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
Shechter II - IN THE BRAIN
Theatre 1
Saturday 30 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 sto...Nation
Theatre 2
Saturday 30 May 2026
Written and performed by Sam Ward, Nation is a dark, brutal fable about the political power of stories, about the nation as an act of imagination, about the violence of community and those we choose to let in. Following smash-hit We were p...National Theatre Live - Playboy of the Western World (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May 2026
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Eanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhan 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...Backrooms (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. Young cinematic upstart and YouTuber Kane Parsons adapts his viral internet sensation for the big screen; adding new scope to the legendary online world of ?The Backrooms?. ...Eagles of the Republic (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
Egypt?s most adored actor George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. Fahmy reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame, he be...Fairyland (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
Following the sudden death of her mother, young Alysia is uprooted by her father, Steve, in the search of a fresh start.?Landing in 1970s San Francisco, Steve flourishes with the freedom to develop his writing and date other men. However, h...Finding Emily (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.??T...Hen (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, Hen follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece. As she fights to protect her eg...Kokuho (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May 2026
Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor?s only son, Kikuo decides to dedicate himself to this traditional ...The Christophers (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
Lori divides her time between freelance art restoration and work in a food truck. Her lacklustre fortunes change when she?s approached by the estranged heirs of brilliant painter Julian Sklar with an exciting proposition: Lori will steal a ...Tuner (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways.?With his once-promising musical career over...Don't Bother to Knock (18)
Cinemas
Sunday 31 May 2026
More than the bombshell next door - Marilyn Monroe's first starring role comes in this unconventional 1952 film noir. Reeling from a recent break-up, Jed Towers checks into a New York hotel and is immediately drawn to one of his fellow gues...Shrek - 25th Anniversary Screening (U)
Cinemas
Sunday 31 May 2026
Once upon a time - well, 25 years ago (2001) - in a faraway swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. The ogre's precious solitude is shattered by the arrival of an assortment of annoying fairytale characters - all banished from their kingdom...The Misfits (PG)
Cinemas
Monday 1 - Sunday 14 June 2026
Marilyn Monroe delivers her final performance in this haunting, elegiac piece of Hollywood history. Nevada, the "leave it" state: a gathering ground for misfits, burnouts, empty bottles and spare atom bombs. It's home to a host of interesti...Malory Towers
Theatre 1
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 13 June 2026
Nostalgic, naughty, and perfect for now, Enid Blyton's Malory Towers is the original 'Girl Power' story. Get ready for high jinks, high drama and high spirits, all set to sensational live music, as Emma Rice Company's production has been de....png)
Mothers Who Make
Event Space
Tuesday 2 June - Thursday 2 July 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...Punku (18) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands, Meshia, a Matsigenka Indigenous teenager, discovers Ivan, a young boy who vanished two years ago and was presumed dead. Determined to save him, she embarks on a journey upriver into the mountains, headi...Emma Rice Company's Educator CPD Workshop
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 June 2026
This CPD workshop gives teachers, lecturers and youth theatre leaders the chance to dive into Emma Rice Company?s innovative approach to theatre-making. You will learn how to apply the company's playful and collaborative methods in a learni...The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Friday 5 June 2026
The viral internet sensation The Amazing Digital Circus comes to its highly anticipated conclusion in a feature-length theatrical release. This special cinema release combines episode 8 with the all-new, hour-long episode 9 for fans to expe...The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Friday 5 June 2026
The viral internet sensation The Amazing Digital Circus comes to its highly anticipated conclusion in a feature-length theatrical release. This special cinema release combines episode 8 with the all-new, hour-long episode 9 for fans to expe...Scatterchild - A New Ocean Awaits
The Arches
Friday 5 June 2026
Part gig, part film screening, part theatre sharing. This intimate event will explore the creation of SCATTERCHILD's new album, placing its themes under the lens in a one-of-a-kind live performance that's part gig, part film screening, and ...Playreading Sessions
Event Space
Friday 5 June - 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 tal...Niagara (18)
Cinemas
Sunday 7 June 2026
A femme fatale in glorious, garish Technicolor - take a trip to remember with Marilyn Monroe. Ray and Polly Cutler arrive in Niagara Falls on their honeymoon - only to find that their cabin is occupied by another couple. George and Rose Loo...Family Film/ Zog + Zog and the Flying Doctors (U)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 7 - Friday 26 June 2026
With the arrival of a new series showcasing more of Zog?s adventures, revisit the first big screen outings for Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler?s loveable dragon. Screening in this programme:?Zog?Zog wants to learn how to fly, roar, and b...Madfabulous (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 8 June 2026
When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890's North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeop...Some Like It Hot (U)
Cinemas
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 21 June 2026
Nobody's perfect? Billy Wilder's classic comedy from 1959 - starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon - comes close. Joe and Jerry are down on their luck jazz musicians who find themselves out of a job when the police raid the sp...Artist roundtable: How to Enter the Art World after...
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 11 June 2026
Can you make it without going to art school? Can you get back to the art world after?years away? And what does success actually mean?Join writer and curator Hettie Judah as she converses with local artists and presents her latest book: How ...HEARD Live
Theatre 2
Friday 12 June 2026
Heard Live is the true spoken storytelling event that lifts unheard voices to create real, positive change.  A specially curated lineup of everyday people with stories that will stay with you, sharing their experiences unfiltered and in ...Discover the Philippines: A Jeepney Sign Painting Workshop
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
Step into the world of Philippine Street CultureStep into the colorful world of Philippine street culture and master the art of Jeepney typography. Known for its electric colors and "loud-and-proud" lettering, the Jeepney is more than just ...Discover the Philippines: Zine Making Workshop with Pitahpat
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
This zine-making collage workshop focuses on friendships and sharing culturesThis zine-making collage workshop focuses on friendships, sharing our cultures, and centering global majority perspectives. We welcome a space where we can chat, s...
Dreamers (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
After fleeing persecution at home, Nigerian migrant Isio is sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her asylum plea will receive a fair hearing. Isio believes the only way out is to play by the rules, even when her charismatic ne...Horizons Comedy Club: Stand Up for the World
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
Four comedians, one nightGet ready for a night of fun, laughter and gloriously unpredictable comedy as Horizons Festival 2026 takes over HOME Manchester with a truly international line-up of stand-up talent.?Featuring four of the most disti...Horizons Short Film Showcase (18)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
Everyone is welcome for a captivating evening of innovative, enlightening short films poignantly exploring migration, belonging and community. With styles ranging from experimental to documentary to artist film and beyond, the showcase will...Limbo (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
Ben Sharrock?s critically adored Limbo is a wry, funny and poignant cross-cultural satire that subtly sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience. Set on a fictional remote Scottish island, it follows a group of new arriva...State of Statelessness (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
State of Statelessness is the first-ever Tibetan-language anthology feature film, and an exploration of the profound themes of statelessness and migration through four poignant stories of Tibetans living in exile. ?Directed by Tibetan filmm...Afrocats Family Storytime
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
African storytelling, drumming, dance and songAfrocats Family Storytime is an interactive workshop that brings parents and children together through African storytelling, drumming, dance, and singing.?This workshop is designed to create a s...CAN Young Artists Showcase (Feat. Collab with SK Shlomo)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
A platform for young voicesCAN Young Artists (CYA) present an evening of bold original work that proves when young voices are given a platform, they don?t just speak ? they soar! CYA brings together young migrants and those from host commun...Coup 53 (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
In 1953, a military coup led by British MI6 and backed by the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. His crime: nationalising the country's oil. The truth behind that original regime change was burie...Elemental (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: How much they actually have in common. Content guidance?Elemental is rated PG. The...Family Dance Session with Afrocats
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
A memorable family dance experienceThis family dance session is designed for children and adults to move together, connect and enjoy music through dance.?The workshop combines simple choreography, playful movement games and easy follow me e...Palestine Comedy Club (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
When six Palestinian comedians hit the road to tour a stand-up show across Palestine and Israel, their search for humour amidst the injustice of everyday Palestinian life becomes a plea for humanity in the face of brutal war. Palestine Come...Refugee Action Present: Locked Out and Locked Up Panel Discussion
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
Experiences of asylum policy and systemic racism in the UK and France?Refugee Action present their brand-new report ?Locked Out and Locked Up? through a compelling panel discussion highlighting the experiences of asylum policy and the urgen...
The Golden Dream (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
Three teenagers jump 'The Beast' - the infamous train that illegal immigrants board to take them from Guatemala, through Mexico, to the American border.?The journey to a better life is fraught with danger. Facing exploitation at every turn,...Way Back When Horizons Family Theatre by Blue Elephant Theatre
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
Family history, shared memories, vibrant storytellingIt?s been a very long time since Grandma came to the Motherland from Jamaica, but some memories never fade. Today she is sharing them.?From cricket to carnival, she recalls her Caribbean ...
Lesbian Space Princess (15)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Introverted space princess Saira is devastated when she is unexpectedly dumped by her girlfriend Kiki for being needy. Deep in the depths of despair, Saira is thrown a lifeline when Kiki abruptly calls for help. Kiki has been kidnapped by f...Rozpad (18) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Rozpad, which translates to English as Decay, is the first feature film about the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine ? an incident often referred to by the Russian spelling of the town?s name, Chernobyl. It is A...Everybody to Kenmure Street (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 June 2026
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland?s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to sto...Manchester Open 2026
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 June - Sunday 6 September 2026
A celebration of Greater Manchester's creative talentThe Manchester Open is the biggest celebration of Greater Manchester's artists and creative talent - and it returns this summer. Taking place every two years, The Manchester Open is an ex...Pirate Princess
Theatre 2
Saturday 20 June 2026
Pirate Princess is a heart warming story of hope against adversity told with physical Theatre, clowning and circus. This brand new solo show by circus performer and professional idiot Gemma Bond tells the tale of poor shipwrecked Princess P...Family Film/ Missing Link (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 21 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
Meet Mr. Link: 8 feet tall, 630 lbs, and covered in fur, but don?t let his appearance fool you? he is funny, sweet, and adorably literal, making him the world?s most lovable legend. Tired of living a solitary life in the Pacific Northwest, ...Effi o Blaenau (15) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Monday 22 June 2026
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales. ?The film follows Effi, a young woman...Cactus Pears (15) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Set in rural Maharashtra, Cactus Pears follows Anand, a Mumbai call-centre worker who returns to his ancestral village to observe the ten-day mourning ritual following his father?s death. While navigating the pressures of family expectation...High School (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 24 June 2026
In his second film, documentarian Frederick Wiseman ventures inside a large city high school ? the most everyday of American institutions ? where lessons range from debates on existentialism to a simulated space flight. Assembled with dry h...National Theatre Live - Les Liaisons Dangereuses
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 25 - Saturday 27 June 2026
Marianne Elliott directs Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner in a striking new adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel. A thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare. Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equal...Creative Tiny Humans
Creativity Corner
Friday 26 June 2026 - Friday 26 March 2027
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 ...City on Fire - 4K Restoration (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 26 June 2026
After the success of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow ? screening at HOME on Sat 27 Jun and Wed 1 Jul - lead actor Chow Yun-fat cemented his reputation as Hong Kong's hottest new action film megastar with his electrifying performance in Ringo L...City on Fire - 4K Restoration (15) + intro
HOME, Manchester
Friday 26 June 2026
After the success of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow ? screening at HOME on Sat 27 Jun and Wed 1 Jul - lead actor Chow Yun-fat cemented his reputation as Hong Kong's hottest new action film megastar with his electrifying performance in Ringo L...A Better Tomorrow - 4K Restoration (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 27 June - Wednesday 1 July 2026
The film that laid the blueprint for the ?heroic bloodshed? genre, A Better Tomorrow is the movie that launched a thousand bullets. A heady collision of brotherhood between anti-heroes, honour among thieves, brutal, balletic violence and ? ...The Killer - 4K Restoration (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 27 June 2026
Fresh from the success of the first two A Better Tomorrow films, in 1989 action maestro John Woo would unleash The Killer, a spectacular blend of explosive gunfights and dramatic performances, including the magnetic Chow Yun-fat in one of h...
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.
Please click here for more information on Access at Home and for contact details to the access team.
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