THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Murder Trial Tonight IV Death Of A Landlord
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sun 8 - Fri 27 Mar 2026
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral
Wed 12 Nov 2025 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
Gareth Malone - Sing-along-a-Gareth
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Saturday 8 November 2025
It's time to lift our voices once more as Gareth Malone, together with his band and a group of stellar singers, guides us through an evening of song. Featuring the tunes he's performed over the last 15 years on television, this feel-good c...Jason Manford
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 8 November 2025
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons. The Manchester comedian has been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn't...Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 8 - 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...A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 8 November 2025
GOD BLESS HELP US, EVERYONE The Cornley Amateur Drama Society are back with tidings of chaos and joy, ready to tackle the Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. A new production of CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG smashes into the Lowry pri...Fawlty Towers - The Play
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
The 'Greatest British Sitcom of All Time' (Radio Times) is back - this time on stage! 50 years since it first graced our TV screens, Fawlty Towers is now a brand-new stage play adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline J...Miss Saigon
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 8 - Saturday 15 November 2025
The soaring musical score features the hits songs; The Heat is On in Saigon, The Movie in My Mind, Last Night of the World and The American Dream. Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to present a new touring...Dancing at Lughnasa
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
"I want to dance, Kate. It's the festival of Lughnasa. I'm only thirty-five. I want to dance." Driven by an overwhelming desire, the five Mundy sisters dance. Together they twirl and spin, it is wild, passionate, reckless, and for the brief...Henning Wehn
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 8 November 2025
With his new show, Acid Wehn, award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather. Rain or sh...The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025 - Saturday 11 July 2026
Few things are more magical than hearing the world's most breath-taking classical music being performed live by a brilliant orchestra in beautiful surroundings, by the flicker of candlelight. This experience comes to life when the city's...Warren Mailley-Smith - Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
The perfect option for first-time classical concert goers, spectacular British concert panist Warren Mailley-Smith performs a selection of sensational works for solo piano, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. ...Sherlock Holmes and the Hunt for Moriarty
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 8 November 2025
"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...Candlelight - A Tribute to ABBA
St Philip's Church Salford, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations never before used for this purpose in Manchester. Buy your tickets now to discover the music of ABBA at Manchester Cathedral under t...Barrier(s)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Eloise Pennycott's Barrier(s) is a powerful and intimate love story. Love has no single language. Alana and Katie come from different worlds. One is hearing, one is deaf. Together, they navigate the joys and struggles of love, communicati...The Crooners - Christmas Special
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Saturday 8 November 2025
Superbly original, hilariously festive, and bursting with seasonal cheer, The Crooners Christmas Special is the ultimate Christmas comedy music show. Packed with laugh-out-loud antics, sharp one-liners, and a dazzling dose of Big Band swing...The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
Saturday 8 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...
The Whitney Bottomless Brunch
Freight Island, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Get the gang together and get those group chats ready, because Brunch Baby are hosting a massive 'Whitney' themed Bottomless Brunch and you're all invited! Prepare yourselves for the ultimate brunch experience, jam packed with unforgettabl...Glamrou
Contact, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Renowned Iraqi queen Glamrou, and renowned Iraqi queen, Glamrou's mother, fight for the spotlight with their competing narratives of what really happened in Drag Mother. Come get lost in this drag hall of mirrors, where one queen's truth ...Adventures in Wonderland
Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 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 8 November - 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 8 November - Saturday 13 December 2025
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...Buff Bingo Bottomless Brunch - Manchester
On Bar, Manchester
Saturday 8 November - Saturday 20 December 2025
This is a world away from your Grandma's afternoon bingo session! Great Britain's favourite game has been reimagined with a sassy twist and a large helping of spice. The Grand game of Bingo will be the centrepiece for one crazy brunch party...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 8 November - 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...Family Art Stars
Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 8 November - Saturday 6 December 2025
Families that learn together, grow together. We are very excited to continue our Family Art Stars sessions every Saturday! Come down, muck in and make some art as a family, spending quality time and learning new techniques. No skill is requ...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Saturday 8 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...Family Fundraiser Event (The Magic Burrow)
St Martins Church Hall Droylsden Manchester, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Local stalls, character visits, pre-loved sale, adopt a teddy, arts and crafts, ice cream and much more. Money goes towards new play centre...Justin Live
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 9 November 2025
Are You Ready To Rock?.... Because Justin has got the band back together! Famous for his BAFTA Award-winning appearances in hit programmes including Something Special, Justin's House, Gigglebiz and Gigglequiz, Justin and his friends are ba...Josh Jones
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 9 November 2025
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, this marvellous Manc is back with his best show yet, I Haven't Won the Lottery so here's another show. A TV favourite, and now an aspiring doctor's wife, Josh Jones is now knee deep into his...David Olusoga - A Gun Through Time
Lowry, Salford
Monday 10 November 2025
Have you ever considered how a single weapon could change the course of history? What stories lie behind the guns that shaped empires, wars, and even criminal underworlds? How did these firearms influence not just battles, but entire societ...Brett Tippie
Waterside, Manchester
Monday 10 November 2025
Brett Tippie is a multi-talented professional extreme sports athlete - a pioneer of Freeride Mountain Biking who kicked off his career while simultaneously competing on the World Cup circuit for Giant Slalom & Snowboard Cross for the Canadi...
The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 10 November - 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...Floridita Dance - Free Salsa Taster Class
On Bar, Manchester
Monday 10 - Monday 17 November 2025
Ever wanted to learn Salsa but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner is required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their c...Frantic Assembly - Lost Atoms
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 November 2025
Following sell out tours of Othello and Metamorphosis contemporary theatre company Frantic Assembly returns with a brand-new play for its 30th Anniversary year, written by Anna Jordan (Succession, Killing Eve, The Unreturning, Yen). ...Jeanette Winterson
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 11 November 2025
I can change the story because I am the story. Forty years after her era-defining debut Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with One Aladdin Two Lamps - a bold, brilliant celebration of the transformative power of...Itch - Spoken Word Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 11 November - Tuesday 9 December 2025
Itch is Shakespeare North Playhouse's monthly spoken word night. It is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. If you are a performer and are looking for a performance opportunity get in touch. You mi...Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
On Bar, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Tuesday 18 November 2025
Ever wanted to learn Bachata but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their co...XS Malarkey with Rachel Fairburn
53two, Manchester
Tuesday 11 November 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...Opera North - La bohème
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 12 - Saturday 15 November 2025
From Paris with love comes a tale of friendship and romance that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. When struggling poet Rodolfo meets Mimi, a quiet seamstress who lives upstairs, it's love at first sight. But life isn't easy whe...An Evening with The Fast Show
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Fans of the celebrated sketch classic The Fast Show are in for a real treat as the original cast members, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, John Thomson, Paul Whitehouse, Mark Williams and Arabella Weir, reunite to celebrate the 30th a...Grayson Perry
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Chelmsford-born Turner Prize-winning acclaimed cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry CBE is as well known for his colourful pottery and tapestries as he is for his books, TV shows and social commentary. Using all these different media, he ...Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
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 ...National Theatre Live - Inter Alia (15)
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica in this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood. Written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin following their global phenomenon, Prima Facie. Jes...An Evening of Mediumship with Jenny Moore
Knutsford Little Theatre, Warrington
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Join one of the UK's most evidential Mediums Jenny Moore, as she shares her amazing psychic gifts. Jenny will bring through many loved ones giving evidence proof & guidance but most of all comfort that our loved ones in the Spirit Realm are...Margaret Atwood
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life?Join us for a very special evening as we welcome back our dear friend and one of literature's most fearless voices, Margaret Atwood, celebrating her long-awaited memoi...A Christmas Carol
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 13 November 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...
Two Pints Live With Will Mellor & Ralf Little
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Will Mellor and Ralf Little, of the cult British sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, take their smash hit Podcast out on tour when they ask people to join them for Two Pints, LIVE! Following two sell-out tours of their huge...Crown Ballet - Swan Lake
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 13 November 2025
The UK Premier of this ballet company from Moldova, Crown Ballet presents the most famous ballet of all time and the greatest of all romantic ballets with music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. The compelling legend of a tragic romance in which a ...Odyssey
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Chart-topping icons of Disco - Odyssey will perform their greatest hits from the 1970s and 80s, including "Native New Yorker", "Use It Up & Wear It Out", "Looking for a Way Out", "Don't Tell Me Tell Her", "Inside Out", and "Going Back to My...Lowry Youth Dance Project
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 13 November 2025 - Thursday 19 March 2026
Calling young people aged 9-16 who love to move! Take part in this inspiring dance project to develop your dance ability and unleash your artistic creativity. Experience how dancers train at Lowry. All genders and abilities welcome! In ...Dara Ó Briain
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 November 2025
Dara O Briain is one of the UK & Ireland's favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara O Briai...Believe! The Polar Express Experience
