Most Popular Christmas in Manchester
Sat 14 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Fri 6 Dec 2024 - Sat 4 Jan 2025
Fri 6 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Il Divo
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Prepare to be swept away by the powerful voices of Il Divo as the globally renowned classical crossover vocal group embark on a brand-new UK tour. Since 2004, Urs Buhler (tenor) of Switzerland, Sebastien Izambard (tenor) of France, David Mi...
Elf The Musical
Tuesday 12 - Sunday 17 November 2024
Based on the cherished 2003 New Line Cinema hit, Elf features songs by Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (Disney's Aladdin On Broadway, The Wedding Singer), with a book by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Produ...
A Vicar of Dibley Christmas: The Second Coming
Monday 18 - Saturday 23 November 2024
No, no, no, no, Yes! That's right... Following on from the Garrick's recent smash hit production of "The Vicar of Dibley" in February 2023, the nation's favourite chocolate loving Vicar and her beloved sidekicks are back! When Hugo and Al...
Crown Ballet - The Nutcracker
Wednesday 20 November 2024
A wonderful treat full of glitter for the whole family, and an ideal introduction to audiences of any age to the magic that is classical ballet, Moldova's Crown Ballet returns to the UK to enchant you with their delightful production of an ...
The Jungle Book
Friday 22 November 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
A wild & wonderful adventure for Christmas 2024 Swing into the jungle this festive season and join man-cub Mowgli and his friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, a gang of mischievous monkeys and a pack of wily wolves in this enchanti...
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Saturday 23 November 2024
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...
Fairytale of New York
Tuesday 26 - Wednesday 27 November 2024
From the producers of Seven Drunken Nights-The Story of The Dubliners and featuring an international cast of singers, musicians and dancers Fairytale of New York brings you all of your favorite Christmas songs including Driving home fo...
Sleeping Beauty - Middleton's Christmas Panto 2024
Tuesday 26 November - Monday 30 December 2024
This Christmas, you're invited to the pantomime of your dreams, Sleeping Beauty at Middleton Arena. Once upon a time, in a Pantoland far away, a beautiful Princess is cursed by the evil Carabosse to perish on her 21st birthday by pricking h...
Manchester Camerata & Kantos - Handel's Messiah
Sunday 1 December 2024
Start your festivities with this most beloved of masterpieces. Feel immersed in the festivities amongst the warm, candlelit atmosphere of The Great Nave of the Monastery for this joyful celebratory performance of Handel's Messiah, notabl...
Manchester Camerata & Kantos - Handel's Messiah
Sunday 1 December 2024
Start your festivities with this most beloved of masterpieces. Feel immersed in the festivities amongst the warm, candlelit atmosphere of The Great Nave of the Monastery for this joyful celebratory performance of Handel's Messiah, notabl...
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Sunday 1 December 2024
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...
Tinderella
Wednesday 4 - Monday 23 December 2024
Get ready for the funniest, filthiest, most wickedly fabulous pantomime you've always wished to see! Release your inner child, and then leave them at home because this show is not for kids! In a scandalous twist on the classic fairy tale, ...
A Winter Union
Thursday 5 December 2024
Five leading lights of the British roots scene join forces to create a festive folk band like no other. Expect soaring harmonies and exquisite musicianship as the 5-piece blast through a repertoire of brand new, specially written songs, fre...
A Christmas Carol - The Musical
Friday 6 December 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
The classic Dickens story comes to life with true broadway spectacle in this Musical version brought to you by Alan Menken (Disney's Beauty And The Beast The Little Mermaid and Newsies and Little Shop Of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, S...
The Holiday In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
Friday 6 December 2024
The beloved Christmas film The Holiday will be presented live in concert this winter, featuring its magical musical score performed live to the film by a full concert orchestra. A Universal Pictures production, The Holiday stars Cameron...
Miracle on 34th Street
Friday 6 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
Join HOME for a festive musical this Christmas! A major New York department store is on the brink of collapse and their upcoming Christmas sale has to be a success. When their Santa quits at the last minute they're left with a kindhearted s...
Sleeping Beauty
Friday 6 December 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Let us Magically Awaken Your Dreams this Christmas with the North West's premier Family Pantomime: Sleeping Beauty starring TV favourite WENDI PETERS as Carabosse the Wicked Fairy with SCOTT GALLAGHER and Full Supporting Cast. Join us for a...
Jack & The Beanstalk
Friday 6 December 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Our festive show for 2024/25 is our pantomime Jack & The Beanstalk ! The Garrick Panto is back and full of FEE, FIE, FOE, FUN !! Young Jack, his daft-as-a-brush brother, Silly Simon, and his long-suffering mother, Dame Trott, live in a tiny...
Scrooge - A Grave Tale of Things Yet To Come
Friday 6 December 2024
Become part of the story and help Marley's ghosts' restore Ebenezer's Christmas Spirit in this interactive dining experience from Histoire Productions. Jacob Marley is the evening's host and with the spirits of Past, Present and Future ...
Karl Loxley - The Songs of Christmas
Friday 6 December 2024
Rated by Sir Tom Jones as having one of the best theatrical voices he'd ever heard! Join Karl Loxley for an unforgettable Festive Musical Celebration featuring timeless classics such as 'White Christmas', 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Yea...
Stick Man
Tuesday 10 December 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions' delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's Stick Man is back in town! What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure for Stick Man: a dog wants t...
Cinderella
Saturday 14 December 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Comedy Superstar Jason Manford is BACK for a 3rd year of panto at the Opera House as Prince Charming! Jason is joined by Manchester panto favourite Ben Nickless, who returns for another year of fun as the hilarious Buttons, alongside star o...
Manchester Camerata & AMC Gospel Choir - A Festive Happening
Sunday 15 December 2024
'Warm your soul at this Christmas carol concert with a gospel twist' -Manchester Evening News To close out the year Manchester Camerata have what has become very much a Christmas tradition, their annual Christmas celebration with AMC Gospe...
Christmas with Anton du Beke & Friends
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Journey into a festive wonderland and enjoy Christmas with Anton Du Beke! The ballroom king and Strictly Come Dancing judge joins forces with a troupe of extraordinary dancers, along with vocalist Lance Ellington and his dynamic live band, ...
Love Actually In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
Wednesday 18 December 2024
Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson...
A Christmas Carol Performed by Gerald Charles Dickens
Friday 20 December 2024
The original Christmas Carol and the best! No other show in the country has a direct descendant of Charles Dickens playing the lead role. Gerald Charles Dickens is none other than the great great grandson of Charles Dickens. We all kn...
Jonathan Cohen - Christmas Carol Singalong
Tuesday 24 December 2024
Sing your heart out as irrepressible showman Jonathan Cohen returns to lead you through another fun-filled extravaganza of his most-loved carols and all time Christmas hits with guest singer Louise Dearman. This festive favourite from Raym...
London Concertante: Christmas Baroque by Candlelight
Saturday 28 December 2024
Celebrate Christmas with London Concertante as we perform a programme of stunning Christmas-themed Baroque works. Programme Corelli - Christmas Concerto Handel - Messiah Overture Torelli - Christmas Concerto Bach - Violin Concerto in A...
