Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Thu 11 Dec 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Thu 26 Mar - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Thu 11 Dec 2025 - Sat 10 Jan 2026
Sun 15 Mar - Fri 22 May 2026
Wed 21 Jan - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Thu 19 Feb - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Thu 11 Dec 2025 - Sun 4 Jan 2026
Sun 18 Oct 2026 - Sat 1 May 2027
Robin Hood
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 - 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 - 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...
Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 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)
Thursday 11 - 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...
Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
Thursday 11 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...
Aladdin
Thursday 11 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...
The New Adventures of Peter Pan
Thursday 11 - 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...
Rumpelstiltskin
Thursday 11 - 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
Thursday 11 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
Thursday 11 - 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...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Thursday 11 - 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
Thursday 11 - 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,...
Troubadour Presents: Wayfaring Songs for a Starry Night
Thursday 11 December 2025
Join us on a midwinter's night for a journey through folk and classical music from around the world. We will take you on a cosmic journey through folk, medieval and classical music from Armenia, medieval Occitania, Andalusia, France, Irelan...
Wicked: For Good (PG)
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 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...
Adventures in Wonderland
Thursday 11 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...
Mama Sood's Supper Club
Thursday 11 December 2025
Mama Sood's Supper Club is Back! Following a sell-out success earlier this year, Mama Sood's Supper Club returns to Shakespeare North Playhouse. Personally curated by Mama herself, each dish showcases the versatility of her creations whil...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Thursday 11 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)
Thursday 11 - 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!?.?...
Bugonia (15)
Thursday 11 - 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...
Dreamers (15)
Thursday 11 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...
Eternity (15)
Thursday 11 - 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.?...
HOME Young Company Showcase
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 December 2025
Join us at HOME for a two-night celebration of creativity and bold new voices. Members of HOME?s Young Company have been exploring solo performance, experimenting with form, voice, and storytelling to develop their own unique work. Across t...
In the Mood for Love - 25th Anniversary (PG)
Thursday 11 - 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)
Thursday 11 - 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...
Pillion (18)
Thursday 11 - 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...
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (12A)
Thursday 11 - 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 ?...
Zodiac Killer Project (15)
Thursday 11 December 2025
Having tried and failed to make a true crime documentary, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton instead tells the story of what might have been. In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, the true crime boom is put under the microscope as f...
Tiny Tim
Thursday 11 - Tuesday 16 December 2025
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The Hallé - Christmas Cracker
Friday 12 December 2025
Let the Halle add a little extra sparkle to your festive season with a selection box of your all-time favourite Christmas hits. Deck the halls and get ready for the most wonderful time of the year with the Halle's Christmas Cracker - a fest...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Friday 12 - 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...
Bingo Lingo
Friday 12 - Friday 19 December 2025
Taking bingo, shaking all the dust-out and turning it into one mad, confetti-filled, party-bingo night of mayhem, this is Bingo like you've never experienced before. You'll be sat at a table with all of your friends playing bingo in a f...
Ultimate Power
Friday 12 December 2025
Why go anywhere else when you can go to a place where everyone has a sole aim: to embrace the greatest power ballads ever written, all night long. The Ultimate Power DJs will take you on a ride through the very best of the genre: from forgo...
Murder Mystery Evening
Friday 12 - Friday 19 December 2025
Nothing works up an appetite like exercising those brain cells. So bring your best detective skills and join us for a night of mystery and murder on one of our stunning heritage steam trains. If you love Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes -...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 12 December 2025 - Friday 13 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.. ...
The Library of Enchantment
Friday 12 - 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 ...
Tim Edey's Celtic Christmas
Friday 12 December 2025
An evening of Celtic Christmas music from multi-award-winning folk musician Tim Edey. Originally from Broadstairs in Kent and of Irish descent, Tim Edey honed his style learning from his father Richard, himself a fine guitarist, and liste...
All That Heaven Allows (U)
Friday 12 - 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)
Friday 12 - 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...
Eleanor the Great (12A)
Friday 12 - 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...
Lurker (15)
Friday 12 - 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...
The Hallé - Carol Concerts
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...
Santa Live! The Ultimate Santa Show Party
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...
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