THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Sat 13 Dec 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Singin' In The Rain
Royal Exchange Theatre
Sat 13 Dec 2025 - Sun 25 Jan 2026
Robin Hood
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Get ready for an adventure like no other as Jason Manford and Ben Nickless take over Sherwood Forest in this year's must-see show, Robin Hood!Join the most heroic outlaw of them all as the arrow-shooting hero Robin Hood and his trusty band ...Disney On Ice - Find Your Hero
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 December 2025
Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero, an adventure filled with tales of heroism from your favorite Disney stories. Join fearless wayfinder Moana and demigod Maui as they bravely voyage into uncharted territories to return the stolen heart ...Snowstorm - Wish
Trafford Centre, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
"Wish": A Spellbinding Spectacle of Ice and Wonder This Winter Trafford Centre | Dec 5 - Jan 4 Back by overwhelming popular demand, the North West's most beloved winter production returns for its fifth triumphant year - and it's more spellb...Freaky Friday
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
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 generations, comes to HOME with its UK stage premiere next year. When an overworked mother and her t...The Enormous Crocodile - The Musical
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
"For my lunch today I would like... a nice juicy little child!" He's greedy, he's grumptious, he's horrid! The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle to Lowry in search of delicious little fingers and squidgy podgy knees.....The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
Step through the wardrobe into the magic kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they meet new friends, face dangerous foes and learn the lessons of courage, sacrifice, and the power of love. ...TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026
West End mega-hit TINA - The Tina Turner Musical announces its first ever UK & Ireland tour. From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn't just...Singin' In The Rain
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 25 January 2026
A timeless masterpiece, and perhaps one of the greatest musicals ever made - a must-see show for Christmas 2025. A charismatic, tap-dancing extravaganza SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is the much-loved story of the highs and lows of Hollywood as a rad...Believe! The Polar Express Experience
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Believe! The Polar Express Experience is a brand new, truly magical, multi-room immersive walkthrough experience that brings the enchanting world of the beloved movie to life in a whole new way. Step into the Hero Boy's house where you be t...Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
The critically acclaimed parody musical, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch returns to the Lowry for a five-week Christmas season. This splash-hit show has sold out twice previously, so get your tentacles round tickets fa...Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
A high-flying family adventure with un-BAA-lievable acrobats comes to Aviva Studios this winter Two worlds gleefully collide in Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show - brought to the stage by the internationally-acclaimed Australian circus ensemble...A Christmas Carol
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Saturday 10 January 2026
A joyful stage adaptation of the festive classic Whilst Christmas cheer and goodwill thrive across Victorian England, tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge goes to bed on Christmas Eve with no compassion or love in his heart. However, that night he...Cinderella (SNP)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
This Christmas, Shakespeare North Playhouse bring you the most popular fairytale of them all, a spellbinding new production of Cinderella. Tia Larsen takes the title role in the fairytale favourite with a very special Prescot twist in a cap...The Hallé - Carol Concerts
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 December 2025
Step into the timeless magic of Christmas with the Halle's ever-popular carol concerts. This cherished tradition truly signifies the start of the festive season for many of you, so immerse yourself in the heart-warming music and carols, per...Aladdin
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Take a magical carpet ride to the North West's home of sensational Pantomime entertainment for Stockport Plaza's glittering production of Aladdin starring Brian Capron, star of Coronation Street and many TV and stage presentations, who make...
Santa Live! The Ultimate Santa Show Party
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
Get ready this Christmas as Darling Productions UK brings you Bolton's brand-new festive extravaganza... SANTA LIVE! Disaster strikes in Christmas town when the Christmas spirit runs out and all the children names have mysteriously vanished...The New Adventures of Peter Pan
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
The Pirates are coming.... Oh yes they ARRRGH! Take flight alongside Peter, Wendy and Tinks as we venture into Never Island and meet the dastardly Captain Hook and his sidekick Smee. This perfect festive treat features spectacular scenery...The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Met, Bury
Saturday 13 - Sunday 28 December 2025
A very Bury Christmas adventure for all the family! The Met presents a spectacular local twist on the classic tale! When the dastardly Pied Piper arrives in Bury with plans to strip away everything that makes our town special, only Fairy Bu...Rumpelstiltskin
Contact, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
From the producers of Dick Whittington and Aladdin, The Big Tiny bring their new story of magic, mayhem and, above all, true love as Cupid comes to town this Christmas. Can she overcome the wicked tricks of Rumpelstiltskin and help Princ...Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Roll up! Roll up! The Circus is in town! Dame Gertie Dollop runs a Circus show with her son - Silly Billy, but they have fallen on hard times particularly with the dastardly Ringmaster Heinkel, owner of the rival 'Circus of Horrors' up to h...Jack Off The Beanstalk
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Tuesday 30 December 2025
Get ready for the udderly cheeky, naughtiest version of Jack and the Beanstalk you've ever dared to see! Warning: this is not your childhood fairy tale-unless your bedtime stories came with a parental advisory! In this fabulously filthy twi...Santa Special
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Treat the family to an enchanting voyage through the magical Irwell Valley, kick start your Christmas on one of our famous Santa Specials! There's more family friendly fun, colourful characters a...The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...Mrs Claus Saves Christmas
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
Step into Mrs Claus' kitchen for a festive bake-off like no other! As she prepares holiday treats, things spiral into a recipe-tangling disaster. With everything going wrong, she'll need help from the children in the audience! A fun-filled,...Joe Sutherland
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
As seen on Hypothetical, Roast Battle and various apps on your phone. You know the ones. As he embarks on his first international tour, "Miss World", stand-up Joe 'could have been a dancer' Sutherland is bravely talking about something that...Adventures in Wonderland
Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Wednesday 22 July 2026
Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure with Adventures in Wonderland at Z-arts! Created by Z-arts in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books, step into Alice's shoes and have your very own magical Adventure i...The Library of Enchantment
Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Monday 29 December 2025
Ever wanted to step inside a story? The Library of Enchantment is a fun-filled thrilling family-friendly escape room, full of seafaring adventures, time travelling tricks and a pesky old bookworm who's always up to meddlesome mischief! Can ...ABBA Believe In Angels Brunch - ABBA Tribute
Area, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Saturday 12 December 2026
Live your best dancing queen life, all afternoon, to your favourite ABBA and pop hits with this ABBA tribute show and delicious brunch. Get ready for the biggest ABBA-TASTIC bottomless brunch show the city has ever seen! Featuring a fu...All That Heaven Allows (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
★★★★ After the successful but preposterous weepie Magnificent Obsession, director Douglas Sirk reteamed with stars Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson for this exquisite melodrama. He deftly critiques the moral values (and hypocrisy) of 1950...It's a Wonderful Life (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
★★★★★ "It's a Wonderful Life is the closest thing to a postwar American Dickens. This is considered by many to be one of the finest films ever made." ~ Little White Lies. --- Frank Capra's heart-warming 1946 masterpiece has been....jpg)
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Cillas Christmas Cracker
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 13 December 2025
An Unmissable Festive Spectacle of 60s Glamour and Holiday Cheer! Step back in time and celebrate the season with Cilla Black's Christmas Cracker! - a dazzling festive show packed with nostalgic hits and yuletide joy. This spectacular eveni...The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
★★★★ The Muppets do Dickens with that trademark blast of irreverence, affection and tap-along tunes. ~ The Times. --- A Christmas cinema screening of Brian Henson's 1992 classic, starring The Muppets and Michael Caine. The Muppets ...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 15 February 2026
Inspired by the hit SAW movie franchise, SAWtopsy at moviESCAPE, Stockport's leading Escape Room offering, is a gory and ominous room with dim, atmospheric lighting, however it does not feature any jump scares - well none that are delibe...Blue Moon (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi?s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical ?Oklahoma!?.?...Eleanor the Great (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
In Eleanor the Great, June Squibb brings to vivid life the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own. Scarlett Johansson?s directorial...Eternity (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.?...In the Mood for Love - 25th Anniversary (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite - until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered...It Was Just an Accident (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
A minor traffic accident reunites two men with a shared past. One is set on revenge, but then doubts set in. It Was Just an Accident opens as a languid and at times gently humorous road trip, with the actions of each participant keenly obse...Lurker (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
When rising pop star Oliver encounters retail worker Matthew, it?s the start of a perfect bromance. But as Matthew ingratiates himself into Oliver?s inner circle, the lines between friendship and obsession begin to blur, with dire consequen...Motherline: an event from Mothers who Make
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Join us to celebrate new work from over 50 women in the community alongside professional artists all responding to the theme of our Motherlines. Expect an array of imaginative, moving and creative responses from visual arts to live performa...Pillion (18)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Friday 19 December 2025
Colin is a quiet, unassuming man with supportive parents whose world is rocked when he enters a dom-sub relationship with towering, attractive biker Ray. Navigating his new role, he learns about its pleasures and pains, including those that...The Merchant of Four Seasons (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Released in 1972, The Merchant of Four Seasons was a turning point in the career of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It marked both an international breakthrough, receiving critical acclaim outside and inside West Germany, and a notable i...Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Thursday 18 December 2025
He solved the murder of the patriarch of a bitter, feuding family. He entered the labyrinthine world of a tech bro to peel away the layers of deceit and treachery to reveal their murderer. Now Benoit Blanc faces his toughest challenge yet ?...Snow White - Christmas Pantomime 2025
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
The Fairest Pantomime of Them All Mirror Mirror On The Wall... What's The Fairest Pantomime of Them all? It's SNOW WHITE, of course, and it's heading to The Blackburn Empire at Christmas 2025... Oh yes it is! Tom Rolfe Productions are thril...
Manchester Camerata & AMC Gospel Choir - A Festive Happening
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
'Warm your soul at this Christmas carol concert with a gospel twist' -Manchester Evening News To close out the year Manchester Camerata have what has become very much a Christmas tradition, their annual Christmas celebration with AMC Gospe...Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hall? St Peter's, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025 - Saturday 17 January 2026
The most awe-inspiring music from one of the greatest film composers of all time brought to you by a string quartet in an intimate candlelight setting. No doubt these tracks will sound familiar, as they give life to iconic films such as ...Bugonia (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 14 - Wednesday 17 December 2025
Jesse Plemons is outstanding as a conspiracy-obsessed paranoiac who, with the help of his brother, kidnaps a powerful CEO, believing she is an alien intent on destroying Earth. An inspired take on Jang Joon-hwan?s 2003 South Korean satire S...The Yard Thing
The Yard, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
The first of our family friendly Hip Hop community events @theyard_mcr. A Co-Op of Artists, DJs, Dancers and Traders coming together to bring you some...Disney Christmas party
