THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
THEATRE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Theatre in Manchester
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 4 - Sat 8 Feb 2025
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
The Bridgewater Hall
Thu 20 Mar - Sun 1 Jun 2025
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Roy Chubby Brown
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 17 May 2025
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...Beyond the Barricade
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 17 May 2025
Beyond the Barricade, the UK's longest running Musical Theatre Concert Tour, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2024. Join the cast for two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, featuring the songs that have made audiences ret...Radhika Das
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 18 May 2025
Globally acclaimed meditation and kirtan maestro Radhika Das promises an enchanting evening of spiritual melodies, uplifting chants, and soul-stirring music. This immersive experience aims to unite audiences from diverse backgrounds, foster...Gaz Oakley's Tales From the Homestead
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 18 May 2025
Have you ever wondered how living closer to nature could change your life? From fine dining kitchens to a homestead in the Welsh countryside, Gaz Oakley has been on a remarkable and empowering journey. Inspired by his father, Gaz's love for...Benji Waterhouse
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 18 May 2025
Described by The Times as "the Adam Kay of mental health care", NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and Sunday Times best-selling author Benji Waterhouse - is going on his first book tour! Through a mixture of stand-up and chapter...The Royal Opera - Die Walküre (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 18 May 2025
The Royal Ballet and Opera returns to the big screen for its Cinema Season 2024/25. Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner's Ring Cycle, which sees conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the...The Rocky Horror Show
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Monday 19 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Australian superstar Jason Donovan* returns to the UK in Richard O'Brien's legendary rock 'n' roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show, as part of a new world tour. The legendary performer reprises his iconic role as the captivating Frank-n-Furt...Jonny Cole: Armagudd'n
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Jonny Cole returns in 2024 with his biggest and best show yet!...Scissor Sisters
Co-op Live, Manchester
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Touring again for the first time in over 10 years, US indie pop superstars Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis revisit their entire eponymous debut album on stage in honour of its 20th anniversary. The best-selling album of 2004 in the U...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...Crooners
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 22 May 2025
Packed with personality and humour, Crooners have been wowing audiences with their witty and exhilarating show full of hilarious one liners, laugh out loud silliness and superb musical numbers with the outstanding 9-piece The Mini Big Band ...Jimmy Carr
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 24 May - Thursday 20 November 2025
Star of the UK's most streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with a brand new show, Laughs Funny. Jimmy's show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or pe...Don’t Stop Believin’
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Saturday 24 May 2025
Jump aboard this midnight train for a crazy, crazy night as the boys and girls are back in town! So, walk this way and join us as we take you back to the edge of seventeen for the ultimate rock party show! It's the night out you have been ...The Dinosaur That Pooped
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 25 May 2025
When Danny and Dino's favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets. But with a villainous band manager lurking, nothing goes to plan. Will the band perform? Will Danny rock out? Or ...
Justin Moorhouse
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Sunday 25 May 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...There's A Monster in Your Show
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 27 May - Sunday 1 June 2025
Tom Fletcher's interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved 'Who's in Your Book?' series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show. A group of performers are preparing to start their show, but...Come Fall in Love
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 29 May - Saturday 21 June 2025
Change all your plans! Come Fall in Love, the hilarious, heart-winning new musical comedy from the co-writer of Legally Blonde and lyricist of Mean Girls - and based on a record-breaking Bollywood phenomenon - makes its UK premiere at the M...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...Sophie McCartney
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 30 May 2025
After a phenomenal debut tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back! A new decade beckons and she DOES NOT BELIEVE IT! What does life look like when you're too old to be young, but too young to be old? Grab your glow sticks and j...Don’t Stop Believin’
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 30 May 2025
Jump aboard this midnight train for a crazy, crazy night as the boys and girls are back in town! So, walk this way and join us as we take you back to the edge of seventeen for the ultimate rock party show! It's the night out you have been ...The Roller Boys
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 30 May 2025
Experience the electrifying fusion of music, skating, and extreme stunts with The Roller Boys. Feel inspired by the infectious energy as sparks fly off their wheels with the all singing, all dancing, roller skating phenomenon guaranteed to ...John Hegley - Biscuit of Destiny
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
Luton performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter John Hegley presents his hour-long award-awarded 2022 Edinburgh show, with John Keats's hobby horse, elephant drawings and a teacher who made a word of difference. Yes, it took only ...Aljaz & Janette - A Night to Remember
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
A Night to Remember is the brand-new show from Strictly favourites Aljaz & Janette! It will be a night of unforgettable dancing, great music and plenty of laughter! Aljaz and Janette have graced UK stages across the country for over 6 years...Aljaz and Janette - Dancing in a Winter Wonderland
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Last year, Strictly legends Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec made good on the promise to deliver the ultimate Christmas jukebox dance show. It was the perfect Christmas recipe. This year they will be dancing all the way to a Winter Wonde...Sophie Ellis-Bextor
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Born to Blue Peter and Jigsaw presenter Janet Ellis and film producer and director Robin Bextor in April 1979, Sophie Ellis-Bextor first delved into the world of music in the mid-'90s as the lead singer of Britpop outfit Theaudience. The ba...Irish Annie's
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 31 May 2025
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim alongside his Royle Family co-star, extra special guest Sue Johnston, and Catherine Rice as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comed...Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 1 June 2025
After selling 100,000 tickets last year with its theatre tour, including sold-out shows at the Royal Albert Hall, The London Palladium and other UK venues, Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston is back bigger than ever with th...The Roller Boys
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 1 June 2025
Experience the electrifying fusion of music, skating, and extreme stunts with The Roller Boys. Feel inspired by the infectious energy as sparks fly off their wheels with the all singing, all dancing, roller skating phenomenon guaranteed to ...
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...Danny Bowes (Thunder) - Maximum Chat
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 5 June 2025
Thunder frontman and Planet Rock radio presenter Danny Bowes presents his highly anticipated one-man show, Maximum Chat. The tour marks a significant return to the stage for Bowes, following his recovery from a life-threatening accident in...Blindboy
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
The Blindboy Podcast Live returns on its biggest tour yet, with Irish satirist Blindboy Boatclub, Limerick's own polymath, bestselling author, screenwriter, songwriter, musician, producer and academic. Described as a "cultural phenomenon" b...Rob Beckett
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 6 June 2025
Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour. Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that's in his way. From Bromley to Brisbane, Rob Beckett's new show Giraffe is going worldwide. Expectations on Rob: put on 3 stone from takeawa...Sing With The Hallé - Be in the Audience
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Hear the Halle Choir and a huge chorus of singers for this very special performance of Mozart's Requiem. Following a full day of rehearsals with the Halle's exceptional Choral Director, Matthew Hamilton, the massed singers, alongside the Ha...Sing With The Hallé - Be in the Choir
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Experience the thrill of singing alongside one of the world's most renowned choirs and orchestras in a full day of inspiring choral music. Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is required! You will have the joy of singing one o...Rory Bremner
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 8 June 2025
What happens when Britain's sharpest political impressionist steps out from behind the masks? For four decades, Rory Bremner has been the voice of our times - quite literally. Now, in this intimate new show, the master mimic & satirist comb...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...Jeff Dunham
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Record-breaking, global comedy superstar, Jeff Dunham, is bringing his cast of characters back to Europe. America's favourite ventriloquist is very popular and has a huge following, with his delightfully irreverent cohorts, Peanut, Walte...Q The Music - James Bond Concert Spectacular
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 14 June 2025
Celebrating 20+ years as the original pioneering Bond concert, known for stirring emotional and adrenaline-fueled performances, mixed with superb musicianship and flair. Indeed, every fan club around the world recognises them as the finest ...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...Oti Mabuse
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 15 June 2025
From the sambas of Brazilian Carnival to the Tangos of Argentina's Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, the dance scene at England's own Glastonbury Festival and the swing of the Jazz Fest in New Orleans, join queen of the dance floor Oti M...Dara Ó Briain
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 20 June 2025
Dara O Briain is one of the UK & Ireland's favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara O Briai...Oh What A Night! - Celebration of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
George Lawton Hall, Oldham
Saturday 21 June 2025
Go back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - now immortalised in the multi-award winning show Jersey Boys, which has been packing theatres worldwide since its debut in 2005. Valli'...
An Evening Without Kate Bush
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 22 June 2025
Howl with the Hounds of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heights! She's not there - but you are. Whether you've been a fan for decades or recently joined the shoal via the 'Stranger Things' phenomenon, there has never been a bette...Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 23 - Sunday 29 June 2025
Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and sold her first hit, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, when she wa...Justin Moorhouse
The Met, Bury
Friday 27 June 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...Barbara Nice
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 27 June 2025
Join Stockport housewife, cleaner to the stars, Take a Break reader and Britain's Got Talent star Barbara Nice for all the best bits of her 25 years of delighting live comedy audiences, as well as new stuff she wrote on the bus. A playful, ...Tom Lawrinson
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 29 June 2025
Everything is awful but that's okay, argues Tom in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave. Buried Alive (and Loving It) is a show for siblings who shared a rubbish childhood and comedy ...Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell
