WHAT'S ON AT LOWRY, SALFORD
What's On at Lowry, Salford
Lowry at Salford Quays opened in 2000 and boasts two theatres, a drama studio, galleries, and events spaces. The Lyric is the largest UK stage outside the West End with a capacity of 1730. The Quays has a capacity of 440. It hosts diverse events and shows from operas, dance, musicals, plays, comedy, exhibitions, visual / digital arts, and workshops and has premiered shows such as 42 Balloons.
A registered charity, Lowry offer free creative participation opportunities. Their eight partner companies are Access All Areas, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Far From the Norm, LUNG, National Theatre, Ockham’s Razor, Opera North and Rambert.
Lowry has many great shows lined up including The Silence of the Lambs, Paranormal Activity, The Constant Wife, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Top Hat, High Society, Matthew Bourne's Cinderella and The Car Man, The Ballad of Johnny and June, Inspector Morse - House of Ghosts, The Gruffalo, The Boy At The Back Of The Class, The Bank Of Dave, Six, and High School Musical, Sylvia, Waitress, A Man For All Seasons, Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Maiden of Venice and The Jolly Christmas Postman. See what's on at Lowry below and book tickets online.
Lowry at Salford Quays opened in 2000 and boasts two theatres, a drama studio, galleries, and events spaces. The Lyric is the largest UK stage outside the West End with a capacity of 1730. The Quays has a capacity of 440. It hosts diverse events and shows from operas, dance, musicals, plays, comedy, exhibitions, visual / digital arts, and workshops and has premiered shows such as 42 Balloons.
A registered charity, Lowry offer free creative participation opportunities. Their eight partner companies are Access All Areas, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Far From the Norm, LUNG, National Theatre, Ockham’s Razor, Opera North and Rambert.
Lowry has many great shows lined up including The Silence of the Lambs, Paranormal Activity, The Constant Wife, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Top Hat, High Society, Matthew Bourne's Cinderella and The Car Man, The Ballad of Johnny and June, Inspector Morse - House of Ghosts, The Gruffalo, The Boy At The Back Of The Class, The Bank Of Dave, Six, and High School Musical, Sylvia, Waitress, A Man For All Seasons, Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Maiden of Venice and The Jolly Christmas Postman. See what's on at Lowry below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Lowry, Salford
What's On at Lowry, Salford
The Choir of Man
Lyric Theatre
Saturday 17 October 2026
Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award-nominated, worldwide smash hit is now on its first ever UK tour. Welcome to THE CHOIR OF MAN, the best pub in the world... Come ready to drink in the excitement!Brimming with hits from artists su...Beyond the Barricade
Quays Theatre
Saturday 17 October 2026
Beyond the Barricade, the UK's longest running Musical Theatre Concert Tour, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2024. Join the cast for two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, featuring the songs that have made audiences re...Woodhill
The Studio
Saturday 17 October 2026
Pushing the form of documentary theatre and dance, Woodhill is an explosive true story by multi-award-winning LUNG and originally developed with The North Wall. Three men at Woodhill prison are dead. The families demand answers. This is a...Lowry 360
Lowry Gallery
Saturday 17 October 2026 - Sunday 25 April 2027
A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of LS Lowry's iconic work, Going to the Match, in the UK's first free permanent immersive experience.  Created in collaboration with Barcelona's renowned Immersive stud...Troy Hawke
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 18 October 2026
 Following The Greeters Guild sellout world tour, 1930's throwback Troy Hawke is back to his globe sweeping with his new show Never Stop, Never Change! Angry security guards, barked compliments and crossed wires abound as Troy navigate...Between The Covers Live - Celebrating Agatha Christie
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 18 October 2026
Between The Covers Live! is on the road to celebrate Agatha Christie, the bestselling novelist of all time, with a line-up guaranteed to deliver a thrilling dive into the world of crime thrillers. The undisputed "Queen of Crime" has sold m...Harriet
Quays Theatre
Sunday 18 October 2026
 Sheffield singer Harriet Robert's sell-out show, Trying To Get The Feeling Again, sees her performing intimate interpretations of her favourite sounds of the 70s, including hits by The Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Carole King...Joe Wells
The Studio
Sunday 18 October 2026
 The writer for BBC1's 'Have I Got News For You' presents his new show, Daddy Autism; the follow up to the critically acclaimed, I Am Autistic (available now on YouTube), this is a stand-up show about representation, role models and th...
Sylvia
Lyric Theatre
Monday 19 - Saturday 24 October 2026
Sylvia Pankhurst - fearless, flawed, and unforgettable. The untold story of the rebellious middle child of Emmeline Pankhurst takes centre stage in this irresistible hip hop, funk and soul musical that moves your feet and fires your spirit...Lowry Youth Dance Project
Studio 3
Thursday 22 October 2026 - Thursday 8 July 2027
Calling young people aged 9-15 who love to move! We are offering you the opportunity to upskill in new movement techniques and unleash your artistic, physical creativity with Lowry Youth Dance Project. All genders and abilities welcome! ...Babies Playtime
Lowry Lookout
Thursday 22 October 2026
A great opportunity to meet other parents and socialise babies, come along to The Lowry's fun and friendly activity for babies. In this session you and your little ones will sing, dance and get creative.10am-10.45am: For babies under 1 (pr...Tim Etchells & Bert and Nasi - L'Addition
Quays Theatre
Friday 23 - Saturday 24 October 2026
★★★★ 'Superbly absurd comedy' - The Guardian "with a striking economy of effect, Bert and Nasi are worthy heirs to Monty Python" - Telerama Two performers armed with (or trapped in) a single scene - a customer orders a drink from a...Tom Cassani
The Studio
Friday 23 October 2026
Tom Cassani is a UK based performance maker working with choreography, magic and live art. His performances draw on an expanded approach to magic examining the nature of perception and truth. Using his body as a site of deception the work ...Amazons
The Studio
Saturday 24 October 2026
A recent sellout show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Amazons presents a compelling and mesmerising retelling of the stories of women from the world's largest forest. Plant-sitting and live-streaming from her friend's flat in the U.K., Gayara une...
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Simon Amstell
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 25 October 2026
Simon Amstell returns on tour with a brand-new stand-up show - funnier, truer, and more healing than anything ever before or after. I Love It Here is the latest creation from the internationally acclaimed comedian and filmmaker behind the ...Jack Carroll
The Studio
Sunday 25 October 2026
Britain's Got Talent Runner-Up, Star of BBC's Live at the Apollo, QI and Sky sitcom Trollied, as well as award winning movie Eaten by Lions, returns to the stage with his new stand up comedy show, Walking Funny. ...The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Quays Theatre
Monday 26 October - Sunday 1 November 2026
Dive into Eric Carle's bright and colourful world as his beloved stories are transformed from page to stage using a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets and charming music. Featuring your favourite titles:Â Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rub...Waitress
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 27 - Saturday 31 October 2026
"Treat yourself to a slice of five-star musical pie" (The Times) as the hit musical comedy WAITRESS comes to Lowry for one week only. Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of some happiness in her life. When a hot new doct...Daniel Foxx
Quays Theatre
Tuesday 27 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...REWRITES: Jeezus
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 27 - Friday 30 October 2026
In 1990s Peru, a brutal military coup ushers in a decade of dictatorship under the rule of Alberto Fujimori. In the home of General Jos? and his devoted wife Mar?a, altar boy Jes?s prepares diligently for his first communion. But as the bi...Barry From Watford
Quays Theatre
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Demagogue? Iconoclast? Dilettante? Virtuoso? Ok, these words have nothing to do with the show but they do make it sound clever and that's what it's all about. Shooting from the (new) hip, still alive and kicking, the nation's favourite oct...
Phil Ellis
Quays Theatre
Thursday 29 October 2026 - Friday 15 January 2027
 Multi-award winning 'comic genius' (The Scotsman) and the new star of Taskmaster (Ch4), Edinburgh award-winning North Manchester comedian Phil Ellis is going on his first full national stand-up tour. Following his three big award wins...
Stevie Martin
Quays Theatre
Friday 30 October 2026
Stevie Martin (Taskmaster, Mitchell & Webb's brand new sketch show, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Horne Section TV Show) has been doing online comedy for awhile (45 million views worldwide) but is now returning to live comedy with h...Lemn Sissay
Quays Theatre
Saturday 31 October - Sunday 1 November 2026
 Spend an evening with a master of the spoken word, BAFTA award-winning author, activist, performer and Sunday Times number one bestseller, Lemn Sissay OBE as he returns to the stage with this acclaimed show. Every morning for 10 years L...A Warning to The Curious - Two Ghost Stories by MR James
The Studio
Saturday 31 October 2026
M R James first wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in Kings College Cambridge. Now, 120 years after their first publication, Nunkie Theatre Company have bought two of the eeriest and most entertaining back to life in this grippi...Bessel van der Kolk - How the Body Keeps Score
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 1 November 2026
Traumatic experiences leave their imprint on the body as well as the mind. Dr Bessel van der Kolk returns to How To Academy to offer a new paradigm for healing, How the Body Keeps Score. The helplessness and invisibility associated with tr...Chris Packham's World of Wonder
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 1 November 2026
For nearly forty years Chris Packham has been the voice of nature in the UK. Through his groundbreaking work on The Really Wild Show, Springwatch, Inside Our Autistic Minds and Earth, Chris has devoted his remarkable life to engaging with ...
Pauline Eyre
The Studio
Sunday 1 November 2026
A Wimbledon line judge for 20 years, comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to spill the Pimms on tennis gossip from the fragrant royal box to the musty locker room, and why line judges are OUT! In Anyone For Tennis? expect smashing stories, ace a...A Man for All Seasons
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 November 2026
The greatest, most powerful and dangerous figures who shaped English history are brought vividly to life in Robert Bolt's award-winning play. Martin Shaw stars as Sir Thomas More - scholar, ambassador, Lord Chancellor and friend to King He...It Walks Around The House At Night
Quays Theatre
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 November 2026
A ghost story by Tim Foley · Directed by Neil Bettles Following a sell-out UK tour and London run, the award-winning ThickSkin present this chilling new play by Tim Foley (former Bruntwood Prize-winner). When an out-of-work actor takes a ...America's Kingdoms
The Studio
Tuesday 3 November 2026
A raw work-in-progress sharing of a new play by two-time Fringe First Award winner Javaad Alipoor, America's Kingdom is a new work exploring oil, technology, power and the stories nations tell about themselves. Part satire, part fictional ...LOVEWORK
Lowry, Salford
Friday 6 - Saturday 7 November 2026
LOVE**WORK is a multi-year performative project that gathers fragments of memory into a shared ?Biography Of Many,? tracing the fragile relationship between love and labour. Built from stories collected in Switzerland, England, Pakistan an...Lucy Worsley - My Royal Life
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 8 November 2026 - Sunday 10 October 2027
Step into a glittering royal world with Lucy Worsley, beloved historian and bestselling author, who spent twenty years working as Chief Curator in some of Britain's most marvellous palaces.  Lucy wants to take you behind the scenes a...Hannah East
Quays Theatre
Sunday 8 - Sunday 22 November 2026
Hannah East's brand-new show is a hilarious deep dive into the highs and lows of parenting. With millions of views across her viral comedy reels, she brilliantly captures the chaos, joy, and absurdity of mum life. From pregnancy and labour...Hay!
The Studio
Sunday 8 November 2026
There is only one word used in our show - it's 'Hay!' Like the stuffing in Geenie's scarecrow, 'Hay!' like the sound she makes when he comes to life and 'Hay!' when he sees all the wonders of the natural world for the first time. Only one ...Hay
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 8 November 2026
There is only one word used in our show - it?s ?Hay!? Like the stuffing in Geenie?s scarecrow, ?Hay!? like the sound she makes when he comes to life and ?Hay!? when he sees all the wonders of the natural world for the first time. Only one ...Wankernomics
Lyric Theatre
Monday 9 - Tuesday 10 November 2026
With two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, 50 million+ views online and a Sunday Times best-selling book, you could say Wankernomics is crushing it right now. They'd say they're delivering key outcomes with impact in a fast-pa...Omid Djalili
Quays Theatre
Tuesday 10 - Wednesday 11 November 2026
 The Persian Comedy Powerhouse performs his critically acclaimed new show NAMASTE where Omid peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet. No go...Stamptown
Quays Theatre
Tuesday 10 November 2026
The raucous, high-energy comedy collective Stamptown is a raunchy, chaotic, totally one-of-a-kind spectacle. Stamptown features the most anarchic and wildly entertaining performances from around the world, hosted by the bad boy of clown, ...Opera North - Rigoletto
Lyric Theatre
Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 November 2026
This bold, award-winning production of Verdi's classic opera by Femi Elufowoju Jr was lauded with rave reviews and star ratings when it was first performed in 2022. It is opera at its most gripping: a thrilling tale of power, devotio...
Wilko: Love and Death and Rock 'n' Roll
Quays Theatre
Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 November 2026
In 2012, Wilko Johnson, the iconic rock star and founder of legendary Essex band Dr Feelgood, was told he had inoperable cancer and a year to live. Refusing all treatment, he decided to spend his last months living meaningfully: seeing the...Opera North - Eugene Onegin
Lyric Theatre
Friday 13 November 2026
Opera North's co-production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's classic with Irish National Opera and Opera Queensland. Tchaikovsky's most popular opera is a heart-breaking tale of love, regret and missed chances. His music is famed for its em...Diana: The Untold & Untrue Story
The Studio
Saturday 14 November 2026
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know our story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life. Combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction,...
Chris Hadfield - Exploring the New Space Age
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 15 November 2026 - Sunday 13 June 2027
 What happens when space becomes the new economic frontier? Who controls the resources beyond our atmosphere? How will the coming space revolution transform life on Earth? Join acclaimed Canadian astronaut, test pilot, spacewalker, space...Ginger Johnson
Quays Theatre
Sunday 15 November 2026
You've seen her in the Masterchef kitchen... You've seen her on the Drag Race runway... Now it's time to see her in her element: outrageous, untamed and completely off the reins. Following the explosive success of her smash hit 2024 ...MC Grammar
Quays Theatre
Sunday 15 November 2026
Multi-award winning rapping teacher, World Book Day Ambassador and bestselling author, MC Grammar, is back with a new show Mic Drop Live and this time he's bringin'.... BIGGER Beats, BIGGER Laughs and even BIGGER Family FUN! Grab your caps...Uncovering Ancient Egypt with Bettany Hughes
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 15 November 2026
Step into the golden sands of Ancient Egypt with award-winning historian Bettany Hughes?as she brings the land of the pharaohs vividly to life. With over 50 documentaries seen by 250 million viewers worldwide and bestselling books includi...Paranormal Activity
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 November 2026
The chilling theatrical experience will give audiences a chance to witness the haunting phenomenon that has taken the West End by storm. The tour news news follows the recent announcement that, following phenomenal demand, Paranormal Activ...Scottish Dance Theatre: 40th Anniversary Rotten Work & The Game of Life
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 17 - Wednesday 18 November 2026
Scottish Dance Theatre, Scotland?s flagship contemporary dance company, brings the German premiere of a new captivating double bill by internationally acclaimed choreographers Emilie Leriche (US/Sweden) and Edouard Hue (Switzerland). In...Scottish Dance Theatre: 40th Anniversary The Game of Life & Rotten Work
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 17 - Wednesday 18 November 2026
Scottish Dance Theatre, Scotland?s flagship contemporary dance company, brings the German premiere of a new captivating double bill by internationally acclaimed choreographers Emilie Leriche (US/Sweden) and Edouard Hue (Switzerland). In...DanceSyndrome Presents ORIGIN: A Mixed Bill
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 19 November 2026
It all began with a simple question: ?What do you want to create?? Now, three years later, ORIGIN emerges? a bold, artist-led platform where diverse voices take centre stage. ? Developed through DanceSyndrome?s iCreate programme, which p...Bacchae: School's version
Lowry, Salford
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 November 2026
By Nima Taleghani Based on the original production of Bacchae directed by Indhu Rubasingham at the Olivier Theatre which premiered on 24th September 2025 National Theatre's Touring for Schools will return in Autumn 2026 with a tour of B...
How to get to Lowry, Salford
Lowry Frequently Asked Questions
Pier 8, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ
The nearest parking is available at the Quayside multi-storey car park (formally Lowry Outlet). For further information, please click here.
The tram offers the closet stops to Lowry. Media City UK and Imperial War Museum are the nearest metrolink stops. Click here for a metrolink map.
The nearest train stations to Lowry are Eccles Train Station, Irlam Train Station, and Salford Train Station.
The capacity of The Lyric theatre at Lowry is 1730. The capacity of The Quats Theatre is 440. The capacity of The Aldridge Studio is 150. For further seating plan information please click here.
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Lowry, Salford
