Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Tue 31 Mar - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Wed 13 May 2026 - Thu 25 Feb 2027
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Fri 1 May - Fri 7 Aug 2026
Top Hat - The Musical
Tuesday 31 March - Saturday 4 April 2026
Based on the classic 1935 RKO movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Top Hat is a sparkling romantic cocktail laced with witty comedy, stunning choreography and tap-dancing brilliance, brought to life on stage with lavish sets and g...
Matilda The Musical
Tuesday 31 March - 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...
Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition Final
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Following the success of the 2023 Final, the three most promising young conductors of the 2026 competition will each take to The Bridgewater Hall stage to direct the Halle orchestra live, competing to become the newest member of the Halle f...
Private Lives
Tuesday 31 March - 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...
Caught Again in the Net of Rebirth + Just Enough Madness
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Two deeply-felt works by new generation South Asian artists, with live music. What happens to a woman when the world calls it joy, but her body whispers something else? Exploring the silences surrounding motherhood, miscarriage, and postpa...
Wren's World
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Wren and her sister Robin experience the world very differently; Robin seems to have it all figured out, but to Wren, the world is loud and busy and confusing. To make sense of it, she creates her own magical world full of adventure, where ...
XS Malarkey
Tuesday 31 March - 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 ...
Adventures in Wonderland
Tuesday 31 March - 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
Tuesday 31 March - 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 ...
Race Across the World - The Experience
Tuesday 31 March - Sunday 5 April 2026
Experience the official live adventure of the award-winning BBC TV show. No maps. No public transport. Just your wits, your team, and Manchester's streets. You've watched it on TV, now live it for real! Race Across the World: The Experience...
Met Express Drama Group
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Met Express is The Met's very own learning disability theatre company. Met Express is an inclusive and accessible group run by expert facilitators with a diverse membership with a range of different disabilities. Sessions run Mondays and T...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Tuesday 31 March - 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...
You're the best collegue ever - Special Edition Gift Card
Tuesday 31 March 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. ...
Apnas (15)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 2 April 2026
Set against the gritty streets of Manchester, Apnas follows a young British Asian man who is pulled into a dangerous criminal world by his notorious uncle, only to find himself in a brutal conflict with his own cousin. Family, money, faith....
Arco (PG) Subtitled
Tuesday 31 March - Wednesday 1 April 2026
Futures collide in this time-twisting thriller when an innocent and adventurous boy from the distant future crash-lands in the near future - not too far away from us. Trapped in 2075, he meets an inquisitive and astute girl - but will this ...
Dead Man's Wire (15)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April 2026
The morning of February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a ?dead man?s wire? from the trigger to Hall...
DJ Ahmet (PG)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 2 April 2026
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Y?r?k village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father?s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love ? a girl already promised to someone els...
La Grazia (12A)
Tuesday 31 March - Wednesday 8 April 2026
As his tenure as President of Italy nears its end, Mariano De Santis faces wrenching decisions - both political and deeply personal. Amid these moral quandaries, he must confront his own conscience and seek guidance from those closest to hi...
Orwell: 2+2=5 (15)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 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...
Redoubt (12A)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 2 April 2026
At the peak of the Cold War, farm worker Karl-G?ran Persson starts fortifying his house. ?He gathers scrap-metal and casts it into the walls to build a fortress meant to protect him and his neighbours. ?His efforts are met with puzzlement b...
Resurrection (15)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April 2026
With his senses-ravishing third feature, visionary director Bi Gan takes his deepest plunge yet into the realm of pure cinematic dreamscape. In a world where humans have forsaken dreams in exchange for immortality, a dreaming monster embark...
The Secret Agent (15)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April 2026
A university professor travels from S?o Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he?s been tailed and spied on by neighbours in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escap...
Two Prosecutors (12A)
Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April 2026
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly appointed local prosecutor, Alexander Korny...
Underland (12A) + recorded Q&A
Tuesday 31 March - Tuesday 7 April 2026
We know so little of the world beneath our feet. To most it is a place only of fear and darkness, though to a brave few it is one of knowledge and wonder to be found nowhere else. Based on the bestselling book by Robert Macfarlane, Underlan...
The World Class Wrecking Crew
Tuesday 31 March 2026
The World Class Wrecking Crew is a play about graffiti, fatherhood, artistic expression that takes place over the course of one night....
Sherlock Holmes and the Hunt for Moriarty
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 April 2026
"When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities" London, 1901. As the British Empire wages war in the name of a Queen whose health is failing, a s...
Ensemble Symphony Orchestra - Discovering Morricone
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Experience the enchanting world of Maestro Ennio Morricone, brought to life by Italy's Ensemble Symphony Orchestra and led by conductor Giacomo Loprieno. After multiple critically acclaimed tours in Italy, Discovering Morricone debuts in th...
Machu Picchu - Journey to the Lost City
Wednesday 1 - 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...
Under Milk Wood
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 April 2026
To begin at the beginning... The villagers of Llareggub dream of lost love, drowned shipmates and failed marriages. Time passes. Enter an eccentric world filled with romance, fantasy, scandal, and song. A funny, moving and accessible produc...
The Angry Brigade
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 April 2026
Set in 1970s Britain during a period of Tory cuts, high unemployment, and increasing inequality, focusing on the hunt for the anarchist group "The Angry Brigade" by a special police squad. The play contrasts the contrasting perspectives of ...
Sirât (15)
Wednesday 1 - Thursday 2 April 2026
A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They're searching for Mar - daughter and sister - who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw,...
The Straight Story - 4K Restoration (PG)
Wednesday 1 - Thursday 9 April 2026
Alvin's eyesight is poor, he has little money and he can't stand the thought of being driven anywhere. So when he discovers his estranged brother has suffered a stroke he decides to make the journey by the only means of transport available ...
Twinless (15)
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 11 April 2026
After meeting in a twin bereavement support group, Roman and Dennis develop an unlikely bromance as they both search for solace and an identity without their better halves. They soon become inseparable, but old wounds reopen that will have ...
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS - EASTER PANTOMIME 2026
Wednesday 1 - Sunday 12 April 2026
When the Magic Mirror (Tim Lucas) reveals that Snow White (Chantelle Morgan) is the fairest of them all, the Wicked Witch (Shania Pain) orders a dramatic end to the young Princess' life, but luck is on Snow White's side as she escapes into ...
Murder Mystery - Death in the Shadows
Wednesday 1 April - Tuesday 1 December 2026
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...
Gandeys K-Pop Dragon Circus
Thursday 2 - Sunday 19 April 2026
Step into the spectacular world of Gandey's K-Pop Dragon Circus - a dazzling fusion of East meets West, where magic, music, and myth unite beneath the big top. Leading the adventure is the charismatic Ringmaster Joel, joined by his mischiev...
Russell Howard
Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 April 2026
Russell Howard is back with a brand-new stand-up tour in 2026. After breaking records with sold-out shows across the globe, 'one of the world's top comedians' (The Sunday Times) is inviting you back into the room: no phones, no distractions...
The Wiggles
Thursday 2 April 2026
Following their sell-out 2025 tour, The Wiggles are back by overwhelming demand with their biggest and brightest show yet - travelling across the country to bring the live-show phenomenon to a city near you. In a concert filled with a...
Murder, She Didn't Write
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 April 2026
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...
Alasdair Beckett-King
Thursday 2 April 2026
Alasdair Beckett-King is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation. Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs! As...
There's A Monster In Your Show
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 April 2026
Tom Fletcher's interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved 'Who's in Your Book?' series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show. A group of performers are preparing to start their show, but...
The Jury Experience - Death on the Port Side
Thursday 2 April - Sunday 7 June 2026
You've been called for jury duty. Step into a thrilling courtroom drama where the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, analyze evidence, and ultimately decide... guilty or not guilty? On a summer night, the son of a powerful politic...
The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case
Thursday 2 April - Sunday 7 June 2026
Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience. In this live theatre show, YOU are the jury-the power to deliver justice is entirely in your hands. You'll examine every piece of the puzzle, from witness testimonies to ...
Paul Foot
Thursday 2 April 2026
As seen on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, multi-award-winning and trail-blazing comedian, Paul Foot, is back on tour with Dissolve, his most personal, surprising and ground-breaking show e...
Horizon of Khufu - Journey to Ancient Egypt
Thursday 2 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...
The City for Incurable Women
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 April 2026
Ladies and Gentlethem - feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn't work? Try The City for Incurable Women! Paris, 1880s. In a psychiatric hospital, female patients performed 'hy...
The Corinthians: We Were The Champions (PG)
Thursday 2 April - Saturday 23 May 2026
This is the incredible real-life story of the original rebel girls of football - The Corinthians Ladies FC from Manchester - who defied The FA's 50-year ban on women playing to become global champions. Told exclusively by 10 surviving playe...
The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour
Thursday 2 - Wednesday 29 April 2026
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...
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