Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Thu 26 Mar - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Wed 20 Aug - Sat 4 Oct 2025
Wed 30 Apr 2025 - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Mary Poppins
Sunday 13 April - Saturday 17 May 2025
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's spectacular production of the classic multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS will embark on a 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour from November. Acclaimed Australian stars, Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers repris...
Gandeys Carnival Spectacular
Sunday 13 - Monday 21 April 2025
Get Ready for Gandeys Carnival Spectacular! Step right up and join the heart of the carnival spirit as Gandeys Circus, the unrivalled leaders of thrilling circus entertainment, proudly presents the 2025 Carnival Spectacular! Prepare for an ...
The Koala Who Could
Sunday 13 April 2025
A Lowry, Rose Theatre, Nicoll Entertainment, Northern Stage, Unicorn Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios co-production Based on the bestselling picture book about taking a chance An empowering and chuckle-out-loud story about embracing chang...
The Worst Witch
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
Adapted from Jill Murphy's original books by Emma Reeves, with Music by Luke Potter. Before Harry Potter exploded onto the scene there was another seemingly ordinary child, Mildred Hubble, who wound up in the most extraordinary of places......
Cinderella - Easter Pantomime
Sunday 13 - Monday 21 April 2025
With one wave of a magic wand, the audience will be whisked off to a glamorous ball this Easter as Regal Entertainments presents their spellbinding tale of Cinderella. Cinderella tells the story of a beautiful girl who is reduced to a life ...
Matt Forde
Sunday 13 April 2025
Finally, the UK has a new government. That can only mean one thing: new people to take the piss out of. Leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde makes this his personal mission. Host of hit political podcast 'The Political Party',...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Sunday 13 April - 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...
Mystery Ensemble - Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams
Sunday 13 April 2025
The Miyazaki Dreams concert is an immersion in the fabulous atmosphere of the films of the world-famous Japanese director and Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki. Mystery Ensemble has collected magical music from his cartoons and compositions inspi...
Sleeping Beauty
Sunday 13 April 2025
The legendary Linda Lusardi and the sensational Lucy Kane return to Blackburn Empire Theatre in the spellbinding Easter Pantomime, Sleeping Beauty! This magical production by Tom Rolfe Productions promises laughter, wonder, and an unforgett...
One to One: John and Yoko (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★★ Kevin Macdonald's immersive collage is a pop culture fever dream; a collection of staggering TV clips and amazing audio of Lennon and Ono's life in 1970s NYC, this film is a mosaic of countercultural moments. ~ The Guardian. -...
9 to 5
Sunday 13 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Hope Mill Amateur Dramatics Company presents their production of the popular musical 9 to 5, based on the seminal 1980 hit movie with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick. Set in the late 1970s. this hilarious story...
Death of a Unicorn (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★ Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E Grant lead a wasted cast in this silly and exasperating mishmash of comedy and gore; a goofy eat-the-rich satire which isn't fun enough. ~ The Guardian. --- From writer/director Alex Scharfman an...
Flow (U)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★★★ Mysterious and magical, this Oscar-winning survival adventure is an animation worthy of Studio Ghibli. ~ Time Out --- Winner of the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, Flow is the latest film from the boundless imag...
Four Mothers (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★ Loosely inspired by a 2008 Italian picture - Gianni Di Gregorio's Mid-August Lunch - Four Mothers is by no means perfect. What the breezy Irish comedy with a big heart lacks in storytelling smarts, however, it more than ...
HOME Film Pass
Sunday 13 April 2025 - Wednesday 1 April 2026
See everything everywhere (almost all at once) with the new HOME Film Pass! Experience new releases at HOME, any time, as many times as you like for one monthly price. For just £18 you'll also get a range of perks to make the most of your ...
Just Another Girl on the IRT (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★ Terrific slice-of-life stuff, by turns funny and sad, with Ariyan Johnson excellent as an ordinary New York high-school student who's determined to better herself, but whose plans get back-burnered when she gets pregnant. ~ Radio ...
Last Swim (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★ Deba Hekmat is impressively subtle as a British-Iranian teen whose celebrations come unstuck. ~ The Guardian. --- On A-level results day, an ambitious Iranian-British teen in London grapples with a major life decision while hangin...
Mr Burton (12A)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★ A heartfelt, vigorously acted, enjoyable, if slightly naive movie about the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton. ~ The Guardian. --- Based on a remarkable true story, discover how the poor son of a min...
Restless (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★✭ More Creepy Corrie than Pacific Heights, neighbour-from-hell terror hits home in this gritty little thriller from first-timer Jed Hart, a writer-director who knows his way around a crawlspace. ~ RTE. --- From Director Jed...
Sebastian (18)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★ Ruaridh Mollica is very good as Max, a freelance writer with a secret app life in prostitution, but Mikko Makela's film is not clear enough about his motivations. ~ The Guardian. --- Max, a 24-year-old aspiring novelist in London,...
The Return (15)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★✭ Uberto Pasolini's minimalist adaptation of the gory closing chapters of Homer's epic poem eschews witches, monsters and goddesses in favour of PTSD. There are no frills. ~ Irish Times. --- After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph F...
Imran Perretta: A Riot in Three Acts
Sunday 13 April - Sunday 8 June 2025
This spring HOME will present A Riot In Three Acts an exhibition by artist, filmmaker and composer Imran Perretta, combining sound, sculpture and performance to reflect on the narratives of our urban spaces and the social inequality and rac...
The Apartment (12A)
Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 April 2025
★★★★★ Absolutely brilliant. ~ Empire. Not to be missed on any account. ~ The Guardian. --- To celebrate the centenary of screen icon Jack Lemmon's birth, The Apartment returns to cinemas in a dazzling 4K restoration. Winner of...
Discounted Cineworld Cinema Tickets
Sunday 13 April 2025 - Friday 2 January 2026
Buy your Cineworld cinema tickets in Manchester at a reduced price: "Group 1 Tickets" from only £5.49 (saving up to £1.50 per ticket): Cineworld Bolton - [click here]--- "Group 2 Tickets" from only £8.99 (saving up to £4 per ticke...
Discounted Odeon Cinema Tickets
Sunday 13 April - Thursday 31 July 2025
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Odeon Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: From £6.99 Monday to Thursday (saving up to £6 per ticket), or £8.99 any day of the week ...
Discounted Vue Cinema Tickets
Sunday 13 April - Wednesday 9 July 2025
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Vue Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: "Yellow Tickets" from only £6.50: Vue Manchester Printworks - [click here]Vue Manchester Red Q...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Sunday 13 - Wednesday 30 April 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...
SNAPSHOT Shorts Programme (12A)
Sunday 13 April 2025
SNAPSHOT is a season of films that turns the spotlight to Black girls who are coming of age on their own terms.?Mixing contemporary and archive films, TAPE Presents: SNAPSHOT Shorts, an incredible rollercoaster of teenage angst, mother and ...
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Monday 14 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Based on Brian Helgeland's iconic 2001 film (originally starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany), A Knight's Tale, the brand-new comedy musical, charges into Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere, prior to the West End. From the Prod...
Musical Theatre Masterclass
Monday 14 April 2025
This masterclass is for young performers aged 7 - 12, and will take place around the iconic venue, The Palace Theatre, Manchester. This session is inspired by the shows on the stages and led by industry professionals, who will support child...
WAP - Wit & Poetry
Monday 14 April - Monday 9 June 2025
Comedian and poet Kat Ronson brings a new night WAP: Wit and Poetry Combining two art forms to make you laugh, cry and cry laugh. The best performers from WAP, exclusive collaborations between artists and some wild cards. ...
The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Monday 14 April - Thursday 31 July 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...
The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour
Monday 14 - Thursday 24 April 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...
Abigail's Party
Tuesday 15 April - Saturday 24 May 2025
Mike Leigh's tragicomic masterpiece ABIGAIL'S PARTY has garnered cult status across the decades. In the Royal Exchange's distinctive space, award-winning Director Natalie Abrahami draws on the unique in-the-round stage to create an intima...
How To Train Your Dragon In Concert
Tuesday 15 April 2025
How To Train Your Dragon - In Concert features the acclaimed film presented in HD, with composer John Powell's Academy Award-nominated score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra in a thrilling experience for all age...
Room on the Broom
Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 April 2025
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories' fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The witch and her cat are trav...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Tuesday 15 April 2025
Every night is opening night as the team of top improvisers, create a completely unscripted comedy musical from your suggestions. A brand-new show from the award-winning team behind ComedySportz (Best Alternative Act - North West Comedy Awa...
Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic
Tuesday 15 - Wednesday 16 April 2025
In an eerie and funny homage to folk horror, two human performers absorb and mimic 'mushroom language' through ritual and power dynamics. Who are these creatures, and what are the mushrooms trying to tell them? Dreamlike conversations and m...
Adventures in Wonderland
Tuesday 15 April - Saturday 19 July 2025
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
Tuesday 15 April - Saturday 19 July 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 ...
Drawing Course
Tuesday 15 April - Tuesday 6 May 2025
Learn and master techniques for capturing facial features, expressions, perspectives, and the interplay of light and tone. Unleash your creativity and elevate your drawing skills in our engaging, popular drawing course! Designed for all le...
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Tuesday 15 April - Thursday 31 July 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...
XS Malarkey with Tadiwa Mahlunge
Tuesday 15 April - Tuesday 13 May 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...
Picture You Dead
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Hot on the heels of the latest instalment of the acclaimed ITV Series Grace, Superintendent Roy Grace is back in a brand-new Peter James stage adaptation of the bestselling Picture You Dead. Starring 2024's multiple award-winning actor Pete...
Toxic
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Presented by Dibby Theatre Written & performed by Nathaniel J Hall A HOME Co-commission, supported by Arts Council England This is the story of how we met, fell in love, and f*cked it up. But it's not just our story. It's his, and his and t...
The 39 Steps
Wednesday 16 April - Saturday 10 May 2025
Brilliantly bonkers and hilarious adaptation of Hitchcock's iconic thriller. Follow the dashing Richard Hannay as he embarks on a thrilling adventure filled with daring antics, romantic encounters and ghastly murders. Get set for a whirlwin...
Princess Live
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Princess Live is the ultimate hour long princess pop party, featuring your favourite fairytale royalty in this all singing all dancing hour long concert show. The Princesses are tired of their royal duties. So they decided to come togeth...
Tiny Tim's Biggest Adventure
Wednesday 16 April 2025
7 years ago Tiny Tim (Manchester comedian Tim Bradbury) decided to go on his own adventure navigating through adult life and posting about his calls on social media. With over 120 million views on YouTube and over 10 million followers on al...
Family Film/ Babe (PG)
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Babe is the inspirational story of a shy Yorkshire piglet who doesn't quite know his place in the world. But when Farmer Hoggett wins him at the county fair, Babe discovers that he can be anything he wants to be - even an award-winning shee...
