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
Wed 9 Apr - Sat 17 May 2025
Bat Out Of Hell
Monday 3 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Bat Out of Hell makes a triumphant return, with a thrilling spectacle of a show where the timeless music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf reigns supreme! Get ready for an electrifying experience that will ignite your passion for rock 'n' roll....
Love's Labour's Lost (more or less)
Monday 3 - Saturday 22 March 2025
A brand-new comedy theatre show from Stephen Joseph Theatre, the team behind the UK Theatre Award-nominated The Comedy of Errors (more or less). A stag do in Ibiza. A hen do in Menorca, What could go wrong?... Everything! The stags have mad...
Tap Factory
Monday 3 March 2025
After mesmerizing audiences across five continents with over 800 shows, Tap Factory is thrilled to be back in UK with its 10th Anniversary Tour! Prepare to be captivated as eight extraordinary male performers deliver a sensational blend of ...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Monday 3 March - 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...
Palace Theatre Tour
Monday 3 March 2025
With a glorious history hosting stars of stage and screen including Judy Garland, Gracie Fields, Les Dawson and Charlie Chaplin, today, the Palace delights audiences with large scale musicals, plays, music and comedy acts. Palace Tours a...
A Complete Unknown (15)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★ Timothee Chalamet is brilliant and believable in James Mangold's conventional Dylan biopic. ~ BBC. --- Timothee Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in the ballad of a true original. A Film by James Mangold. Co-starring Edward Norton, El...
HOME Film Pass
Monday 3 March - Wednesday 31 December 2025
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 ...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Monday 3 March - 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 deliberat...
I Am Martin Parr (12A)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★ Director Lee Shulman follows British photographer Martin Parr around some of his favourite haunts in an affectionate portrait that's kinder than its subject sometimes is. ~ The Observer. --- Since the 1970s, English photographer ...
Floridita Dance - Free Salsa Taster Class
Monday 3 - Monday 31 March 2025
Ever wanted to learn Salsa but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner is required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their c...
Science of Trauma & The Body: The Psychosomatic Nature of Trauma
Monday 3 March 2025
In this Seed Talk, discover the impact of trauma and how it manifests in the body, from the prefrontal cortex to the vagus nerve. You will gain an understanding of our body's role in psychological survival, the mediating role of our nervous...
Hard Truths (12A)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★ British Oscar-nominated director Mike Leigh is back on form in this gruelling tale. ~ The Times. --- From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin. The Oscar-nom...
I'm Still Here (15)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★ From The Motorcycle Diaries to On the Road, Walter Salles is a great celebrator of liberation, both personal and political. The two come together in stirring and poignant ways here. You can feel the shadow of a contemporary Br...
Memoir of a Snail (15)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★ This delightfully dark and quirky adult animated film is every bit as good as its highly praised predecessor, the excellent Mary and Max (2008), bursting with wit, invention, charm, poignancy and moments of exquisite vulgari...
Picnic at Hanging Rock (12A)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★★ Still dazzling, Peter Weir's 1975 parable of imperial anxiety and sexual hysteria, rereleased for its 50th anniversary, is a classic of Australian new wave cinema. ~ The Guardian. --- Returning to the big screen to celebrate...
September Says (18)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★ An original oddity, Two school-age siblings shut out the world around them in this curious but vivid British-set coming-of-age drama, based on Daisy Johnson's 2020 novel Sisters. ~ Radio Times. --- In her visually inventive, atmos...
Summer With Carmen (18)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
While enjoying a day soaking up the sun at Athens' nudist beach, best friends Demostheneos and Nikitas brainstorm ideas for a screenplay. Recalling the lively events of the summer where Demostheneos reluctantly broke up with his ex, Panos, ...
Superboys of Malegaon (12A)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★ Inspired by a true story, this feelgood Indian film is about some Bollywood superfans making their own movies with a cheeky but admirable DIY ethos. ~ The Guardian. --- Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir...
The Brutalist (18)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★★ Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones star in a majestic historical epic from the director Brady Corbet. This may be the film to beat at the Oscars. ~ The Times. --- Brady Corbet's staggering epic, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity...
The Last Showgirl (15)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★✭ Pamela Anderson has found the right role at the right time in Gia Coppola's film, a lament for an era as lost as the old west, which works its grand elegiac tone to ruthless death. ~ Irish Times. --- When the glittering Las Ve...
The Monkey (15)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★ Don't expect the true terror of Osgood Perkins' Longlegs or Stephen King's source story. Do expect plentiful gags to make you, well, gag. The best scenes here are a gory glory. ~ Empire. --- Based on a short story by Stephen King,...
The Seed of The Sacred Fig (15)
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★★ This Oscar-nominated thriller is a blistering attack on the Iranian regime. If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it. ~ Evening Standard. --- Him...
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tuesday 4 - Sunday 9 March 2025
Starring X-Factor winner Joe McElderry as the roof-raising Pharaoh, the smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Manchester this February/March!|The ...
Glorious!
Tuesday 4 - Sunday 30 March 2025
Hope Mill Theatre Presents "GLORIOUS!" The True Story of Florence Foster Jenkins-The Worst Singer in the World. Written by Peter Quilter and Directed by Kirk Jameson "GLORIOUS!" will star Wendi Peters as Florence Foster Jenkins. Join ...
Escaped Alone and What If If Only
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Director Sarah Frankcom returns to the Exchange with two short plays by Caryl Churchill, brought together in one evening of theatre. Escaped Alone "I'm walking down the street and there's a door in the fence open and inside there are three...
Shirley Valentine
Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Be transported to sunny Greece with this beloved northern comedy! Mina Anwar reprises the title role in Willy Russell's heart-warming comedy following her acclaimed performance in our 2020 production. This will once again see Mina resetting...
imitating the dog - All Blood Runs Red
Tuesday 4 March 2025
The extraordinary true life of Eugene Bullard. This is one of history's overlooked true stories. This is a name that should be known, a story that must be told. This is a story of hope. Runaway, circus entertainer, boxer, night club owner, ...
Ensemble Symphony Orchestra - Discovering Morricone
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Experience the enchanting world of Maestro Ennio Morricone, brought to life by Italy's Ensemble Symphony Orchestra and led by conductor Giacomo Loprieno. After multiple critically acclaimed tours in Italy, Discovering Morricone debuts in th...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Tuesday 4 March 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...
Far From The Madding Crowd
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Thomas Hardy's masterpiece about love, class and gender roles is set against the rural landscape of Victorian England and is thrillingly brought to life in a new adaptation by the acclaimed Conn Artists Theatre Company, performed by an ense...
Orion Sun
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Orion Sun's music has a profound gravitational pull - Since the mid-2010s, the New Jersey singer/songwriter/producer has released transformative, intimate soul and jazz that sounds atmospheric, yet grounded. By creating a listening experien...
Femmes & Thems
Tuesday 4 March 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...
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Tuesday 4 March - Thursday 24 April 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...
Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
Tuesday 4 - Tuesday 25 March 2025
Ever wanted to learn Bachata but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their co...
A Real Pain (18)
Tuesday 4 - Thursday 6 March 2025
★★★★ Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs and stars in a film that manages to be ruefully perceptive and laugh-out-loud funny, often at the same time. ~ The Telegraph. --- "One of the best films of the year." Written, directed by and s...
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Tuesday 4 - Thursday 6 March 2025
The UK's biggest festival of Japanese cinema, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP), is back for its latest and greatest instalment! In a world where injustice runs rampant, cinematic expressions of justice seem inexhaustible:...
Little Reads
Tuesday 4 March - Tuesday 1 July 2025
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...
Bushido
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Now-unemployed samurai Kakunoshin?s life was destroyed by a false accusation. Having learned the truth, he sets out to restore his honour through revenge, but this comes at a cost?...
On Me
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Christian and Shona have been cast in a tacky true crime docudrama as an abusive predator and his victim. As the two actors explore the undeniable attraction forming between them off set, they stumble into questions of male responsibility, ...
An Evening With Sir Geoff Hurst
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Across the world, Sir Geoff Hurst certainly needs no introduction. He is a sporting legend who is still the only player ever to score a hat trick in A World Cup Final. Sir Geoff made his name with club side West Ham United, with whom he ma...
Tones - A Hip-Hop Opera
Wednesday 5 - Saturday 8 March 2025
A piece of gig theatre like no other, Tones - A Hip Hop Opera combines the gritty underground sounds of hip-hop, grime and drill with the melodrama of opera to tell the story of a treacherous path to self-discovery. From writer and performe...
Diane's Deli: A Tale from Paradise Heights
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Following on from the fabulous success of the award winning The Haunting of Blaine Manor and The Bench: A Tale from Paradise Heights, Joe O'Byrne returns with the next tale in his critically acclaimed Supernatural meets Northern Noir ser...
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Cinderella
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Step into the magical world of Cinderella, where Fairy Godmothers triumph over cruel stepmothers, pumpkins turn into sparkling carriages and a jewelled slipper changes one young woman's life forever. This timeless story of love, courage and...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay on Strings
Thursday 6 March 2025
A magical night of candlelit violin music paying tribute to one of the most successful and popular bands of all time: Coldplay. Since their formation in 1996, this British rock group reached the top of the rock/pop music world in the early ...
Joel Dommett
Thursday 6 March 2025
Joel returns to his stand-up roots with a brand-new show. With glamorous tales from behind the camera and less glamorous anecdotes of first-time fatherhood, Joel remains a charming, exhausted, happy idiot. As one of the nation's most famili...
Crime Viral - Murder:Staged
Thursday 6 March 2025
"Could you get away with murder?" Following the success of Crime Viral's sell out UK serial killer tour - research psychologist and psychopathy expert Cheish Merryweather will be bringing to the stage for the very first time - MURDER:STAGED...
Carousel - A Theatre Show by Ivo Graham
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 March 2025
"Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound. It's a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone." Ivo Graham, who has watched this Mad Men clip approximately 100 times, steps away from the...
As You Like It
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 March 2025
By William Shakespeare. Directed by Emily Raymond. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Escaping from her evil uncle, Rosalind hides herself in the wilderness of Arden, where she happens to fall in love. The...
The Irish House Party
Thursday 6 March 2025
At last, an Irish music show that has come out of Ireland without the cliches that usually follow! There are no flat caps or twee costumes here. Instead you get incredibly talented musicians and dancers who simply want to bring you the soun...
First Thursday Comedy
Thursday 6 March - Thursday 1 May 2025
Comedy in a Van present an hilarious evening of top quality comedy on the first Thursday of every month. Click for acts on specific dates. ...
Music Drop
Thursday 6 March - Thursday 3 April 2025
Music Drop is Contact's open access music service designed to empower the next generation of musicians. Contact's state of the art Media Lounge is equipped with iMacs with Logic Pro and Ableton Live, synthesizers, guitars, basses, pianos, e...
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