THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Mon 1 Dec 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hallé St Peter's
Fri 5 Dec 2025 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
Believe! The Polar Express Experience
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - 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...Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...The New Adventures of Peter Pan
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Sunday 30 November - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Set Sail this Easter and Join the Swashbuckling Adventures of Peter Pan in this high flying pantomime for all the Family from Trio Entertainments! Starring Coronation Street's "Ashley", Steven Arnold, as Captain Hook alongside Bolton panto ...Daniel Foxx
Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
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 ligh...Santa Special
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Sunday 30 November - 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
Sunday 30 November - 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...Wicked: For Good (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 December 2025
Witness the epic conclusion of Wicked, as Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time to save Oz. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her f...Off The Rails Comedy Club Saddleworth
The Royal George, Oldham
Sunday 30 November 2025 - Sunday 25 January 2026
Held on the last Sunday of every month at The Royal George, Greenfield, a large country pub set in the stunning Saddleworth countryside, Off The Rails comedy night hosts some of the biggest names in comedy. Attracting eager comedy fans, fro...Wes Banderson - The Music of Wes Anderson
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 November 2025
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Saturday 13 December 2025
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...Bad Shabbos (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
David and his soon-to-be-converted fianc?e, Meg, dread an upcoming Shabbat dinner at the Upper West Side home of David?s parents, Ellen and Richard. They have their reasons: Meg?s Catholic parents have been invited, neurotic Ellen is known ...Blue Moon (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 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!?.?...Bugonia (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 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...Die My Love (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 December 2025
From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Die, My Love is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a ferocious, tour de force performance from Jennifer Lawrence, and co-starring Robert Pattinso...
Pillion (18)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 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 Choral (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 December 2025
1916. A Yorkshire village?s choral society finds its ranks depleted as men head off to war. With the annual performance looming, the society is forced to change its entry rules to enlist some unlikely teens and the musically gifted but soci...Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November - Thursday 4 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 ?...Astley Santa's Grotto - 30th of November
Astley Hall Coach House And Park, Chorley
Sunday 30 November 2025
Come and meet Santa as he visits Astley Hall in the run up to Christmas...C-Street Christmas Market & Light Switch On
Frost Festival
Pennington Flash Park, Wigan
Sunday 30 November 2025
K.C Artisan presents Frost Festival in association with Wigan Council and Pennington Flash Nature Reserve....Santa Meet and Greet
Pennington Flash Park, Wigan
Sunday 30 November 2025
Santa meet and greet including a small gift....West African Dance Class with Jokeh Sillah
The West Indian Community Centre, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Traditional West African dance class. Vibrant, energetic, joyful Live djembes and dunduns with the brilliant Iya Sako and Tanante ...TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Monday 1 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
Monday 1 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...A Christmas Carol
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Monday 1 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...Freaky Friday
HOME, Manchester
Monday 1 December 2025 - Saturday 28 November 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...Alcotraz Prison Cocktail Bar
Alcotraz Manchester, Manchester
Monday 1 December 2025
This is the immersive cocktail bar behind bars, where the serving inmates are your bartenders, the guards are crooked and you become a part of the story. Once convicted, inmates are taken into an exciting world of mischief as they are fi...Murder Mystery - Death in the Shadows
Manchester Central Library, Manchester
Monday 1 December 2025
Step into the shoes of the city's best detective in this phone app-based game. On a ghost tour gone wrong, famous travel blogger Bella Wanderlust is found dead. Was it her jealous boyfriend? The eccentric tour guide? Or someone lurking in t...Hans Zimmer
Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The multiple Oscar and Grammy Award winner Hans Zimmer enters The Next Level - and brings Europe with him! The Next Level promises a completely new show featuring groundbreaking electronic soundscapes and a spectacular light production t...
Cinderella (SNP)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 2 - 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...Adventures in Wonderland
Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 2 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...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 27 December 2025
Want to know more about why Shakespeare North Playhouse was built? Why in Prescot? Why it won 'Theatre Building of the Year 2023' at The Stage Awards? Look no further! On this Guided Tour through Shakespeare North Playhouse, you will be led...Dreamers (15)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
After fleeing persecution at home, Nigerian migrant Isio is sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her asylum plea will receive a fair hearing. Isio believes the only way out is to play by the rules, even when her charismatic ne...Gallifrey Cabaret Presents It's Behind WHO
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 December 2025
IT?S BEHIND WHO!The Doctor has crash-landed further than they?ve ever been before? PANTO LAND! Oh yes they have!But with time (and space) running out, and questionable puns reaching critical levels, can the universe be saved? Or is this one...XS Malarkey with Headliner TBA
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 2 - Tuesday 9 December 2025
Since 1997 XS Malarkey has been a Manchester institution, with compere Toby Hadoke bringing you the very best comedians at the lowest prices. A minimum of just ?3 for members and ?6 for normal people- we keep tickets as low as possible to k...The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 3 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. ...Love Actually In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025 - Tuesday 15 December 2026
Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson...The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 3 - Monday 15 December 2025
Take a look behind the scenes at The Bridgewater Hall, and learn more about Manchester's iconic international concert venue. The entertaining and knowledgeable tour guides will lead you through the building's history, its acoustics and arch...British-Jewish Life on Film 2025 (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
An evening of entertaining, poignant and life-affirming films about British Jewish life commissioned by UK Jewish Film.?Films in this programme:?To Fly or Float (dir. Charlotte Peters) - Birmingham, 1979. Newly-orphaned Eva moves in with he...Manchester Improv Wednesdays
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Wednesday 3 - Wednesday 17 December 2025
An evening of fully improvised comedy - every Wednesday at 33 Oldham StreetThe Line Up.... Wet Skeleton is one performer, zero script, and infinite possibilities. Watch as her 206 soggy (and slightly wonky) bones become all manner of charac...The Hallé - Rush Hour: Nutcracker Selection
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Hear the magic of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, conducted by Maria Seletskaja, Music Director of the English National Ballet. From the 'Chinese Dance' (Tea), through the 'Trepak', to the 'Arabian Dance', Tchaikovsky's abridged score of the ...Jack Off The Beanstalk
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 4 - 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...
First Thursday Comedy
The Met, Bury
Thursday 4 December 2025 - Thursday 5 March 2026
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...Mothers Who Make
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025 - Thursday 5 November 2026
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...The Man in Grey (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Having been a successful writer in 1930s British cinema, Leslie Arliss began working as a director in the following decade. With The Man in Grey, released in 1943, he was able to gather a collection of rising stars - including Margaret Lock...Just the Tonic Comedy Club Manchester Special with Clinton Baptiste
The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Thursday 4 December 2025
PERFORMINGClinton Baptiste, Aaron Wood, Sally-Anne Hayward, Roger MonkhouseClinton Baptiste - ?Namaste?shalamah?shakattack? Clinton Baptiste. Medium, Clairvoyant, Psychic"Aaron Wood - "Absolutely brilliant" - Tim VineSally-Anne Hayward - "E...Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
Lowry, Salford
Friday 5 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...Snowstorm - Wish
