DRAG & LGBT+ IN MANCHESTER
DRAG & LGBT+ IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Drag & LGBT+ in Manchester
Fri 13 Jun - Sat 19 Jul 2025
Fri 31 Oct - Fri 28 Nov 2025
Tue 24 Mar - Wed 8 Apr 2026
Divina De Campo
Friday 9 May 2025
Manchester Gay Village drag superstar Divina de Campo returns with I Do Think, an electrifying one-woman show that explores life's highs, lows, and everything in between. From orbiting the stars to becoming one, join Divina as she distills ...
This is Not my Beautiful House
Friday 9 May 2025
A story of myth, legend and identity, This Is Not My Beautiful House is a one-person play in the Irish language, with English surtitles. Suitable for anyone interested in queer identity, Irish history, or theatre generally, the show revolv...
Zoe Lyons
Saturday 10 May 2025
If life is a journey, Zoe's has had more than its share of potholes and diversions: from diving with sharks, to sitting in a shed in Vietnam with a former health secretary (and discovering that MPs aren't the only parasites she has to wo...
The Whitney Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 10 May - 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...
ABBA Believe In Angels Brunch - ABBA Tribute
Saturday 10 May - 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...
Go Gaga Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 10 May - Saturday 25 October 2025
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless bubbles & all the Gaga hits you you handle?... Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party you'll never forget. A full show from Lady Gaga Impersonator Donna Marie & her backing dancers ...
Buff Bingo Bottomless Brunch - Manchester
Saturday 10 May - 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...
Diana: The Untold & Untrue Story
Monday 12 - Thursday 15 May 2025
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know our story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life. Combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction, ...
A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 May 2025
An uplifting queer parody musical and the story of Hunter's transition, set in the Wild Wild (North) West. Join Hunter King in his gender journey of self discovery and explore themes of dysphoria, joy and discovering your authentic self. Th...
Gary Clarke Company - Detention
Wednesday 14 - Thursday 15 May 2025
Barnsley's pioneering, award-winning dance theatre company Gary Clarke Company proudly presents its highly anticipated new dance theatre show, Detention, sequel to the multi award-winning Coal and critically acclaimed Wasteland. Detention e...
The Wheel Of Nouns
Wednesday 14 May 2025
What is Gender anyway? Discover why it may be easier than you think in Stevie Hook's new cabaret comedy! Rejoice... or beware! The Gender Fairy is loose and has found their way to Manchester. Enjoy an evening of spinning game show wheels, j...
Buff
Thursday 15 May 2025
Funny yet poignant, this solo-performed play tackles body image pressures, social media jealousy, and one gay man's journey to self-acceptance head on, whilst navigating the toxic universal world of online dating. After a bad break-up from ...
Holly Redford Jones - I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Manchester-based Chesterfield musician turned stand-up comedian Holly Redford Jones is dancing in a Lesbian Bar and you're invited... Set in an imaginary Lesbian Bar, this bold new show is a sonic love letter to sapphic institutions of a by...
Send in the Clowns - Cock of Ages
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre. This time the Clowns are taking on the Rock (and sometimes Roll) musical, with a celebration-cum-assassination of t...
Luke Una - Live and In Conversation
Sunday 18 May 2025
An evening in conversation with genre-defying DJ, Luke Una. From Homobloc to E Soul Cultura and everything in between, Luke will travel through his four-decade-long musical journey with a series of tracks that define Manchester's 80s and 9...
The Rocky Horror Show
Monday 19 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Australian superstar Jason Donovan* returns to the UK in Richard O'Brien's legendary rock 'n' roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show, as part of a new world tour. The legendary performer reprises his iconic role as the captivating Frank-n-Furt...
Jock Night
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Following a critically acclaimed run at London's Seven Dials Playhouse, Hive North bring Adam Zane's uncut and extended version of his outrageous Offie-nominated comedy-drama back to Manchester. Welcome to Jock Night - Manchester's wildest...
Scissor Sisters
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Touring again for the first time in over 10 years, US indie pop superstars Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis revisit their entire eponymous debut album on stage in honour of its 20th anniversary. The best-selling album of 2004 in the U...
Lunatraktors
Friday 23 May 2025
Broken folk' duo Carli Jefferson and Clair Le Couteur rework Anglo-Celtic traditional music with influences from post-punk, trip-hop and queer cabaret. Lunatraktors strip folk down to the bare bones, mixing tonal percussion, tapdance and ha...
The Adult Pantomime - Dick Whittington
Saturday 24 May 2025
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 7th year with the pantomime paved with gold... Dick Whittington - Adults Only! Dick is trying to seek fame and fortune in the city of London with his faithful feline friend Tommy. While there, they manage...
Carmilla
Wednesday 28 - Thursday 29 May 2025
Paying homage to it's 19th-century roots, Carmilla is a timeless reflection on the complexities of human emotion and the shadowy borders between life and death. A twilight world of gothic horror recieves a queer reimagining from Chalice Pri...
Words with Lucy Spraggan
Thursday 29 May 2025
Words with Lucy Spraggan is back! After its sold-out debut in Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre, Lucy, who turned her journaling into her Sunday Times Bestselling memoir, Process, is taking the interactive journalling event on the road for ...
Orton: Fallen Angel
Friday 30 - Saturday 31 May 2025
This new play from Grin Theatre Company, written by Wes Williams, re-imagines the turbulent relationship between the iconic gay writer Joe Orton and his partner Kenneth Halliwell. Based on true events and incidents the play explores thei...
An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo
Friday 30 - Saturday 31 May 2025
This is not a coming out story, it is not a gay tragedy, and it is not porn. It is life through the lens of a queer young man, navigating masculinity, Grindr and institution that is rife with shame; doing it all with a sensational soundtrac...
The Eras Drag Party - A Taylor Swift Inspired Drag Show
Friday 30 May 2025
Join Blaze, Sissy Scorpio and Rozie Cheeks for a journey through the eras of Taylor Swift. Inspired by her recent record-breaking world tour, but with a drag twist. Expect glamorous costumes, backing dancers, and all the Taylor songs you ...
Laugh Out Proud - LGTB+ Comedy Special
Saturday 31 May 2025
Get ready to laugh until your glitter falls off as Laugh Out Proud returns to Manchester Comedy Club for another night of side-splitting queer comedy. Hosted by the fabulous Charli Angel, with the hilarious Ginger Hunter as the MC, this sh...
The Gentleman of Shalott
Tuesday 3 - Wednesday 4 June 2025
The Gentleman of Shalott is a queer adaptation of Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott, influenced by Theatre of the Absurd, exploring isolation; social media-induced anxiety; neurodiversity and our unwillingness to confront the climate cris...
Femmes & Thems
Tuesday 3 June 2025
A showcase of the best female and non-binary comedy talent from across the UK in a night of upbeat, shocking, silly, and (most importantly) hilarious stand-up comedy. From TV and touring comics to brand new acts, Femmes and Thems is the bes...
Cock
Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 June 2025
Following its Northern premiere in 2024, COCK by Mike Bartlett and Directed by Rupert Hill returns as part of a large 2025 tour. The play centres on John, a man who finds himself torn between his long-term boyfriend and a woman he unexpe...
Jacob Alon
Wednesday 4 June 2025
As seen on Later... with Jools Holland, Jacob Alon is a Dunfermline indie folk singer-songwriter with a profound gift for storytelling. Both intimate and devastatingly introspective, their music is touched by a rare timelessness. Drawing ...
Josh Jones
Friday 6 June 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...
Boy Toy Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 7 June - Saturday 1 November 2025
The Hottest Bottomless Brunch in Manchester is here... experience the full package! At Boy Toy Brunch they know how to have fun... The gorgeous Boy Toys - from male dancers and acrobats to waiters and performers - are here to please, and bo...
Bougie Drag Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 7 June - Saturday 6 December 2025
Bring it, queens! Every month, Manchester is the destination for the No.1 drag day out, presented by Manchester's leading queens Imani & Barb, plus regular guest queens. Together, they deliver their gag-worthy immersive performances and fie...
Thick & Tight - Natural Behaviour
Tuesday 10 - Wednesday 11 June 2025
After last year's award-winning tour of Tits & Teeth, Thick & Tight present a brand new variety show Natural Behaviour, a collection of performed portraits of human and non-human life forms. Outrageous, beautiful, hilarious and profound, Na...
Boaty Theatre Company - Much Ado About Nothing
Wednesday 11 - Thursday 12 June 2025
It's Much Ado About Nothing with something urgent to say-and no intention of asking permission. Featuring a cast of emerging LGBTQ+ and Northern talent, this timely production from Ellesmere Port's Boaty Theatre Company reclaims space, voi...
The Adult Pantomime - Dick Whittington
Thursday 12 June 2025
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 7th year with the pantomime paved with gold... Dick Whittington - Adults Only! Dick is trying to seek fame and fortune in the city of London with his faithful feline friend Tommy. While there, they manage...
Larry Dean
Friday 13 June 2025
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Dodger, about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty. Larry has been spending a lot of time with his gran...
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
Friday 13 June 2025
Following his performance of Jarman, Mark Farrelly's hugely acclaimed solo play depicts Quentin Crisp at two phases of his extraordinary life: alone in his Chelsea flat in the 1960s, certain that life has passed him by, and thirty years ...
Smalltown Boy - A Tribute to Jimmy Somerville
Friday 13 June 2025
Jay Austin performs a sensational tribute to Jimmy Somerville and the iconic sounds of The Communards and Bronski Beat. This electrifying performance takes you back to the vibrant 80s, celebrating one of the greatest falsettos in pop histor...
Absolutely Britney Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 21 June - Saturday 20 December 2025
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless cocktails, and all the Britney hits you can handle? Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party that was born to make you happy! This Britney special features the UK's number 1 Britney impersonator, sound-a...
Reverend Richard Coles
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Reverend Richard Coles is the only British vicar to have had a number-one hit single and to have appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and since the first leg of this tour, he's charmed his way to the final of ITV's 'I'm A Celeb...
Jet Set Go!
Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Jet Set Go! is a high-flying British musical comedy from Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, the writers of 'The Great British Bake Off Musical' and 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 The Musical'. Join Nicola and her fun-loving tran...
Dan Tiernan
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Dan Tiernan was nominated for best newcomer at the 2022 Chortle Awards, a year after he was named breakthrough act at the North West Comedy Awards. With a set based on being a gay, dyspraxic Mancunian who works in a care home for young asyl...
Daddy's First Gay Date
Thursday 17 - Friday 18 July 2025
Is it selfish to leave someone you might love in order to find yourself? An uncomfortable restaurant break-up becomes a pressure-cooker first date in this brand-new comedy written by Sam Danson (BI-TOPIA) and Directed by the award-winning ...
Cock
Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Following its Northern premiere in 2024, COCK by Mike Bartlett and Directed by Rupert Hill returns as part of a large 2025 tour. The play centres on John, a man who finds himself torn between his long-term boyfriend and a woman he unexpe...
Larry Dean
Saturday 19 July 2025
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Dodger, about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty. Larry has been spending a lot of time with his gran...
Catherine Bohart
Sunday 27 July 2025
Catherine Bohart's back and older than ever with her new show "Again, With Feelings." And adulthood frankly isn't living up to her expectations. Join this "effortless" (Chortle) "star in the making" (Skinny) for a hilariously twisted second...
The Diana Mixtape
Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 August 2025
You are cordially invited to join our Di, the People's Princess, for the gig of a lifetime... quite literally! The Diana Mixtape tells the story of a humble commoner (who just happened to be a Lady) in a concert like nothing you have experi...
Manchester Pride
Friday 22 August 2025
Manchester Pride Festival is an incredible four-day celebration for LGBTQ+ life that takes place across the city every year over the August Bank Holiday weekend. One of the world's leading celebrations of LGBTQ+ life, Manchester Pride ...
Manchester Pride - Gay Village Party
Friday 22 - Sunday 24 August 2025
Get ready for a weekend of non-stop queer joy, iconic performances, and euphoric energy at the heart of Manchester Pride 2025! Enjoy a stellar lineup of pop and disco legends across TWO incredible stages! Samantha Mumba, B*Witched, and Sist...
Manchester Pride - Mardi Gras
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 August 2025
It's big. It's bold. It's bathed in glitter. Welcome to Mardi Gras, the brand-new unmissable addition to your Manchester Pride celebrations! Taking over Depot Mayfield for two full days of high-energy and high-glam, this is your favourite f...
