DRAG & LGBT+ IN MANCHESTER
DRAG & LGBT+ IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Drag & LGBT+ in Manchester
Mon 27 Jul - Sat 1 Aug 2026
Tue 24 Mar - Wed 8 Apr 2026
Sat 6 Jun - Mon 6 Jul 2026
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 February 2026
The Broadway and West End musical comedy sensation follows three friends on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip across the Australian Outback to stage the show of a lifetime. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a joyous celebration of unity...
Kind of Love
Tuesday 24 February - Sunday 1 March 2026
It's the late 90s, New Labour are in power and the 'gay age of consent' is causing chaos in parliament. Meanwhile teenagers everywhere are cracking on regardless - making out, making up, but mainly making mistakes. Steffan comes out to his...
Andrew Doherty - Sad Gay AIDS Play
Thursday 26 February 2026
From the twisted homosexual mind that brought you Gay Witch Sex Cult, Andrew Doherty returns with Edinburgh hit Sad Gay AIDS Play. 'The finest horror pastiche I can recall on the Fringe since Garth Marenghi.' ★★★★ Guardian. Andrew r...
The Adult Pantomime - The Wizard of Oz Adults Only
Saturday 28 February 2026
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 8th year with a trip over the rainbow for The Wizard of Oz -Adults Only! Prepare to experience the story like you've never seen it before. Follow Dorothy as she is whisked away by a tornado to the Merry ...
The Adult Panto - Snow White and the Magnificent Seven
Saturday 28 February 2026
Taking the UK by storm since 2004, the Market Theatre's Adult Panto Company are back on tour and out to corrupt another classic fairy tale beyond recognition with their unique style of Adult Panto. Can this fearless company of just three ac...
George
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 March 2026
France. 1839. When famous disobedient writer George Sand finds herself at a creative standstill, with an empty wallet, her desperate need for an idea leads her quill to the most intimate and dangerous place she has ever explored: hersel...
Stephen Bailey
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Comedian, presenter, actor and writer, Stephen Bailey is a fiercely proud Mancunian, working class, gay man and he's back with a brand new live show, TART. From a working-class background in Manchester, six years working at Sainsbury's,...
ABBA Believe In Angels Brunch - ABBA Tribute
Saturday 14 March - Saturday 12 December 2026
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...
At the Rainbow's End
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 March 2026
At the Rainbow's End by Clare Summerskill A verbatim play addressing homophobic and transphobic abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in care and receiving care in later life. Presented by members of Artemis Theatre Company. These script-in-hand p...
Absolutely Britney Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 21 March - Saturday 19 December 2026
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...
Josh Jones
Sunday 22 March 2026
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...
Dan Tiernan
Sunday 22 March 2026
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...
Jen Brister
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been to...
Jen Brister
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been to...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 50th Anniversary Spectacular
Friday 10 April 2026
Join the original Brad Majors - Barry Bostwick, the original Magenta - Patricia Quinn, and the original Columbia - Nell Campbell, for this once-in-a-lifetime screening event! Come and celebrate the Rocky Horror Picture Show's 50th anniv...
Matteo Lane
Saturday 11 April 2026
Chicago-born Matteo Lane is a multi-talented performer known for his unique blend of stand-up comedy, musicality, and artistic versatility. His comedy career began in New York City's comedy clubs, but he now sells out venues around the worl...
The Cheryl & Kitty Show
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Audiences are invited to step into a dazzling world of glamour and wit at An Evening With Cheryl and Kitty Scott-Claus, a cabaret extravaganza that promises campery, show stopping numbers, laughter. Cheryl The Queen and Kitty Scott Claus em...
Cat Burns
Saturday 18 April 2026
Multi-BRIT-nominated, double-platinum-selling South London indie pop artist and Celebrity Traitor Cat Burns is one of the UK's most exciting singer/songwriters. Shooting to fame with the double Platinum UK no.2 hit and TikTok sensation ...
Trompe l'Oeil - The Musical
Saturday 18 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
Trompe l'Oeil is an American drag queen's journey through a surreal Wizard of Oz / 2016 American landscape - with drag kings and queens, jaw-dropping sex fiends and flying bats and trampolines! Not to be overlooked is the show's lyri...
The Fit Prince
Tuesday 21 - Sunday 26 April 2026
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before [insert public holiday here]) Following the sold-out, award-winning shows Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Awkward Produ...
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 7 Tour
Wednesday 22 April 2026
The queens of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series Seven are werking their way to town! Featuring Bonnie Ann Clyde, Bones, Catrin Feelings, Chai T Grande, Elle Vosque, Nyongbella, Paige Three, Pasty, Sally TM, Silllexa Diction...
Street Symphony x Red Rodeo Club
Saturday 25 April 2026
Join Red Rodeo Club for an afternoon of line dancing to everyone's favourite queer club bangers Red Rodeo Club takes line dancing out of the honky-tonk and into our world, honouring the roots but bending the rules. No one forgets the night ...
Manchester Collective x Thick & Tight - Papillons
Saturday 9 May 2026
Dissolving the boundaries between classical music and other art forms, Manchester Collective join forces with radical dance-theatre company Thick & Tight to present a searing live performance like no other. Drawing on queer culture, Thick &...
Jonathan Van Ness
Thursday 21 May 2026
Jonathan Van Ness is an Emmy-nominated television personality, New York Times best-selling author, podcaster, and hairstylist to the stars. He stars on Netflix's Emmy Award-winning reboot series "Queer Eye," where he shines as the hair guru...
COBRAH
Thursday 28 May 2026
Described as the "Lesbian Queen of Sweden's Fetish Scene", Swedish singer Clara Christensen (aka Cobrah) has gone from being a primary school teacher to making electronic pop music influenced by the BDSM scene in Stockholm. ...
The Adult Pantomime - The Wizard of Oz Adults Only
Saturday 30 May 2026
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 8th year with a trip over the rainbow for The Wizard of Oz -Adults Only! Prepare to experience the story like you've never seen it before. Follow Dorothy as she is whisked away by a tornado to the Merry ...
David Sedaris
Saturday 6 June - Monday 6 July 2026
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humour writers. He is the master of satire and one of today's most observant writers addressing the human condition, and has made us ...
Nikita Kuzmin - Supernova
Sunday 14 June 2026
Burn The Floor presents Strictly Come Dancing finalist and fan favourite Nikita Kuzmin, who takes centre stage in the explosive new dance spectacular Supernova. Created in collaboration with world-renowned choreographer and BAFTA award rec...
I'm Grand Mam
Thursday 18 June 2026
I'm Grand Mam is the wildly popular Irish comedy duo made up of best friends Kevin Twomey and PJ Kirby. What began as two Cork lads chatting, grew into a cult-favourite podcast and live act loved for its warmth, wit, and razor-sharp ...
Twelfth Night (by HER Productions)
Wednesday 24 June - Sunday 5 July 2026
HER Productions return in 2026 with Unseemly Shakespeare, taking on the Bard's ultimate romantic comedy: 'Twelfth Night'. Shipwrecked and separated from her twin, Viola washes ashore in Illyria. Disguising herself as the suave Cesario, she...
Fun Home
Friday 3 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
The regional premiere of an exhilarating, heartbreaking and Tony Award-winning musical about coming out and coming of age. 'I think we're alike in a certain way...' Join cartoonist Alison Bechdel on a journey into her childhood memories, re...
Dirty Dancing Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 11 July 2026
Nobody Puts Brunch Baby in the Corner! Get the gang together and get those group chats ready, because Brunch Baby are hosting a massive 'Dirty Dancing' themed Bottomless Brunch and you're all invited! Prepare yourselves for the ultimate br...
Go Gaga Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 25 July - Saturday 31 October 2026
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 ...
The Rocky Horror Show
Monday 27 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
Having been seen by over 35 million theatregoers, The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids-Brad and his fiancee Janet. When by a twist of fate, their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion whilst on their way t...
Miriam Margolyes
Monday 14 September 2026
Following three bestselling memoirs and sold-out tours that left audiences in stitches, Britain's most outspoken national treasure is back on the road-and she's not holding back. Expect memories & mammaries, Arsenal & arseholes, politics, f...
Christopher Hall
Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 October 2026
Showman, Jester, Attention Chaser, come with Chris on the ultimate hometown holiday night out. From your 1.5 star hotel, he'll give you a hilariously fun soiree and have you tucked up back in bed at a sensible time. Christopher Hall, o...
Ginger Johnson
Sunday 15 November 2026
You've seen her in the Masterchef kitchen... You've seen her on the Drag Race runway... Now it's time to see her in her element: outrageous, untamed and completely off the reins. Following the explosive success of her smash hit 2024 t...
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Monday 15 - Saturday 20 March 2027
Following a record-breaking three-year West End residency, two sold-out UK & Ireland Tours and Amazon Studios award-winning film, the smash-hit and critically acclaimed musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie RETURNS for the 10th Anniversar...
Alan Carr
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 April 2027
Alan Carr's back on tour and his lips are unsealed! With a big mouth and a talent for oversharing, Alan's ready to dish some drama. Expect stories of dipping into the dating pool, navigating showbiz green rooms and a sprinkling of tales fro...
