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Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival

Contact, Manchester
Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 March 2024
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is the world's largest youth drama festival. Enjoy an exhilarating evening of live theatre, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools. See Shakespeare's timeless stor...

Lowry Workshops - Dance & Drama (Morning)

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 19 March 2024 - Friday 28 March 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. All workshops and projects are tailor made to support your objectives an...

Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You

Science & Industry Museum, Manchester
Tuesday 19 March - Sunday 9 June 2024
Dive headfirst into the digestive system for an unforgettable journey of super-sized science with Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You. Get ready for a special mission to find out what happens to food when we eat.  Guided by videos and illust...

Les Misérables School Edition

The Met, Bury
Wednesday 20 - Saturday 23 March 2024
Winner of over 100 international awards and seen by over 65 million people worldwide, Les Miserables is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. Now adapted for high school performers, Les Miserables School Editio...

The Secret of Kells (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 March 2024
★★★★ Hand-drawn and watercoloured, this animation is as sublime as a stained-glass window. ~ Total Film. --- Beautifully drawn and refreshingly calm, The Secret of Kells hearkens back to animation's golden age with an enchanting ta...

Little Creatives

The Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 20 - Wednesday 27 March 2024
Join The Lowry for their weekly Little Creatives session. This is designed for under 5's with different activities each week. Your little one is sure to have fun and get creative in these workshops. All attendees will need to book a ticket....

The Gingerbread Man

HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 - Sunday 24 March 2024
Imagine being born in an oven and the first person you meet wants to dunk you in his tea! Come and see the adventure of the deliciously smelling Gingerbread Man who finds his feet fast and sets off on the journey of a lifetime! Up and down ...

Robot Dreams (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 - Wednesday 27 March 2024
★★★★✭ "A colourful mediation on the rewards and demands of meaningful friendship." ~ Toronto Star. Adapted from Sara Varon's graphic novel, Spanish director Pablo Berger's gorgeous, colourful and sharply humorous film, with its n...

Alice In Wonderland

Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 23 March 2024
Filled with live music, puppetry and hilarious characters, Folksy Theatre deliver the perfect show for the whole family. Alice, a young, curious girl, follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole and ends up in Wonderland! There, she begins on...

Opera North - Little Listeners: Orchestral Storytime

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 23 March 2024
Join members of the Orchestra of Opera North at this relaxed concert for young children and their families. During story time we will explore the tale of The Duck with No Luck, with musical accompaniment from the Orchestra of Opera North co...

The 100 Story Hotel

Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 23 March - Saturday 20 July 2024
Created with bestselling, multi-award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph and Discover Children's Story Centre. This interactive world of play and storytelling has something for everyone aged 1-8 and their families.  Hello and welc...

Saturday Club - Society and Change

Manchester Museum, Manchester
Saturday 23 March - Saturday 6 July 2024
Society and Change Are you aged 13-16? Are you interested in creatively exploring how we can work together towards a fairer and more sustainable future?  In partnership with the  National Saturday Club, the Society & Change Saturday Club...

Fireman Sam

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 24 March 2024
rand New for 2024. Norman wants to go on an adventure to impress his friends, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel, one of the...

The Boy at The Back of The Class

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 March 2024
The new live show for children aged 7+ based on the 2019 Blue Peter Book Award and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winning novel by Onjali Q. Rauf adapted for the stage by Nick Ahad. Told from a child's perspective, balancing heart and h...

Robert Wilson and CocoRosie: Jungle Book

Aviva Studios, Manchester
Wednesday 27 - Sunday 31 March 2024
Jungle Book swings into town in a spellbinding stage production from visionary director Robert Wilson with original live music from CocoRosie Step into the enchanting world of the Jungle Book. See the timeless tale of mancub Mowgli and frie...

Spot's Birthday Party

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 March 2024
With party hats, songs, dancing and lots of interactive party games, this is going to be the best birthday party ever! Join Steve the monkey, Tom the Crocodile and Helen the Hippo to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPOT! Based on the beloved Eric ...

There's a Monster in Your Show

Z-arts, Manchester
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 March 2024
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...

COMEDYSPORTZ

Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 30 March 2024 - Saturday 22 February 2025
You've seen football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don't want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, ...

Wonka (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Saturday 30 March - Wednesday 3 April 2024
★★★★ "It may not scale the heights of his Paddington duo, but Paul King's Wonka is a beguiling way to spend 116 minutes, perfectly anchored by Chalamet's benevolent dandy. All together now: Oompa Loompa, doompety doo..." ~ Empire. -...

Trouble on Volcano Island

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Sunday 31 March 2024
"The Greatest Prehistoric Show on Earth"65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure?Join the intrepid Dinosaur Adventurers as they journey to a world of living, breathing, life-like Dinosaurs. Walk with them through th...

Dinosaur Adventure Live

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Sunday 31 March 2024
65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure? This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. Join the intrepi...

The Gruffalo's Child

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 2 - Sunday 7 April 2024
Tall Stories presents The Gruffalo's Child Adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning picture book Optional book line subheading: The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood...   Follo...

Treasure Island (Easter Holidays)

Altrincham Garrick Playhouse, Altrincham
Wednesday 3 - Sunday 14 April 2024
Avast there, me hearties! It's time to set sail with the Altrincham Garrick Playhouse this Easter Holiday for an action-packed, swashbuckling adventure on the high seas to TREASURE ISLAND! It's a dark and stormy night. Jim, the inn-keeper'...

The Wizarding Adventure

East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Wednesday 3 April - Wednesday 23 October 2024
It's a kind of magic! Are you ready to attend your first day at the Grand Old School of Wizardry. Join the madcap mages and wacky witches of the faculty on a spellbinding adventure to work on your wand waving, brush up on your broomstick sk...

Musical Theatre Masterclass

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 5 April 2024
A workshop developed specifically for young people aged between 7 and 14 to hone performance skills, exploring dance, vocal and character techniques. This fun and confidence building masterclass is delivered by professional musical theatre ...

Musical Theatre Masterclass

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Friday 5 April 2024
A workshop developed specifically for young people aged between 7 and 14 to hone performance skills, exploring dance, vocal and character techniques. This fun and confidence building masterclass is delivered by professional musical theatre ...

Roger McGough's The Sound Collector

Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 6 April 2024
A charming new family musical for children aged 5+ by beloved poet Roger McGough. Blind musician Keith loves his noisy life. His neighbour Topsy, a TikTok influencer, has different ideas. One day, a mysterious figure sneaks into Keith's hou...

The Book of Life (U)

HOME, Manchester
Saturday 6 - Wednesday 10 April 2024
From producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge Gutierrez comes an animated comedy with a unique visual style. The Book of Life is the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and foll...

Kidz Bop

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 7 April 2024
Sing and dance along with the KIDZ BOP Kids as they perform today's biggest hits, live on stage including "As It Was," "About That Time," "Anti-Hero," "Green Green Grass," "Trustfall," and many more. This is the ultimate pop concert for kid...

L.O.L. Surprise Live

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11 April 2024
First ever L.O.L. Surprise! live show set to dazzle families The call has gone out... All B.B.s in the UK have been invited to strut their stuff and show off exactly who they are when the L.O.L. Surprise! LIVE VIP Party in collaboration wit...

Dinosaur Adventure Live

Middleton Arena, Manchester
Wednesday 10 April 2024
65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure? This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. Join the intrepi...

Nick Cope's Family Show

The Met, Bury
Saturday 13 April 2024
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animations to sell-out crowds all over the country. He has an incredible fan ...

Grooving With Pirates

Z-arts, Manchester
Saturday 13 April 2024
Come on a swashbuckling adventure with family favourite Groove Baby as it sails the seas in this exciting, jazz and funk fuelled show especially for 3-7 year olds and their grown-up crews. Grooving With Pirates is an animated and live-actio...

Coco (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 17 April 2024
Disney/Pixar's Coco 2017 classic. Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Brat...

Kidz Bop

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 14 April 2024
Sing and dance along with the KIDZ BOP Kids as they perform today's biggest hits, live on stage including "As It Was," "About That Time," "Anti-Hero," "Green Green Grass," "Trustfall," and many more. This is the ultimate pop concert for kid...

Dinosaur Adventure Live

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 14 April 2024
65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure? This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. Join the intrepi...

Dinosaur Adventure Live

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 14 April 2024
65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure? This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. Join the intrepi...

Awful Auntie

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Sunday 21 April 2024
Following their acclaimed productions of Gangsta Granny, Billionaire Boy and Demon Dentist, Birmingham Stage Company are proud to present a fabulous new production of David Walliams' amazing adventure story, featuring a very large owl, a ve...

Dimension 20

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 18 April 2024
Regular Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan and the Intrepid Heroes are coming to the UK and Ireland for their first ever live tour of the popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game show Dimension 20. Most of the games use Dungeons & Dra...

Bear Grylls

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 20 April 2024
The globally renowned adventure icon, award-winning TV host and Number 1 bestselling author Bear Grylls, is set to inspire and captivate audiences with his stories of adventure and survival with his Never Gives Up Tour. Best known for pushi...

Encanto (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Saturday 20 - Wednesday 24 April 2024
Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2021 feature film "Encanto" tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them-each c...

Stars for Tonight 2024

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Sunday 21 April 2024
NW Theatre productions present Stars For Tonight 2024. It's going to be even bigger and better for 2024 as they give students some memories to last a lifetime. Showcasing the talent from local students on the big stage. ...

The Wizard of Oz

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 24 April - Sunday 5 May 2024
Starring award-winning comedian and musical theatre star Jason Manford as The Cowardly Lion, JLS sensation Aston Merrygold as The Tin Man and RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and Dancing On Ice star The Vivienne as The Wicked Witch of the West,...

The Little Prince

Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 28 April 2024
Through mesmerising puppetry and beautiful songs the boy who fell to earth teaches his friend the Aviator about love, life and real happiness. Has a sheep on a star eaten a rose?' If that sounds silly then you might be like the King and the...

CBeebies Ocean Adventure Proms

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 5 May 2024
Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. On the big screen, Andy is ready to report from an adventure in his submarine pod, plus CBeebies favourites JoJo a...

Shelf - The Kids' Show

The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 5 May 2024
Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness, Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages ...

Horrible Histories - Rotten Royals

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Tuesday 7 - Wednesday 8 May 2024
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So Horrible Histories is back in 2024 with revolting rulers and mad monarchs from Britain'sbarmypast! Would you be wooed by Richard the Lionheart?Are you ready for a ...

Little Reads

Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 7 May - Tuesday 2 July 2024
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...

Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals

The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 14 - Wednesday 15 May 2024
Join a dazzling dozen of the world's best professional dancers as they take to the road next year for the 2024 official Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals UK Tour. This exhilarating show will showcase the exceptional talent of 12 belo...

Disney's Aladdin

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 22 May - Sunday 7 July 2024
Experience Disney's spectacular Broadway and West End musical Aladdin on its UK and Ireland Tour, flying in on a magic carpet to a theatre near you in 2023/24Don't miss out on Disney's enchanting Aladdin musical, an extraordinary theatrical...
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