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
Patrick Monahan
The Studio
Sunday 25 April 2027
Since coming to England from Iran in 1980, if Patrick Monahan had £1 for every time someone called him a terrorist, he'd have enough money to run his own terrorist organisation. He has more in common with Freddie Mercury than Hezbollah. H...Rob Auton
Quays Theatre
Thursday 29 April 2027
This show is a story about a time when Rob Auton had a job as an estate agent on the planet Jupiter. It is fiction. Following the success of his sell-out 2025-26 nationwide tour, multi-award-winning writer, performer, podcaster a...Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt
Quays Theatre
Sunday 2 May 2027
Adam Kay is an award-winning writer and comedian. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, it has sold over 2.5 million copies, making it the bestselling UK narra...Before I Go To Sleep
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 May 2027
Acclaimed actor, author and podcaster Giovanna Fletcher stars in the world stage premiere of Before I Go To Sleep. Based on the international bestselling novel that became a hit film starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, this thrilling ...The Night Sky Show
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 9 May 2027
Look up, and discover a universe bursting with possibility... The Night Sky Show - A Sky Full of Hope is a spectacular, inclusive journey across the universe with astronomer and author Adrian West. Following the phenomenal success of The N...Matt Bragg
Quays Theatre
Sunday 9 May - Sunday 7 November 2027
 Described by Chortle as a mix between Jack Dee and Frank Skinner wrapped in a Mod's fashion sense, Matt Bragg is one of the UK's most distinctive comedic voices, entertaining audiences around the world for over a decade. Now firmly est...Operation Mincemeat
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 22 May 2027
This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It's London's biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews, making it the best-reviewed show in W...Charlie Baker
The Studio
Tuesday 11 May 2027
Wasson? Award-winning comedian, tap dancer and Talksport radio host Charlie Baker brings an hour of 'genuinely funny ★★★★' (The Herald) stand-up drenched in manure, cider and clotted cream to your village/town/cattle market with hi...Charlie Baker
The Studio
Tuesday 11 May 2027
Award-winning radio host, stand-up powerhouse and entertainment machine Charlie Baker returns to the stage with his brand new show: GO GET IT.  You may know him from his roles in Eastenders and Dr Who, or indeed from The Last Leg, Paren...
Harriet Dyer
The Studio
Sunday 16 May 2027
The 2024 Winner of Channel 4's Sean Lock Comedy Award returns with her new stand-up show Easily Distra... A new blancmange of whimsy from the somewhat fizzy mind of Harriet Dyer featuring hot topics such as wearing a wetsuit on a bus, jau...Let the Whale Die
The Studio
Friday 28 - Saturday 29 May 2027
Meg Shadler's darkly funny, provocative new play is a strange and unsettling journey into the mind of a woman who's stopped explaining herself and has no intention of giving people what they expect. Amy Whalehouse is an ...Jarlath Regan
Quays Theatre
Saturday 5 June 2027
Ireland's favourite comedian/Mammy translator, Jarlath Regan returns with his brand new 2027 standup show "Craic Pot." Known for his viral online sketches and razor-sharp observations of Irish life, Jarlath brings 90 minutes of brand new, ...Mark Simmons
The Studio
Sunday 6 June 2027
 Winner of Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe Award 2024 and as Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, 'Master of one-liners' Mark Simmons is back on the road testing out new material. Settle in for a fully loaded night of comedy, s...
The Amol Rajan Connection
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 8 June 2027
Amol Rajan has interviewed everyone from prime ministers and tech billionaires to novelists and pop stars. Across five years on Radio 4's Today programme, his podcast Radical with Amol Rajan, and as host of University Challenge, he has bec...Northern Ballet - Wuthering Heights
Lyric Theatre
Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 June 2027
Told through breathtaking dance and heart-wrenching storytelling, Emily Bronte's gothic masterpiece tears itself from the pages and onto the stage in Northern Ballet's adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Choreographed by David Nixon CBE and ...Ed Byrne
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 13 June 2027
 Irish comic Ed Byrne is heading out on tour in 2027 with a new show provisionally titled "No Dramas" A TV household name, appearing on Mock The Week (BBC), Top Gear (BBC), QI (BBC),Live At The Apollo (BBC) and The Pilgrimage (BBC), the ...Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 20 June 2027
 Personally endorsed by Fleetwood Mac founding member, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac is the ultimate tribute to one of rock and roll's most remarkable groups. Formed in Liverpool, in 1999, the tribute group have gone on to per...Kate Dolan
The Studio
Saturday 26 June 2027
Midlands comedian Kate Dolan presents her award-winning show 'Trout' fresh off sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival runs. Is being a fish in the river nicer than a woman on land? "Trout, Kate Dolan's new powerhouse of an...MC Hammersmith
Quays Theatre
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 July 2027
  MC Hammersmith (posh West London's leading freestyle rapper with over half a billion views online) presents his new show: 'Ice Ice Nepo Baby' When MC Hammersmith turned 18, his parents (MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice) shockingly revelaed ...Singin' In The Rain
Lyric Theatre
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 31 July 2027
Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, and a smash-hit in the West End and across the UK, this irresistibly charming show returns to make a splash in 2027. Journey back to the glamour of Hollywood in the roaring 20's with high-en...
Ahir Shah
Quays Theatre
Sunday 3 October 2027
HBO and Netflix star Ahir Shah (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, QI) is back with his new stand-up show Golden. His last show, Ends, won the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, sold out shows across...Deirdre O'Kane
Quays Theatre
Sunday 10 October 2027
Deirdre O'Kane grabs the zeitgeist once again with a brand new show in a world that feels decidedly off kilter. She contrasts everyday domestic failures with bigger moments of historical injustice, while taking aim at the double tragedies ...Stephen K Amos
The Studio
Sunday 17 October 2027
Chewing the fat with smarter laughter in a jolly, jovial, joyous, jape jamboree (there I said it. Can you?), Stephen K Amos finds the funny in how simple misunderstandings can lead to unexpected consequences, the good, the bad and the outr...The Truth
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 October 2027
Direct from a sold-out West End run, The Truth is a smash-hit comedy from Oscar-winning writer Florian Zeller. An Olivier-nominated play hailed as 'hugely entertaining' by The Telegraph, it's a sharp comedy of deception, where trust is fra...Micky Overman
Quays Theatre
Thursday 28 October 2027
Following a hugely successful international tour, culminating in a sold-out Royal Theater Carre in Amsterdam, Micky's back on the road with a brand new show, Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time, that asks: How do you make sense of a world t...Jeremy Bowen
Lyric Theatre
Sunday 31 October 2027
Truth Under Fire is an essential evening for anyone who wants to understand the world as it is, not as we wish it to be. Gaza. Ukraine. Syria. Sudan. Yemen. The world is facing more armed conflicts than at any point in decades, and Jerem...Matt Richardson
The Studio
Sunday 31 October 2027
Multi-award-winning comedian, presenter, and viral sensation, Matt Richardson has always been told, "Bit much mate."A bit too loud, a bit too honest, and a bit TMI. What can he say? It's just in his nature, and this is where he does it bes...
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Ballet Shoes
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 8 December 2027 - Sunday 2 January 2028
Starring Anton Du Beke (Strictly Come Dancing) as Great Uncle Matthew, the National Theatre's five-star production of Ballet Shoes goes on a UK tour. Adapted for the stage by Kendall Feaver and directed by Katy Rudd (The Unlikely Pilgr...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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If you would like to buy a ticket in person from Lowry Box Office for shows commencing that day, for AM shows they open for 1 hour before the show and close 15 minutes after the show starts. For PM shows they open 2 hours before commencing that day and close 15 minutes after the show starts. Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here. To book tickets by phone, call 0161 876 2004
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Lowry, Salford
