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 Seance, An Evening With Oti Mabuse, Shawshank Redepmtion, 1884, Census, and the new Disney musical Freaky Friday. 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 Seance, An Evening With Oti Mabuse, Shawshank Redepmtion, 1884, Census, and the new Disney musical Freaky Friday. See what's on at the Home Mcr below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at HOME, Manchester
What's On at HOME, Manchester
Battleship Potemkin - Music by Pet Shop Boys (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 31 August 2025
Mark the centenary of the legendary Battleship Potemkin with a special big screen presentation of Sergei Eisenstein's silent masterpiece as you?ve never seen ? or heard ? it before. Screening from a restored version made by Deutsche Kinemat...Wolf Children (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 31 August - Tuesday 2 September 2025
College student Hana falls in love with a ?wolf man? and together they have two half-human, half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki. The young family?s happy but humble life comes to an abrupt end when the father is tragically killed during a hunt...National Theatre Live - Inter Alia (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Sunday 28 September 2025
Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica in this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood. Written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin following their global phenomenon, Prima Facie. Jes...Japan Week 2025
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Tuesday 9 September 2025
?Visit HOME for an evening of exciting traditional Japanese performances. Immerse yourself in the art and culture of Japan through stage performances. Expect a range of Japanese performing art like samurai, music, dance, and theatre.?Each e...Playreading Sessions
Event Space
Friday 5 September - Friday 5 December 2025
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...Exhibition preview/ Artefacts of Interaction
HOME, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
Join us for the opening of a new and powerful exhibition featuring four large-scale co-produced paintings created through workshops led by artist Will Belshah. Hosted at the newly opened Arches space at HOME, these works reflect a convergen...MY MUM IS WHITE: Ghosts in the Nursery
HOME, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
Led by Adam Danquah. Attended by Linda Brogan. We filter Caste through Fraiberg et al: Ghosts in the Nursery. ?In every nursery there are ghosts. Visitors from the unremembered past of the parents.? The 8 pillars of caste are ghosts in a *h...I'm ADHD! No You're Not
Cinemas
Saturday 6 September 2025
Join BAFTA award-winning comedian Paul Whitehouse and his wife Dr. Mine Conkbayir MBE for their I'm ADHS! No You're Not podcast as they explore the experience of ADHD with their celebrity guest Johnny Vegas! Paul typifies the archetypal s...Artefacts of Interaction: Artist-led workshop with Will Belshah
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
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. Informed by Artefacts of Interaction, an exhibition in the Granada Foundatio...Artist led Workshop with Will Belshah
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
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. Informed by Artefacts of Interaction, an exhibition in the Granada Foundatio...Family Film/ Mirai (PG) Dubbed
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
The birth of a sibling is a joyous time for many, but not for Kun. Four years old and spoilt rotten, he sees the arrival of baby sister Mirai as competition for his parents? love.?That is, until magical encounters with an older Mirai and fa...Family/ Mirai (PG) Dubbed
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
The birth of a sibling is a joyous time for many, but not for Kun. Four years old and spoilt rotten, he sees the arrival of baby sister Mirai as competition for his parents? love.?That is, until magical encounters with an older Mirai and fa...Ran - 40th Anniversary 35mm (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 7 - Thursday 11 September 2025
Ran (which translates as ?turmoil?) is Kurosawa?s retelling of Shakespeare?s King Lear intertwined with the historical backdrop of Japan?s 16th century Civil Wars and the legendary tale of Morikawa, a feudal warlord with three sons. Kurosaw...Mothers Who Make
Event Space
Monday 8 September - Thursday 4 December 2025
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...Preview/ Happyend (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 8 September 2025
Set in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing best friends are about to graduate high school. ?One night, they pull a prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance...Darkfield - Séance
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 21 September 2025
SEANCE transforms the interior of a shipping container into a Victorian seance room. Over 20 minutes it explores the psychology of a group of people, and asks that they believe in what might be conjured up into the room with them. WE WILL N...In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun
Theatre 2
Thursday 11 - Saturday 13 September 2025
In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun is Houmi Miura's debut one-woman show. What happens when you grow up with heroes that look nothing like you? What happens when you find some that do? Join Houmi on her odyssey to find new heroes in this su...In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun (BESEA mixer)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
Join the performer and writer of In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun, Houmi Miura for a free drink and a chat. This will be a welcoming community space specifically for British East & South East Asian audiences to mix, mingle and celebrate b...MY MUM IS WHITE: 12-words and 8-stations workshop
HOME, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
Led by Linda Brogan. Attended by Adam Danquah. Each mixed-race, individual creative and cultural practitioner will generate their memoir by asking: what does a mixed-race sink look like? Using Linda Brogan?s simple 12-words writing techniqu...An Evening with Oti Mabuse
Theatre 1
Monday 15 September 2025
Hosted by writer and literary critic, Sarah Gwonyoma, join Oti for an evening of romance. As one of the most instantly recognisable faces in the UK and one of the country's most beloved broadcasters, presenters and talent show judges, Oti M...Linda Brogan: MY MUM IS WHITE - Exorcising Half-Caste Ghosts Panel discussion
HOME, Manchester
Monday 15 September 2025
Join us for a view of "MY MUM IS WHITE: exorcising 'half-caste' ghosts" and a panel discussion, exploring the experience of the participants whose personal stories contributed to the exhibition and the research that underpinned the work. MY...Filmed Up Sep 2025 (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 16 September 2025
HOME?s quarterly showcase of films made by writers, directors or producers currently based in the North West. From grassroots guerrilla filmmakers to established productions companies, the film community is thriving in our region. Join us f...The Big Heat (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 September 2025
Police Sergeant Bannion is investigating the apparent suicide of a corrupt cop, but is suddenly ordered to stop the investigation. Driven to unravel the mystery, Bannion continues probing until his professional persistence has disastrous pe...Unpacking My Mum Is White
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 September 2025
This workshop led by Linda Brogan and Adam Danquar, invites the creative and cultural participants and visitors to the exhibition to collaborate in unpacking together the journey of MY MUM IS WHITE: Exorcising Half-Caste Ghosts.?Priority gi...The Sound of Music - 60th Anniversary (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 20 - Tuesday 23 September 2025
Experience the breathtaking theatrical presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's iconic musical film The Sound of Music. Meticulously remastered in 4K for its 60th anniversary, this beloved classic is more brilliant than ever with pristine pi...Andrea Bocelli - Because I Believe (U)
Cinemas
Sunday 21 - Wednesday 24 September 2025
One of the world's greatest singers, Andrea Bocelli has a voice that transcends genres and generations. In this intimate portrait of the acclaimed Italian tenor, Bocelli, for the first time, tells his story in his own words. Documentarian C...MAF Presents/ Ghost in the Shell (15) + intro
HOME, Manchester
Monday 22 September 2025
On the day Manchester Animation Festival launches their 2025 programme, join us to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ghost in the Shell: a hugely influential cyber-tech thriller, based on the comic book by Shirow Masamune, which is lauded a...Clare Balding
Theatre 1
Tuesday 23 September 2025
An evening of stories with beloved broadcaster Clare Balding. She'll be in conversation with a leading host about her debut novel, Pastures New. From growing up in a racing yard to commentating in the King's Coronation procession and fronti...Gallifrey Cabaret
Theatre 2
Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 September 2025
Jump aboard the queerest TARDIS in time and space for a night of cosmic drag and cabaret, all inspired by the greatest TV show in the universe - Doctor Who. Following sell-out shows across the UK, the LGBTQ+ARDIS is materialising once again...Murder By Contract (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 25 September 2025
Claude is a disaffected young man who takes on the role of a contract killer as a way of earning cash fast. After ruthlessly proving his aptitude for his new job, Claude is handed a big assignment: to take out the lead witness at an upcomin...Cult/ Salem's Lot (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 26 September 2025
Ben Mears, a successful author, returns to his small New England hometown of Salem?s Lot with a plan to write a book about an old hilltop house that looms over the local community. Mears discovers, though, that Marsten House has a new tenan...Family Film/ Jumanji (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 27 September - Saturday 18 October 2025
When young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realise its unimaginable powers - until he is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji!26 years later, Alan is freed from the game?s spell by two unsuspe...In a Lonely Place (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Dixon Steele, a moody, volatile Hollywood screenwriter who's had his heyday, is accused of murdering a coat check girl from a showbiz restaurant after inviting her home. Laurel Gray, an actress who lives in Dixon's apartment complex, provid...Dead Reckoning (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 29 September 2025
Captain ?Rip? Murdock sets out to find out who murdered his war buddy Johnny. Tracing the threads of Johnny?s shadowy past leads Rip to Coral Chandler ? Johnny's former sweetheart, and now a singer at a nightclub run by a brutal gangster. I...Dead Reckoning (U)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 29 September 2025
Captain ?Rip? Murdock sets out to find out who murdered his war buddy Johnny. Tracing the threads of Johnny?s shadowy past leads Rip to Coral Chandler ? Johnny's former sweetheart, and now a singer at a nightclub run by a brutal gangster. I...Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 2 October 2025
The original vampire movie gets given fresh new blood courtesy of a haunting ? and curiously effective ? pairing with two iconic Radiohead albums. Thomas Hutter, an ambitious young businessman, travels deep into Transylvania at the request ...VENUS 2.0
Theatre 1
Friday 3 - Saturday 4 October 2025
Follow the scandalous true story of a Suffragette-turned-Fascist in this time bending cabaret. VENUS 2.0 is a high-octane dance theatre experience exploring the chaos and turmoil of the early 20th century. Six chameleonic dancers take you o...Royal Opera/ Tosca (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 5 October 2025
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpi...An Evening with Erinma Bell
Theatre 2
Monday 6 October 2025
Join Erinma Bell as she converses with other inspirational Black Women on what it is like to be a black female leader today. In 2003 Erinma became a co-founder and CEO of her own formidable charity known as CARISMA - Community Alliance for ...Hundreds of Beavers - Revenge of the Beavers Tour (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Monday 6 October 2025
The cult movie phenomenon returns ? experience a story of love, laughter and a LOT of beavers. In this 19th century comedy epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defea...The Shawshank Redemption
Theatre 1
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 October 2025
Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated in the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy stri...1884
Theatre 2
Thursday 9 - Friday 10 October 2025
Created by theatre-maker Rhianna Ilube and BAFTA-winning game-makers Coney, 1884 is an immersive game-theatre show inspired by the legacy of the 1884 Berlin Conference, an often-overlooked historical turning point for the African continent ...Mick Herron
Theatre 1
Wednesday 15 October 2025
An evening with the master of British spy fiction Mick Herron, as he discusses his highly anticipated new thriller Clown Town, the hit Apple TV+ series Slow Horses and the blistering world of espionage. The ninth instalment in his intern...Mark Watson
Theatre 1
Thursday 16 October 2025
Comedian and novelist Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star a...Going Out Out
Theatre 2
Thursday 16 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
Going Out Out is a show filled with music, courage and love about a man who finds a way to cope with grief by joining the Manchester drag scene. Ian's gone out less since he became a widower. Actually, he hasn't gone out at all - a local c...The Legends Of Them
Theatre 1
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 October 2025
The Legends of Them charts the story of Sutara Gayle's extraordinary life - a pioneering female deejay on London's infamous reggae scene in the 1980s, Lorna Gee cut her cloth performing for the legendary Saxone, Coxsone and Nasty Rockers so...Irvine Welsh
Theatre 1
Sunday 19 October 2025
One of Scotland's most iconic literary voices, Irvine Welsh takes us back to the notorious world of Trainspotting in his new novel Men in Love. A blazing and riotous journey, the sequel reunites Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie on a new...Martin Parr
Theatre 1
Sunday 19 October 2025
An unmissable afternoon with Martin Parr, one of the world's most iconic and idiosyncratic photographers, as he launches his long-awaited autobiography, Utterly Lazy and Inattentive: Martin Parr in Words and Pictures. Hosted by Helen Mort,...National Theatre Live - Mrs Warren's Profession (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 October 2025
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw's incendiary moral classic. Â Â Â Vivie W...Patrick Grant
Theatre 1
Sunday 26 October 2025
Be inspired by menswear designer, entrepreneur, Great British Sewing Bee judge, and sustainability champion Patrick Grant as he shares the story behind his bold new book, Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish - How Having Fewer, Better Thing...Breaking the Code
Theatre 1
Tuesday 28 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
It's not breaking a code that matters, it's where you go from there. Mastermind code breaker. Maverick. Arguably one of the most important and inquisitive minds of the twentieth century. Alan Turing is famed for cracking the Enigma code at ...Barrier(s)
Theatre 2
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 November 2025
Eloise Pennycott's Barrier(s) is a powerful and intimate love story. Love has no single language. Alana and Katie come from different worlds. One is hearing, one is deaf. Together, they navigate the joys and struggles of love, communicati...Census
Theatre 2
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 November 2025
Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks introduce you to what happens when a working-class community tells its own story.A bus ride. A bingo card. A memory you didn't know you shared. This is our neighbourhood, not the one in the media, but the on...Ordinary Decent Criminal
Theatre 2
Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 November 2025
A brand new play from the writer of the Fringe First winning England & Son and A Political History of Smack & Crack, Ed Edwards reunites with renowned political comedian Mark Thomas to tell a tale of freedom, revolution and messy love. Se...Freaky Friday
Theatre 1
Thursday 27 November - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Directed by Andy Fickman Book by Bridget Carpenter Music by Tom Kitt Lyrics by Brian Yorkey 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 genera...National Theatre Live - The Fifth Step (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 November 2025
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-ste...Royal Ballet/ Cinderella (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella?s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out... With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world ? one whe...Royal Ballet/ The Nutcracker (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope ...A Christmas Carol
Theatre 2
Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 December 2025
After the success of last year's Nightmares, The Book of Darkness & Light return with their ghostly adaption of this most beloved festive classic. Join Ebenezer Scrooge on a supernatural journey into the past, present and yet-to-come. The c...House of Comedy
Theatre 2
Friday 13 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...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. Click here to view theatre 1.
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.
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Most Popular Shows and Events at HOME, Manchester
