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
By Royal Appointment
Wednesday 6 - Saturday 9 August 2025
The late Queen Elizabeth II was famous for her discretion. She never said anything in public that could ruffle the lightest of feathers. But she had one way of expressing what she really thought - through her wardrobe. By Royal Appointment ...
2:22 A Ghost Story
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...
Milkshake Live - Milkshake on Holiday
Friday 8 August 2025
Milkshake! Live is back with a brand-new show! Join your favourite Milkshake! friends on Holiday with Dora, Pip and Posey, Blue from Blues Clues and You!, Milo, Milkshake! Monkey plus two of your Milkshake! presenters for an all-new adventu...
Milkshake Live - Milkshake on Holiday
Sunday 10 August 2025
Milkshake! Live is back with a brand-new show! Join your favourite Milkshake! friends on Holiday with Dora, Pip and Posey, Blue from Blues Clues and You!, Milo, Milkshake! Monkey plus two of your Milkshake! presenters for an all-new adventu...
The Addams Family
Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 August 2025
MAKE THIS SUMMER AN ABSOLUTE SCREAM! Following two hugely successful UK tours, and sold-out concerts at The London Palladium last year, everyone's favourite kooky family are back on stage this summer in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, the spectacular mu...
The Ultimate Irish Hooley
Saturday 16 August 2025
Join Ireland's No.1 Folk 'n' Roll band Keltic Storm and an all-star cast of award winning musicians and singers for "The Ultimate Irish Hooley" direct from the Emerald Isle performing iconic Irish songs and party anthems from legendary acts...
Horrible Histories - Gorgeous Georgians & Vile Victorians
Sunday 17 August 2025
Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians & Vile Victorians We all want to meet people from history! The trouble is everyone is dead!So it's time to prepare for Horrible Histories live on stage with the acclaimed production of Gorgeous Georgia...
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Wednesday 20 August - Saturday 4 October 2025
The first ever World Tour of multi-award-winning hit stage show Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film comes to life onstage...
Riverdance
Saturday 23 - Wednesday 27 August 2025
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide. The Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerising choreograp...
Cirque - The Greatest Show
Sunday 24 August 2025
Where Musical Theatre Meets Circus It's time to step into the light. Escape with us for a night like no other, where we take you into a world where the very best of musical theatre showstoppers meets jaw-dropping circus spectacular.A world ...
Chicago
Monday 25 - Saturday 30 August 2025
CHICAGO, the "sexiest musical ever" (Metro) comes to Lowry in August for a full week only starring Strictly Come Dancing Professional Dancer and TV Star Janette Manrara (It Takes Two, Burn The Floor, Glee) as Roxie Hart. "Murder, greed, cor...
Pop Princesses
Monday 25 August 2025
This is the children's pop concert with a big difference. A musical spectacular starring four fabulous Fairy tale Princesses who just love to sing! It's the perfect mix. Featuring a soundtrack of top pop hits from artists such as Little Mix...
An Audience with Mick Miller
Thursday 28 August 2025
Mick Miller is a comedy legend who first came to fame on ITV's "New Faces". Having won his heat, the Liverpudlian started getting more theatre work and that led to the TV producer, Johnnie Hamp selecting him to become a regular on the hit ...
An Evening with Neil Warnock
Friday 29 August 2025
Join record breaking, legendary football manager Neil Warnock, as he steps into the spotlight to recount a career like no other in front of an audience for the first time. With over six decades in the game, Neil has managed more matches tha...
Tom Gates EPIC Stage Show
Sunday 31 August 2025
Get ready for a brilliant live experience as Tom Gates and his world of doodles, music, and laughs hit the stage in 2025! Based on the bestselling books by Liz Pichon and the hit TV show, the Tom Gates EPIC Stage Show brings alive the ill...
Derren Brown
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 ...
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Happiness is only a heartbeat away with HERE & NOW, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon, Steps. Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it's Friday ni...
Psychic Sally
Thursday 4 September 2025
Sally Morgan, the nation's favourite Psychic and forerunner in the Psychic world is back on tour with her all new show. Wowing audiences young and old across the country for over a decade, Sally's show will have you on the edge of your seat...
Jekyll & Hyde
Saturday 6 September 2025
In a new and enthralling one-man stage adaptation of the classic tale of terror, acclaimed actor Jonathan Goodwin plays both Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in this production from Don't Go Into The Cellar! Victorian theatre company. Journey...
IDEAL - Starring Johnny Vegas
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...
Saving Grace
Thursday 11 September 2025
Tik Tok's GKBarry (aka Grace Keeling) is taking her wildly popular podcast, Saving Grace, on the road once more! Fresh out of the I'm A Celeb! Jungle, Grace is ready to bring her signature chaos, comedy, and charisma to a stage near you...
Elis James & John Robins & Dave Masterman
Friday 12 September 2025
Comedians Elis James and John Robins. together with Stockport's finest radio producer Dave Masterman, from BBC Sound's popular The Elis & John Show, are hitting the road! How does that feel?! I'll tell you how it feels... SIGNIFICANT! Yes! ...
The Friends Bottomless Brunch
Saturday 13 September 2025
Oh. My. God. A Friends Bottomless Brunch. Friends fans, it's time to get your turkey-eating pants on, we're hosting a F.R.I.E.N.D.S BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH. Could you BE any more excited?!!Bringing together the best of 90's nostalgia, cocktails, ...
Forest & flame Fantasy ball
Saturday 13 September 2025
Step into an enchanting realm, an evening full of live entertainment & mythical creatures. Includes canapes & drink on arrival...
The Return of the Legends
Sunday 14 September 2025
Following their sell-out tour in 2024, Strictly Come Dancing legends Brendan Cole, James Jordan, Pasha Kovalev, Vincent Simone and Ian Waite return with a brand new show for 2025. Prepare for a night of Latin, ballroom, tango, rumba and so ...
Susie Dent
Sunday 14 September 2025
Word Perfect is the brand-new tour of the joys of the English language from 'Britain's best-loved wordsmith'. Following on from her hit show 'The Secret Life of Words', Susie Dent is back with a brand-new collection of facts and stories fr...
Rambert x (LA)HORDE - Bring Your Own
Tuesday 16 - Thursday 18 September 2025
RAMBERT X LAHORDE Bring Your Own We're crashing an after-party; you coming? Bring Your Own is gritty, sensual, and fiercely real. Will you dive into the chaos or shy away? Will you feel everything, and maybe nothing, all at once? In this e...
Dude Perfect
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Nominated several times for Pollstar Family Event of the Year, Dude Perfect - Tyler Toney, Cody Jones, Garrett Hilbert and twins Coby and Cory Cotton - brings their YouTube videos to life with laugh-out-loud antics to the stage and compete ...
Fran Lebowitz
Wednesday 17 September 2025
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. An American original and purveyor of urban cool, the cultural satirist and author is pointed,...
The Secret Histories of Rome with Mary Beard
Friday 19 September 2025
Step into the world of Ancient Rome with renowned historian Mary Beard as she uncovers the stories that history forgot. In this captivating live event, Mary Beard takes you beyond the well-worn paths of emperors and battles, revealing the r...
Superdrunk
Friday 19 September 2025
SUPERDRUNKA butchered degree. An arrest in Tesco dressed as a cat. Red wine, Easy hotels, lost jobs, Tinnitus and toxic relationships. Every decision Eddie has made had been through haze of being blackout drunk. From ruining his best friend...
Cirque du Hilarious - The Craziest Showman
Saturday 20 September 2025
In the latest high energy adventure, "the superstars of slapstick", CBBC's favourite and brightest comedy stars, Danny & Mick, bring their particular brand of lunacy to the show, causing chaos on stage and bringing screams of laughter fro...
13 Going On 30 - The Musical
Sunday 21 September - Sunday 12 October 2025
13 Going On 30 - The Musical is a totally grown up new musical comedy based on the hit 2004 film that starred Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, and it's coming to Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere next year!Jenna Rink is an ador...
Harry Hill
Sunday 21 September 2025
The Badger Parade is back on! Join Harry Hill on his Diamond Jubilee lap of honour as he celebrates 60 Glorious Years of fun, laughter and low level disruption! Marvel! As he offers new insights into the hot topics of the day such as the d...
Classical Spectacular
Sunday 21 September 2025
Music Lights Lasers Fireworks! The most popular classical show in the UK returns!No other show presents such a magnificent combination of the very best in classical music and state of the art technology. Ranging from a flood of pure white l...
Sam Avery
Sunday 21 September 2025
Back with a bang, award-winning comedian Sam Avery returns with his electrifying new show, Thunderstorm! In his trademark punchy style, Sam takes you on a whirlwind journey through the chaos of the modern world - from parenting disaste...
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
Monday 22 - Saturday 27 September 2025
Seen by over 22 million people worldwide Forget feel good, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story is feel great! Experience the drama, passion and excitement as a cast of phenomenally talented actors and musicians tell Buddy Holly?s story, from his ...
Andy Powell's Monday Matinee Cabaret
Monday 22 September 2025
Stockport's premier live entertainer Andy Powell returns once again with another Monday afternoon extravaganza of live entertainment featuring some of the UK's finest performers. Andy's special guests include comedian Justin Moorhouse, Bill...
National Production Company - Macbeth
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Set in the murky Dark Ages where love, politics and witchcraft collide, National Production Company presents a full-scale production of the classic tale as portrayed by William Shakespeare with sorcery, ghostly apparitions and spectacular ...
Death on The Nile
Friday 26 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Bitter Rivals. Buried Secrets. A love to die for. On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple's idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder. As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally re...
Kerry Ellis
Friday 26 September 2025
Kerry Ellis is the Queen of the West End. From My Fair Lady to We Will Rock You, from Les Miserables to Wicked, in both the West End and on Broadway, she has starred in musical theatre's biggest roles, making shows her own and earning ...
Barbara Dickson
Saturday 27 September 2025
Barbara Dickson returns to perform both classic and more recent material from her extraordinary canon of music across both pop and folk, all with her exceptional band. As a multi-million selling recording artist with an equally impressiv...
Some Guys Have All the Luck - The Rod Stewart Story
Sunday 28 September 2025
Endorsed by Rod's own family, Some Guys Have All The Luck - The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2023 with its hotly anticipated new production. Direct from the West End, the show brings to the stage an incredible live concert celeb...
Three Little Vikings
Sunday 28 September 2025
Wrongsemble present a family show all about cooperation, bravery, and getting your voice heard! Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times Best...
The Lady Boys Of Bangkok
Monday 29 September 2025
Now celebrating 25 years touring in the UK after first appearing at the Edinburgh Festival in 1989, The Lady Boys of Bangkok is now officially the largest and longest continuous touring cabaret show in the UK. Featuring a cast of 16 male Th...
King Arthur
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...
Shit-faced Shakespeare - Hamlet
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare have toured the world, broken America, established themselves on London's West End, won numerous awards, and survived a zero-star review in The Times. In 2025, they will be celebrating 15 years on the wagon with one o...
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