DRAMA PLAYS IN MANCHESTER
DRAMA PLAYS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Drama Plays in Manchester
Only Fools and Horses The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Fri 22 - Sat 23 Nov 2024
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Spend Spend Spend
Royal Exchange Theatre
Sat 23 Nov 2024 - Sat 11 Jan 2025
Of Mice and Men
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 26 March - Saturday 12 April 2025
A gripping tale of hope and friendship. Lennie and George are unlikely best friends, two drifters bound together by a shared faith and the ambition to live the great American dream. Landing a job on a Californian ranch during the Great Depr...Murder, She Didn't Write
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 March 2025
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...Little Women
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was an immediate critical and commercial success. The book was inspired by Alcott's experiences growing up and is one of the best loved novels of all time. Experience the enduring journey of the March sister...The Moth
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Acclaimed Elysium Theatre Company return after their celebrated 50th Anniversary production of 'The Island' in 2024 with a drama by Paul Herzberg that will grip you from the beginning and not let go. 1994: a chance meeting on a train betwee...Peter James' Picture You Dead
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is back, for the seventh Peter James stage adaptation, with the bestselling PICTURE YOU DEAD. Back home in Brighton, DCI Grace investigates a cold case that leads him to the rarified air of fine art but be...The 39 Steps
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
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 whirlwind...Toxic
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 April 2025
The hotly anticipated explosive new show written and performed by award-winning theatremaker Nathaniel J Hall, and presented by Dibby Theatre. Manchester 2017. A chance meeting on a hook-up app sets two damaged thirty-something hearts ...Boys from the Blackstuff
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 22 - Monday 28 April 2025
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents the Liverpool's Royal Court and National Theatre production of Alan Bleasdale's BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham Gizza job. Go on, gizzit 80s Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used ...Singin' I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 25 April 2025
The 20th anniversary tour of the play exploring bigotry and ethnic identity. "Singin' I'm No a Billy, He's a Tim" is a phenomenon in Scotland where it has sold out countless nationwide tours, a sensation at the Edinburgh Festival and now t...Little Gem
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Tuesday 29 April - Sunday 4 May 2025
An Altrincham Garrick production of Elaine Murphy's multi-award winning play. Love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes. Three generations of Irish women. One extraordinary year. Happy-go-lucky Amber, fresh out of school, is high on life, d...Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 11 May 2025
Austentatious is saddling the horses for a Grand Tour of the United Kingdom! Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country's quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjures up a brand new 'lost' Ja...Murder, She Didn't Write
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 15 May 2025
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...Dracula
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24 May 2025
A powerful stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic classic The time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery and media innovation. But poised between traditional beliefs, the threat of the unknown an...Dear England
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 29 May - Sunday 29 June 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A theatrical spectacle as uplifting as any England victory.' TELEGRAPH The National Theatre's Olivier-Award winning smash hit is coming to Salford for four weeks only, following a record-breaking run in the West End. The co...Myra's Story
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 29 - Friday 30 May 2025
Direct from London's West End, where every performance received a huge standing ovation and the smash hit of four Edinburgh fringes. The incredible story of middle-aged homeless alcoholic, Myra McLaughlin living rough on the streets of Dubl...Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 2 - Saturday 7 June 2025
A story stranger than fiction that blurs the boundaries of tabloid scoop, court case and soap opera, The Wagatha Christie Trial explores privacy and celebrity in modern Britain. On 9 October 2019, Coleen Rooney publicly accused Rebekah...Pride & Prejudice
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 5 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Jane Austen?s most iconic love story is brought dazzlingly to life on stageWhen it comes to the subject of marriage, headstrong Lizzy Bennet is determined to resist the mounting pressures and expectations from society. But can she resist lo...Translations
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 June 2025
Brian Friel's modern masterpiece examines the fractious relationship between people and nations through the lens of language and (mis)communication. It's August 1833. The pupils have gathered in a hedge-school in the townland of Baile B...180° Chord
Contact, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
A new play written and directed by Chris Leicester. You're the pride of the police force. You're ruthless and unethical. Then fate intervenes. One moment you're a detective sergeant and the next, a convicted murderer. Now you're in the very...The Last Laugh
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 29 July - Saturday 2 August 2025
Direct from a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Last Laugh is a brand-new laugh-a-minute play which re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's all-time greatest comedy heroes - Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse. F...2:22 A Ghost Story
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 7 - Saturday 16 August 2025
Following seven West End seasons, a record-breaking UK and Ireland tour and twelve productions across the globe, the stage phenomenon 2:22 A Ghost Story now comes on a UK tour. Winner of BEST NEW PLAY at the WhatsOnStage Awards, this edge-o...Derren Brown
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Prepare to be astonished! The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, returns with his brand new live show, ONLY HUMAN. The content of ONLY HUMAN is still under wraps, but we can guarantee you a ...IDEAL - Starring Johnny Vegas
Lowry, Salford
Monday 8 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Critically acclaimed and a ratings hit, the multi-award winning BBC sit-com Ideal ran for 7 seasons and 53 episodes. Now Moz and friends are back. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first episode's broadcast, this new stage show is da...King Arthur
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Award-winning funny men, Le Navet Bete, return to the stage with a a brand-new laugh-out-loud show for theatre. This hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends, suitable for the whole family, will have audiences crying with laughter and b...Fawlty Towers - The Play
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 November 2025
JOIN OUR FREE MAILING LIST TO KEEP UPDATED WITH DATES WHEN TICKETS GO ON SALE!Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the 'Greatest British sitcom of all time' (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy lege...Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
