. But their friendship and universe are challenged when they decide to become ...Juste avant la nuit (18)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 29 September 2026
A man accidentally kills his mistress and returns to his ordinary life, waiting, with mounting dread, to be found out. But nobody seems to be looking ? and his wife has good reason for wanting him to remain quiet. Claude Chabrol?s most pit...Othello
Theatre 1
Wednesday 30 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
Director Anthony Almeida's new production looks afresh at Shakespeare's iconic tragedy - as much about love as it is about hate. A secret marriage. The brink of war. Fact and fiction. It's not just black and white. Fear, passion and parano...Bel (15) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 30 September 2026
In the summer of 2021, Kenyan-Scottish, singer and songwriter Beldina Odenyo is on the cusp of stardom. Hailed as a fierce, uncompromising artist with a voice that can silence a room, she is working on her eagerly awaited debut album. In O...Michael Spicer
Theatre 2
Thursday 1 October 2026
Michael Spicer, the online sensation who brought you the award-winning viral hit The Room Next Door, brings another hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satirical stage show packed with sketches, short films and stories about why we're w...Rondallas (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 1 October 2026
Two years after a tragic shipwreck that devastated their small fishing community, a village on the Galician coast of Spain decides to revive their traditional music ensemble and compete in the annual regional music contest. Following in th...Rum
Theatre 2
Friday 2 - Saturday 3 October 2026
Written & Performed by Joe Mallalieu, RUM is a darkly humorous and powerful new award-winning play that wrestles with masculinity, mental health and addiction in the trade. Meet Danny, plastering since he was a kid, he's not scared o...Playreading Sessions
Event Space
Friday 2 October - Friday 4 December 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 ta...Queer Up North presents: The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 2 October 2026
Celebrate the launch of the Queer Up North digital archive with this one-off screening of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and the premiere of a new documentary short It?s Queer Up North: Saving the Show. The Adventures of ...Cotton Queen (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 3 October 2026
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development pl...
Cotton Queen (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 3 October 2026
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development pl...Family Film/ Stitch Head (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 3 - Saturday 17 October 2026
It?s monster time! In a castle laboratory high above a little town, a Mad Professor brings monstrous creations to (almost)-life? then promptly forgets all about them. So who looks after the castle? Who takes care of the monsters? Who teach...Quadrophenia (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 4 October 2026
By day, Jimmy Cooper is a disaffected teenager trudging through the working week at a dead-end job in 1960s London. By night, he dons a sharp suit, pops pills and seeks thrills on his scooter alongside a gang of fellow Mods. With the bank ...Quadrophenia (15) + Living for Kicks
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 4 October 2026
By day, Jimmy Cooper is a disaffected teenager trudging through the working week at a dead-end job in 1960s London. By night, he dons a sharp suit, pops pills and seeks thrills on his scooter alongside a gang of fellow Mods. With the bank ...Masterclass with Simon Cornwell + Networking
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 6 October 2026
How does a major British story travel from the UK to audiences across the world - and particularly to Asia?As part of Odyssey 2026, we are delighted to welcome Simon Cornwell, Co-CEO of The Ink Factory and Executive Producer of The Night M...UK Premiere/ Generation Trust (CTBA) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 6 October 2026
What happens when young people are trusted to lead?Generation Trust is an inspirational documentary that follows five Youth4Climate awardees, from Liberia, Uganda, Pakistan, Colombia, and Bolivia, as they tackle the climate crisis in their...LFF: Opening Night Film/ Elsinore (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Simon Stone?s film, written by Stephen Beresford (Pride), details Ian Charleson?s decision to step into the National Theatre?s production of Hamlet following Daniel Day-Lewis? departure. Scott, who so movingly portrayed a man wracked by gr...M (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Peter Lorre?s first major screen role was also his greatest, as the compulsive child murderer on the run from both a desperate, frustrated police force and Berlin?s far more ruthless criminal underworld. Made two years before Hitler came t...Babylon (18)
Cinemas
Thursday 8 October 2026
Directed by Damien Chazelle, Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, and with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart. A tale of outsized ambition and...Florence Peake: Vitalities
HOME, Manchester
Friday 9 October 2026 - Sunday 31 January 2027
See Florence Peake's latest exhibition in ManchesterVitalities is HOME?s Main Gallery exhibition of new work by internationally acclaimed artist Florence Peake. Her practice explores the choreographic potential between movement and product...LFF: Wild Horse Nine (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 9 October 2026
On the cusp of dictator Augusto Pinochet taking power in Chile, a trio of CIA agents snipe and bicker as they await the ?go? date on their part in yet another military coup. However, against the stunning natural beauty and mysterious ancie...Christopher Hall
Theatre 2
Saturday 10 - Wednesday 14 October 2026
Showman, Jester, Attention Chaser, come with Chris on the ultimate hometown holiday night out. Â From your 1.5 star hotel, he'll give you a hilariously fun soiree and have you tucked up back in bed at a sensible time. Christopher Hall, onc...LFF: I Love Boosters (18)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
Corvette is an aspiring fashion designer and leader of The Velvet Gang, a group of ?boosters? who rob clothes from fashion entrepreneur Christie Smith?s boutiques. But when Smith steals one of Corvette?s designs, The Velvet Gang are pushed...LFF: Ray Gunn (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
In an alternate 1939, in the giant futuristic city of Metropia ? a corrupt world where aliens are the dominant species ? down-trodden PI Ray Gunn investigates a murder. But all is not what it seems.?Brad Bird (The Incredibles, The Iron Gia...LFF: La Bola Negra (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 11 October 2026
Spain, 1932. A young man awaits to see if he has secured membership of the local casino. In 1937, a young nationalist soldier guards a republican prisoner. Jump to 2017 and an unexpected document is inherited by an historian from his grand...
LFF: Possible Love (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 11 October 2026
A chance meeting introduces filmmaker Ye-ji to Mi-ok?s family, whose lives have been affected by her husband?s unemployment. They?re perfect subjects for her documentary on workers who have been made redundant, leading them to spend more t...MLF presents Gruffalo Granny Celebration (U)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 11 October 2026
Enjoy a magical big screen adventure as we celebrate the first new Gruffalo story in over 20 years, and the return of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's much-loved characters. Start your afternoon with a screening of The Gruffalo and The...Rich Hall
Theatre 1
Monday 12 October 2026
 Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoirs, Nailing It, and 2024 tour Shot From Cannons, Montana's transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling musical interludes and an ever-formidable ...The Magic City: Birmingham according to Sun Ra (18)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 12 October 2026
On May 22, 1914, Herman Poole Blount arrived on Earth in Birmingham, Alabama - known as The Magic City - a segregated industrial town in the rural South. After leaving for Chicago at the age of 32, he would become Sun Ra, one of the most e...All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 13 October 2026
The North-East of England: fisherman Stan Rennie and generations before him have worked the same stretch of coastline, where the river meets the sea, for centuries. So when a vast tide of poisoned crabs and lobsters washes ashore like a bi...All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea (CTBA) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 13 October 2026
The North-East of England: fisherman Stan Rennie and generations before him have worked the same stretch of coastline, where the river meets the sea, for centuries. So when a vast tide of poisoned crabs and lobsters washes ashore like a bi...LFF: Fatherland (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 14 October 2026
In 1949, Erika (a superb Sandra H?ller) is accompanying her father, Nobel laureate author Thomas Mann, on a literary tour through West and East Germany. As family tragedy strikes, it becomes apparent that the spiritual healing Mann deems e...MLF presents Owen Jones
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Journalist, author and commentator Owen Jones (Chavs, The Establishment) discusses his provocative new book The Fall of the West, exploring what he describes as an era of political, economic and social crisis. Challenging popular explanati...LFF: Josephine (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Eight-year-old Josephine (an astounding performance by newcomer Mason Reeves) knows that she saw something bad, but struggles to find answers. Her parents (a brilliant Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan) grapple with how to comfort her.?Weaving...Team Viking
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October 2026
A comic ode to death, friendship, and the absurdity of life. Ten years ago, my best friend Tom was diagnosed with heart cancer and given three months to live. His last wish was to have a full Viking burial. So I gave him one. Team Viking t...Danny Boyle
Cinemas
Friday 16 October 2026
During this discussion, the director of films such as Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, and upcoming feature Ink will discuss a career that has placed him among the most successful British filmmakers. Following a successfu...LFF: Ink (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
In 1969, Rupert Murdoch acquired British tabloid The Sun, hiring gifted editor Larry Lamb to change the paper?s fortunes. Out of this devil?s pact, British journalism and society was forever changed. Boyle?s kinetic cinematic energy is mat...Irish Film Morning/ Báite (CTBA) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
Peggy Casey is preparing for a big weekend of fishing and her pub, Tigh Chasey, will be full to the door. She desperately needs the business. Summer is coming to an end and it has been a few months since it rained. As a result, the water l...LFF: Fjord (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
An evangelical family move to a small Norwegian town.?Their seemingly placid adjustment is shattered when suspicions around their children?s wellbeing place the parents under severe scrutiny.?Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) ...MLF presents An Evening with Hugh Bonneville
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
Witty and engaging, esteemed British actor Hugh Bonneville is a gifted raconteur whose stories are as captivating as his performances. Celebrated for his work with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and in the West End, Hu...
MLF presents Hugh Bonneville: Rory Sparkes and the Spy Who Loved Tea
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
Join actor, author and star of Downton Abbey and Paddington, Hugh Bonneville, for a fun-filled family event celebrating his latest Rory Sparkes adventure.??Rory Sparkes thought the new family across the road were perfectly ordinary ? until...LFF: Club Kid (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 18 October 2026
A decade of drinking, drugs and clubs is finally starting to take its toll on Peter. The unexpected arrival of an infant son means it?s finally time for him to get his life together. How hard can it be??The perfect skewering of millennial ...LFF: Minotaur (18)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 18 October 2026
At the onset of Russia?s invasion of Ukraine, Gleb, a powerful CEO, is preoccupied with feeding the war machine with workers, when he learns of his wife?s infidelity. Faced with this discovery and a complex professional decision, his scrup...Katherine Ryan
HOME, Manchester
Monday 19 October 2026
 Join Katherine Ryan in discussion with a special guest as she delves into her new book First Born Daughter and much more. In Firstborn Daughter, the Ontario-born comedian turns her sharp, self-deprecating wit on the role she never audit...LFF: Closing Night Film/ The Debut (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 19 October 2026
Quiet housewife Mona has become a supporting role in her own life; her husband barely acknowledges her presence and their children are on the cusp of fleeing the nest. So when, on an impulse, she auditions for a local production of an orig...My Brother's Wedding (18)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Pioneering Black independent filmmaker Charles Burnett followed up his 1978 debut feature Killer of Sheep with My Brother?s Wedding in 1983. The film centres on the young and proudly working-class Pierce Mundy, who finds himself caught bet...Daniel Foxx
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Daniel was determined to handle his Big Breakup with the grace of Julia Roberts. He didn't. Join him as he navigates dating in your 30s, Le Creuset addiction and 12-step skincare routines, all while trying very hard to emanate love and lig...De Gaulle: Résistance (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 21 October 2026
June, 1940. France capitulates and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom. Without an army, without backing, ...The Umbilical Brothers
Theatre 1
Thursday 22 October 2026
 Do you love staring at screens? Are you staring at a screen right now? You should get out more.  Specifically to a show that has an enormous screen smack-bang in the middle of it. The Umbilicals take the energy of live performance an...Handsworth Songs (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 22 October 2026
A poetic film essay on race and civil disorder in 1980s Britain, Handsworth Songs takes as its point of departure the civil disturbances of September and October 1985 in the Birmingham district of Handsworth and in the urban centres of Lon...House of Comedy
Theatre 2
Friday 23 October 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 ...MLF presents Lee Child: My Life in Books
HOME, Manchester
Friday 23 October 2026
One of the world?s most celebrated crime writers, Lee Child joins us for an evening of insight and storytelling as he discusses the inspirations behind his work and the books that have shaped and influenced him as a writer. He will also of...MLF presents Dave Haslam & Special Guests
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 24 October 2026
Manchester DJ, writer and broadcaster Dave Haslam launches his new book, Creative Journeys. In conversation with two special guests from the worlds of music and theatre, Dave explores what it really means to build a creative life, navigati...African Jim (U) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 25 October 2026
African Jim ? also released as Jim Comes to Jo?burg - is an important milestone of Black South African cinematic history that lives on in cultural memory, and introduced the singular jazz singer and activist, Dolly Rathebe to the big scree...Dog-friendly Screening/ Klara and the Sun (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 25 October 2026
Please ensure you have read the Terms and Conditions and House Rules before your visit, ?to ensure everyone has a good time.??Please contact info@homemcr. org with any questions.??Based on the bestselling novel from Nobel Prize-winner Kazu...
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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