THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral
Fri 1 May - Fri 7 Aug 2026
Back To The Future The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 13 Jul - Sat 21 Aug 2027
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Luminiscence
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Monday 20 April - Friday 5 June 2026
Arriving in the UK for the first time, after dazzling over 1 Million people in Europe, the incredible immersive projection concert LUMINISCENCE transforms Manchester Cathedral into a fully immersive world of sound, story, and light. Featuri...Akala
Lowry, Salford
Monday 20 April 2026
Step into an unflinching night of truth, history and hope with one of Britain's most formidable voices, Akala. A BAFTA / MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, best-selling author, historian and social entrepreneur, Akala has garnered a reputa...Alfie Boe
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 20 April 2026
A decorated career that's lasted 30 years, Blackpool tenor Alfie Boe is one of the best-loved vocalists of his generation and a hugely successful, multi-platinum selling artist, having sold more than one million albums in the UK. Perhaps...You're the best collegue ever - Special Edition Gift Card
Gift Cards, Manchester
Monday 20 April 2026 - Monday 31 December 2029
This heartfelt gift card unlocks endless exciting Fever experiences in the United Kingdom, - the perfect way to express show your gratitude to the colleague who always goes above and beyond for the team. ...Akira - 4K Reissue (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
Relive one of the most influential Sci-Fi stories ever told, 35 years after it introduced UK audiences to the cinematic spectacle and powerful stories of anime. Katsuhiro Otomo?s landmark cyberpunk epic Akira is exploding back onto cinema s...Amélie - 25th Anniversary (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
23-year-old Am?lie is lonely. After an isolating childhood, she moves to Paris and becomes a waitress at the Caf? des Deux Moulins, a bar restaurant filled with a colourful cast of diners and employees. One night, Am?lie happens across a bo...California Schemin' (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
Based on the outrageous true story, California Schemin? follows two aspiring Scottish MCs who devise an audacious scheme to achieve their dream of a record deal, by posing as Californian hip hop artists. As fame beckons and the lies pile up...Departures (18)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
It?s instant chemistry when Benji encounters Jake at an airport departures gate. Their on-going relationship unfolds through intimate trips to Amsterdam, revealing a complex power dynamic.?Inspired by true life events, what begins as thrill...Father Mother Sister Brother (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
Father Mother Sister Brother is the eagerly-awaited new film from Jim Jarmusch. Funny, tender and astutely observed, this is an intimate exploration of the universal intricacies of family dynamics. Told in the form of a triptych divided int...NT Connections 2026 Day 1
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 April 2026
Wildfire RoadA story about a generation whose future has been hijacked. ?The whole play takes place on a flight from London to Tokyo. ?There?s a hijacker on board and the flight is re-directed to Siberia and in the process saving the lives ...Orwell: 2+2=5 (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future. ?Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (Academy Award-nominated I Am Not Your N...Rebuilding (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
Rebuilding follows Dusty, a stoic cowboy whose ranch was destroyed in a devastating wildfire.?Now based in a trailer community on a government-run campsite, Dusty finds solace with his new neighbours, quietly reassembles his life, and stren...The Blue Trail (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
Tereza, 77, has lived her whole life in a small, industrialised town in the Amazon, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought...The Drama (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.?This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy....The Shepherd and the Bear (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 30 April 2026
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and the Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to f...
The Stranger (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2026
Adapting Albert Camus? classic existentialist novel, Fran?ois Ozon delivers an enigmatic portrait of disaffection amid the tensions of 1930s French-colonised Algeria. Algiers, 1938. An unassuming man in his early thirties, Meursault attends...Matilda The Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Matilda The Musical, the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by Roald Dahl, is the winner of over 100 global awards, including 24 for Best Musical, the 'unique and unforgettable' (R...Private Lives
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 21 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
Jill Halfpenny returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre to play Amanda Prynne. 'I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.' In Noel Coward's savage comedy, there's nothing a cocktail can't cu...Waiting for Godot
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 21 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
Matthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett's classic play - in which absolutely nothing happens. Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wa...I, Daniel Blake
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Dan is a carpenter. A Geordie through and through. Just on the mend after a heart attack. Katie has just arrived from London. Finally got a council house for her and the kids. A fresh start. I, Daniel Blake is one of the most important stor...Noughts & Crosses
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman and adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz from Pilot Theatre is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world. Winner of Excellence i...The Animals
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 21 April 2026
What happens when imagination becomes survival? Set inside a youth custody classroom, The Animals is a fierce, poetic and deeply human play about identity, anger, compassion - and the stories we tell ourselves to survive systems that refuse...The Fit Prince
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 21 - Sunday 26 April 2026
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before [insert public holiday here]) Following the sold-out, award-winning shows Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Awkward Produ...XS Malarkey
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 21 April - Tuesday 26 May 2026
XS Malarkey is a not-for-profit comedy club, hosted every week by Toby Hadoke, and eagerly maintained by a group of minions who do his bidding on a regular basis. Despite our low door price, we put on shows with professional comedians and ...BOYS by Ella Hickson
The Kings Arms, Salford
Tuesday 21 April - Friday 8 May 2026
The Kings would like to announce their latest production of their inaugural season, BOYS by Ella Hickson. Hickson's firecracker play makes it's Manchester premiere at The King's Arms from 21st April - 8th May 2026. It's the final day for th...Adventures in Wonderland
Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 21 April - 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...Youth Theatre Taster Session
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Aged between 7 and 17 and want to find out more about the Octagon's Youth Theatre sessions? Then try this FREE taster session ahead of the next term. The weekly youth theatre sessions support young people to develop drama skills, work wi...NT Connections Festival 2026 Day 2
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Macbeth,Macbeth,Macbeth,Macbeth,Macbeth. When an alarm is deliberately set off during their GCSE drama exam, a group of students find themselves in detention. As they struggle to navigate the seemingly endless tasks they?ve been set as puni...The Maids of Wilko (18)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 21 April 2026
After the death of a close friend and on the cusp of entering middle age, Wiktor returns to the family property of his youth. There, he reconnects a group of sisters with whom he spent an idyllic summer 15 years prior, discovering the exten...Wilmslow Bachata Dance Classes - Try for Free
Aura Bar Wilmslow, Stockport
Tuesday 21 April - Tuesday 28 July 2026
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Carlos Acosta's Carmen
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Created by Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta, this version of Carmen is set to Rodion Shchedrin's orchestration of Bizet's opera score, injected with Cuban music and danced by Acosta's impressive Havana-based company.A flamenco-Cuban-ballet c...BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Spring Symphony
BBC Philharmonic Studios, Salford
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Elegant and virtuosic, Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major is celebrated for both its charm and technical brilliance, filled lyrical melodies, high-register passages and rapid runs. Schumann's Symphony No. 1 'Spring' arrives as a burst of fre...Horizon of Khufu - Journey to Ancient Egypt
Transmission House, Manchester
Wednesday 22 April - Sunday 28 June 2026
The Pyramids of Egypt have arrived in the UK for the first time! This immersive and groundbreaking expedition takes you back to the golden age of ancient Egypt, allowing you to explore the depths of the iconic pyramids, meet the goddess Bas...Machu Picchu - Journey to the Lost City
Transmission House, Manchester
Wednesday 22 - Thursday 30 April 2026
Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City transports you back 450 years ago to the heart of the ancient Inca Empire in stunning virtual reality. You'll climb the breathtaking peaks of the Andes, wander through the Temple of the Sun, walk the f...Milap Dance - Timeless
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Timeless is Milap's celebration of Indian dance - a stage where exceptional artists offer fresh creative voices within centuries-old traditions. This year features Elena Catalano (Odissi), Kinga Malec (Kathak), and Santosh Nair (Bha...National Theatre Live - All My Sons (15)
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller's classic play All My Sons, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge)....Manchester Musical Youth - 13 The Musical
Z-arts, Manchester
Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 April 2026
Manchester Musical Youth Main Stage kick off the 2026 Season with Jason Robert Brown's '13 The Musical'. Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Awa...NT Connections 2026 Day 3
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Fishville??The story starts when a young man named Jared takes to the sea in swimming gear but never starts swimming? His death, which follows on from the unexpected sale of his parents? house, throws the community into chaos. When the daug...Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball - film screening + Q&A
Thread Stockport, Stockport
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Come and watch 'Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball' then stick around for a Q&A with writer and director Leif Johnson, and lead actor Danny Sutcliffe....The Makings Of A Murderer - The Undercover Detective
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 23 April 2026
Join Peter Bleksley, a founding member of Scotland Yard's undercover unit and former star of Channel 4's Hunted, as he lifts the lid on the most dangerous and hidden aspects of murder investigations. From the gritty realities of infilt...Sip and Paint: Movement and Expression
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Thursday 23 April 2026
Aviva Studio's popular Sip and Paint evening returns for 2026 Join them for an evening of creativity, culture and community. Hosted by Black Creative Trailblazers, Sip and Paint celebrates the art of self-expression through colour, texture ...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Thursday 23 - Thursday 30 April 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...Our Land (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 23 April 2026
Our Land dares to tread where few have trespassed before, asking the timely question of who has the right to roam in the English countryside?The UK is a wild and beautiful place, but the vast majority of it is off limits to the general publ...'Allo 'Allo Comedy Train
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Friday 24 April - Friday 9 October 2026
'Allo! 'Allo! This is nighthawk calling! Listen very carefully, we shall say this only once! Renѐ was hoping for a quiet night in his humble little cafe in Nouvion, but things aren't quite going according to plan. The Resistance wants to u...The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 24 April 2026
Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Howerd's End, Jarman) presents his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years. Patrick Hamilton was a dazzling success in his twenties, producin...
Manford's Comedy Club
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 24 April - Friday 6 November 2026
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.. ...Under 5s Little Creatives
Lowry, Salford
Friday 24 April 2026
Sessions not available during school holidays Come along to Little Creatives in The Lookout for 45 minutes of fun. These sessions are designed for children age 2-5yrs with lots of engaging activities for them to get involved with. All atten...Ray Bradshaw
Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Friday 24 April 2026
1 in 6 adults in the UK will lose their hearing in their lifetime; two of those are Ray Bradshaw's parents. The multi award winning comedian is back on tour with a brand-new show all about growing up as a CODA; A Child of Deaf Adults. Hi...The Library of Enchantment
Z-arts, Manchester
Friday 24 April - Friday 31 July 2026
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 ...Creative Tiny Humans
HOME, Manchester
Friday 24 April 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 ...Bluey at the Cinema: Playdates with Friends (U)
